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Chicken and Basil Stir FryA quick entrée that won't bust your budget or waistline. Garlic, ginger and basil flavor the chicken lightly. Serve with hot cooked rice if desired. From Sunset Weeknight, 2005. |
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Corn 101 and a Recipe for Simple and Skinny Grilled Corn on the Cob...These days you can’t go into a supermarket or visit your local farmers market and not see piles of fresh corn on the cob. One of our favorite things about summer is corn. It’s delicious boiled, grilled, microwaved or cut raw right off the cob.… |
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Simply Garlic Green BeansAre you looking for a simple yet tasty vegetable side dish? This one might just become a favorite. We first tasted a similar recipe at a place in the LA area called Koo Koo Roo. It’s a casual chicken restaurant offering the most amazing skinless chicken and many wonderful, healthy side dishes, like this one. We’ve recreated these… |
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An Italian Favorite, Chicken Cacciatore Made LightHere’s a wonderful recipe you enjoy guilt-free! We’ve simmered chicken thighs in a rich tomatoey sauce loaded with mushrooms, onions and sweet peppers. It seems like boneless, skinless, chicken thighs are very popular to use in healthy recipes these days. Just by removing the skin and sauteing the veggies is a small amount of oil… |
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Skinny and Tender Pulled Pork SandwichesHeat up the crock pot because I’m sharing my favorite recipe for fabulous pulled pork sandwiches. It’s such an easy recipe to make. I’m starting with tender shredded lean pork that’s been slow-cooked for hours in a sweet and tangy sauce. The secret is using a great tasting barbecue sauce such as my favorite, Sweet Baby Rays. Next,… |
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Hearty and Skinny Antipasto Main Course SaladSalad meets antipasto in this colorful, bursting with flavor, main course salad. You’ll love all the different textures and taste sensations. This also works great as a side salad for a large gathering. I’ve made it much skinnier by substituting with reduced-fat salami instead of regular and using artichoke hearts packed in water,… |
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8 Skinny Recipes for PassoverPassover begins at sundown Monday, March 25th. I’m sharing some of my favorite skinny Passover recipes to enjoy throughout the week of Passover. Even if you don’t celebrate, there might be a few recipes you’ll love. One to try for sure, Skinny Matzo Ball Soup! Enter the link to get all the recipes:… |
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Skinny and Delicious Cornbread Breakfast CasserolePerfect for the weekend...It’s so hearty and includes the fabulous Denver omelette flavors of eggs, ham, bell peppers and cheese all loaded into a cornbread casserole. This casserole serves 6 and each serving has 304 calories, 8 grams of fat and 8 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS. Since it freezes great, you can make it over the weekend… |
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Low Calorie and Delish, Coq au VinThis is a wonderful low calorie and low fat version of the French classic chicken dish. The French pronunciation is kɔk o vɛ̃. It’s so easy and straightforward. I’ve served it many times and everyone loves it. My version uses white wine instead of red wine, which creates a lighter tasting sauce and is cooked on the stove top instead… |
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Stufato di manzo Italiano ( Beef Stew)Stews have been around for many years, in many nations with such diverse recipes. All types of meats are used in what some call stew. It is sometimes called "poor mans meal" because one can use many types of meats and vegetables. In my family we like stews and serve over mashed potatoes, rice and with corn and other vegetables.… |
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10 Skinny Apple-licious RecipesThere are so many reasons to be happy about apple season. They’re crisp, refreshing and leave your mouth with a delightful clean taste. And, we’ve all heard the saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away!” I’m sharing 10 super yummy, skinny recipes chock full of apples!!! Enter this link to get all the recipes:… |
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12 Skinny Chicken Soup RecipesJanuary is National Soup Month, and what better meal to warm your belly on a cold winter’s night, right? They’re filling, nourishing, delicious and so very comforting. It’s also cold and flu season. So I’m sharing a variety of chicken soup recipes. These include a classic, Mexican, Italian, Chinese, French to a Thai peanut, matzo ball… |
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Skinny and Dreamy Broccolini RisottoRisotto is an elegant Italian rice dish made by stirring hot stock into a mixture of rice and sometimes onions, shallots, or garlic that have been sautéed in butter. The stock is added in ½ cup increments while continually stirring until all the liquid is absorbed before adding more stock. We know it sounds a little labor intensive… |
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Cool Off With Our Skinny Cookies ’n’ Cream MilkshakeGet out the blender...Why bother to dunk your Oreo cookies in cold milk? Here the cookies are, in a sense, “Pre-dunked.” Each dreamy sip provides a flavorful proportion of familiar Oreo cookie and vanilla flavors and the shake gets extra body from the ground-up cookies. We’ve made ours skinny by using 1% reduced-fat milk, reduced-fat… |
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West Indian Chicken CurryThis punchy dish is under 500 calories, but you won't notice you're being healthy |
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