Recipe Skill Level: Easy
Oven Baked Tortilla Chips
Fresh corn tortillas have up to 80% less sodium and 60% less calories compared to equivalent size flour tortillas. Most store bought tortilla chips are fried and have as much sodium and fat as potato chips. Oven baked chips are chewier than fried tortilla chips, but crisp up nicely when ...
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Chicken & Shrimp File Gumbo
Gumbo is a Cajun soup or stew you can make dozens of different ways. Gumbos are usually made using chicken or seafood, but you can omit the meat for a vegetarian gumbo. Many gumbos start with a rue, a mixture of cooked flour and oil, for flavor and thickening. This ...
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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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Pasta with Butter and Cheese
Southern Italian cooking is simple, rustic home cooking. When using high quality ingredients, it does not take a lot to make a quick home meal. Pasta with butter and cheese is another version of Pasta Bianco (White Pasta). It is a simple recipe that has been around for 100s of ...
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Pasta Puttanesca
Pasta Puttanesca refers to Italian ladies of the night. This recipe has a simple sauce made with canned diced tomatoes, olives, anchovies and red pepper flakes. Typically made with spaghetti, you can use any pasta. You can make and serve Pasta Puttanesca in 30 minutes or less especially when using ...
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Scrimp Creole
Shrimp Creole is a popular southeastern United States recipe, originating in Louisiana. You can serve Shrimp Creole with or without rice. For variety substitute other seafood like scallops, crab, or fish for the shrimp. Mild or Hot Creole food can be very hot (spicy), but you can control the amount of ...
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Italian Style Tuna Sandwich
I first encounter an Italian Style Tuna Sandwich in 1968 while visiting my relatives in Italy. Italians typically eat a Continental style breakfast of coffee or tea and a pastry or cookies. For a child raised on eggs and bacon, this new form of breakfast was quite a change, until ...
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Barbecue (BBQ) Sauce
Making homemade BBQ Sauce takes only minutes. While it does not have the shelf-life of prepared sauces with preservatives, it does have up to 40 percent less sugar and up to 80 percent less sodium. This BBQ Sauce is perfect on beef, chicken or pork, or can be used for ...
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Tuna Salad
Tuna salad can be used to create a variety of salads or a quick sandwich. For this Tuna Salad recipe, you can use canned tuna, salmon, or both. Salmon provides more anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids than tuna. A basic tuna salad is made using canned tuna and mayonnaise. Diced sweet ...
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Egg Salad
Egg Salad provides about 9 grams of protein per serving, but is also high in cholesterol. While currently U.S. dietary guidelines no longer restrict the number of eggs you should eat, if you have high cholesterol you may want to restrict the number of eggs in your diet. Egg Salad ...
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