9,195 lowfat recipes

Quinoa with shiitake gravy: dried shiitakes simmered with their soaking liquid and shoyu, thickened with kudzu into a clear, silky glaze. Vegan, 84 calories per serving, ready in an hour.

A hearty whole wheat corn bread loaf sweetened with molasses, baked in a standard loaf pan. Just stir, pour, and bake for a rustic bread that pairs with everything from chili to butter.

Spicy Mexican jicama salad with tangerines, apple, cantaloupe, cilantro, and a dusting of chili powder. A crisp, no-cook fruit salad in the style of Mexican street fruit cups.

Baked orange roughy with stewed tomatoes, mushrooms, red bell pepper, and Italian herbs. A light, low-fat one-pan fish dinner with a thick vegetable sauce.

Fresh peaches tossed with balsamic vinegar, black pepper, and a touch of sugar. A four-ingredient no-cook dessert that's elegant and impossibly simple.

Haricot Vert are tender French string beans. Use regular string beans if your supermarket doesn't carry them.

Whole wheat pasta dough: a simple eggless pasta made with whole wheat pastry flour and all-purpose flour, water, and a touch of olive oil. The base for handmade fettuccine, lasagna sheets, or ravioli.

Crispy millet flour pancakes with a slightly nutty flavor, cooked on a griddle until golden and served with honey, chutney, or alongside African stews.

No-cook peanut garlic sauce blended with fish sauce, red curry paste, and chicken broth. A quick Thai-inspired dipping sauce for satay, noodles, or grilled chicken.

Flowerpot desserts layer yellow cake, ice cream, and golden meringue in clay pots with real flower stems poking through the top. A showstopping party trick that looks wild and tastes like baked Alaska.

Cantaloupe Melba with sliced melon, raspberry sherbet, and a fresh raspberry Melba sauce. An elegant no-cook dessert with optional orange liqueur.

Island barbecue pork chops broiled with a tropical glaze of pineapple juice, vanilla, allspice, and garlic mixed into barbecue sauce. A Caribbean-inspired weeknight dinner with just 6 ingredients.

Honey roasted almonds with a sweet sugar-salt coating made from scratch. Oven-roasted first, then glazed with honey and oil on the stovetop for a crunchy snack.

Chinese crispy beef shin marinated with star anise and cinnamon, simmered, frozen, sliced paper-thin, deep-fried, then tossed with caramelized sugar and toasted sesame seeds.

South American pork and brown lentil stew finished with firm bananas and fresh cilantro. A surprising, hearty one-pot meal where savory meets sweet in the most satisfying way.