902 light recipes

Flourless-style chocolate almond torte with fresh raspberries and framboise, layered with raspberry jam glaze and a poured chocolate ganache. A showstopping French-inspired dessert.

Shrimp and jicama salad dressed with a homemade jalapeño chile vinegar over sliced tomatoes and fresh tomatillos. A light, crunchy Mexican-inspired salad.

Don't let that chicken go dry, but instead try this flavorful recipe that will help you start your own personal cookbook.

Beef stew topped with homemade biscuits and baked until golden. Tender stewing beef with carrots, celery, tomatoes, and onion under a fluffy biscuit crust.

Oatmeal-chocolate morsel cookies built on a yellow cake mix base, loaded with rolled oats, raisins, semisweet chocolate, and pecans. A 22-minute, no-fuss cookie that hides the cake mix behind the loaded mix-ins.

Vegetarian rice nut loaf packed with brown rice, sharp cheddar, walnuts, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds. Sliceable and served with spaghetti sauce.

Gingerbread men cookies with oats, molasses, cinnamon, and ginger rolled thin and decorated with frosting, red cinnamon candies, and chocolate. A holiday baking favorite.

Maple syrup rum baked beans with navy beans, salt pork, dry-mustard-rubbed onion, and a layer of caramelized whole apples baked into the top. Quebec-style cabin cooking. Pure maple syrup, brown sugar, and a final pour of dark rum.

Pumpkin tunnel cake bakes a brown sugar buttermilk-bran bundt with a hidden ring of spiced pumpkin filling running through the center. Lower-fat with egg whites and oil.

Pumpkin pie tunnel cake with a hidden ribbon of pumpkin pie filling baked inside a buttermilk-bran bundt cake. Striking fall dessert with a creamy surprise center.

Soft milk bread made in a bread machine with just six ingredients: bread flour, milk, butter, sugar, salt, and yeast. A pillowy white loaf with a tender crumb and lightly sweet flavor.

Fresh fruit medley with apples, bananas, oranges, and grapes tossed in orange juice concentrate, topped with a spiced yogurt-ricotta sauce. A light, diabetic-friendly dessert.

The name of these triple chocolate cookies says it all- or almost. Serve them only to guests who you don't want to have leave- ever!

Vegetarian linguine with miso sauce, sauteed shiitake mushrooms, eggplant, zucchini, and yellow bell pepper. Light, savory, low-calorie, and ready in 20 minutes.

Italian spring bread for the bread machine, a lightly sweet honey loaf scented with star anise and studded with golden raisins. Perfect for Easter brunch and morning toast.

Traditional Slovak yeast doughnuts enriched with egg yolks, butter, and a hint of lemon rind. Light, pillowy fried dough rooted in Eastern European baking traditions. Makes 36.