20 Skinny Recipes Under 200 Calories (2024)

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Breakfast Recipes 1.Slow Cooker Vegetable Omelet 2.Individual Egg & Spinach Bowl 3.Skinny Nutella and Banana French Toast Sandwich 4.Avocado Breakfast Toast Lunch and Dinner Recipes 5.Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken Soup 6. Green Goddess Wraps 7.Slow Cooker Hearty Vegetable and Bean Soup 8.Skinny Burrito in a Jar 9.White Bean Avocado Toast 10.Warm Chicken Salad Over Arugula with Creamy Dill Dressing 11.Supermodel Superfood Salad 12.Slow Cooker Cream of Chicken and Rice Soup 13.Caprese Salad in a Jar 14. Skinny Quinoa with Black Beans 15.Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Roast 16.Curried Sweet Potato and Spinach Salad 17. Vegan “Beef” Tacos Dessert Recipes 18.Slow Cooker Fudge 19.Skinny Mini Blueberry Cheesecakes 20.Strawberries in Balsamic Yogurt Sauce There’s Plenty More Where That Came From! FAQs References

Slim down with these tasty, low-calorie recipes!

Hunting for low-calorie meals that don’t taste like cardboard? Low calorie meals under 200 calories are a key part of losing weight and keeping it off successfully. The good news is they can taste delicious while helping you shed inches and pounds. This week, add some of these 20 low calorie meals under 200 calories to your menu plan.

We’re sharing yummy low-calorie recipes to cover you for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even dessert. Remember that many of our dinner meal ideas, particularly the slow cooker dishes, make fantastic leftover lunches. Simply pack a single serving into a to-go container during dinner clean-up so you’re ready to go the next morning when it’s time to leave for work. Be sure to check out 32 Clean-Eating Low-Calorie Snacks too.

We can’t say it enough: portion sizes are critical. Our recipes focus on clean-eating foods that nourish the body, but extra calories–even when they come with healthy food choices–add up. Lose weight or maintain a healthy weight by checking the portion size for each recipe to make sure you’re not inadvertently consuming extra calories. Try the 30-Day Skinny Plate Challenge to jumpstart healthy portion control.

Breakfast Recipes

Breakfast has never tasted so good, let alone, been this healthy!

1.Slow Cooker Vegetable Omelet

It doesn’t matter whether you serve this as a low-cal breakfast or you treat the family to a breakfast-for-dinner night, this omelet offers taste, nutrition, and just 167 calories per serving.

Here’s the recipe:Slow Cooker Vegetable Omelette

2.Individual Egg & Spinach Bowl

This delicious breakfast recipe delivers 11 grams of protein and 84 calories in each perfectly-portioned serving.

Here’s the recipe:Individual Egg and Spinach Bowls

3.Skinny Nutella and Banana French Toast Sandwich

After you taste this breakfast it might be hard to believe this recipe is our skinnier version of that famous decadent spread. You’ll only need a half sandwich as it’s very filling.

Here’s the recipe:Skinny Nutella and Banana French Toast Sandwich

4.Avocado Breakfast Toast

With 140 calories per serving, low-calorie recipes, like this dish, offer healthy fat, fiber, and antioxidants to get your day off to a great start.

Lunch and Dinner Recipes

The low calorie meals under 200 calories below are great for lunch or dinner– including the leftovers!

5.Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken Soup

With lean protein and loads of veggies, low-calorie recipes, like this one, will make you feel good about what you’re putting on the table–it has 192 calories per serving.

Here’s the recipe:Slow Cooker Fiesta Chicken Soup

6. Green Goddess Wraps

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These green goddess wraps have also been referred to as salad tacos. Honestly, both names are fitting. Regardless of what you choose to call them, we know you’ll love how clean and refreshing they are!

Here’s the recipe:Green Goddess Wraps

7.Slow Cooker Hearty Vegetable and Bean Soup

This healthy soup recipe offers hearty flavor and just 183 calories per serving.

Here’s the recipe:Slow Cooker Hearty Vegetable and Bean Soup

8.Skinny Burrito in a Jar

Our simple lunch or light dinner comes together in under 5 minutes and offers 191 calories in each serving.

Here’s the recipe:Skinny Burrito in a Jar

9.White Bean Avocado Toast

This tasty toast makes a perfect quick-and-easy lunch. At only 140 calories per serving, you won’t break the calorie bank but you’ll still get to enjoy the creamy goodness of avocados.

Here’s the recipe:White Bean Avocado Toast

10.Warm Chicken Salad Over Arugula with Creamy Dill Dressing

I love how this chicken salad recipe feels like a meal instead of just a side dish. The flavors come together to be really comforting. In fact, it’s so tasty that you won’t believe it only packs in 167 calories!

11.Supermodel Superfood Salad

Whether you need a healthy lunch or a light dinner, this less-than-200-calorie salad is a tasty choice that includes kale, pine nuts, olive oil, and more.

Here’s the recipe:Supermodel Superfood Salad

12.Slow Cooker Cream of Chicken and Rice Soup

Brown rice, creamy broth, and just 180 calories make this a yummy way to stay low-cal.

Here’s the recipe:Slow Cooker Cream of Chicken and Rice Soup

13.Caprese Salad in a Jar

Prep this dish ahead of time for those nights when you need an easy lunch or a light dinner–this salad has fewer than 180 calories in a 1 ½ cup serving.

