Recipes and Posts Tagged tomato

High Protein & Fiber Turkey & Mushroom Tomato Sauce

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Meatless tomato sauce is a healthy, low calorie, high nutrition food. One cup of tomato sauce has about 4 grams each of fiber and protein. By adding lean protein, this recipe increases the amount of fiber to 5 grams and protein to 24 grams. This recipe makes about 13 cups ...

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Cucumber-Tomato Salad

Cucumber, Tomato & Olive Salad

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For many Americans, a salad is iceberg lettuce, tomato, cucumber and salad dressing. A good size salad made from the first three ingredients has about 200 calories. Four tablespoons of creamy salad dressing can add 400 or more calories. The dressing adds flavor but very few nutrients. While 600 or ...

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Fish With Tomato & Corn Salsa

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Simple Fish With Tomato & Corn Salsa takes less than 20 minutes to make and has less then 300 calories per serving. Although the recipe uses pan-fried fish, you can substitute broiled or grilled fish. Each cooking method is low fat and produces a slightly different flavor. You can try ...

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Avocado and Tomato Salad

Avocado and Tomato Salad


Inslada Tri Colore (Three Color Salad) made with tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, drizzled with olive oil, and seasoned to taste with salt and pepper is a popular Italian antipasto that can also be served as a salad. Avocado and tomato salad is a variation replacing the mozzarella with avocado reducing saturated ...

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Red Lentil Soup

Creamy Red Lentil & Tomato Soup


Creamy Red Lentil & Tomato Soup combines high fiber and protein lentils with nutrient packed tomatoes. It is an easy, delicious, alternate to tomato soup. One cup (240 ml) of Creamy Red Lentil & Tomato Soup has about 105 calories, 300 mg of sodium, and 5 grams of fiber.

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Hearty Guacamole

Hearty Guacamole

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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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Homemade Panzarotti

Panzarotti, Calzones, Fried Bread & Sopapillas


The same basic stand mixer bread dough used to make loaf bread and focaccia can be used to make deep fried southern Italian panzarotti (spelled panzerotti in Italian). An uncle first introduced me to panzarotti in 1968. At first I thought it was an oversized warm doughnut. After taking a ...

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Italian Style Tuna Salad Sandwich

Italian Style Tuna Sandwich


I first encounter an Italian Style Tuna Sandwich in 1968 while visiting my relatives in Italy. Italians typically eat a Continental style breakfast of coffee or tea and a pastry or cookies. For a child raised on eggs and bacon, this new form of breakfast was quite a change, until ...

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Homemade Pico de Gallo Salsa

Easy Homemade Pico de Gallo (Fresh Salsa)

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Pico de gallo (also known as fresh salsa or salsa cruda) is a Mexican salsa made from fresh tomatoes. It is a simple blend of diced tomatoes, onions, and chilli peppers seasoned with salt, fresh cilantro and, if desired, lime or lemon juice. Two tablespoons of pico de gallo salsa has about ...

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