Recipe Skill Level: Moderate
Moussaka
Traditional Greek Moussaka is made with fresh ground lamb, eggplant, and potatoes or with eggplant only. This Moussaka recipe uses eggplants only. Lamb is popular in Greece, Italy, and the Middle east, but not as popular in the United States. For this recipe, you can substitute beef, chicken, or turkey ...
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Chicken and Shrimp Jambalaya
Jambalaya is a one-pan Cajun rice recipe similar to Spanish Paella. It is a blend of the Old World and New World. Most of the prep time, like many Asian recipes, is cutting and chopping the meat and vegetables. There are thousands of jambalaya recipes. Like most rustic cuisines, jambalaya ...
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Biscotti di Prato
Biscotti are one of the most popular and most recognizable Italian cookies in the United States. Biscotti is Italian for cookies like the English (England) word biscuit. It refers to all cookies, not just the long, narrow twice-baked biscotti sold in the United States. Biscotti di Prato is a variation of ...
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Italian Meatballs
Americans love spaghetti and meatballs. Italian-American restaurant offer a plate piled high with spaghetti topped with 2 to 3 jumbo meatballs in a tomato based sauce. Some restaurant meatballs are huge providing as many calories and saturated fat as a steak. Italian polpetti is plural for meatballs. In Italy, meatballs ...
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Basic Stand Mixer Yeast Bread Dough
Basic Stand Mixer Bread Dough is a yeast dough recipe easily prepared using a stand mixer eliminating hand kneading the dough. If you do not own a stand mixer, you can prepare this recipe by mixing all the ingredients in a large bowl until it forms a soft dough and then turning the ...
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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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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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Zucchini Bread or Muffins
Zucchini is a healthy low calorie summer squash that is available year round in the United States For many Americans zucchini means deep fried zucchini served as an appetizer or fast food side. Zucchini is high in water and very low in calories. Zucchini Bread and Muffins, like carrot cake, ...
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Blueberry Muffins
Recipe revised 11-10-2019 to reduce preparation time and make 12 small or 6 large muffins. Original recipe made 18 small and 8 large muffins. Also replaced butter with vegetable oil. Having a large homemade blueberry muffin, piece of fruit, and cup of coffee or tea for breakfast provides less than ...
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