Pasta primavera in a light evaporated milk sauce with mushrooms, bell peppers, and garlic sauteed in dry sherry. A low-fat vegetarian pasta with no butter or cream.
Saucy turkey pie shapes a chili-sauce-spiked ground turkey shell around a creamy scalloped potato filling with mushrooms and Parmesan. A meat-crust dinner pie with a broiled top.
Boneless turkey roast rubbed inside and out with a bold garlic, rosemary, and black pepper paste. Unrolled, seasoned, retied, and roasted until the crust is fragrant and deeply spiced.
Chilled cucumber dill soup blended smooth with soy milk for a creamy, dairy-free summer soup. A light vegan cucumber soup with garlic and fresh dill served cold.
Chinese pepper onion beef with flash-fried flank steak, scallions, and loads of black pepper. Marinated in soy, sherry, and ginger then wok-tossed.
Roast chicken stuffed with red onion, lemon, garlic, and thyme, draped in bacon for self-basting, then finished over a sea of cremini mushrooms that soak up the drippings. A Sunday-dinner bird that carves like a dream.
Hearty minestrone soup with bacon, pearl barley, kidney beans, and vegetables in a beefy tomato broth. A thick, filling one-pot soup with Italian herbs and a smoky backbone.
Classic Italian linguine with fresh clams in white wine garlic sauce. Briny clam broth, butter, and parsley create an elegant seafood pasta ready in 45 minutes.
Homemade vegetable broth simmered 3-4 hours with onions, garlic, carrots, celery, leeks, potatoes, and soy sauce. Freeze in containers for a rich, low-fat base for soups and stews.
Brown rice pilaf with toasted pine nuts, sweet raisins, garlic, and fresh parsley. A Middle Eastern-inspired whole grain side dish with nutty texture and bright herbs.
Grilled red pepper compound butter blends roasted red bell pepper, jalapeno, shallots, garlic, Dijon, and cayenne into softened butter. Slice pats onto hot grilled fish, chicken, or steak.
Chickpea dip with 6 cloves of garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice pureed smooth. A tahini-free hummus-style appetizer served with pita bread, scallions, crackers, or red cabbage.
Poached halibut rolls in a creamy tomato tarragon sauce made entirely in the microwave. Fillets are rolled, poached in broth with Dijon mustard, then finished with cream and paprika.
Red beans and rice cooked the proper way: dried kidney beans simmered with bay and bell pepper, then the bean stock cooks the rice along with sauteed onion, pepper, garlic, and cumin. Vegetarian, deeply savory, all in one pot.
Marinated olives infused with warm olive oil, crushed fennel seeds, bay leaves, garlic, and fresh lemon peel. A 24-hour Mediterranean appetizer that beats any deli counter version.
Lemon herbed chicken made in a pressure cooker with parsley, oregano, basil, celery leaves, and black olives. Tender, fall-off-the-bone chicken in just 8 minutes under pressure.