How severely lactose intolerant are you? I re-discovered my love of soups during this period. Cream of broccoli, cream of mushroom, potato, chicken, tomato, clam chowder. The cream-of variety might not work for you, but they are super delicious and 1 can would last me 2 meals.
I also ate progresso light soups, chicken noodle, minestrone, garden vegetable, split pea, tomato, lentil, etc. I still keep these stocked and they are a great go-to low calorie meal that is very satisfying. Make no mistake; I do not claim these are delicious or comparable to home made options lol but they are good enough for me
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My biggest angst was availibility of the soup varieties - I had to shuffle between walmart and kroger stores and even walgreens. I guess here in the south BBQ country, canned light soups don't warrant much shelf space.
It seems the canned soups (while being kinda high in sodium) is super convienant, quite low in calories and all the solid food components are cooked to the point of being easily chewable into the consistency of apple sauce.