Recipes and Posts Tagged tomato
Stewed Bell Peppers and Onions
Stewed Bell Peppers & Onions is popular in both northern and southern Italy. It’s ingredients of bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes are often listed as superfoods providing many health benefits while being very low in calories. A 4-oz. serving has just 70 calories. You can serve Stewed Bell Peppers & ...
Read morePasta Alfredo Primavera
Pasta Alfredo Primavera adds vegetables and meat protein to traditional Italian-American Alfredo sauce made with butter and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese reducing calories and saturated fat per serving. Restaurant Alfredo sauce can also be very high in sodium providing 1 to 2 days worth. You can make Alfredo sauce in the ...
Read moreLasagna For Four
Lasagna For Four uses no boil lasagna noodles available at most supermarkets. Briefly soaking the noodles in hot water cuts baking time in half and the noodles do not absorb as much sauce resulting in a moister lasagna. One box of Barilla® no cook lasagna contains about 15 sheets; enough ...
Read moreTomato Meat Sauce (Ragu)
Tomato sauce is a relatively recent addition to the Italian culinary scene. Hundreds of years after the tomato was introduced to Europeans it was still considered poisonous. Today, some organizations classify the tomato as a super food. How times have changed. Although this recipe is for Tomato Meat Sauce you can ...
Read moreFoods That Can Heal?
“You are what you eat.” For many people it is the wrongs foods high in calories, fat, salt and sugar. They are highly processed foods and fast foods. Fast foods are usually fried or grilled. You can’t get much faster than that. Processed foods come packaged, canned and frozen. On ... more
Read moreLentil Soup
Lentils are high in fiber and protein and do not require presoaking before cooking. Lentil soup is simple and can be prepare and served dozens of ways. Lentil soup is low calorie and high fiber. Lentils are one of the best sources of legume fiber and protein. An 11 ounce ...
Read moreBaked Fish and Potatoes Recipe
Baked Fish and Potatoes is a simple, low calorie and sodium recipe that serves 4 to 5 people. It uses frozen fish fillets that allows you to make this recipe any time in just about 90 minutes without having to first thaw the fish. The 60 minute cooking time thaws and cooks ...
Read moreTomato Bruschetta & Mini Antipasto Pizzas
Tomato bruschetta (pronounced (brus-ket-ta) takes only minutes to make and has dozens of variations. Toasted, sliced bread provides the base. Toppings include: Diced tomato Diced tomato and basil Diced tomato and oregano Diced tomato and slided olives Olive tapenade Extra virgin olive oil and a little salt is all that is needed to complete ...
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