Dieting and Special Diet recipe collection

Easy tortilla soup with pureed tomatoes, garlic, green pepper, and onion in chicken broth, topped with crisp baked tortilla strips and Monterey Jack cheese. A 35-minute weeknight Mexican soup.

Eggplant miso soup with tofu, carrots, and scallions. A simple Japanese-style soup ready in 20 minutes with just six ingredients. Vegan and low-fat.

Smoky roasted eggplant spread with cumin, coriander, and fresh herbs. This low-fat appetizer dip is baked until silky smooth and packed with warm Middle Eastern spices.

Eggplant with tomatoes is a simple side dish of butter-browned eggplant slices topped with warm canned tomatoes and chopped chives. A quick, low-calorie vegetable dish with just five ingredients.

Curried eggs on toast with sliced hard-boiled eggs in a mild curry milk sauce, scattered with toasted almonds. A retro Anglo-Indian comfort lunch ready in 30 minutes.

Eggs Italiano tops toasted whole-wheat English muffins with a quick zucchini-tomato saute, a perfectly poached egg, and shaved Parmigiano. A brighter, lighter twist on Eggs Benedict for brunch.

Light English pea soup blended with fresh spinach, lettuce, and green onions. A low-fat pureed soup with bright green color and clean garden flavor.

Make a quick lunch with this simple recipe that will have you licking your fingers and maybe even your bowl!

Famous Cuban-style black beans and rice with mashed garlic-cumin-vinegar finishing paste. Vegan, diabetic-friendly, fat-free. Slow-simmered beans served over hot rice for a classic comfort plate.

Fast quinoa pilaf with beans, tomatoes, onion, and garlic in one pot. A vegetarian, high-protein grain dish you can season any way you like.

This is a very healthy recipe, low fat, low calories, and very tasty too.

Fat-free pumpkin raisin cake made with egg whites, canned pumpkin, and orange juice instead of oil or butter. Served with a simple yogurt cream sauce.

Navy bean soup with a meaty ham bone, slow-simmered with onion and celery into a hearty, smoky bowl. A gluten-free, high-fiber classic that turns leftover ham into a freezer-stocking meal.

Popcorn drop cookies with ground popcorn folded into stiff egg whites for a light, airy meringue-like cookie. A naturally gluten-free novelty cookie with a corny crunch and only six ingredients.

Easy salsa verde with canned tomatillos, fresh cilantro, serrano chiles, onion, and garlic. Seven ingredients, no cooking, ready in 20 minutes. Vegan, gluten-free, naturally low-calorie.

Greek spinach and lentil soup brightened with lemon, cumin, and coriander. A vegan, gluten-free one-pot meal that's earthy, tangy, and ready for a drizzle of olive oil at the table.