Help On How To Find Low Calorie Recipes: On Your Fingertips

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Help On How To Find Low Calorie Recipes: On Your Fingertips

22 July 2008

Written by: Chris Posted under Low Carb

Each one of us who is thinking or trying to lose some weight, must switch to low calorie diet. Once you have decided to try out low cal dishes, you might wonder: how do we find low calorie recipes. All of our traditional recipes, grandma’s secret recipes are dipped in fat and subsequent calories, with butter, oil, sugar, cream being the chief ingredients. But in this modern era, many of the people want to cook food which has low calorie intake, thus there are people who have developed new low calorie recipes of the purpose.

The Best Way To Find Such Recipes

The most convenient, fast and effective mode of searching for recipes is through the internet. Type in ‘low calorie recipes’ and you will get thousands of website links with several recipes claiming to be low calorie recipes. You will find many new and varied recipes on the websites. Another way is to go to a particular website like one that is of your favorite chef and search for low calorie recipes. You may also visit sites devoted to food preparation or health sites and look for low calorie recipes. You will come to know that many experiments and innovative work is being done in this direction.

Search The Books

Another time-tested method is to look in the ‘recipes section’ in popular magazines. Focus on magazines meant for women, children, family and home. You are sure to get a few recipes in each one of them, usually with a separate section for low calorie recipes. The advantage of looking for low calorie recipes in the magazines is that mostly they are tried and tested and deliver the same results as stated.

If you are yet not satisfied and want more variety, hit your nearest book store. You are sure to find loads of books on low calorie recipes. Again, if you have tried a particular chef’s published recipe earlier, it is better to look for the same author while searching for low calorie recipes.

The big idea is that there is no dearth of information and material available for low calorie cooking. It’s up to you now which recipe to choose from, how to make it suitable for your family’s liking. You may also like to make some changes into your existing recipes by replacing high calorie ingredients with low calorie ones, and thus make a low calorie recipe of your own. Cooking is an art; don’t be shy to try out new ideas, especially if it’s for the health of you and your family. How to find low calorie recipes is certainly not difficult. It’s more important how to adapt it your taste without increasing its calories.

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An American in France said,

on July 22nd, 2008 at 7:18 am

One of the best ways to come up with recipes in your head is to keep a basic running knowledge of what’s healthy and what’s not and add spice. Spices contain almost no fat, if any. Also get an idea one different sauces that are low fat that taste great. It’s the sauces that really make or break food anyway. Grilled chicken by itself isn’t very fatty, if it doesn’t have the skin. Put a delicious marinade on it and make a nice salad on the side with a light dressing and you’ve got a great tasting meal.
Budget Wedding said,

on July 25th, 2008 at 5:48 am

This is absolutely right! all the information in the world is at our finger tips. With a little time and research we can all be living much healthier lives.
New Age said,

on July 25th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

Do you think that people don’t know how to find or search on Google? I thought that but amazed to see results in Google. “low calorie recipes”, this term returned with almost half a million results, Whoa, People don’t care about low calories diet then because they don’t search a lot.
mercola said,

on August 5th, 2008 at 8:51 am

I’ve seen so many sites about low calorie diet. it is good i think if you want to live healthy. not only that, the foods you will eat are really delicious.
where are they now? said,

on August 26th, 2008 at 1:51 am

Thats a great idea to look in recipes section of magazines, someone should create a site on all the receipes from magazines
Hidden Object said,

on August 26th, 2008 at 5:11 pm

To keep to a diet very big will power and desire to grow thin is necessary
China Arnold said,

on August 30th, 2008 at 12:48 am

You can pick up a ton of used cookbooks at Goodwill or at garage sales.

When your family picks their favorite recipes, print them out a few times and share them with friends and neighbors. Ask them for their family favorites.
Poveste de cartier said,

on September 20th, 2008 at 11:23 am

The old books of recipes are the best.
Denis Kanygin said,

on September 21st, 2008 at 1:34 pm

Low calorie diet is not the best way to go about losing weight.

