Recipes From Cuisine: Italian
Poultry Tomato Sauce
Poultry tomato sauce is lower in saturated fat and calories compared to beef and pork sauces. Not all pasta sauces require hours of cooking and stirring. Using any cooked poultry you have on hand, you can prepare this sauce in about 45 minutes. You can also use raw poultry. Sauté ...
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Orzo with Sun Dried Tomatoes
Orzo looks like grains of rice, but is actually rice shaped pasta you can cook and eat like any short pasta. You can add orzo to soups and stews or use as a substitute for rice. Orzo with Sun Dried Tomatoes is similar to pasta with butter and cheese using ...
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Pesto Poultry Pizza
Basil pesto replaces tomato sauce for this pizza. You can use leftover chicken, turkey or other poultry. Nutrition Information Nutrition information is based on home cooked, low sodium poultry (no added sodium solution). When using prepared poultry the amount of sodium can double. Related Recipes Basil Pesto Basic Bread Dough ...
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Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup
Slow cookers are great for people with limited cooking experience or limited time. In many cases, all you need to do is add all ingredients to the cooker, cover, and set the temperature for low or high cooking. There is no stirring, little or no sticking, and slow cookers with ...
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Pasta with Winter Squash & Sausage
Eating pasta with vegetables is as common in Southern Italy and Sicily as eating spaghetti and meatballs in the United States. Pasta with Winter Squash & Sausage is made with lean Italian sausage and low sodium chicken stock sounds rich, but an 11 oz. serving has 520 calories, 300mg of sodium ...
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30 Minute Fagioli e Pasta (Beans & Macaroni)
30 Minute Fagioli e Pasta (Beans & Macaroni) uses canned or cooked beans to reduce preparation and cooking time. This southern Italian version of beans with macaroni is pasta with beans and sauce versus Italian restaurant bean soup of the same name. Like most Italian foods, there as many version of this ...
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Creamy Red Lentil Soup
There are many varieties of lentils. Lentils are are high in fiber, a good source of protein, and low calorie. Brown lentils retain their shape when cooked, red lentils have their husks removed and a shorter cooking time. The result is a colorful, ultra creamy high fiber, low fat soup ...
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Homemade Egg Pasta
Unlike store bought dried pasta made from semolina and water, homemade egg pasta is made with all-purpose flour, eggs and if necessary a little water. It’s texture is more like egg noodles and the flavor is better than most supermarket fresh pastas. While dried pasta has no cholesterol and very low ...
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Hearty Italian Soup
Hearty Italian Soup is a tomato based soup providing about 370 calories and 10 grams of fiber per 18 oz. (515 g) serving. Using low sodium canned tomatoes and beans and limiting the amount of added salt makes a soup with about 440 mg of sodium per serving. That’s a ...
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Risotto with Green Peas
Risotto originated in northern Italy and is now popular throughout Italy. Made using short grain arborio rice, 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 pasta that ...
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