1,562 light recipes

Cold soups make for excellent summer fare. The best vichyssoise I ever had in my life was at a French restaurant during a Montreal summer. Humor me. Try the soup in the traditional manner but then, if you must heat it up, (sigh), go ahead.

Eye of round roast marinated overnight in Chinese hot mustard, garlic, soy, and Worcestershire, then high-heat roasted with potatoes. A budget cut cooked right.

Broiled chicken breasts marinated in Dijon mustard, lime juice, ground ginger, shallots, and light sour cream. A tangy, low-fat chicken dinner that cooks in just 10 minutes under the broiler.

Fisherman's catch chowder: a slow cooker fish chowder with mixed white-fish fillets, tomatoes, white wine, clam juice, rosemary, and a cream-and-butter finish stirred in at the end.

Fresh ahi tuna maki rolls wrapped in nori with seasoned sushi rice and wasabi, served with pickled ginger, julienned daikon, and carrots. Make sushi-bar quality rolls at home in 25 minutes.

Tender Australian lamb cutlets glazed with a sticky honey-soy and plum jam sauce, finished with toasted sesame seeds. Ready in under 20 minutes for a quick, flavor-packed weeknight dinner.

Chinese-style pork spareribs braised in fermented black bean sauce with garlic and rice wine. Wok-seared then simmered until fall-off-the-bone tender in just 90 minutes.

Pepper-Stuffed Lamb with Garlic Chevre Sauce recipe

Teriyaki-glazed ribs pressure-cooked tender then grilled with a sticky brown sugar, soy sauce, ketchup, and hoisin marinade. Fall-off-the-bone ribs in a fraction of the time.

Gingered snow peas stir-fried with mushrooms, scallions, sherry and soy sauce. Quick Asian-style vegetable side dish ready in 15 minutes.

Blended pina coladas made with cream of coconut, crushed pineapple, light rum, and milk, blitzed with ice until thick and frosty. A tropical cocktail in 15 minutes.

Iced strawberry soup with fresh berries, English cucumber, lemon yogurt, light rum, and mint. Pink chilled summer starter that doubles as a boozy brunch refresher.

No-bake indoor s'mores bars made with Golden Grahams cereal, melted milk chocolate, corn syrup, and mini marshmallows. A campfire treat without the campfire.

Spinach fettuccine in a quick Romano cheese cream sauce with garlic and white wine. A simple Italian pasta dish ready in 20 minutes for two.

Santa's white fudge made with sour cream, corn syrup, and sugar cooked to soft-ball stage, then loaded with candied cherries and pecans. Creamy holiday candy in an 8x8 pan.

Baked oysters with crispy French fried onions, half and half, and Parmesan, baked hot until bubbly and golden. The retro 5-ingredient appetizer that punches above its pantry-staple ingredient list.