I personally like the lower calorie, higher volume types of recipes, but wasn’t sure how other people would like a “healthier” buffalo chicken dip.

So I brought a pan of this version to a party and didn’t mention anything about it being lower calorie until it was half way gone! People were even asking me to send them the recipe after it was gone!

I took inspiration from the Buffalo chicken dip recipe found allrecipes.com

For 10 servings, they use:
* 10 oz canned chicken (285 cal & 52 g protein)
* 3/8 cup hot sauce (0 cal & 0 g protein)
* 8 oz cream cheese (776 cal & 17 g protein)
* 1/2 cup ranch dressing (540 cal & 0 g protein)
* 3/4 cup (113g) shredded cheese (342 cal & 19 g protein)
* Totaling 1943 calories & 88 G protein for the entire pan

I made a few swaps:
* 10 oz canned chicken (kept the same)
* 3/8 cup hot sauce (kept the same)
* 4-8 wedges of light laughing cow cheese (100-200 calories & 8-16 g protein)
* 1/2 cup of plain Greek yogurt with Ranch packet (75 cal & 13 g protein)
* 3/4 cup (113g) fat free shredded cheese (165 cal & 25 g protein)
* Totaling 625-725 calories & 98-106 G protein per serving

The original recipe was 194 calories & 9 g protein per serving

The recipe with smart swaps is 70 calories & 10 g protein per serving

Directions:
In a pan: Heat the chicken, hot sauce, Greek ranch, Laughing Cow for about 3-5 min. Mix well until combined.
Turn the heat off and mix in half of the shredded cheese (56g) into the pan.
Transfer to a slow cooker or oven
Cook on low or 350 degrees F (175 degree C) for 20-35 min (use your best judgement)

Notes:
I personally like more chicken in my buffalo chicken dip, so usually double the amount
The laughing cow is great for lowering the calories, just make sure to fully mix the cheese with the rest of the ingredients bc it is not so great at mixing in (it will work, just have to chop it in a bit)
I gave a range for the laughing cow (4-8) depending on how creamy you like it

All of this was around 270 calories. This is just store bought angel food cake, fat free whipped cream, and microwaved frozen raspberries.

I tried the cloud bread recipe and I’m looking for feedback! What did I do wrong? Texture is almost like cotton candy? But it’s no where close to a bread(even angel cake)

Recipe was 174g egg white, 10.74g corn starch, 1 taster tube of honey, 3tsps zero calorie sweetener.
I think I whosked the egg whites for about 5 minutes in a stand mixer med speed. On low speed added the honey till mixed, added the starch and sweetener. Folded in chocolate chips 1tbsp, plopped onto a greased pan and cooked 340F for 20 mins.

Tia!!!

I made u/absentmagpie3174 cloud bread recipe and it did not disappoint! It didn’t brown as much as I thought it would and I was afraid to overcook it. Came out fluffy and dreamy. Chocolate - 170 calories, 20g of protein. Blueberry - 130ish calories, 20g of protein. Super filling. Couldn’t finish one.

If using a microwave, add egg whites to your oats halfway through. Won't be able to taste it and adds more protein. Will keep you fuller for longer

Men used to go to war, now we take pictures of our breakfast

Just made a huge egg white cloud bread roll and filled it with smoked salmon, two boiled eggs and a Guacamole - Greek yogurt mix. Very filling, high protein, and surprisingly easy to roll. It was 770kcal and 86gr protein! But the wrap itself is only 250kcal and 36.5g protein, and you can add whatever topping you like.

The cloud bread wrap was made with:

• 300 g egg whites
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 2 g salt
• 12 g cornstarch
• 4 g psyllium husk
• 10 g parmesan
• Pepper and herbs

Whisked until stiff peaks, then incorporated and mixed in the remaining dry ingredients.

Baked at 160C static for 20 minutes until lightly golden, then covered with parchment paper for 8 minutes, filled and rolled while still flexible. The psyllium + cornstarch helped a lot with structure and made it much easier to roll without breaking.

It doesn't taste like egg (I think spices and parmesan helped a lot with that) and it was amazing.

