r/1200realfood • • 22d ago

My Day What I ate in a week:

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r/1200realfood • • 29d ago

Meal Not a looker but delicious

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A baked sweet potato, smoked salmon, capers, pickled red onions, dill, salt and pepper. Calories vary by weight but it's relatively low calorie, great protein and fiber and healthy fat. Very satiating.


r/1200realfood • • Sep 15 '26

Recipe I’m on a low calorie Soup Quest™️

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I posted these in the other sub and it just occurred to me that y’all might like them, too! Nutritional info and suggested serving sizes are also included in these recipes!

White Velvet Soup (side soup): https://www.reddit.com/r/1200isplenty/s/rAQpRgCArP

Lightened Seafood Chowder (main course soup): https://www.reddit.com/r/1200isplenty/s/ZjeMLXei9j

Roasted Tuscan Tomato Soup (side soup): https://www.reddit.com/r/1200isplenty/s/0VHR2W5t5a

Im making Mulligatawny this weekend, I can’t wait 🤤


r/1200realfood • • Sep 10 '26

Filmed the yolk pop in dramatic slow-motion. Channeling my inner Nigella Lawson for a late-night brunch.

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r/1200realfood • • Sep 08 '26

Instagrame or youtube for recipes ?

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Hello

While scrolling on instagram I found a guy that shows a recipe based on cherry tomatoes, boursin cheese, etc. It was like a one pot recipe, and ended up giving macros which were good (like 400 kCal 30gr protein per serving).

But unfortunately this guy only has like two videos like this on his account.

Can you guys recommend me some good youtube or instagram account for good low cal high protin recipe ? Thanks a lot


r/1200realfood • • Aug 26 '26

Calorie deficit meal

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r/1200realfood • • Aug 20 '26

What real-food meals are easiest to batch cook without blowing the calorie budget?

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I’ve been trying to make weekday meal prep simpler without relying on frozen meals or heavily processed foods.

My easiest rotation so far is chicken, potatoes, beans and vegetables, but I’m looking for meals that can be cooked in larger batches and still portion out reasonably well calorie-wise.

Full disclosure: I work with sunvivi, so I’ve been looking at this partly from the slow-cooker/meal-prep side too. I’m not posting a product link — I’m mainly curious which real-food meals people here actually batch cook regularly.

Chili and vegetable-heavy soups seem like obvious choices, but what else works well when you’re trying to keep portions around 350–500 calories?

Bonus if it reheats well for 3–4 days.


r/1200realfood • • Aug 04 '26

Recipe Simple AF Feta & Tomato Toasties | ~375 Cals / 20g Protein

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r/1200realfood • • Jul 20 '26

Ripples and Boomerangs

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r/1200realfood • • Jul 13 '26

Discussion What's the laziest low-carb meal you make that still tastes great?

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Not looking for gourmet recipes... I need lazy after work 😄

Just those meals that take almost no effort but you keep making because they're actually good.


r/1200realfood • • Jul 13 '26

My Day This felt like a perfect day of food for me. Ways to improve?

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FWIW I added cucumber, basil, tomato, lettuce, squeeze of lime and some seasonings to the shrimp salad. I seared them in a nonstick with spray to not add any cals (not really worried about potential calories to add these in)


r/1200realfood • • Jul 12 '26

790 calorie lunch

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I eat two meals a day. Breakfast was Greek yogurt and a banana.

Lunch was this angel hair organic pasta with 3.5 oz chicken, 6 oz. broccoli, 4 oz tomatoes, garlic and basil from our garden cooked in 1.5 tb olive oil and topped with 1/4 cup parmesan reggiano. This dish was 790 calories making my day total 1180.


r/1200realfood • • Jul 12 '26

delicious nutritious soondubu

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r/1200realfood • • Jul 12 '26

Lunch…

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r/1200realfood • • Jul 08 '26

Scientific

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r/1200realfood • • Jul 08 '26

Scientific

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r/1200realfood • • Jul 04 '26

Recipe 22g Protein “pancake” for 200 cals

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Pancake is just 1/2 cup egg whites & 1/4 oats blended with a dash of cinnamon, salt and a spoonful of monkfruit sweetener. I topped it with 0% Skyr, wild blueberries and monkfruit maple syrup. So good and filling. Doesn’t rlly taste like a traditional pancake but I really enjoy it and it curbs the sweet tooth.


r/1200realfood • • Jun 30 '26

Fat

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r/1200realfood • • Jun 27 '26

Cool summer lunch

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Greek style meatballs made with grass finished 90/10 beef from my farmers market, rice with tomatoes from our garden, home-pickled cucumbers, homemade Saurkraut, and Tzaziki sauce made with Greek yogurt, feta, lemon juice, garlic and garden cucumbers.

This plate totaled 850 calories.


r/1200realfood • • Jun 26 '26

HELP WITH MEAL PLAN

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r/1200realfood • • Jun 17 '26

Frozen

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r/1200realfood • • Jun 17 '26

Groceries

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r/1200realfood • • Jun 17 '26

Question Any lower cal kewpie alternatives?

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r/1200realfood • • Jun 16 '26

Product Would you use this Application?

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Hi,

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Please, let me know your toughs.

This is just part of an application I'm developing.

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Moderators,

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I didn't see anything regards not allowing this kind of post.

If I'm wrong, just let me know and I will remove it.

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Just looking for reactions if any.

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r/1200realfood • • Jun 14 '26

Meal Prep Easy low cal meal prep for my next few lunches

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And pretty cheap too. Costco rotisserie chicken made into some Tinga but instead of putting it on top of some tostadas topped with cotija cheese, drizzled Mexican sour cream, and avocado…it goes on the lettuce for some crunch. Still good and really filling!