55 Recipes to lose weight ... easy and tasty!

Super light lentil salad

By dispensing with the chorizo, the bacon, the potato and the fried bread of the classic braised lentils, we not only get a 100% guilt-free recipe of only 197 calories, but also a vegetarian and 100% vegan dish, since it does not carry absolutely no ingredient of original animal.

Pea cream with boiled egg

You only need a quarter of a leek, a small potato, three handfuls of frozen peas, and an egg. Sauté the leek and the potato in a saucepan with a thread of oil for about 5 minutes. Add the peas, add water until they are covered, cook 15 more minutes and blend. To complete, add croutons, ham shavings, mint leaves and a hard-boiled or poached egg .

Here are the keys to making the perfect hard-boiled egg.

Tomato and cheese salad

In a bowl, mix a handful of green sprouts, three tomatoes cut in half, a few slices of aged cheese, three chopped walnuts, and season with a little oil, vinegar and salt. Combining the green sprouts with the cheese is a good trick to take in more calcium without realizing it.

If you opt for a fresh cheese instead of cured, you will still subtract many more calories.

Cod papillote with vegetables

The papillote technique allows you to preserve the natural flavors of all the ingredients, and to make preparations with the least fat possible. This preparation, for example, only has 235 calories per serving. In addition to being light and very healthy, it is an ultra-easy dish to make.

Chicken skewers with sauteed vegetables

Here's proof that eating on a diet doesn't have to be unappetizing. The trick is to transform the classic grilled chicken or turkey with vegetables into what you see. Cut the breast into strips, insert it on skewers and grill.

Accompany them with some boiled, steamed or microwaved vegetables and then sauté them with a thread of oil for a couple of minutes.

Chickpeas with spinach and cod

This salad made with cooked chickpeas, baby spinach, desalted cod and quail eggs is as light as it is nutritious. You just have to mix the drained chickpeas with the washed spinach shoots, a few strips of desalted cod and a couple of cooked quail eggs. Easy, delicious, appetizing and full of energy.

It is one of the 12 easy recipes that you can make with a pot of chickpeas.

Zero fat pumpkin soup

It only has 90 calories! How? Disregarding the cream or milk cream and cheese that is usually put in most creams, which makes this cream an authentic light recipe.

Beef carpaccio

If you are looking for an easy, light and very nutritious recipe, try the beef carpaccio. It is ideal to achieve an extra supply of iron when you have anemia, for example. And if you accompany it with a simple salad with dried tomatoes and arugula, you have prepared a light and complete meal without even having to touch the stove.

Shrimp skewers with zucchini

It is as simple as you see it. You just have to skewer some rolled zucchini slices on a skewer stick , intersperse them with a peeled shrimp , and brown on the grill.

If you don't want the shrimp to be raw, you can use it already cooked or sauté it first in a non-stick pan with a thread of oil.

Zucchini noodles with red pesto

Whether alone or mixed with pasta, zucchini noodles always triumph and help you add fiber to your diet. They combine well with any sauce that is usually accompanied by traditional pasta, but the truth is that with our red pesto they are to die for.

Broad beans with quail eggs

This egg recipe is as light as it is appetizing. Sauté a garlic and half chopped chives until they are poached. Add a couple of sliced mushrooms and sauté until done. Add some cooked and drained broad beans, and skip it all together to mix the flavors. Serve the preparation in a saucepan with two or three fried quail eggs on top.

If you want an extra protein, you can add some cubes of turkey cold cuts to the sauce.

Ultralight cucumber and celery gazpacho

What does it look delicious like? Well, it only has 160 calories thanks to the fact that we have put yogurt instead of bread to thicken it and, in addition, it is super healthy and cleansing.

Roast beef with applesauce

Roast beef alone is not one of the most caloric dishes out there, but it is its traditional side dish: mashed potatoes. To avoid this, we opted for an apple puree, which is not only much lighter, but also more delicious for its sweetness.

