Recipes From Cuisine: American
Chorizo, Yam & Winter Squash Enchilada Casserole
Chorizo, Yam & Winter Squash Enchilada Casserole is a simple casserole using homemade or prepared chorizo sausage, yams, and butternut squash. Pumpkin, other winter squash, or yams can be substituted for butternut squash. The low calories and high fiber of Chorizo, Yam & Winter Squash Enchilada Casserole can come at the ...
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Butternut Squash Soup
Butternut Squash Soup is slightly spicy, creamy, and a good source of dietary fiber (4 g per 9 oz. serving). One serving has about 150 calories. For added flavor, this recipe is made using oven roasted butternut squash. To simplify prep and cleanup you can dice the squash and simmer it with ...
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300 Calorie Fudge Sundae Recipe
Restaurant fudge sundaes can easily add 500 or more calories to your meal. For the average person needing 2,000 to 2,500 calories per day getting 20 to 25 percent of your calories from one dessert means giving up other foods. You don’t have to give up desserts to maintain or lose weight. ...
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Chocolate Candy
Using this recipe and semi-sweet chocolate you can make a variety of chocolate covered nuts, cherries, coconut, peanut butter, and more. Almonds are an excellent source of healthy fat and protein. This recipe can be doubled or tripled. Nutrition Information Nutrition information ranges are lowest for chocolate covered coconut to ...
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Chicken Nachos
Nachos are a popular American appetizer served by many Mexican and casual dining restaurants in the United States. The base is usually yellow corn tortilla chips top with cheese and a variety of ingredients ranging from jalapeño peppers to a smorgasbord of peppers, cheeses, meats, salsa, guacamole and sour cream. ...
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Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing
Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing are crisp, thin cookies average about 75 calories per cookies without icing and have virtually sodium free when made with unsalted butter. Salted butter adds about 6 mg per cookie. Most cookie recipes call for 1/2 tsp. (2.5 ml) of salt. I normally omit added ...
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Bananas Foster
Bananas Foster is a simple, flamed desert you can make in minutes traditionally served over ice cream. You can also serve Bananas Foster over pound cake, used as a topping for French toast, waffles or pancakes, or with other fresh fruit. Cook’s Tip To keep ice cream from melting too ...
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Stuffed Mushrooms Florentine
Stuffed Mushrooms Florentine is low calorie, gluten-free, recipe that you can make using fresh or leftover spinach. It has between 90 and 115 calories and 100 to 120 mg of sodium per serving. Use a food processor to reduce prep time. Enjoy these mushroom for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Cook’s ...
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Slow Cooker Chicken and Mushroom Gravy
Slow Cooker Chicken and Mushroom Gravy is a simple slow cooker recipe for chicken parts, boned or boneless, in a creamy mushroom gravy that is perfect with mashed potatoes. Adding a green vegetable and roasted carrots as shown in the photo completes a meal providing about 500 calories. A salad ...
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Blue Cheese Dressing
Homemade Blue Cheese dressing is easy to make and you are assured of using real blue cheese instead of natural and artificial flavors. You can make this recipe creamy or chunky, thin or thick. It is all up to your preferences. Cook’s Tip Add milk or water to thin dressing. ...
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