Delicious and Easy Lower Calorie Lower Carb Comfort Food Recipes
Good Comfort Food doesn’t have to be all about gravy, biscuits, potatoes, fat, and calories. Cutting down, cutting out, or replacing one or two high carb-fatty ingredients makes calorie-laden recipes healthier, lighter, and full of savory guiltless enjoyment! Read on friends for healthier, delicious, and easy lower calorie, lower carb comfort food inspiration!
Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings, Chicken Tortilla Soup, Chicken Pot Pie, and Deviled Eggs are serious comfort foods in my house. Below are a few of our favorites… a little lighter but full of delicious, warm, savory flavors…Delicious and Easy Lower Carb Comfort Food Recipes👇👇
TIPS TO MAKE COMFORT RECIPES LOWER CALORIE-LOW CARB
- use more veggies and lean protein than what the recipe calls for
- instead of sauteing veggies in oil…use spray oil, spray the bottom of the pan and your ingredients, and add a little water or broth
- when using flour to thicken soup, sprinkle 1/2 the amount of flour over the sauteing veggies…stir in until all veggies are coated, add seasonings to mix and then add broth
- if your recipe is potato-based, try replacing half the potatoes with cauliflower
- beans are easy to thicken, just mash up half the ones in the pot and leave the other beans whole
LOWER CARB SOUPS
Chicken Tortilla Soup
This Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe is simply the best all-time favorite family comfort soup. Store-bought chicken broth, canned tomato soup, rotisserie chicken, a perfect blend of seasonings and cheese make it an easy and fast, happy meal. This one-pot soup can be easily adjusted to any consistency, any carb level, and milder or hotter spice level. 3 Weight Watcher points per bowl, 2 points for 6 tortilla chips! Enjoy!!!
Simple Crockpot Curry Vegetable Soup
This easy, creamy but light Curry Vegetable Soup makes getting your daily dose of veggies super easy since it’s made in the crockpot.
Curry Vegetable Soup is not only packed full of vitamins, minerals, and fiber it is naturally low carb, gluten-free and low calories. If you’re following a Weight Watchers diet it is approximately 3 points per serving with the cream cheese included. To make it 0 points just eliminate the cream cheese. Make it harder…add your favorite meat! Better the next day:) Enjoy!!
Easy 30 Minute Wonton Soup
This super easy 30 minute Wonton Soup with Shrimp tastes a lot like P.F. Chang’s” wonton soup recipe but there is one difference… it is by far better! Add a few baked shrimp eggrolls and some make-ahead baked rice and you’ve just saved yourself money and calories. Win, Win, Win!!
The flavors in this Wonton Soup are deliciously simple and delightfully light. Four wontons have only 1 Weight Watcher point…low on calories but high on the flavor meter! The best part…it’s done in 30 minutes or less!! Enjoy!!
SIMPLE CROCKPOT SPICY MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP & SOFT TACO FILLING
This simple naturally low carb Mexican Chicken Soup and Soft Taco Filling is packed with light, savory, spicy flavors for a perfect all-season soup. Put this one-pot meal together fast and easy in your crock pot for a delicious no fuss, low carb bowl full of yum! This makes the best soft taco filling too!!!
Lazy Comfort Dishes
Easy Old Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings
Easy Chicken and Dumplings Recipe is a one-pot, old-fashioned, comfort food classic and will instantly be a family favorite. Mouthwatering savory, light, herby broth, perfect, delicious dumplings, and lots of fresh veggies and rotisserie chicken…You will want this one on your weekly meal must-haves!
This easy Chicken and Dumplings recipe is much better than traditional heavy, thick, gravy recipes that use milk or cream and lots of flour in the broth. It’s “lighter” with fresh herb seasonings, 4 oz of herbed whipped cream cheese, lots of broth, and just 2 tablespoons of flour. It’s good…real good! Each dumpling has approximately 3 Weight Watcher points and the whole pot of broth has around 8 Weight Watcher points. Enjoy this dish!!!
Easy Lower Calorie Chicken Pot Pie
What’s more soul-warming than a savory, chunky, homemade Chicken Pot Pie with a rich, creamy filling loaded with chicken and tons of nutritious vegetables? This one skillet meal is topped off with a fast and easy crescent roll crust, is Weight Watcher friendly, and perfect for a quick weeknight meal. Lazy comfort food at it’s best!
This recipe is one of my favorites to feed my hamburger, Queso, Gumbo loving family. I love it when I can sneak something healthy into our diet without them even knowing it. Thanks to the 98% fat free Cream of Mushroom Soup and the Reduced Fat Crescent Rolls this recipe cuts the traditional Chicken Pot Pie calorie and fat count by more than half. Enjoy!!
Curry-Dill Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs with curry and fresh dill are about the easiest anytime appetizer dish there is! They are often gobbled up at barbecues, funerals, holidays (especially Easter), potlucks…anytime! And being naturally low carb they are perfect for most dieters! And two halves only have 1 Weight Watcher Points!!!! Enjoy!!
Make these wonderful comfort recipes for your whole family and then hide enough for a delicious leftover lunch for the cook! Two meals down and maybe your waistline too!
Savory and Simple Mashed Potato Cauliflower Casserole
Savory and simple Mashed Potato Cauliflower Casserole is loaded with all the savory comfort flavors of “real” mashed potatoes like real butter, cream cheese, and cream but a little less carby. Try it with Crockpot Drip Beef for a bun less bowl full of comfort and joy!
Enjoy!!!
