One pot creamy pesto chicken pasta calorie reduction swaps:
8 oz of regular penne pasta -> 5 oz chickpea pasta
1 cup of whole milk -> 1 cup unsweetened cashew milk
3 oz cream cheese -> 3 oz greek yogurt
1/3 cup of pesto -> 3 tbsp pesto + 1/4 cup of fresh basil
Total calorie reduction per serving:
~660 to ~401
This turned out insanely good!!
Anyone have any other good swaps for high calorie dishes?
by Creepy-Presence-1894
6 Comments
This looks so tasty! And thank you for sharing! It’s always nice to see visual comparisons for easy swaps.
My favorite “swap” is making pizza on a low carb tortilla. 🍕
Nice. I’ve been doing pretty well with using half and half instead of heavy cream in pasta things. I’ve never seen cashew milk.
This looks delicious!!
I have pesto in the fridge and was literally just looking up low cal pasta recipe swaps today. This is so helpful!
That portion looks so small, didn’t realise the calorie count would be that high
that sounds AMAZING! looks great too! my best swap is making my latte with artificial sweeteners, skimmed milk and sugar free syrups, haha