Recipe Type: Vegetables

Stewed Bell Peppers

Stewed Bell Peppers and Onions


Stewed Bell Peppers & Onions is popular in both northern and southern Italy. It’s ingredients of bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes are often listed as superfoods providing many health benefits while being very low in calories. A 4-oz. serving has just 70 calories. You can serve Stewed Bell Peppers & ...

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Homemade Pickled Beets

Easy 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 ...

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Rosemary and Wine Potatoes

Rosemary & 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 ...

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Homemade Stuffed Eggplant with Pasta

Stuffed Eggplant or Zucchini Recipe


An 11-oz. (300 g) serving of Stuffed Eggplant or Zucchini has less than 300 calories. That is the same number of calories or less than many frozen entrees and meals, but with no preservatives, artificial flavors and artificial colors. Moist, delicious Stuffed Eggplant or Zucchini gets it flavor from fresh ...

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Oven Roasted Peppers


Roasted peppers, sweet and hot, have been used in recipes for hundreds of years. Oven roasting is one simple method for roasting bell peppers and other peppers like, Anaheim, Hatch and jalapeño. Roasted peppers make a simple low calorie sandwich and taste great on fresh baked bread like focaccia. You ...

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Homemade Marinated Zucchini

Marinated Eggplant & Zucchini


Marinated Eggplant & Zucchini is a popular southern Italian recipe served as an antipasto, side vegetable and eaten alone or with other ingredients in sandwiches. This versatile recipe is very low in calories with no added sodium. The intense flavor comes from the fresh mint and vinegar in the marinade. Nutrition ...

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Homemade Candied Yams

Simple Candied Yams Recipe

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Are they yams or sweet potatoes? The bright orange tubers sold in many parts of the United States are actually sweet potatoes and can be used for pies and other desserts. The color comes from beta carotene also found in carrots, pumpkin and butternut squash. A true yam is white ...

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