Weight-Loss Recipes

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

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

An easy broccoli salad with a simple dressing.

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

Try this spicy charred chicken—a Cajun favorite, and so easy!

A package of onion soup mix flavors the tomato broth in which six different vegetables are combined with shredded cabbage in this fat free, low-calorie soup.

These green beans were the side dish my grandmother served most often because we all love them. They are done but not mushy like canned beans.

This is one of my favorite ways to fix corn on the cob, even when I have several to fix. Without the water from boiling, the corn stays nice and sweet. Hope this helps just one young cook.

Navy beans, molasses, and maple syrup combine to make this classic dish at home.

Very flavorful alternative to black beans and rice. Quinoa is a nutty grain from South America.

I learned this recipe from a shopper in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, when I was young. I have used this for 40 years, and it has never failed to produce the most wonderful corn on the cob.

This is a great skinless, chicken breast recipe that can be served over salad greens or as an entree! If serving over salad greens, cut chicken into strips and top with your favorite salsa or dressing.

Here is a Thai vegetable side dish with plenty of Chinese influences. Utilize whatever mushrooms are in season, such as straw, button, het kone or shiitake mushrooms.

A yummy and easy side for hot summer days! Goes great with your grilled dishes or just to munch on. This recipe will last several days when covered in an airtight container and refrigerated.

A rich and hearty vegetarian curry made with onions, spices, and tomato.

Roast asparagus is a 15-minute side dish (and YUM).

Gingery vegetable stir-fry with garlic, broccoli, carrots, and green beans.

A simple, refreshing salad that accompanies any type of food.

A tasty tomato-based vegetable soup with green beans, carrots, and corn.

This salad is sweet and simple - great for a BBQ or a pot luck and best when left to sit for an hour to let flavors meld.

Tasty marinated cucumbers. Ideal for a fresh side salad.

A favorite named after Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana and for the bourbon whiskey ingredient; although this dish, sold as Cajun-style cuisine in malls all over America, is reported to be nothing of the kind (not genuine Creole or Cajun fare)! Note: If you double the recipe, make sure that the chicken is still in a single layer. Laissez les bons temps rouler!

This quick and easy soup is so good that I never bother ordering it from Chinese restaurants anymore!

Easy black bean burgers for everyone! You don't need to follow the recipe or amounts exactly. I never do. Serve with your favorite burger fixings and sweet potato fries.