**disclaimer: this uses a LOT of shirataki (konjac) penne. It probably WILL give you digestive issues. Try smaller amounts (maybe half a bag) first.

Ingredients:

1.5bags (600g drained) Liviva Shirataki Penne - 24cal
2 medium chicken breasts (330g) - 370cal
100ml tomato paste - 70 cal
1 large onion - 40cal
garlic (powder), salt, basil, black pepper, italiano
total - 504cal, 70g protein

Recipe:

sauce: i just eyeball it and taste it as i mix. if i had to guess, i would say - mix tomato paste with 1tsp salt, a few shakes of italiano and basil, a few shakes of black pepper, double the amount of shakes of garlic. dilute with about 100ml of water. take all those quantities with a grain of salt (ha)

0. empty penne into colander, rinse & drain

1. chop onions, add splash of water and pan fry 10min - (i do it without oil on a non-stick pan, but be careful) 2. while cooking, add salt and pepper to taste.

2. cut chicken into little pieces, or grind in a meat grinder like i did here. add salt and garlic to taste.

3. pan fry chicken, 2-3 min per side until its starts browning. (oil makes this easier and tastier but +cal)

4. add penne and onions back to pan, add sauce, mix, simmer all together until it looks good

5. post on r/volumeeating so i can get more inspo

Enjoy!

Review:

Honestly, i love it. Can i tell the difference between this and pasta? Absolutely. Its wetter, rubbery-er, not as flavourful and a bit plastic-y if not done right, or with a bad brand (i’ve had some terrible ones). But with a good sauce, i’d rate this a 7/10 on the pasta mimicking scale. And 1 KILOGRAM of almost-pasta for dinner? Yes please.

I have been doing a sort of intermittent fast, and with a 300cal late breakfast, 300cal lunch, and this 500cal dinner, plus a 200cal salad/dessert, my day ends up at ~1300 cal, which is a 1k cal deficit, and i go to bed satisfied.

P.S. the original, tastier, more authentic, higher calorie version of this uses 95% extra lean ground beef and fiber gourmet pasta, which usually comes out to around 800cal for a similar size. If you cant tolerate konjac, or want something tastier, i recommend that one!

Tried (and failed) to make an egg white omelette - more of a scramble now. But recipe is:
- 150g egg whites = 82cal
- 46g kimchi = 20cal
- 130g broccoli = 45cal
- 160g potato (on the side) = 112cal
- seasonings (negligible)

Very soft, packed with amazing banana flavor.

Honestly, I can't get enough of this cake!

Made this in the ninja creami. Ingredients in photo. Actually pretty decent. Used the whole bottle of French vanilla creamer, and just a splash of all the rest.

Edit to clarify: I know it's not truly 0 cal. I have no intention of eating an entire pint in a sitting. I eat two or three bites and I'm done (not a huge ice cream person).

I’m lazy in the kitchen so I didn’t bother blending anything, just mixed it all in a bowl . First time trying cottage cheese pancakes and thought it might be lumpy but once cooked I Couldn’t taste the cottage cheese! Made about 4-5 large fluffy pancakes per serve.

Not listed in the ingredients was about 3G baking powder, pinch of salt, vanilla essence + sweetener drops (I would probably use a bit more next time or granulated sweetener as well)

Cooked on a pre heated non stick pan with no added butter/oil. Really impressed!

Tried u/AbsentMagpie3174 ‘s pizza recipe! 293 cals for the whole thing (although I realize I didn’t log the cornstarch but it was only 12g and then I used just normal egg whites, not the Kirkland kind so it evens out lol). Here are my thoughts!

- Tastes really good, like a real pizza (tho that’s mainly to do with the sauce and cheese lol)
- The texture of the crust itself is like moist bread. I don’t love it, but for the low cals I’ll take it lol
- Still tastes like egg but I like the taste of egg so I don’t mind it
- I tried making this before in a longer pan and the egg whites completely spread out and shrunk a lotttt so I ended up w more like pizza crepes 😭 this time I made it in a smaller, round pan for cakes and it was much more successful!
- crust around the edges where it’s crispy is the most tasty, I’d maybe cook it a bit longer so that the middle has more of that texture and is less soggy next time as well (cooked it at 400F for 10 min cuz my oven is a little weaker than most)

Overall I really liked it and will def make again! Very satiating, protein-filled, and yummy😋

Listen I love a bowl of protein kibble. Something about eating like a dog makes me feel like I'm actually making progress towards my health and fitness goals. The more my food resembles orbeez, the happier I am and honestly this might be some of my finest work.