Prawn salad with potatoes

This prawn salad with saffron potatoes has an irresistible look and only 126 calories! And is that seafood provides a lot of protein and very few calories, which is why it is present in many light recipes. In our case, we have combined it with watercress and roasted potatoes, which are much lighter than fried. And yes, we confess, we are very fans of this dish.

Grilled vegetables

The vegetable grill is one of those dishes that comes out in all diets and is as easy to do as putting the washed and cut vegetables on a griddle. But that does not mean that it cannot be given a special and sophisticated touch. In our case, for example, we have accompanied it with a simple emulsified tomato vinaigrette , which is delicious and super easy to make.

Chickpea salad

One of the easiest recipes out there is to make a salad with cooked legumes. You only need a pot of chickpeas, a couple of carrots, a red and a green pepper, a purple onion, and a handful of green leaves (spinach sprouts or arugula, for example). Wash it and cut everything into small cubes, mix it in a bowl and season it with a little oil, vinegar, salt and the spices that you like the most.

It is undoubtedly a great idea to incorporate more legumes into the diet.

Chickpea cream

In addition to being very nutritious thanks to this rich legume, it is also very satiating due to the fiber content of all its vegetables. In short, an ideal dish to feel full and perfect if you are on a diet.

Grilled fish with ratatouille

The trick here is to catch any fish that you can make grilled, boiled or steamed (red mullet, salmon, mackerel, sea bream, sea bass, hake …).

Serve as a montadito with mixed vegetable ratatouille. It has an irresistible pint and very few calories. Yum!

Chicken strips with watermelon and melon

They are a fantastic antioxidant combination, and very light thanks to the chicken breast, which is one of the leanest meats. It is ideal for when you are on a diet and do not want to give up a delicious dish. And it also serves to take advantage of the watermelon if it has come out soda. Yes, yes, a star of the cookbook. The bad? That it's not always watermelon and melon season! But you can do it with other fruits such as apple, pear, peach …

Poached egg with avocado and prawns

If you are looking for a light, easy, nutritious, attractive and inexpensive dish, the poached egg with avocado and prawns is your dish. Not only does it have the triple nutritional power of eggs, prawns and avocados - rich in protein and vitamins - but it is also very light and attractive, and for very little money if you buy the prawns already cooked.

Pea salad

Although they may not seem like it at first, peas are also legumes. And they gather the properties of these together with those of the vegetables. Keep in mind that legumes, in addition to proteins, provide slow-absorbing carbohydrates, which provide energy for hours and prevent blood glucose peaks. And therefore, they help prevent obesity and diabetes.

Avocado and orange salad

Here you have a delicious and refreshing avocado and orange salad, a vegetarian recipe and very easy to make, that although it is not the lightest (it has 386 calories per serving), all its fats are healthy, and it gives you everything you need to face a day with energy.

See recipe step by step.

Oriental-style chicken skewers

You just have to cut a few chicken breasts into cubes, insert them on skewers and brown them on a griddle with a thread of oil.

To give it an oriental touch, heat a teaspoon of brown sugar in a saucepan until caramelized, add a little soy sauce, mix well and coat the skewers with it.

Dorada with garlic

Cut potato and zucchini slices and bake them in an ovenproof dish for about 20 minutes at 180º. Then, add the washed and boneless bream (or other fish you like), and bake for 10 more minutes.

To complete the dish, add some slices of garlic gilt in oil.

Steamed asparagus with salmon and strawberries

Here is a light and delicious recipe with smoked salmon. Asparagus, strawberries and salmon, sounds delicious right?

Chickpea and vegetable soup

Take a couple of carrots, a zucchini and three sticks of celery. Peel them, wash them and cut them into small cubes, reserving a few strips of zucchini to decorate. In a saucepan, sauté the cubes, salt and pepper, add ¾ l of water or vegetable broth and cook for 15 minutes. Add 50 g of diced roasted pepper, a pot of cooked and drained chickpeas and cook for 5 more minutes.

Decorate with the zucchini strips that you had reserved.

