Recipe Skill Level: Easy
Hearty Guacamole
Hearty Guacamole is a simple recipe of diced tomato, onion, cilantro, lime juice, and seasoning you can be served as a dip for tortilla or pita chips, with your favorite Mexican foods, or as a condiment for broiled or pan fried fish. Although high in calories do to the avocados ...
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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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Chicken Quesadilla
Southwestern, Mexican Quesadillas can be made in minutes from a few simple ingredients for a simple snack, cut into wedges and served as an appetizer, or a substitute for grilled cheese sandwiches. This recipe uses 8-inch (20 cm) flour tortillas to reduce calories and sodium. Unlike very low sodium corn ...
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Cooking Quinoa
Quinoa is a marketed as a gluten-free whole grain. Actually, quinoa is a seed grown in south America. Quinoa is easy to prepare. The cooking method is similar to cooking rice. Quinoa is added to boiling water and then simmered until the water or broth is absorbed. High fiber and ...
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Turkey Meatloaf
Turkey meatloaf has 25 percent less fat, 60 percent less saturated fat, and less calories than traditional beef and pork meatloaf. Turkey meatloaf is delicious for lunch, dinner and sandwiches or added to soups like lentil and split pea. Both meals pictured have about 500 calories. Less than many retauarant ...
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Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
Honey Mustard Vinaigrette is a simple recipe that is great for lettuce, quinoa and pasta salads. Most of the calories are from fat, but this dressing is low in saturated fat and you need less vinaigrette to coat the same amount of salad ingredients compared to creamy dressings like Ranch ...
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Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Sweet Potatoes is an alternative to traditional mashed potatoes or candied yams. Sweet potatoes and yams have more nutrients, and are higher in fiber and calories compared to russet and other white potatoes. A one cup serving has about 100 more calories than a cup of mashed russet potatoes, ...
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Vegetable Pilau
Vegetable Pilau is a simple, spicy, reduced sodium Indian rice dish that combines rice with vegetables and herbs that compliments meat, fish and poultry. Add or substitute your favorite vegetables like diced zucchini, eggplant, cauliflower or broccoli. Serving Suggestion Serve with in lieu of white rice and with curries (green ...
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Mild Yellow Shrimp Curry
Curries originated in the Indian sub-continent. Like most hot to spicy foods, curries retarded spoilage and covered the off-flavors of ingredients. Curries can be mild or very hot depending on the amount and type of chilis used. Mild Yellow Shrimp Curry is a mild curry that is ideal for shrimp, other ...
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No-Boil Vegetable Lasagna
No-Boil Vegetable Lasagna is an easy way to reduce the number of calories and saturated fat while increasing dietary fiber compared to lasagna with ricotta cheese. Dry lasagna noodles come in two varieties: traditional that should be cooked before making the lasagna and no-boil that is used dry and doesn’t require cooking. ...
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