These portions are actually huge. I know those bowls don't look very big but they are, I was so full after eating this. They're 585 grams each so they're hefty, and only 590 calories. I got 6 of these portions out of the pot because that's what works with my weight loss goal but you could easily make this less portions and have them be even bigger if that's what you want. My partner and I had 2 portions for dinner last night, and then we had 4 leftover portions for him to take to work for lunch this week.

I loosely followed this recipe for cottage cheese hamburger helper with a few changes made! I substituted ground beef for ground chicken, used protein macaroni instead of regular, blended the cottage cheese, and removed the peas entirely because I just personally hate them. Instead, I added an entire can of white kidneys beans which I have been absolutely obsessed with putting in all my pastas ever since I tried it one time at an Italian restaurant and got hooked. The texture of the beans is just really nice when paired with a creamier sauce, and it's a good way to add volume and fibre and stretch my box of pasta to more servings! It also adds A LOT to the orbeezification of the meal, which is what really matters here.

I used google sheets to do the calorie and macro math for the first time, usually I write it all out and then manually add it all up but this was MUCH easier, idk why I didn't think of this sooner. Hopefully it's pretty straightforward and easy to understand. I did my usual method where I'll portion everything out by eye and weigh each of them, add up the total and dump it all back into the pot and properly portion it out by weight. They're not all perfect, but they're all somewhere between 580 and 585 grams.

Couple things to note, the garlic I used is minced garlic in a little jar with oil which is why it's a little higher calorie. Also I got my calories and macros just on google for things like the veg so they may not be 100% accurate. I used the entire can of sauce and beans, but I wrote it in mL so it would be easier for me to do the math with the nutrition label on them. Also didn't write down how much water I used for the broth but it was 6 cups total. I logged this in my tracker app by creating a new food and adding all the macros + fibre which is really all I care about, and logged it at 600 cal because I'm worried about under-tracking and would rather slightly overshoot.

But anyway in conclusion, if you too enjoy eating like a dog then I definitely recommend trying this one or something similar. And if you only take one thing away from this it'd better to be to add the white kidney beans to your pastas. Trust.

Bonus aftermath and after-aftermath pics because it was a lot of work and I'm proud of myself 😊🩷

Today i remade my cloud bread from yesterday following the same recipe as i did before. I'd made the previous one as a big loaf (resembling a brioche loaf but my own low cal version), and as a child i LOVED those brioche rolls you could buy in the shops & remembered they exist so i made my own version today!!!!

Here's my recipe/Previous post if anyone's interested!

I also broke one of the rolls in half today to include a picture of what the texture looks like inside. They turned out perfect, yet again!

I'm so happy people to see people liking my recipe + tagging me in posts trying it, it genuinely makes me so so happy, happier than I've felt in a while :)

Like most of you, i was inspired to try the popular cloud bread posted in this sub by u/AbsentMagpie3174 yesterday. I chose to omit the chocolate chips for this trial.

Sweeteners: honey and zero calorie maple syrup

Calorie breakdown:

180g egg whites - 85cal
10g honey - 30cal
12g cornstarch - 45cal

Total - 160cal

My review: tasty! i usually make these with a lot less sweetener and wonder how people enjoy the eggy taste. The honey, maple syrup, and vanilla completely masked the egg taste. I also usually make them in the air fryer and this time i made it in the oven and it turned out a bit better, firmer, and more evenly/thoroughly cooked. Overall i’d give this one a 8/10, and I will definitely keep experimenting with it.

(things i will change for next try)
- replace honey with a different kind of sweetener
- a bit more cornstarch/oat flour
- adding a bit of light butter