Poached egg with green beans

Whether it is difficult for you to eat vegetables and vegetables or if you want to innovate so as not to always take them the same, this recipe will become your new favorite option. Preparing it is very easy and gives you only 156 calories, so it is ideal if you are looking for a complete but super light dish.

Lemon chicken breast

An alternative to the typical grilled chicken breast is this recipe for lemon chicken breast with oven roasted potatoes. A nutritious and balanced recipe that, by combining the lean meat of the chicken with the unrefined carbohydrates of the potatoes, serves as an excellent single dish. On the one hand, it does not provide many calories and, thanks to the degreasing power of lemon, it helps you burn fat.

Cod carpaccio

Almost everyone associates carpaccio with a meat dish, but it doesn't have to be that way. You can make carpaccio of fruits, vegetables, mushrooms and, of course, fish like this delicious cod carpaccio. We accompany it with an olive grove of black olives and anchovies, which suits you wonderfully. But it can be accompanied by anything you like.

Green beans with leek, tofu and apple

On one side, steam a bunch of green beans. And for another, sauté a leek and add some cubes of tofu. Then mix it all up and complete with some refreshing apple slices.

It is a light proposal, full of nuances and a 100% vegan recipe.

Vegetable rice

Sauté red and green bell peppers. Add green beans and sauté. Add peeled, washed and cut artichokes and cook for a few more minutes. Add grated tomato and a handful of peas. Sauté everything, and season, cover with a liter of hot vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Add a handful of rice and cook for 15 minutes. Before serving, let it rest for 3 minutes covered.

If you want a version with seafood, try our light paella.

Pipirrana with boiled egg

Pipirrana is the classic salad of onion, cucumber, pepper and tomato cut very small that is eaten in many areas of the south of the peninsula as an accompaniment to fish, gazpachos and salmorejos. A very economical, light and refreshing dish that, served in a kettledrum, and accompanied by a boiled egg, becomes a delicious unique diet dish.

Squid with artichokes

They have almost 150 calories less than the typical squid dish with potatoes or rice. And they are also super healthy due to the combination of squid - one of the most satiating foods that exist since it provides a lot of proteins and very little fat - and the diuretic power of the artichoke, super cleansing.

Avocado stuffed with salad and salmon

If you want a delicious and healthy recipe that is nutritious but not too heavy, and that is prepared in a plis plas, try this one with avocado stuffed with salad and smoked salmon. It is a real shot of beneficial omega 3s (present in both avocado and smoked salmon), with 320 calories per serving.

Mushroom carpaccio

In addition to being another of the most satisfying foods that exist, mushrooms give a lot of play. Sautéed, they barely provide about 150 calories per dish, and if you eat them raw, cut into thin slices as if it were a carpaccio, in addition to reducing the used fat as much as possible, they will make you feel full sooner because you have to chew them more.

To accompany it, just a tomato mince, some arugula leaves and some black olives.

Chickpeas with tomatoes and tuna

It is another of the recipes that you can make with a pot of cooked chickpeas. Drain the chickpeas and a couple of cans of natural tuna, and mix them with 20g of washed cherry tomatoes, two julienned chives and chopped chives.

Season to taste and voila. Here you have sauces and vinaigrettes for salads.

Grilled vegetables with cheese

Another way to present grilled or grilled vegetables is in montaditos accompanied by a little fresh cheese, a string of virgin olive oil and chopped parsley. But to be suitable for diet it has to be a light cheese.

Tuna with potato salad

The key to this dish lies in frying the tuna and shrimp tails with very little oil and pouring a few drops of wine on top. Cut the potatoes -cooked with the skin-, into not very thick slices and make a salad with cherry tomatoes, spring onion and green pepper.

Season with salt, pepper, paprika, a minced garlic and oil.

