List of Recipes
Basic Guacamole
Guacamole is Aztec for avocado sauce. This basic guacamole recipe produces a creamy version similar to prepared guacamole available from most grocers. Whether creamy or chunky (hearty), guacamole takes only minutes to prepare. This recipe requires only four ingredients: Ripe avoados Prepared salsa Lime juice Salt (optional) Although avocados are ...
Read moreEasy Tartar Sauce
Homemade Tartar Sauce has as few as 3 ingredients (mayonnaise, sweet pickle relish or sweet pickles and capers), or you can make a deluxe version by adding herbs and spices like dill, chives, and garlic. Even though this recipe is made with reduced fat mayonnaise, it can have more calories ...
Read moreSeafood Cocktail Sauce
Homemade Seafood Cocktail Sauce has as little as 4 ingredients and takes less than 5 minutes to make. You can use the sauce immediately. For more intense flavor, refrigerate overnight. The amount of sodium in your sauce depends on the brand of ketchup you use. Use a reduced sodium ketchup ...
Read moreBroiled Fish Fillets
Fresh fish is low in calories, saturated fat, and sodium. Broiled fish fillets takes only minutes to prepare and cook, and has a fraction of the calories of deep-fried fish. A broiled fish dinner can provide less calories than an 8-oz steak without side dishes. Replace red meat with fish ...
Read moreEasy Pickled Red Beets
Red beets can be grown in a home garden of any size. Drowning your own beets from organ seeds assures pesticide free roots and leaves. Like most root vegetables, beets can be boiled, roasted, or grilled. If you have a lot of beet roots or just like pickled beets this ...
Read moreRosemary & Wine Potatoes
Rosemary & Wine Potatoes is a simple, low-fat, low sodium recipe that is a delicious alternative to mashed or high calorie fried potatoes. This recipe is best using any firm potato like red, white, or Yukon Gold. Rosemary & Wine potatoes are infused with fresh or dried rosemary, garlic, and white ...
Read moreRapini and Pasta
Pasta with vegetables like this recipe for Rapini and Pasta is a common southern Italian recipe, but don’t look for it on the menu at your local Italian-American restaurant. Like endive and other greens, rapini has a slightly bitter flavor and is an acquired taste. Rapini, also known as cime ...
Read moreCorn Muffins or Bread
This Corn Muffin or Corn Bread recipe has more flour than cornmeal for light, sweet corn muffin or cornbread. Some people refer to it as Cajun-style corn muffins and cornbread because Cajuns like sweet bread and muffins. And, so do many Americans. Some restaurant and prepared mixes have so much ...
Read morePasta Alfredo Primavera
Pasta Alfredo Primavera adds vegetables and meat protein to traditional Italian-American Alfredo sauce made with butter and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese reducing calories and saturated fat per serving. Restaurant Alfredo sauce can also be very high in sodium providing 1 to 2 days worth. You can make Alfredo sauce in the ...
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