1,160 plain recipes

Summer fruit salad with rice, strawberries, kiwi, grapes, banana, and pineapple tossed in a honey-yogurt-pineapple juice dressing. Light, low-fat, and ready in 25 minutes.

A zesty homemade salad dressing with olive oil, two types of vinegar, Romano cheese, garlic, and a kick of hot sauce. Mixes up in 5 minutes flat and gets better as it chills.

Slow cooker vegetable stroganoff with mushrooms, broccoli, and carrots in a creamy yogurt-sour cream sauce over egg noodles. Set it and forget it for 4 hours.

Creamy baked chicken curry layered over rice with tart Granny Smith apples and buttery avocado slices. A rich yogurt-cream sauce ties it all together in this 30-minute casserole.

Pan-seared chicken breasts get draped in a tangy mustard sauce with dry sherry and a creamy ricotta-yogurt finish. All the richness of a cream sauce with half the guilt.

Homemade gyros with ground lamb, allspice, coriander, and savory threaded on skewers with bacon and broiled crispy. Served build-your-own style in pita with yogurt and tomatoes.

Whole grain salad with brown rice, wheat berries, red and green bell peppers, and purple onion in a creamy mayo-yogurt dressing. A fiber-rich, colorful cold side dish.

Cucumbers in yogurt with fresh basil, mint, scallion, and garlic. Cool Mediterranean-style cucumber salad or dip for grilled meats and warm flatbreads.

Raan masaledar: whole leg of lamb marinated 24 hours in a yogurt-almond-chili paste with garam masala, then slow-roasted and garnished with sultanas and almonds.

Lamb with onions, a fragrant North Indian curry where onions do double duty, crisp-fried to deep brown and simmered into a yogurt gravy with ginger, garlic, cardamom and garam masala. Slow-braised until the lamb is tender.

Chicken fatteh layers toasted pita, saffron-scented rice, poached chicken, and garlicky yogurt in a Levantine feast dish finished with pine nuts, pistachios, and fresh herbs.

Low cholesterol mini quiches made with egg substitute and yogurt in homemade crepe shells instead of pastry. Heart-healthy appetizers with a hint of cayenne.

Broiled tomato-pesto sandwiches layer fresh basil-parmesan pesto on toasty bagels, topped with ripe tomato slices and bubbled under the broiler. A quick vegetarian lunch ready in 15 minutes.

Lean beef stroganoff made with round steak, fresh mushrooms, dry sherry, and nonfat yogurt instead of sour cream. All the creamy richness with a fraction of the fat.

Greek beef pita with red wine-marinated flank steak seared in butter, stuffed into warm pita with yogurt, cucumber, lettuce, and tomatoes. Build-your-own style.

A scrumptious dish made with bisquik, plain yogurt and cardamom pods.