Muscle Building and Your Dieting - 500 Calorie Muscle Building Recipes

We all keep hearing the same thing about our diets while muscle building. Do this, don't do that, you can only have X-amount of calories, you need to make sure your protein intake is such and such.

Well, I thought I would at least provide something to help with the calorie counting part. In this article I will outline several very good 500 calorie muscle building recipes; well approximately 500 calories. Yes they are tasty. Here we go:

Black Bean & Zucchini Quesadilla:

1 cup chopped zucchini
½ cup canned black beans rinsed and drained
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon cumin
2 whole-wheat tortillas
¼ cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons salsa

How to put it together: Saute' first 4 ingredients for 5 minutes. Place mixture on torillas, sprinkle with cheese. Fold in half and cook in pan until cheese melts and tortilla a toasted. Top with salsa.

Shrimp Fried Brown Rice:

1 cup cooked brown rice.
1 tablespoon sesame oil.
1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon grated ginger
3 ounces precooked shrimp
2 cups chopped bok choy

How to put it together: Saute' first 5 ingredients for 3 minutes. Add shrimp and bok choy and cook for 5 minutes more.

Florentine Chicken & Goat Cheese Flatbread:

3 cups baby spinach
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
1 whole-grain flatbread
4 ounces rotisserie chicken, chopped no skin.
1 ounce goat cheese, crumbled.

How to put it together: Saute' spinach, oil and garlic until spinach wilts. Bake flatbread at 350f for 7 minutes. Top with spinach mixture, chicken and cheese. Bake for 12 minutes more.

Ok, there some real good food without chewing up your daily calorie count. I know that you know diet is very important in order to fuel your awesome machine of a body. Take these recipes and use them as you may. Look out for more recipes in coming days. Enjoy!


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