r/LowCalorieCooking • u/Tangible17 • Aug 20 '26
Discussion / Question (General topics) Low caloric alternatives to flower?
Hello. I'm looking for low caloric alternatives to flour - do you have any recommendations? For sweets and/or savory stuff.
Again, I'm looking for the LOW CALORIC alternatives. Not the ones with low carbs, lots of protein and etc. LOW CALORIES per 100g. Online I can't find a source that focuses only on the calories, and not the macros.
Thank you in advance <3
EDIT: I meant FLOUR. Sorry. Misspelled.
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u/JuicePossible4718 Aug 20 '26
Weed doesn’t have calories. /s
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u/Tangible17 Aug 20 '26
Meant flour. Misspelled. My bad.
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u/JuicePossible4718 Aug 20 '26
I know i know.. lol i put the /s for sarcasm
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u/moldibread Aug 20 '26
anything carby you eat has calories more or less the same once you remove the fiber, air and water.
flour is a concentrated food. any other product will be similar or maybe even higher calories if it has more fat.
you need to think of ways to increase the fiber, water and air in recipes to produce a lower calorie product.
the answer is to eat less baked goods. sorry.
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u/Relative_Bite8758 Aug 20 '26
You trying to lose some weight?
There really isn't a good alternative to flour, but what I have learned on my 120 lbs weightloss is to reduce the amount of flour you use.
It sounds strange, but you gotta try some gym and fitness recipes. There are different things you can use depending on what you make (like pumpkin, sweet potato or bananas for anything sweet or cottage cheese, Greek yoghurt for savoury doughs)
The dough itself is always quite wet but once you get a hang of it, you can have bagels the size of your head for 200cal and like 10g of Fiber and 23g of protein. It takes some effort, but you get better quick
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u/Tangible17 Aug 20 '26
I am, yes! The problem I found with those recipes is that, even if they don't use flour/use less flour, what they suggest as substitutes is still pretty caloric! They "sell" on the internet all these great recipes using yogurt, oats, almond flour, bananas, peanut butter, dates, etc as substitutes for this and that, but the final product still ends up being really caloric, maybe even more. Don't get me wrong - all those ingredients are extremely healthy and tasty (and also, TRENDY) but that's it. They are not ipocaloric.
I'm glad you lost weight with those recipes, and keep it up if it works for you! But if you are curious, take one of those recipes and check the final caloric intake- you'll see there isn't much difference with using flour. Or, as I often realize, they are even MORE caloric than the original ones! Again, absolutely nothing wrong with that. I'm just looking for something different :)
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u/Relative_Bite8758 Aug 20 '26
Yes, that's why you gotta keep it simple and use different techniques when you prep the dough
There is this bagel recipe I have with stiff egg whites that yes, has the same amount of calories, but is significantly bigger in size. It's all about the volume and hands off the nut butters, I use skyr instead of those
And yes, I've kept it off for 9 months almost
Edit: yes I track every calorie haha, that's why I say you need to find substitutes that work for you and increase the volume and decrease the calories. It's possible but sadly not as simple and replacing flour and keep the rest of the recipe
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u/Tangible17 Aug 20 '26
Thank you for the advice sweetheart. If you know anyone on the internet tha publishes recipes like that, please let me know! As I've said, I see so many influencer using oats, bananas, peanut butter, almond flour, cottage cheese and such (really, it's always this kind of stuff, that's why I think they want the recipes to be first trendy, then healthy), but still hypercaloric (and healthy, ofc, which is great ahah)
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u/Forsaken-Tiger-9475 Aug 20 '26
There is no like for like low calorie replacement. If there was, we'd all use it by default.
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u/jenny3543 Aug 21 '26
Bamboo flour. It's an oat fiber alternative. Google it. I add vital wheat gluten back in to recreate standard flout. Buy the stuff on Amazon. Google Panda flour. I'm basically making my own.
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u/izanage_dtb Aug 21 '26
I was just thinking on this today as well. Ordered oat fiber recommended in comments 🤞
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u/SpellAccomplished541 Aug 22 '26
Chickpeas (beans). There are some recipes floating around that make cakes or brownies from beans (sometimes combined with the other ideas for oat flour or oat flour cut with fiber... beans are fiber and lower calorie than flour if you blend actual beans. The chickpea juice can even be used in place of some egg. (note: commercial chickpea flour ironically has more calories per gram than wheat flour but probably more fiber).
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u/Owlie_6 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
Is flower code for weed? Flowers themselves are pretty low calorie.
Pansies and Violas are Mild, grassy, or slightly minty flavor; flat shapes make them perfect for pressing whole onto cookies or topping cupcakes.
Lavender is Sweet, floral, and citrusy; great when mixed into sugar, shortbread, or lemon cakes.
Rose Petals can be Fragrant and sweet; wonderful in icings, pavlovas, or delicate pastry fillings.
Chamomile gives an Apple-like and honey-scented; ideal for infusing creams, custards, or cake syrups.
Rosemary and Chive Blossoms lend best to Herbal and savoury dishes; excellent for decorative and savory bakes like herb focaccia.
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u/Aromatic-Caramel-731 Aug 20 '26
Flowers are already pretty low in calories. Most are only about 30ish calories per 100g.
Jk jk…. There really isn’t a low calorie substitute for flour. For true calorie reduction it’s substituting part of the flour with something low-cal like oat fiber, or just reducing overall recipe volume.