Low-Calorie Recipes

This is an awesomely simple, light, and refreshing salsa that goes great with tortilla chips.

Use a little sugar and lemon juice in the water to make the sweetest, quickest, tastiest boiled corn on the cob.

Chicken steeped in a sweet and savory blend of tomatoes, spices and herbs.

These crispy, homemade hash browns are perfect for breakfast or brunch.

For a simple, savory dish cook chopped onions in olive oil and ready-made pesto. Toss with hot pasta and grated Parmesan cheese, then serve up hot or cold. Either way it's deliciously easy!

This is a no-nonsense recipe for corn on the cob. Perfect for when you run out of stove or grill space.

Asparagus is grilled with a little oil, salt, and pepper for a simple summer side dish.

Roasted butternut squash with garlic is a quick and easy side dish ready in less than an hour for a weeknight or a holiday gathering.

Roasted broccoli is quick and easy to prepare with just four ingredients.

Learn the secret ingredient that makes this the best French toast recipe.

Juicy pork tenderloin slow-cooked in onion soup, red wine, and soy sauce.

Make your own applesauce at home with just apples, sugar, cinnamon, and this recipe.

Steamed asparagus makes a great healthy side dish that's tender and tasty.

Quick and easy stir-fried cabbage recipe made with onion and crispy bacon.

Quick stovetop black beans and rice with canned beans, onions, and cumin.

Baby red potatoes roasted to perfection with olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Simple ingredients are all you need for this flavorful baked tilapia.

This three bean salad keeps well and is great for summer picnics.

These mushrooms are a treasure of the woods hunted by many in the early spring here in Missouri. Simple and quick to fry and enjoy. Finding these can be very hard to find in the woods but well worth the work once you get a mess of them to eat.

Delicious bowtie pasta with sautéed chicken, sun-dried tomatoes, and pesto.

A casserole dish of seasonal vegetables that is so easy to prepare. It can be made a day ahead - just reheat before serving. Lemon juice can be substituted for balsamic vinegar, and you can use baking potatoes if you don't have any Yukon Golds on hand.

Trout fillets wrapped in foil and oven-baked with jalapeno and lemon.

Take the bait and try this spicy charred chicken—a Cajun favorite.

My family loves French fries and with 4 children the bag fries from the store just weren't enough and became too expensive. So I tried batter - after all it makes chicken, shrimp, and onion rings crispy so why not potatoes. Now even my husband can't get enough of these French fries. They even stay crispy when you reheat in the microwave.