6,310 lowfat recipes

Pirate's pie: a kid-friendly fish pie with canned salmon, leeks, red pepper, and corn in creamy sauce under a piped cheesy mashed potato crown. Budget-friendly family dinner.

Sliced beet salad marinated with grapefruit, bay leaf, cloves, and allspice for a tangy, warmly spiced side dish. Diabetic-friendly and vegetarian.

Stuffed pork loin chops with an apple, mushroom, and raisin bread crumb filling, browned and baked until tender. A cozy dinner for two, served with applesauce on the side.

Red snapper Veracruz simmered in picante sauce with tomato paste, green olives, and lime juice. A quick Mexican-style fish dish with bold, briny flavor.

Banana-Walnut Cookies pack two cups of rolled oats into a soft, cinnamon-spiced drop cookie with mashed banana and brown sugar. A generous 60-cookie batch ready in 30 minutes.

Homemade cooked strawberry jelly using Certo liquid pectin. Bright, jewel-toned, and spreadable with that fresh berry flavor store-bought can never match. Works with raspberries or blackberries too.

Pita pizzas: individual chicken and vegetable pizzas on pita bread with spinach, mushrooms, red bell pepper, and mozzarella. A fast weeknight dinner for six in 40 minutes.

Chilled pappa al pomodoro with crab meat crostini, a Tuscan bread-and-tomato soup served cold with a lemony crab-topped baguette float. An elegant no-cook summer appetizer that turns stale bread into something special.

Black beans and hearty root vegetables, parsnips, turnips, carrots and potatoes, deliver layers of fall flavor in this vegetarian stew recipe. Earthy mushrooms combined with low and slow cooking in the oven coax every drop of pure, rich goodness

Blueberry cornbread muffins dipped in melted butter and cinnamon sugar while still warm. Uses cornbread mix for a quick, semi-homemade breakfast treat.

Elegant shortbread-style cookies with ground toasted pecans and a splash of dry sherry. Pressed with decorative designs and ripened overnight for the best texture. Makes 90 cookies.

Old-fashioned chicken loaf made from stewed chicken, vegetables, and toast, pressed firm and sliced cold. Vintage make-ahead protein.

Traditional Irish baked herring stuffed with lemony breadcrumbs and braised in hard cider. A rustic, hearty supper that brings the taste of coastal Ireland to your table.

Grilled hot Italian sausage sandwiches with charred poblano, red, and yellow bell peppers, onions, and horseradish mustard on hollowed-out sandwich rolls.

Grissini al finocchio, Italian fennel seed breadsticks made with beer in the yeast dough. Baked crisp on wire racks for an all-around crunch. Makes 60 sticks.

Fettuccine with prosciutto, peas, carrots, and fresh tomato tossed in a light chicken broth sauce with Parmesan. A quick, lighter pasta dinner ready in 15 minutes.