Egg Salad Sandwiches with Watercress Watercress, a cruciferous vegetable, adds a zesty note—and welcome phytonutrients—to this enlightened version of an...
Wild West Steak This quick dinner couples perfectly seared steaks with mustard-laced sautéed onions and peppers. When grilling bison,...
Tex-Mex Stuffed Potatoes Stuffed baked potatoes are a great family-friendly weeknight supper. Here we stuff them with fresh cilantro, salsa and...
Basic Barbecue Sauce Bottled barbecue sauces are often loaded with sodium and high-fructose corn syrup. In ours, strong coffee balances the...
Indian Spice Marinade Here we combine traditional Indian spices like cumin, coriander, mustard and paprika with yogurt and lime for a tangy...
Cucumber Sambal Spicy and tangy, this cucumber and onion mixture is a refreshing accompaniment to grilled meats.
Triple Cherry Pie Tart, sweet and dried cherries fill a phyllo crust in this pie. Serve with vanilla frozen yogurt.
Cherry-Almond Upside-Down Cake Cherries have a natural affinity with almonds; here they unite in a delicious upside-down cake.
Cherry Bounce Here we infuse bourbon and cherries with whole spices. Serve the strained syrup as a liqueur or spoon the drunken...
Cherry-Fig Tea Loaf Brew some of your favorite tea and pause to enjoy this cherry-fig quick bread.
Cherry Amaretti Gratin Sweet amaretti crumbs make a quick, low-fat topping that is a perfect foil for tart cherries.
Creamy Red Potato Salad A dressing of nonfat yogurt enriched with a little reduced-fat mayonnaise and Dijon mustard replaces the heavier...
Oven-Fried Chicken If fried chicken is traditional in your picnic basket, try this method, which trims about 8 grams of fat from each 5-...
Watermelon Ice The only thing more refreshing than a slice of watermelon is a scoop of watermelon ice. Choose seedless watermelon for...
Roasted Vegetable Sandwiches These hearty sandwiches may be assembled ahead of time and are perfect for a summer picnic
Lemon-Mint Sorbet Inspired by a favorite family mint julep recipe, this sorbet can be served as dessert or as an intermezzo course.
Blueberry-Banana Frozen Yogurt Pureed banana gives this mixture an especially smooth texture, and orange-juice concentrate and crème de cassis add a...
Chocolate Ice Cream This fudgy ice cream will satisfy any chocolate craving, but contains only 5 grams of fat per serving.
Peach Ice Cream If you plan to serve this ice cream directly from the ice cream maker, add an extra cup of chopped peaches to the mix...
Blackberry Sorbet A sorbet is the perfect showcase for this member of the raspberry family; berries ripen from late summer to early fall.
Raspberry Frozen Yogurt Keep frozen raspberries on hand in the freezer year-round so that, at a moment's notice, you can make this...
Anadama Bread This updated Anadama is made quicker with the use of RapidRise yeast and a food processor. You can knead the dough by...