So I’m trying new things at the moment and one of these things are low calorie meals. My partner follows a low calories diet, he uses MyFitnessPal and he’s doing quite well which is why I’m going to start making more low calorie dinners. Starting with this very yummy low calorie vegetable pie!
One of the things I will say, when it comes to low calorie meals I find that the best meals are vegetarian or vegan meals as meat most of the time contains a lot of calories which isn’t great when you’re counting them!
Low Calorie Vegetable Pie Recipe
So this is one of my first low calorie dinners, I made it towards the end of the year as it’s a nice winter dinner, really warms the soul and tastes amazing at the same time. It’s full of goodness, vegetables and isn’t going to make you consume calories you don’t need.
One of the great things I love about this pie when it comes to eating healthier, a portion of this contains your 5 a day that is recommended, that’s because it’s packed full of yummy vegetables! If you’re not satisfied you can always have a fruit salad for dessert and really top up!
This low calories vegetable pie recipe is super easy to make, I’m not a fan of recipes that take hours to make or have a thousand ingredients and steps because no one has time for that. When you’re calorie counting you don’t want to be making a meal for hours!
How Many Calories In Vegetable Vegetarian Pie Recipe? – 266 Calories
So obviously we want this to be a low calorie recipe because low calorie dinners can be hard to come by. This really is a low calorie vegetable pie and it’s perfect for the whole family. It has four portions to it so make sure if you’re using an app like MyFitnessPal you only add one portion and not the whole pie!
So this Low Calorie Vegetable Pie Recipe only has 266 calories per portion. You can see the breakdown of the calories in the recipe card, along with the price of the entire dish, which makes this a low calorie dinner and a low cost dinner as well! Plus totally meat free and suitable for vegetarians!
So Let me know if this 266 calorie pie is going to be on your list in the future and if you’ll be adding it to your meal plan from now on! It really is a comforting dinner and a weight loss dinner!
How Many Syns In Low Calorie Vegetable Pie? – 1 Syns!
So if you’re following me for my slimming world dinners, I don’t blame you because they’re amazing. Although this recipe is more of a low calories dinner, you can still enjoy it in slimming world. No matter what time of year, this slimming world vegetable pie will make you smile.
This pie will only set you back 266 calories which is great! It’s full of vegetables which means it’s all good for you and even better if you’re trying to save your syns for something yummy like this slimming world lemon drizzle cake recipe that my readers LOVE!!
Tips For Making This Low Cal Vegetable Pie Recipe!
One thing I will say, add a little spice. Some people like it really spicy but some people don’t so make sure you taste it as you go along. There’s nothing worse than making a low calorie vegetable pie recipe and then biting into it and it being too spicy!
Make sure you thicken the sauce as well, then drizzle it over the mixture as you can see above. It looks so yummy, makes sure that the veggies cook all the way through and aren’t super hard when you bite into them and makes everything taste so much better!
Equipment That I Use When Making My Low Syn Vegetarian Pie Recipe
So of course I use equipment that I need to make this recipe. You can’t make a decent low calories vegetarian pie without the right equipment at the end of the day! Check out the affiliate links below to see what I use!
Vegetable Low Calories Pie Recipe
This is one of the first low calories meals that I’ve done on here and I’d love to get some feedback, do you love it and want to see more? If you made this low calories vegetable pie recipe, did you change it up in any way and do something different? I’d love to hear all about it!
Take a look at the recipe below to make your own low cal pie. I will say again that it feeds four so make sure you put down the right calories amount or syn count. You can add cheese to the pie before it goes into the oven although that will change the amount, we love cheese so we did add it in these pictures but you don’t have to!
Vegetable Vegetarian Pie Recipe – Low Calorie Vegetable Pie
Equipment
- Casserole Dish
- Potato Ricer
- Knife Set
- Chopping Board
Ingredients
- 600 g Cauliflower (Large) Cut into into small florets
- 250 g Potatoes
- 2 Sweet Potato
- 150 g Carrots
- 2 Medium Onion
- 1 Tin Chopped Tomato
- 1 Clove Garlic Crushed
- 50 g Cheese (Low Fat) Grated
- ½ tsp Chilli Flakes
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 10 g Low Fat Spread
Instructions
- Cut the cauliflower into small florets. Peel and cut the carrots into large chunks. Peel the sweet potato and cut into bite sized chunks.
- Add the above vegetables to a steamer and cook until they are ¾ cooked.
- Peel the potatoes and cut into chunks for mash. Add to a pan of water and put on to boil.
- Peel and dice the onion and add to a deep saucepan with some frylight.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
- Once the onions have started to brown, add the vegetables to the onions.
- Add the tin of tomatoes, chilli and paprika, and mix until all the vegetables are covered in the tomatoes. Leave to cook for 4 minutes.
- Drain the potatoes and put the potatoes back into the pan and add the low fat spread and mash the potatoes.
- Now transfer the vegetable mixture into the casserole dish, if you have a lot of sauce left, thicken this by adding a little cornflour slurry and then pour over the top of the vegetables in the dish.
- Top the dish with the mash potato. Make sure it covers all the vegetables in the dish.
- Sprinkle with cheese and put into the oven 10 – 15 minutes, until the cheese has melted and started going golden.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
| INGREDIENTS | WEIGHT | CALORIES | PRICE |
| Cauliflower (Large) | 600 g | 174 kcal | £1.50 |
| Potatoes | 250 g | 260 kcal | £0.12 |
| Sweet Potato | 2 | 206 kcal | £0.28 |
| Carrots | 150 g | 50 kcal | £0.02 |
| Onion | 2 medium | 80 kcal | £0.12 |
| Tomato (Tinned) | 400 g | 74 kcal | £0.32 |
| Garlic | 1 Clove | 0 kcal | £0.02 |
| Cheese (Low Fat) | 50 g | 176 kcal | £0.35 |
| Chilli Flakes | ½ tsp | 3 kcal | £0.05 |
| Paprika | 1 tsp | 6 kcal | £0.03 |
| Low Fat Spread | 10 g | 34 kcal | £0.02 |
| TOTAL | 1063 kcal | £1.28 | |
| PER SERVING | 266 kcal | £0.32 |
Don’t forget to share this recipe with your friends and family, especially if they’re trying to lose some weight as well like we are! It’s not always easy to lose weight but with low calorie dinner recipes like this one, it makes it a little easier and a lot more tastier!
