Recipe Skill Level: Easy
Quinoa and Chicken Salad Recipe
Quinoa and Chicken Salad is an easy, gluten free alternative to macaroni salad. It has sliced olives, onion, bell peppers, marinated artichoke hearts, and a pinch of red pepper flakes for heat, but you can add or omit ingredients to your taste. Serve Quinoa and Chicken Salad with BBQ, fried or ...
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Quinoa Stuffed Mushrooms
Quinoa stuffed mushrooms are a high fiber, low calorie, low sodium recipe that’s also gluten free. While quinoa is pitched to Americans as a whole grain or ancient grain, quinoa is actually a seed grown in South America. Stuffed mushroom are perfect for appetizers or vegetable side dish. You can also ...
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Turkey Burgers
Turkey Burgers are a moist, reduced calorie and saturated fat alternative to ground beef burgers. This turkey burger recipe has about 28 percent less calories than a 1/4 pound, 80% lean, ground beef burger and half the saturated (4g vs. 8g). Consuming red meat has been linked to increased risk ...
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Oven-Fried Potatoes
Frying potatoes can be hit or miss. Frying adds calories and the end result can be limp, greasy potatoes. There is also cleaning up the oily mess that result’s when frying foods. Oven fried potatoes take only minutes to prepare, can be made using Russet, red, or white potatoes, and ...
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Oven Roasted Carrots
Oven Roasted Carrots is easy to make and a perfect side dish for meat, fish or poultry. Roasting brings out the sweetness in carrots. These tender, sweet roasted carrots can disappear in minutes so think about doubling the recipe. Sodium Carrots are naturally low in sodium, but some baby carrots, ...
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Boiled Corn On The Cob
It takes only minutes to cook corn on the cob. Corn is one of the fastest cooking whole grains. Corn is at its best and sweetest during the summer. You know corn is abundant when stores advertise 3, 4, 6, and even 10 ears for $1. Yes, corn on the ...
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Banana Bread
Banana Bread is an easy recipe producing a moist bread or homemade banana muffins. Nuts can be omitted if desired. Although walnuts add calories, Americans are encouraged to add nuts to their diets. Walnuts are a good source of anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids. Nutrition Information Nutrition information includes nuts. Reduce sugar ...
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Basil Pesto
Most Americans associate Basil Pesto with pasta or pizza. Pesto is a basil based sauce originating in Genoa, Italy. Like tomato and Alfredo sauce, pesto and can be used in a variety of ways to flavor soups or stews, spread on toasted bread, add a rich basil flavor to grilled ...
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Graham Cracker Pie Crust
Cheesecakes and cream pies usually have a Graham Cracker Pie Crusts or cookie basked crust instead of a pastry crust used for fruit and meat pies. Graham cracker crusts have about the same number of calories as a pastry crust. Unlike homemade pastry crusts where you can omit salt and ...
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Easy Homemade Muffins
Easy Homemade Muffins is a simple, low sodium, muffin recipe for making a variety of delicious muffins without additives, preservatives, and artificial colors and flavors added to most store bakery and mass-produced muffins. Muffins can be frozen, thawed in about 30 minutes at room temperature, and reheated in a microwave oven. I ...
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