10,000 low low recipes

Salmon fillets baked in foil packets with fresh dill, sorrel leaves, shallots, and lime juice. A light, clean method that steams the fish to flaky perfection in under 10 minutes.

Homemade cranberries jelly, not much time, goes well!

A fruity wine containing pineapple and orange juice that can add fun to a dinner with guests or a family reunion.

Single-serving microwave apple oatmeal cooked in apple juice with fresh sliced apple, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Ready in 10 minutes with no added sugar needed.

Cottage cheese blended with pumpkin purée, brown sugar, and warm spices makes a lighter, creamy filling for this graham cracker crust pie. Low-fat pumpkin pie that still satisfies.

Old-fashioned orange marmalade made from scratch with just oranges, sugar, lemon juice, and water. No pectin needed, slow-simmered for 3 hours until naturally set.

Randy Pollak's persimmon salad is a molded gelatin salad with orange Jello, hot grapefruit juice, and strained persimmon pulp. A vintage fruit salad served on lettuce with cottage cheese.

Creamy coconut soup with chicken, tofu, mushrooms, lemongrass, galangal, and fresh lime. A warming Thai classic (tom kha gai) that comes together in one pot.

Indian egg curry with hard-boiled eggs in a creamy curry sauce spooned over toasted English muffins. A quick, protein-packed breakfast or brunch ready in 25 minutes.

Diet Rite bread: a 3-ingredient bread machine loaf made with just yeast, bread flour and soda water. Fat-free, sugar-free and low in sodium, with a surprisingly light, airy crumb.

Refreshing Italian ice with fresh lemon juice and zest frozen to icy perfection. Light, palate-cleansing dessert ready in 2 hours with an ice cream maker.

Treat your kids for dessert with these scrumptious cookies that take hardly any time at all to make.

Strawberry cinnamon pancakes made from buttermilk mix with sliced fresh berries folded into the batter, topped with vanilla yogurt instead of syrup. A lighter weekend breakfast.

A hearty one-pot vegan stew of brown rice and lentils simmered with tomatoes, carrots, celery and Italian herbs. No oil, high in fiber and protein, and everything cooks in a single pot.

Tangy cabbage relish simmered in red wine vinegar with tomatoes, Dijon mustard, turmeric, and warm spices. Makes ahead beautifully and keeps for 5 days.

Texas-style venison chili simmered in beer and beef stock with chili powder, cumin, coriander, and masa harina. No beans, no tomatoes, just bold meat-and-spice flavor that deepens overnight.