Tips to Modify Recipes

• Grocery Shopping List for Weightloss in 5 Tips
• Calorie Reduction, Keeping it Tastey
• Herbs and Spice to Replace the Salt Shaker
• Low Sodium Rubs, Marinades and Glaze
• Low Sodium Dietary Tips
• Low Sodium Menu Plan
• Dietary Serving Guidelines

Appetizers or Side Dishes

• Steamed Artichokes
• Bruschetta Italian Appetizer
• Cucumber Guacamole Dip
• Eggplant and Sundried Tomatoes
• Crustless Eggplant Pizzas
• Moroccan Carrots
• Fried or Boiled Plaintains
• Gatto` di Patate (Potato Pie)
• Roasted Peppers
• Salmon and Mozzarella
• Sigari Marocchini (Moroccan Cigars)
• Sangria’s Best

Breads

• Calzone
• Cornbread
• La Focaccia Italiana
• Pizza Napoletana

Soups

• Fava Bean Soup
• Tuscan Cacciucco Fish Stew
• Lentil Soup
• Roasted Pepper and Carrot Soup
• Savory Florentine Beef Stew
• Creamy Zucchini Soup

SALADS

• Fresh Vegetable Salad
• Skillet Scallops and Citrus Almond Salad
• Sweet and sour Orange Salad
• Waldorf Salad
• Pomegranate Apple Salad
• Shrimp Mango Salad

Chicken Dinners

• Baked Chicken Entree
• Chicken and Dumplings (reduced-sodium)
• Lemon Leaf Chicken Wrap
• Chicken Marsala
• Oven Roasted Chicken and Vegetables
• Chicken or Veal Parmesan

Seafood Dishes

• Italian Seafood Pasta
• Lemon Tuna Pasta Delight
• Stuffed Grilled Calamari
• Stuffed Clams or Mussels
• Tuscan Cacciucco Fish Stew
• Skillet Scallops Citrus Almond Salad
• Tuna Steak

Indian Dinner

• Spiced Rice
• Raita
• Paratha
• Chicken Curry

Beef Plates

• BOLOGNESE
• Authentic Ragu` Italian Sauce
• Savory Seasoned Sirloin
• Stuffed Sirloin Steak
• Tuscan Peposo

Miscellaneous Dinners

• 7 Easy Recipes under 7 minutes!
• 7 Dinners under 15 minutes
• Chard & Beans served with Sausage
• Roasted Peppers and Sausage
• Bourbon Sweet Potatoes
• Fast Food on your clock!
• Easy Homemade Taco or Burrito Meat
• Pita Pocket Tacos

Holiday Dinners

• Holiday Turkey with Cranberry Stuffing
• Lamb
• Pork Roast and Vegetables
• Tuscan Lasagna
• Veal alla Marsala

Italian Recipes Sauces

• Easy to Make Fresh Pasta
• Almond Spinach Pasta with Burrata
• Pasta Bucatini with Amatriciana Sauce
• Pasta Carbonara
• Cime di Rapa (Broccoli Rapini)
• Gnocchi
• Michelangleo Sauce
• Pesto with Pasta
• Tomato Basil Sauce
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Cherry Tomato Sauce (Pomodorini)
• Pasta Puttanesca
• Vegetable Couscous

Italian Oven Dinners (Pasta AL Forno)

• Cannelloni with Beef, Pork or Poultry
• Eggplant Parmigiana
• Lasagna with Meatballs
• Simple Lasagna
• Southern Italian Lasagna
• Vegetarian Lasagna

Risotto

• Risotto with Artichokes
• Risotto Milanese (with Saffron)
• Risotto

Desserts

• Custom Layers for all your occasional desserts http://www.custom-layers.com/
• Biscotti
• Cannoli
• Cindy’s Basic Cheesecake
• Copuletta from Sardegna
• Quick Chocolate Cake
• Italian Cream
• Italian Strawberries and Cream
• DELIGHTFUL Whole Grain Oatmeal Cookies!
• Frappes Berry Fresh and Pina Colada
• True Lava Cake
  
• Mascarpone Fruit Dip
• Pan di Spagna Cake
• Pastiera Napoletana Ricotta Pie
• Scones from Sara
• Tiramisu
• Welsh Cakes from Sarah
• Whip Cream
• Zucotto Cuppula

Quick Recipes and Tips to Delicious and Nutritious

Utilizing Berries

1. Mix fresh blueberries into plain yogurt;
2. Blend with 1/2 cup crushed ice, yogurt, banana, and OJ (orange juice) for a 60-second smoothie;
3. Toss with baby spinach, red onions, goat cheese, and raspberry vinaigrette for a summer salad.

Fresh fruit drink.

Choose 2-3 fruits, wash and peel. 4 ounces of juice: orange, pomegranate, cranberry or pear (choose one). Place all in a mixer and blend for 30-60 seconds. May drink immediately, served chilled or frozen.

ADDING FRUIT to enjoy!   Papaya, Guava, Tomatoes (Choose one or a few)

1. Dress sliced heirloom tomatoes with torn basil and olive oil;
2. Roasted cherry tomatoes or  Papaya and serve over Grilled Fish or Chicken.

VEGETABLES

Spinach, or Kale, Bok Choy, (Choose one or all)

• Make your salads with baby spinach
• Add 1/2 cup chopped spinach to scrambled eggs
• 1 cup chopped spinach over pizza

Using any of the following to obtain Vitamin A! Carrots, Mango Sweet potato, Pumpkin, Butternut Squash, Yellow Pepper 

• Snack on Pepper and Carrot Sticks
• Add any grated into salad;
• Toss a carrot into a breakfast smoothie with frozen mango and OJ;
• Roast carrot chunks, squash, pumpkin with olive oil, salt and cumin.

PROTEIN

Legumes!  Black, Peas, Lentils, Pinto, Kidney, Fava, & Lima Beans

• Wrap black beans in a breakfast burrito
• Use both black beans and kidney beans in your chili
• Puree 1 cup black beans with 2 Tbsp olive oil and roasted garlic for a healthy dip
• Add favas, limas, or peas to pasta dishes.

NUTS

Omega 3, Vitamin A & E. Enjoy walnuts, or almonds, peanuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts

• Sprinkle on top of salads;
• Chop and add to pancake batter;
• Mix 1 cup walnuts with a half cup dried blueberries and a quarter cup of dark chocolate chunks.

GRAINS

Healthy grains: oats, quinoa, flaxseed, amaranth, pearly barley

• Eat granolas and cereals that have a fiber content of at least 5 grams per serving
• Sprinkle 2 Tbsp ground flaxseed on cereals, salads, and yogurt
• Subsitiute quinoa in for brown rice