Avocado, onion and tomato salad with sunflower seeds

If you like guacamole, you will love this avocado, tomato and onion salad with sunflower seeds. Why? Well, because it has the same ingredients as the typical guacamole: avocado, tomato and onion, but with a more festive look. It is a nutritious and refreshing salad and also 100% vegan (without trace of ingredients of animal origin), super easy to make and very economical.

Marinated Salmon Salad

She is the queen of easy salads. You only need tender sprouts, sprouted and a few slices of smoked or marinated salmon and ready to taste.

If you dare, you can marinate the salmon yourself with our step by step to make homemade marinated salmon.

Noodles with avocado and prawns

Make a montadito that alternates a layer of laminated avocado, one of noodles, and one of cooked prawns. The trick to keep you fat is to put the right amount of pasta (it is considered that with about 60 grams of pasta per person is enough), do without a heavy sauce, and use seafood as a side that has a lot of protein and little fat.

If you want more ideas, don't miss our recipes to lose weight by eating pasta.

Vegetable omelet

Sauté the vegetables that you have on hand in the fridge, drain them to eliminate excess liquid, mix them with beaten egg and curdle in a non-stick pan as you do with the potato omelette.

If you are not good at making tortillas, try our step by step to make a prize potato omelette.

Grilled squid

You just have to wash them well, make some parallel cuts along the length without reaching the end and grill them for about 3 minutes on each side.

The trick to make them delicious is to accompany them with a sauce previously made in the mortar with garlic, parsley and a pinch of chopped chilli together with the juice of half a lemon and a couple of tablespoons of olive oil.

Skewers Marineras

The skewer format is the lightest, especially if it is accompanied by a salad.

Although you can invent any combination, we propose a very marinera with prawns and small cuttlefish marinated in orange juice, interspersed with red onion and cherry tomato.

Mushroom and avocado ceviche

Ceviches are easier than you think. Wash and slice a handful of mushrooms and marinate them for an hour with lemon juice, 20 g of celery, two garlic, and a handful of chopped coriander, and oil and salt.

Once macerated, mix them with diced avocado, and serve as a timbale decorated with arugula leaves and beet sprouts, for example.

Vegetable Frittata

Take some boiled and sautéed vegetables, and place them in a skillet with beaten egg and grated cheese on top. Cook over low heat for 5 to 6 minutes until the eggs are set. Remove from heat and serve hot.

To lighten the dish further, you can use low-calorie grated cheese.

Grilled sardines with roasted zucchini

In one step you can prepare this recipe. You only need sardines and zucchini, wash them and cook them on the grill or grill.

To decorate, sprinkle some capers and black olives on top. More recipes with sardines here.

Mango salad

It's light, refreshing, and delicious. It consists of combining mango slices with arugula sprouts, spinach, watercress, lamb's lettuce or wakame seaweed, for example. And add pine nuts seeds or other nuts.

If you want more proposals, take a look at our refreshing salad recipes.

Tuna skewers with light tartar sauce

To make the light tartar sauce you need a skimmed yogurt to which you will add chopped parsley, capers, pickles, onions, and a teaspoon of old mustard.

Once you have everything mixed, prepare the skewers alternating the tuna tacos with vegetables to taste, brown it on the grill and you're done.

Sardine salad

If you opt for some good sardines (even canned, they are very healthy) and serve them over a mix of lettuce and some other ingredients, you will have a sardine salad like this ready in the blink of a pantry.

Timbale of white beans

If you can't handle the classic fabada (or any other heavy traditional bean-based stew), you'll love this Tomato, Zucchini, and White Bean Timbale at just 285 calories per serving. So don't succumb to the false myth that legumes are fattening. Keep in mind that they satiate, provide fiber, reduce cholesterol …

Trout with almonds

Trout is a healthy blue fish and, moreover, very economical. Add a slice of ham inside, fry the fish lightly and place it in a saucepan with onion, minced garlic, and water.

Sprinkle with chopped almonds and pistachios and bake until golden brown. You will see that the result will be unbelievable.

