What are your FD hero foods

[alira]

Hi All,
I'm just at the planning stage before launching into doing 5:2 (and I'm surprisingly excited about it )
I'm looking at my larder and fridge and wondering what your food hero's are for your FD's.
What foods give you the most satisfaction for the calories they give you? thanks in advance
Ali-ra

Personally I find a whole can of soup for lunch (nice chunky one for c. 200 kcal per can) and some kind of chicken or fish with veggies for dinner (c. 200-250kcal total) plus a few kcal for milk in my tea (I don't take much).

I'm not a fan of spending a lot of time in the kitchen so typical fish/chicken based dinners are Aldi Southern Fried Chicken (186kcal each), Aldi Breaded Yellowfin Sole (c. 170kcal per portion and the portion size is generous) or 3 fish fingers (c. 175kcal depending on the brand). Lidl Also does the Southern Fried Chicken and the Yellowfin Sole but I think the Aldi ones taste better. I have that with 200g frozen veg @ c. 30kcal per 100g (word of caution re frozen veg: stick with your sprouts/broccoli/carrots/cauliflower types, mixed veg packs with peas/sweetcorn and the like are higher in kcals, which is fine on a non-fast day but gives you less bang for your buck on a fast day).

If you are a vegetarian there are lots of yummy quorn options that will work instead of chicken or fish. Quorn is even lower in kcals too.

I try to keep my calories for dinner, which is then fish and veg, stir fry or chicken and veg. I aim to have 300-350 for that. I use 50cals for milk in coffee. So my rest of say is between 100 and 150 cals.

Heroes are almonds (50 cals for 6, good protein burst), Miso cup a soup (usually around 10-15 cals depending on brand, great for something hot if you want to feel fed), Hartleys jelly pots (10 cals for a sweet treat), cucumber sticks (around 10 cals for a big chunk to chomp on) green or fruit tea (no cals, warm) and sparkling water (no cals, fills your tummy up!)

I'm on week 4, it does get easier!

Fish: frozen prawns and scallops especially. Also anchovies.

Eggs and egg whites (I buy the 2chicks cartons in Sainsburys)

Miso soup (Wakame brand from Tesco)

Veggies - aubergines, courgettes, leeks, mushrooms, cabbage

Fish, particularly salmon and mackerel. Fizzy water and coffee and lots of salad, oh and tried cauliflower 'rice' yesterday and it was delicious, definitely having that again.

Two boiled eggs - only about 140 cals and fills you for ages.

And vodka.

Spring greens. You can have loads and it's really low in calories. I usually steam it with onions and mix in smoked mackerel.

Marking my place as I've done two fasts so far.

I've been having breakfast and dinner, and poached eggs are pretty good for either!

Tesco mexican chilli bean soup is tasty and filling and only 150 cals for half a carton. Half a pizza express leggara light pizza is 224 calories so that and loads of salad is only 300 cals. Balsamic glaze in the squeezy bottle is really strong and you only need a bit - it's great on salad. I've been doing this 7 weeks and it has definitely got easier and I've lost 9lb.

I second quorn products.

Chick peas!

A whole tin is about 300 cals, I make an easy curry with a tin of tomatoes and any veg and curry paste. It's yum, filling and makes 2 huge portions.

Eggs

Aubergine - I make a yummy slow roast aubergine and onion thing

Boiled fish. Salmon if I have excess calories left or just sainsburys basic white fish otherwise, in a boullion soup with carrots and broccoli

Warburtons thins - 100 cal and you can have a sandwich!

Diet coke

Turkey

Porridge! Not the sachet ones, plain porridge oats.

And rice cakes for snacks (38cals each)

(Homemade) Tandoori chicken breasts. 2 cooked ones are about 200 calories.
Mix Tandoori powder (Asda) with half a pot of low fat yoghurt.
Chop up chicken breasts and marinade for a few hours.
Stick in the oven.
Make a raita with rest of yoghurt, cucumber & tomato.

Teriyaki Salmon Marinade is about 2 tbspn soy sauce, tablespoon sugar, teaspoon ginger powder. Add 2 salmon fillets (about 300 cals when cooked. Marinade for a few hours, then bake in oven. I usually roast a couple of peppers at same time.

Marking my place as I feel a bit disillusioned with the diet but have promised myself will do for 4 weeks. Heroes for me (after 5 fast days) are miso soup, tea, fizzy water. Glorious soups – normal not low fat - a whole tub is 280cals and is very filling. Also a hard boiled egg chopped up with lettuce, cucumber, pepper and some crunchy salt is delicious and about 100 cals. Hated the 10 cal jellies, the mango one is one of the most unpleasant things I have ever eaten

Waitrose mini pots of reduced fat hummus. 130 cals a pot, eat with some broccoli or French beans etc dipped in. Great because you can't eat more hummus without opening a new pot.

Raw vegan - bucketloads of food for very few calories!