Here’s the recipe:Caprese Salad in a Jar

14. Skinny Quinoa with Black Beans

Okay, so technically this has 201 calories per serving, but it’s so filling and so packed with superfoods like quinoa and beans that we couldn’t resist putting it on our low-calorie recipes list.

Here’s the recipe:Skinny Quinoa with Black Beans

15.Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Roast

This Skinny Ms. fan favorite delivers moist, delicious chicken with vegetables in a dish that has fewer than 180 calories in each serving.

Here’s the recipe:Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Roast

16.Curried Sweet Potato and Spinach Salad

Sweet potatoes are so good for you – they’re my favorite superfood! They also have the perfect level of sweetness to take care of my sweet tooth while easily being balanced by savory ingredients like curry powder and earthy spinach… and you get all this for only 180 calories!

Here’s the recipe:Curried Sweet Potato and Spinach Salad

17. Vegan “Beef” Tacos

Each serving of vegan beef has only 91 calories, so you can have a lot of fun with this recipe and still keep things under 200 calories. When you wrap it up in a 100-calorie tortilla, you can make guilt-free tacos. Earn yourself a few extra tacos by using lettuce wraps instead!

Here’s the recipe:Plant-Based Ground Beef Recipe

Dessert Recipes

Satisfy your sweet tooth in a low calorie way with any of these yummy low calorie meals under 200 calories!

18.Slow Cooker Fudge

Superfood dark chocolate gives an antioxidant boost to this sweet treat, which also happens to only feature 114 calories per serving piece.

Here’s the recipe:Slow Cooker Fudge

19.Skinny Mini Blueberry Cheesecakes

This dessert recipe offers Greek yogurt, a natural sweetener, and berries. That means an indulgence you can feel good about–it has fewer than 140 calories per serving.

Here’s the recipe:Skinny Mini Blueberry Cheesecakes

20.Strawberries in Balsamic Yogurt Sauce

This delish dessert is a perfect 51-calorie option for treating yourself.

Here’s the recipe:Strawberries in Balsamic Yogurt Sauce

There’s Plenty More Where That Came From!

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Editor’s Note:Originally published Apr 27, 2015

20 Skinny Recipes Under 200 Calories (2024)

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What food can I eat for 200 calories? ›

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One medium apple or pear with 12 almonds.
Half cup (120 milliliters, mL) of berries with 6 ounces (oz), or 170 grams (g), of plain yogurt or low-fat cottage cheese.
One small banana with 1 tablespoon (tbsp), or (15 mL), unsalted peanut butter or almond butter.

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How much weight will I lose if I eat 200 less calories? ›

From a mathematical standpoint, you would lose roughly 10 pounds (4.5kg) in a short period of time. Eating just 200 calories a day is a significant reduction in your daily caloric intake, and it may lead to weight loss over time.

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Will cutting 200 calories a day lose weight? ›

“Don't try to lose too much weight at once. Even decreasing your caloric intake by 200 to 300 calories a day and increasing your exercise by 20 minutes a day can go a long way for your long-term success.”

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What does 200 calories a day look like? ›

For example, you'd have to eat three medium-sized apples or two bananas to get to the 200 calorie mark. That's a lot of fruit (and more than we typically recommend in one sitting!). Veggies are super low in calories. You'd have to eat seven cups of chopped celery or 10 cups of chopped broccoli to hit 200 calories.

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What is a filling snack for 200 calories? ›

Snacks under 200 calories*:

An apple with a tablespoon of peanut butter. A cup of grapes with an ounce of cheese (1 ounce of cheese is about the size of your whole thumb, from base to tip). 2 tablespoons of hummus and raw veggies like carrots, celery, cauliflower or broccoli. Air-popped popcorn.

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How long does it take to lose 20 pounds? ›

That said, many healthy weight-loss guidelines say you should aim to lose one or two pounds per week (whether you have five or 50 pounds to lose), that means it could take anywhere from 10 to 20 weeks to lose 20 pounds.

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How much weight will I lose on a 3 day water fast? ›

We watched hundreds of videos on 3 day water fasts and people reported losing between 4.5 lbs to 12 lbs on their fast. This depends on a lot of factors including starting weight and height. The three-day water fast can be a powerful tool for natural healing, weight loss, and overall well-being.

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What happens if I eat 1000 calories a day for a month? ›

However, other studies show that while consuming 1,000 calories a day may result in significant weight loss, most people cannot sustain it and often experience significant weight regain . The reasons include regaining lost muscle mass and increased appetite. Also worth noting is that the human body can adapt.

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How can I lose a pound a day? ›

You need to burn 3500 calories a day to lose one pound a day, and you need anywhere between 2000 and 2500 calories in a day if you are doing your routine activities. That means you need to starve yourself the whole day and exercise as much as to lose the remaining calories. This is practically not possible.

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What is the 200 calorie rule to lose weight? ›

To lose 0.5-1kg of body fat each week, you will need to create a calorie deficit of 200-300 calories each day. It is for this reason that weight loss diets often focus on 1200 and 1500 calories — they are roughly 200-300 calories less than the person needs to function.

What happens if I eat only 200 calories a day? ›

The weight you must have lost would be from your muscle mass. It will affect your metabolism and make it difficult for you to lose weight in future. It's not good for your health as well as it will lead to nutritional deficiencies.