In fact, dieting was shown to be a consistent predictor of WEIGHT GAIN! (http://workoutiq.com/blog/2008/09/16/dieting-consistent-predictor-of-weight-gain-ucla-study)

Eat a balance and healthy meal, exercise and weight will come off.
Maribel said,

on September 24th, 2008 at 6:42 am

Very good posts.My family is on the route of organic products and less cal recipes.With alot of unknown sickness now its better to be fit and choosy with our food.I have also registered to various sites for free recipes with less calories in it.
mike said,

on October 16th, 2008 at 6:21 am

hi this is an intersting post. yes it is good to have a better shape and health. thank you
Forest Central said,

on October 27th, 2008 at 10:24 pm

My favorite places to find low calorie recipes are in the library. Believe or not, that’s where some of the best healthy eating cookbooks are.
Marty said,

on October 31st, 2008 at 11:24 am

Marty…

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens….
Macy said,

on November 1st, 2008 at 3:34 am

I just got hold of our local recipe magazine here and I’ll surely find those with low calorie. We are now into fruit loading for several days and so far so good.
Transgender Vanessa said,

on November 7th, 2008 at 6:55 am

I think we tend to overemphasize calories, perhaps at times causing us to ignore the overall health of the food we eat. After all, a 100 calorie twinkie is still a twinkie…
Ken Black said,

on November 12th, 2008 at 2:38 am

I agree with the book store trip in particular. With more people staying home and on the internet more than ever, less people are buying books at the bookstores. But, there are superb books on cooking at any bookstore, like Chapter’s for example - or online (if you must), try Amazon.com. Don’t forget to read and apply what you buy though - I’ll bet most people don’t - not that I’m being negative of course. If that doesn’t help your diet, try EFT - look it up on Google - something I just found out about - you can thank me later. Have a nice week.
Corporate Hospitality said,

on November 14th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

Taking note of your calrories can easily become obsessive. My gf counts her calroies everyday to make sure she is not putting on weight!
Steve said,

on November 18th, 2008 at 5:06 am

Very nice article on finding low calorie recipes. More and more books and site are now publishing low calorie items so finding some good recipes is becoming easier all the time.
gadgets said,

on November 25th, 2008 at 10:48 am

I had many books suggessting a lot on the low yet healthy calories based diets. Appreciate your contribution though. Great one.
Dara said,

on November 25th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

A great place for low-calorie recipes is the message boards of those big established diet places. While it’s proven that those commercial diets (ie. Jenny Craig, LA Weight Loss, etc.) do *not* work, the low calorie food is good to eat, as long as you couple it with healthy exercises and enough water.
The Fitness Diva said,

on December 10th, 2008 at 4:41 am

I’ve found several really cool blogs that feature low cal and Weight Watcher’s recipes, and it’s really helpful. There are more out there than one might think!
Joselina Garnier said,

on December 30th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

Well that does not actually apply when youre always travelling. The menus on the planes and some wine on the way to Spain ever couple of days.

I better start preparing my tapperware!
lynn said,

on January 16th, 2009 at 7:00 am

I agree with Forrest. The library is so under-rated, especially when most libraries can usually special order just about any book in the world.
Abhijeet UK said,

on January 22nd, 2009 at 12:13 am

You know what, my friend used to search such books on eBay for a very popular chef. I never thought he would get any, but yes there are many recipe books online that specially deal with low calorie food, that’s so cool, innit!
Lonely hearts said,

on January 24th, 2009 at 11:53 pm

People are becoming a lot more aware of their weight and turning to all manner of fad diets.

A key thing to remember with any diet, is not just the calorie count but the nutritional value too. We need certain minerals and salts to remain healthy and function.
Patrice Douglas said,

on January 26th, 2009 at 11:10 pm

I’ve been looking for something just like this. Thanks for a great post!
Pay for speeding tickets said,

on February 7th, 2009 at 7:41 pm

I have a number of recipes that I try to recycle with new variations as much as possible, though it probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to get caught up on some new ones.
Hair Restoration Toronto said,

on March 9th, 2009 at 12:39 am

We have a computer in the kitchen - there’s a world of recipes at our fingertips!
scrabble777 said,

on March 15th, 2009 at 5:51 pm

This may be a little off subject but, if you like and desire the benefits of salmon, only you dislike the powerful flavor, a fish called artic char is finding its way into the markets more. its a cross between trout and salmon basically. its a mild versital fish. i like to wrap it in parchment paper with some fresh dill and meyer lemons. cheers
Billy Cook said,

on March 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 am

I have no need for cookbooks anymore as I have found everything I need online. My favorite places for recipes are food network and Epicurious.
ex back said,

on March 22nd, 2009 at 7:35 pm

Hi,
I have been looking for such recipes on the net since long time and from my experience I can say many of the paid information can be found for free in other sites.
Colloidal Silver said,

on March 30th, 2009 at 8:35 pm

Great ideas, finding the low-cal recipe is just the first step to a healthy lifestyle. Vitamins are a great way to maintain your health as well.
food recipes said,

on April 16th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

Never be afraid to experiment. It’s amazing how swapping out a few of the least healthy ingredients in a recipes can make all the difference.
photos amateurs said,

on May 9th, 2009 at 6:12 pm

Thx for sharing, nice blog

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