Salmon carpaccio with salad

One of the most helpful ways to incorporate more fish into the diet and not be heavy is in the form of carpaccio, like this salmon with vegetable salad that we have prepared. We have made it with fresh salmon, which we have frozen a few days before. But if you want, it can also be made with smoked salmon or with homemade marinated salmon that you have prepared in advance.

Squid stuffed with quinoa

Another way to lighten dishes is to change the filling as in this case. Instead of the traditional minced meat and hard-boiled egg, we have filled the squid with a sauce of onion and carrot, the legs of the squid themselves and quinoa.

This pseudocereal provides us with fiber, protein and is also an excellent source of calcium. And since it is gluten free, it is perfect for people with celiac disease. Discover more recipes with quinoa.

Squid and salmon skewers

Assemble some skewers alternating vegetables with squid and diced salmon. Salt and pepper, spread them with a mixture of garlic, parsley, lemon juice, oil and salt crushed in a mortar. Grill them for 2-3 minutes on each side.

Serve with some limes cut into wedges. Easy, delicious and refreshing.

It seems impossible that the words "diet" and "delicious" coexist in the same sentence. But it does not have to be like that. With our 55 recipes to lose weight and all the tricks that we give you below, you will see that in addition to losing weight without having to give up enjoying food, you can do it easily and very tasty.

How to make recipes to lose weight that don't seem like diet

Showy looks. Both the presentation of your dishes and the dishes themselves are essential. A light plate of simply boiled vegetables is not the same as those same vegetables served in the shape of a timbale, on a beautiful plate and with some seasoning that decorates the plate without adding calories.

A rainbow on the plate. We eat with our eyes. The more colors, the more appetizing it looks. Combine up to 5 foods of different colors on your plates, which you can easily achieve by mixing vegetables or fruits. For example, the green of spinach or kiwi, the red of peppers or cherries, with the orange of pumpkin or orange, the white of asparagus or pear, and the black of aubergine or grape.
Small and beautiful tableware. The bigger the plate, the smaller a portion seems to us and we eat more. It is best to serve the correct amount on a small plate. And if it's also beautiful, it gives us more good vibes and it doesn't seem so tragic to follow the diet.
Professional tricks. Presenting dishes in casseroles, kettledrums, skewers, shots, spoons … makes the food more palatable and helps you reduce quantities.
Light colors in the environment and blue in the table. Clear dining rooms and kitchens dominated by light and raw colors invite you to eat less and in a more relaxed way. In addition, according to chromotherapy, surrounding yourself with blue at the table helps you lose weight because it serene, makes you eat more slowly and you feel more satiated. Yes to blue tablecloths, crockery and tuppers!

Tasty touches. Use spices, seeds, and nuts to garnish your dishes. In addition to providing vitamins and minerals that are very beneficial to health, they will give your diet dishes a much more attractive and appealing appearance. And in the case of spices, many of them have a fat burning effect.

Good company. Side dishes and sauces are one of the main reasons why a healthy and balanced dish becomes a real caloric bomb in the blink of your mouth. A grilled breast with a salad is not the same as with French fries …

Forget the french fries . Instead, bake a few roasts or substitute grilled mushrooms, bell peppers, zucchini, or eggplant.
Skip the mashed potatoes. Swap it out for a pumpkin, carrot, or apple. In addition to being lighter, they are much more appetizing for their sweetness.
Stay away from bomb sauces. Instead of mayonnaise, you can make a light yogurt sauce or a mustard vinaigrette. More light sauces and vinaigrettes here.

Light cooking. Another of the weak points of diets is the way you cook food. Fried foods are the number one enemy of low-fat cooking. Whenever you can, use non-stick pans, casseroles and utensils that allow you to cook with minimal oil. And opt for lighter cooking techniques such as steaming, baking, microwave or iron.

To some extent. One of the main reasons you fail to follow a diet to lose weight is to go overboard because you don't have measuring tools at hand. In the absence of them, be guided by the Harvard plate method. It's easy and it works!

If you like our recipes, surely the course How to organize your weekly menu will interest you.