1. Use non-stick pans
1. Use non-stick pans
You will use half the oil than if you cook with another type of pan.
2. Non-alcoholic beer
2. Beer without alcohol
Non-alcoholic beer is delicious and provides 60 kcal less than normal.
Discover the hidden calories in alcoholic beverages.
3. Homemade pizza
3. Homemade pizza
Being on a diet is not incompatible with eating appetizing dishes such as pizza. You just have to put half the cheese and add more vegetables than meat, and you will be avoiding about 200 kcal.
Write down our recipe and prepare a delicious and light pizza.
4. Quench thirst with cold tea or water
4. Quench thirst with cold tea or water
Avoid regular sodas, they contain too much sugar (almost 6 cubes per glass). If you are thirsty, opt for plain water or with lemon, or cold tea.
And if you have trouble drinking water, follow these tips.
5. Carrot, instead of flour
5. Carrot, instead of flour
To thicken the sauces, you can use carrots, so you will give them more consistency without adding hardly any calories.
6. Dry excess fat
6. Dry excess fat
With absorbent kitchen paper you can remove excess fat from pizza, potatoes or other fried and breaded. With this simple trick you can save a teaspoon of oil from the total (90 kcal).
7. Before fresh than packed
7. Before fresh than packed
Packaged, precooked or canned foods provide fats, additives, salt and sugars. Substituting them for their fresh version saves you calories.
8. Deflate before serving
8. Deflate before serving
Soups, creams, and stews accumulate fat on top. Remove it before bringing the dishes to the table.
9. Remove the fat
9. Remove the fat
Chicken, beef, lamb, and pork have visible fat that can be easily removed before cooking.
10. More vegetable cannelloni and lasagna
10. More vegetable cannelloni and lasagna
You can fill your cannelloni or lasagna with half the meat that you used to put and substitute it with finely chopped vegetables.
Dare to prepare these delicious vegetable cannelloni.
11. Homemade dressing
11. Homemade dressing
Put in a glass some water, a tablespoon of oil, a half of Modena vinegar and your favorite spices. This simple dressing is enough for a large salad and has half the calories.
Discover a trick to make your salads more delicious.
12. Single yolk tortillas
12. Single yolk tortillas
The tortillas are just as juicy and rich if you make them with two eggs but with a single yolk. This simple gesture saves you 60 kcal.
13. Tortilla filling
13. Tortilla filling
Try onion, zucchini, spinach, shrimp, or mushrooms instead of cheese or tuna.
See recipe for super light potato omelette.
14. Mayonnaise, better light
14. Mayonnaise, better light
Two teaspoons of light mayonnaise (about 20 g) have 80 kcal less than the same amount of traditional mayonnaise. And you can also opt for yogurt, based on yogurt.
15. Asparagus, with vinaigrette
15. Asparagus, with vinaigrette
The mayonnaise is very caloric and the asparagus is just as tasty with a light vinaigrette. You will hardly notice the difference and you will have saved 250 kcal.
16. Cook in "its juice"
16. Cook in "its juice"
The papillote is a cooking technique in which the preparation is wrapped in a special kitchen paper and closed. In this way, what we cook is roasted in its own juice with little use of oil.
17. Light bechamel
17. Light bechamel
Buy tofu (sold in health food stores and hypermarkets), cut it into cubes and boil it for 5 minutes. Grind it and add salt and nutmeg, along with enough water to make it the consistency of béchamel.
18. Grilled, better than breaded
18. Grilled, better than breaded
The calories of any preparation are multiplied by 3 if they are cooked in patties or batters.
19. "Fry" the potatoes in the oven
19. "Fry" the potatoes in the oven
It is a different way to enjoy French fries. They are delicious and add up to 300 kcal less.
20. Mushrooms and mushrooms
20. Mushrooms and mushrooms
They are satisfying and, sautéed with garlic and parsley, they barely provide about 150 kcal per plate.
21. Be careful with table tops
21. Be careful with the table tops
After eating, clear the table. This way you will avoid chopping the remains while you do the after-dinner. You can save 400 kcal.
22. Carbonara with fewer calories
22. Carbonara with fewer calories
You just have to replace the cream with fresh white cheese and the bacon with strips of cooked ham or lean turkey, or also mushrooms.
Don't miss out on our light pasta carbonara.
23. Sausages
23. Sausages
Whatever type they are (pork, chicken, turkey) they are made with meat and fat to give them flavor. Prick them with a fork when cooking, the fat melted by the heat will come out and it will not be necessary to add oil.
24. Tomato and basil sauce
24. Tomato and basil sauce
The spaghetti is as good as with Bolognese sauce and you save 280 kcal.
25. Use a spray to dress
25. Use a spray to dress
Spray the salad with a spray instead of the oil can or oil bottle. The spray distributes the oil evenly and you can reduce the amount by half.
It is estimated that eating an extra 200 kcal a day can make us gain 2 sizes in a year. A real nightmare when we want to lose weight. But imagine how much weight we could lose if we do the opposite and eat up to 500 kcal less a day. Well, it is not difficult at all with the 25 infallible ideas to reduce calories in meals and dinners that you have seen in the gallery.
An adult needs about 2,000 kcal a day; but in a balanced diet to lose weight, 1,500 are enough
And don't forget that by changing some simple habits, you can still cut more calories and lose more weight …
Habits that subtract calories
To make healthy meals and dinners that are not fattening, keep the following tips in mind.
- Serve your plate in the kitchen. Avoid bringing the full source to the table because you will control the quantities less and, in the end, you will eat more.
- Be careful with visits to the fridge. You go through the kitchen, open the fridge and chop. This operation can be repeated many times throughout the day. To make it less caloric, put pieces of fresh fruit or carrots in the fridge.
- Dinner only once. When digestion begins, there is a drop in sugar that the body can interpret as hunger and make you want to snack and eat again. To avoid this, brush your teeth as soon as you finish dinner. It will give you a stick to get dirty again and that way it will be easier for you not to fall into temptation.
- Chew well. Enjoy your food instead of gobbling it up. Start by enjoying its aroma and appearance, and then savor it little by little and chewing well. With this simple trick, you will feel full sooner and will facilitate digestion.
- Don't eat out of the bag. If you are chopping potatoes or a snack, separate an amount equivalent to a small bowl, instead of eating directly from the bag. This way you control what you eat instead of blindly.
Clara trick
The sauce, always apart
Always put the sauce aside, this way you will avoid that the food bathes in it, you will better control the amount you eat and you will save calories.
And if you want to reduce more calories to lose weight without giving up the pleasure of eating, do not miss our 15 tricks to reduce calories in breakfast, 10 tactics to reduce calories in desserts, 10 ideas to reduce calories if you eat out and 8 light snacks to reduce calories in snacks.
