Recipes under 300 calories ⋆ real ordinary food

Turkish Lentil Soup (Instant Pot or Slow Cooker)

Recipe, Turkish Cuisine / 300 calories, instant pot, slow cooker

This vegan dump-and-go red lentil soup is one of my mom’s favourites. It’s convenient, light, and oil-free, and the Turkish spices are so flavourful, you won’t miss the extra fat.

casserole dish full of borani banjan with yogurt and cilantro

Borani Banjan (بورانی بادمجان) Afghan Eggplant Casserole

Afghan Cuisine, Recipe / 300 calories, oven, stovetop

Borani banjan is an Afghan eggplant dish baked with spicy tomato gravy. This naturally vegan-friendly recipe makes for a comforting, aromatic winter casserole.

Vegan Japanese Milk Bread (Soft Coconut Milk Buns)

Japanese Cuisine, Recipe / 300 calories, oven

Hokkaido-inspired coconut milk buns. Just a simple, fluffy, soft vegan milk bread with no weird ingredients. Great recipe for impressing your friends and fam.

Happy World Oceans Day! feat. Goldfish in a Blanket

American Cuisine, Recipe / 300 calories, oven

June 8 is World Oceans Day! Celebrate by baking “goldfish in a blanket,” a twist on the classic pigs in a blanket, with easy homemade crescent roll dough.

old recipe for brownies from we energies 1932 cookie book

Simple Old-Fashioned Brownies from 1934

American Cuisine, Old Recipes, Recipe / 300 calories, old recipe, oven

This old-fashioned brownies recipe dates back to 1934, but it’s definitely withstood the test of time. Mixed up all in one bowl and ready to eat within an hour!

enoki soy sauce mushrooms and haddock florentine

Real Simple Eggs on Spinach and Haddock

Food Diary / 300 calories, stovetop

High in protein and low in calories, this egg-cellent brunch idea of eggs on spinach and haddock takes 15 minutes to whip up, with just five ingredients. Yummy!