Recipes From Cuisine: Mediterranean
High Protein & Fiber Turkey & Mushroom Tomato Sauce
Meatless tomato sauce is a healthy, low calorie, high nutrition food. One cup of tomato sauce has about 4 grams each of fiber and protein. By adding lean protein, this recipe increases the amount of fiber to 5 grams and protein to 24 grams. This recipe makes about 13 cups ...
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30 Minute Meatball And Pasta Soup
For most Americans, meatballs are eaten with spaghetti or in a sandwich, and chicken soup comes in several varieties including rice or noodles. Inexpensive condensed soups may have a small piece of chicken meat. Heartier soups several pieces of chicken meat. This southern Italian meatball and pasta soup has been ...
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Potato Gnocchi
Italians have made and enjoyed gnocchi since ancient Roman times. The major difference is Roman gnocchi were made using wheat semolina since potatoes were not introduced to Europe until the 16th century. Today, most prepared (dried or frozen) and restaurant gnocchi are made using potatoes as the main ingredient. Spinach, ...
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Vegetarian Stuffed Bell Peppers
Vegetarian Stuffed Bell Peppers is a meatless version of Italian Stuffed Peppers. You can use any size or color bell pepper for this recipe. One-half large stuffed bell pepper can be a meal in its self providing about 12 ounces of food, 11 grams of protein, and only 290 calories. This ...
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Zucchini & Prosciutto Risotto
Risotto originated in northern Italy and is now popular throughout Italy. Made using short grain arborio rice and parmesan, it has a creamy texture unlike any other rice recipe without the need for cream or any other sauce. Risotto is rarely offered on the menu of most Italian-American restaurants. Unlike ...
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Reduced Calorie Tartar Sauce
Full-fat tartar sauce has 100 or more calories per tablespoon. My original tartar sauce recipe made with reduced fat mayonnaise has about 95 calories per 2 tablespoon serving. The number of calories can be reduced even further by replacing half of the mayonnaise with low-fat (2% fat) Greek or natural ...
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Sicilian Style Eggplant Pizza
Sicilain cuisine has many influences including Greek, Arab, and African. Sicily was a melting pot of the ancient world. Sicilian Style Eggplant Pizza reflects those influences. You won’t find this pizza on the menu at American pizzerias. Americans love meat. The top selling pizza is pepperoni not eggplant. High saturated ...
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Basic Pizza Sauce
Basic Pizza Sauce is a simple, low fat, pizza sauce recipe for two 12″ to 14″ pizzas. Adjust all seasonings to taste.
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Boiled Potato Salad or Side Vegetable
Potatoes are inexpensive, one of the best sources of potassium, and provide many other essential nutrients. Boiled Potato Salad or Side Vegetable is very low in calories compared to fried potatoes, potato chips, mashed potatoes, and other prepared potatoes. You get the health benefits of potatoes without the calories and sodium. ...
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Pasta With Chicken Mushroom Pesto Sauce
Pasta With Mushroom Pesto Sauce flavors pasta with basil pesto instead of tomato sauce. Although pesto is higher in calories due to the cheese and oil, a little goes a long way. For some people, pesto made using only basil has too strong a flavor. You can make a bright ...
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