Recipe Skill Level: Easy
Sriracha Dip, Dressing & Spread
Americans are adding more spicy (hot) foods to their diet. Sriracha chili sauce has been available for decades. Recently, several fast food and sit-down restaurants have offered sriracha flavored spreads and dips. Grocers offer sriracha flavored mayonnaise next to regular sriracha chili sauce. Sriracha mayo made from full-fat mayonnaise has ...
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Slow Cooker Chuck Roast
One of the simplest ways to incorporate home cooked meals into your diet if you have little or no cooking experience or time to cook, is using a slow cooker also known by the trade name Crock Pot. Slow Cooker Chuck Roast is an economical meal for 4 to 6 ...
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230 Calorie High Protein Turkey & Mushroom Chili
High Protein Turkey & Mushroom Chili provides almost as much protein as beef chili for 25% less calories and 40% less saturated fat. Low calorie mushrooms give this chili a meaty texture. One cup of High Protein Turkey & Mushroom Chili provides twice the protein of protein bars for about the ...
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Pan-Fried Zucchini
Pan-fried zucchini takes an American favorite and cuts calories by up to 60 percent. This is accomplished by reducing the amount of breading and pan-frying versus deep frying. Americans love affair with zucchini began in the 1980’s with the introduction of deep fried zucchini as an appetizer. Most Americans will ...
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20 Calorie Aioli
Ajo is Spanish for garlic. Aioli is a garlic flavored mayonnaise used as a dip or spread. Aioli made using full fat mayonnaise has about 100 calories per tablespoon (15 ml). Four tablespoons (1/4 cup) has about 400 calories. That easily negates using it as a dip for low calorie ...
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Reduced Calorie Tartar Sauce
Full-fat tartar sauce has 100 or more calories per tablespoon. My original tartar sauce recipe made with reduced fat mayonnaise has about 95 calories per 2 tablespoon serving. The number of calories can be reduced even further by replacing half of the mayonnaise with low-fat (2% fat) Greek or natural ...
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Red Enchilada Sauce
Prepared enchilada sauces are convenient, but can have numerous additives and a lot of sodium per serving. One-quarter cup (60 ml) serving of one national brand has 350 mg of sodium. With that much sodium, a Mexican entree can exceed 1,000 mg of sodium per serving especially when using flour ...
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Chocolate Nut Clusters
You can make homemade chocolate nut clusters in minutes with only two ingredients; chocolate and nuts. By making your own, you are not limited to peanut and almond clusters. You can use any nut or a combination of nuts. You also control whether to make them with more chocolate or ...
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Chocolate Sausage & Meatballs
I obtained this simple recipe from my cousin in-law, Anna, while visiting relatives living in northern Italy. She served a chocolate sausage for dessert made using crushed cookies. Having celiac disease, she couldn’t eat the sausage. That made me think about Nestle’s chocolate bar with crisp rice. I modified the ...
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Caramelized Onions
Restaurants can charge a premium for a side of caramelized onions. Caramelization, brings out the natural sugars in onions, converting pungent, sulfurous onions into a melt in your mouth, sweet delicacy. The same is done by roasting garlic. Cooking not only makes many foods more digestible, but also more flavorful. ...
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