Recipes With Course: Pasta & Rice
2nd course
One-Pan Pasta With Bacon
One-Pan Pasta with Bacon is another in a series of one-pan meals that takes about the same time to prepare and cook as popular boxed pasta meals, but without the preservatives, MSG, and artificial colors and flavors. This simple pasta entree or side dish has 220 calories and 2 grams of saturated fat ...
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320 Calorie Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken and Broccoli
A restaurant Fettuccine Alfredo meal can provide a days worth of calories, several days worth of saturated fat if made from cream, and over a days worth of sodium. All you get for your 2,000 calories is a large plate of Fettuccine Alfredo, a salad and bread. Add an appetizer, ...
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One-Pan Chicken Divan With Rice
Chicken Divan is a French-American creation first served in the early 20th century. Like many French dishes, healthy chicken and broccoli was paired with a not so healthy high saturated fat Mornay sauce made with cheese and egg yokes. You may wonder why the French can eat rich sauces and ...
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One-Pan 30 Minute Ground Beef or Poultry Lasagna
In about the time it takes to make ground beef lasagna from a box, you can make this easy, delicious One-Pan, 30 Minute Ground Beef or Poultry Lasagna recipe without additives like: Monosodium glutamate (MSG) Natural flavor (whatever that is) Partially hydrogenated soybean oil Artificial colors (yellow 5 & 6) Cook’s Tip: ...
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20 Minute Pasta With Shrimp
In about the time it takes to boil water and cook pasta, you can make 20 Minute Pasta With Shrimp. This simple, 2-pot recipe is high in protein, and low in saturated fat and sodium. The flavor comes from herbs and spices not from added salt. Red pepper flakes provides some ...
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Pasta With Sardine Sauce
Pasta with sardine sauce is a variation on the theme of southern Italian pasta served with a seafood tomato sauce. Tuna is a common seafood ingredient, but if you are concerned about mercury levels in tuna you can substitute any seafood. Anchovies are popular in Italy, but many Americans loath the super salty canned variety ...
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Fresh Tomato Sauce
No jarred, canned, and very few restaurant fresh tomato sauce comes close homemade sauce made with vine ripened tomatoes from your garden or a farmers market. Easy variety of tomato (Roma, slicing, cherry, grape) has its own unique flavor. Depending on the type and ripeness of tomatoes used, the color of ...
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20 Minute Fagioli e Pasta (Beans & Macaroni)
When I came across canned, organic, white beans, I realized I had not made Fagioli e Pasta in over a year. This simple recipe has less than 500 calories per serving while providing 10 grams of fiber and 28 grams of protein. I used homemade tomato sauce, but you can use ...
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Lentil and Bean Soup
Lentils and beans are high in fiber and protein and low in fat and sodium. A 12 oz. (350 g) serving has 15 grams of fiber and 17 grams of protein. Sodium levels will vary depending on the type of bacon and broth used. Omit the bacon and use vegetable ...
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Madras Lentils
Madras Lentils is a spicy Indian recipe packed with healthy, high fiber tomatoes, lentils, and beans. Prepared versions like the one pictured below have about 500 mg of sodium per 5 oz. serving. For rich flavor without adding more salt, increase the amount of spices. Prepared Madras Lentils, as shown ...
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