Good idea, Firecracker — batch cooking always saves the day.

Beecher, here are some easy recipes. They come in at 300 calories or less since we eat 2 meals on a Fast Day, but you could double the recipe to make a larger portion or increase amount of some of the ingredients.

Greek Chicken Salad:
295 calories 12.8 g. fat 4.8 g fiber 23.7 g protein 26.5 g carb 240.3 mg Calcium PB GF This recipe was long ago clipped from a magazine and stored in the recipe file. When I saw it, I recognized that if most of the olive oil were removed, it would make a smashing Fast meal. We like this one a lot.
1 and 1/2 oz chicken, roasted and shredded 1 and 1/2 c. shredded romaine or 3 oz salad greens 1/4 c garbanzo or small white beans 2 and 1/2 oz tomato chunks or 1 c cucumbers, cubed 3 black olives, pitted & sliced 1 oz feta cheese, crumbled 1 and 1/2 tsp lemon juice 1/2 tsp olive oil 1/2 tsp each of mint, oregano, parsley
Prep the meat, greens, tomatoes, and olives as described. Measure the lemon juice, olive oil, and herbs into a salad bowl. Whisk together. Add the greens and toss to combine. Add the chicken, beans, tomato/cukes and toss gently. Top with the olives and feta.

Chickpea Ragout with Meat:
GF PB nb: entire batch has 484 calories, so divide into portions
divided in 2: 242 calories 4.8 g fat 10.7 g fiber 11.7 g protein 40.3 g carbs 51.3 mg Ca
divided in 4: 121 calories 2.8 g fat 5.3 g fiber 5.8 g protein 20 g carbs 26 mg Calcium
This is from Jacques Pepin’s Fast Food My Way. Although he doesn’t mean my kind of ‘Fast Food,’ Pepin has long been a proponent of healthy cooking. He presents this as a side dish, but for our purposes it is best prepared as a main course with seafood or or meat for more protein. If you want to eat it on its own, top it with some cheese.
½ tsp olive oil ½ cup diced onions ½ cup scallions, chopped 1 Tbsp garlic 2 cups diced tomatoes, fresh or canned and drained 1 and ½ cup chickpeas, drained and rinsed if canned ½ cup chicken stock ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper
Heat the oil in a saute pan. Add the onion, scallion and garlic. Stir briefly over the heat then add the tomatoes, chickpeas, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat until liquids are mostly evaporated. If using now, separate out your portion and keep warm. Cool the remaining ragout and freeze it in serving portions.
3 oz chicken breast [if cooked, mix in with the ragout to warm the meat] [if meat is raw, add to the pan along with the tomatoes and chickpeas]
3 oz pork tenderloin [if cooked, mix in with the ragout to warm the meat] [if meat is raw, add to the pan along with the tomatoes and chickpeas]
2 oz lean beef pieces, not ground beef [if cooked, mix in with the ragout to warm the meat] [if meat is raw, add to the pan along with the tomatoes and chickpeas]

Chicken Noodle Soup: 212 calories 3.3 g fat 5.2 g fiber 23.1 g protein 22.8 g carbs 105.5 mg Calcium PB If you have some in the freezer already, then this is really easy! HINT: This makes enough for two servings. Freeze for another easy meal.
3 cups chicken or turkey broth 2 oz chicken white meat, diced or shredded 1 oz broken spaghetti or linguine ¼ c. white beans, drained and rinsed if canned 1.5 oz carrot, diced 1.5 oz green beans, cut into 1” pieces 1 0z Canadian or back bacon, slivered seasonings to taste: salt, pepper, dried thyme, dried sage Per bowl: 1 tsp grated Parmesan cheese + generous sprinkling of parsley
Per person: [optional] 2 Finn Crisp crackers which adds 40 calories 0.5 g fat 2 g fiber 2 g protein 10 g carbs and 0 mg Calcium
Bring the broth to a simmer and cook the noodles until almost tender. If the chicken is raw, throw it in the pot to cook. Add the beans, carrot, green beans, Canadian bacon and seasonings. When heated through, ladle into bowls and top with the cheese and parsley.

If you need more ideas, Google my ‘handle’ and find my Fasting blog which is all about the recipes.
Good luck.

It’s not for everyone, but I like to have a ready meal as my one meal on a fast day. It’s quick and easy. Someone else has calculated the calories for me. I don’t get tempted to eat more because I’m in the kitchen etc. Today I had a low cal lasagne from the co-op that came in at 311 calories. There’s not a huge selection and I normally throw in a bit of flavour – salt, chili etc – all low/no cal, but I like it because it’s easy and warms me up – I get cold on FDs.

I hope you find something that works for you. Good luck!

There are other options too. Today is another FD for me and I had a Fish Pie that was delicious. There’s also Jamaican chicken with rice etc. It doesn’t have to be pasta 🙂

I always make and eat low cal veggie soup on FD. At dinner I have a seared chicken breast or a piece of salmon and nothing else. I more or less follow the same pattern every FD, so I don’t have any thinking to do. 🙂

Hi all, love the suggestions!

I also have most of my calories in the evening, with some early afternoon (usually just a carrot or two to get me through).

All my meals are made up mostly of vegetables, some protein, and usually konjac or ‘miracle noodles’ which i find gives the meals a good base.

I tend to do either a chicken or tofu stirfry with coconut aminos, miso, chili, and vegies. Changing up the veg/protein depending on what I feel like. Usually had with konjac noodles. Otherwise a chicken and veg ‘noodle soup’ with konjac noodles.

I tried a tofu miso ramen last week as well which was a nice change.

I have developed a love for Miso or Vegetable broth they are both about 10-15 calories a cup. I also like to stay simple and consistent on my FDs then I don’t have to think too much on food. So with the cup of broth I add in either 3oz of carrots OR peas OR shredded brussels OR celery. Lunch then is a total of 20-40 calories and I feel good to boot!

I love homemade tomato soup with brown rice and two boiled eggs 🙂