Recipe Type: Vegetables
Oven Roasted Carrots
Oven Roasted Carrots is easy to make and a perfect side dish for meat, fish or poultry. Roasting brings out the sweetness in carrots. These tender, sweet roasted carrots can disappear in minutes so think about doubling the recipe. Sodium Carrots are naturally low in sodium, but some baby carrots, ...
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Boiled Corn On The Cob
It takes only minutes to cook corn on the cob. Corn is one of the fastest cooking whole grains. Corn is at its best and sweetest during the summer. You know corn is abundant when stores advertise 3, 4, 6, and even 10 ears for $1. Yes, corn on the ...
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Italian Style Vegetables
Southern Italian cooking is rustic, home cooking using simple, high quality ingredients. At it’s simplest this recipe has 5 ingredients; vegetable, salt, olive oil, garlic, and black pepper. When make with green beans, it is a low calorie alternate to green bean casserole. This simple Italian Style Vegetable recipe can ...
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Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes, also called whipped potatoes, is a popular accompaniment for meat, chicken, and fish and have up to 70 percent less calories than fried potatoes. Russet potatoes have a high glycemic index due to the starch content, but are a good source of essential vitamins and minerals like vitamins ...
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Zucchini Frittata
Italian frittatas are a cross between an omelet and quiche cooked in a skillet. Slow cooking is needed to remove most of the water in the zucchini and avoid a soggy frittata. Frittatas can be eaten hot or cold.
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Scrambled Eggs with Vegetables
Scrambled Eggs with Vegetables is a quick, easy way of obtaining 13 grams of complete protein, a little fiber, and only 1 gram of sugar for about 220 calories. You also get about 3.5 ounces (100 g) of food compared to less than 2 ounces for the protein bar. Candy ...
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Stir Fried Shrimp and Broccoli
Many Americans associate Chinese-American restaurant meals as a health alternative to standard American cuisines. Unless you choose wisely, Chinese restaurant meals can have as many calories as a steak dinner or fast food meal. Stir Fried Shrimp and Broccoli is a simple, quick, nutritious, and delicious combination of fresh shrimp, broccoli, ...
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Sautéed Spinach
Leafy greens, like spinach, are often labeled superfoods due to the abundance of nutrients, and low calories. Sautéed Spinach is a simple recipe to prepare spinach or any left green in only minutes. You can doubled or tripled the amount of spinach or greens. The only limit is the size ...
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Meat Minestrone Soup
Meat Minestrone Soup is one of my favorite soups. A 16-ounce serving has about 400 calories, 9 grams of fiber, and 19 grams of protein. Although this recipe has a long list of ingredients, you can prepare and cook it in about one hour. Adding pasta is optional. When you ...
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Broccoli and Rice
The recipe for Broccoli with Rice came from Portuguese friends. It is a simple blend of cooked fresh or frozen broccoli combined with your favorite rice (white, jasmine, basmati, brown, wild or combination). You adjust the ratio of broccoli to rice to your taste. Broccoli is a low calorie vegetable ...
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