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500-Calorie Dinner Menus

A whole dinner menu for only 500-calories? You bet. Even better, these easy, delicious meals can help you lose weight without feeling deprived. Spice up your routine with these 500-calorie dinner recipes—ready in 30 minutes or less!

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Five-Spice Turkey & Lettuce Wraps

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500-Calorie Chicken Dinner Menus

Lean chicken is always a dinner favorite, especially if you're watching your weight. These menus include a main course, side dishes, desserts or drinks to round out your 500-calorie meal.

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Meal Plans

28 Day Weight Loss Meal Plan

Lose weight with the delicious recipes in our 28 day diet meal plan packed with satisfying breakfasts, lunches, dinners and dessert to help you slim
down.

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Here's a sample day from our 1,200 calorie Diet Meal Plan:

Breakfast
Whole-wheat toast (1 slice)
Apricot jam (1 tablespoon)
Skim milk (1 cup)
Dried Fruit Compote with Green Tea & Lemon

Lunch
Herbed Zucchini Soup or Green Gazpacho
Whole-wheat pita bread (1/2 medium pita)
Peach (1 small)

Snack
Cottage Cheese Veggie Dip
Multigrain rice cake (1 cake)

Dinner
Strawberry-Raspberry Sundaes
Tilapia & Summer Vegetable Packets or Grilled Sirloin with a Coffee Bean-Peppercorn Crust
Steamed broccoli (1 cup)
Brown rice (1/2 cup, cooked)

Heart Healthy Meal Plan

Keep your heart healthy with the delicious, satisfying meals in our 28-Day Heart Healthy Meal Plan. Choose from three calorie levels for a month of yummy breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner recipes that are packed with the foods your heart needs to stay healthy.

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