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Herb Vinaigrette

Nifer — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:08:02 +0000

This fresh herb vinaigrette dressing recipe is great tossed with mixed greens or as a dressing for cold pasta salads. To make a vegetarian version, swap the chicken broth for vegetable broth.

Creamy Buttermilk Dressing

Nifer — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:48:01 +0000

Creamy Buttermilk Dressing

This creamy buttermilk-herb dressing recipe is perfect tossed with mixed greens, as a dressing for cold pasta salads or as a dip for crunchy vegetables.

Fish Sauce with Chiles

Nifer — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:02:34 +0000

Fish Sauce with Chiles

Downright addictive, this spicy fish sauce recipe marries pungent fish sauce with the fire of chiles. Try it in place of plain fish sauce but use sparingly as it’s high in sodium. You can use this fish sauce immediately, but it will be very hot. As it settles over the following days the fish sauce will gradually get a little milder.

Olive & Goat Cheese Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes

Nifer — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:03:32 +0000

Olive & Goat Cheese Stuffed Cherry Tomatoes

This olive-and-goat-cheese-stuffed cherry tomato recipe makes a great pop-in-your-mouth appetizer. Scooping out the insides to stuff the tomato can be a little tricky without the right tool—a 1/4-teaspoon measuring spoon works very well for the job.

Anchovy & Cherry Tomato Salad

Nifer — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:00:14 +0000

Anchovy & Cherry Tomato Salad

This anchovy and tomato salad recipe has very few ingredients but absolutely sings with flavor when it’s made with cherry tomatoes picked at their ripest. For the prettiest salad, use a combination of orange, yellow and red tomatoes.

Pomegranate Float

Erin McCormick — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:34:09 +0000

Pomegranate Float

This pomegranate float recipe, which uses low-calorie pomegranate-flavored seltzer, pomegranate juice, vanilla frozen yogurt and fresh blueberries, is a refreshing, fruity twist on a malt-shop ice cream float. Combine ingredients just before serving.

Vanilla Strawberries with Lemon Ricotta

Erin McCormick — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:40:14 +0000

Vanilla Strawberries with Lemon Ricotta

Simple and perfect, this strawberry-and-ricotta dessert recipe dresses up the basic combination of strawberries and ricotta just a bit, but it’s still quite unadorned, so make it when you have great strawberries. Part-skim ricotta is used to keep calories and saturated fat in check in this easy dessert, but for a real indulgence try it with whole-milk ricotta.

Sugar-Free Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

Sarah Hoff — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:42:57 +0000

Sugar-Free Strawberry Frozen Yogurt

Create instant frozen yogurt for a healthy dessert in just 10 minutes by blending frozen strawberries with yogurt in a food processor. This healthy frozen yogurt recipe is sweetened with Splenda, making it a sugar-free treat. Use a different favorite frozen fruit in place of the strawberries if you like.

Spinach Salad with Avocado-Ranch Dressing

Sarah Hoff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:16:33 +0000

Spinach Salad with Avocado-Ranch Dressing

This healthy spinach salad recipe uses one avocado two ways: half goes into a healthy creamy ranch dressing and the other half of the avocado gets chopped to top the spinach salad.

Garlic Scape Pesto

Sarah Hoff — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:27:45 +0000

Garlic Scape Pesto

During the spring and early summer when garlic scapes are plentiful at farmers’ markets and farmstands, this healthy garlic scape pesto recipe is a great way to enjoy their gorgeous garlicky flavor for weeks. Garlic scapes are the green, spiral-shaped sprouts that appear on the top of garlic plants in the spring. Regular garlic cloves can be used as a substitute for garlic scapes. Try the pesto with pasta, stir-fries, grilled fish, poultry or steaks or add it to scrambled eggs, soup or pasta sauces.

Chocolate Avocado Shake

Erin McCormick — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:37:38 +0000

Chocolate Avocado Shake

This rich, healthy chocolate shake recipe is dairy-free and gets its creaminess from avocado instead of ice cream. If you aren’t avoiding dairy, you can use regular low-fat milk and any type of semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips in place of the nondairy chocolate chips.

Tonnato Dip

Sarah Hoff — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:24:20 +0000

Tonnato Dip

This dip recipe is inspired by “vitello tonnato,” a classic Italian dish in which veal is served with a creamy tuna (tonnato) sauce. With this recipe, we riffed on classic tonnato sauce to create a dip for crunchy vegetables. Or you can try using this dip as tonnato sauce by tossing it with pasta. The egg yolk in this recipe is not cooked, but you can use a hard-boiled egg yolk instead or a yolk from a pasteurized-in-the-shell egg. This recipe makes more Cream Sauce without the Cream than you’ll need for the dip. Refrigerate or freeze the extra sauce and use it in place of heavy cream in any sauce or soup that calls for cream.

Grapefruit, Hearts of Palm & Shrimp Salad

Sarah Hoff — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:58:57 +0000

Grapefruit, Hearts of Palm & Shrimp Salad

Serve this grapefruit, hearts of palm and shrimp salad for lunch or as an appetizer. This shrimp salad recipe is low in calories, light and satisfying. Hearts of palm are the tender inner stem of certain species of palm trees, with a flavor similar to artichokes. Find them near other canned vegetables.

Black-Eyed Pea Dip

Sarah Hoff — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:32:01 +0000

Black-Eyed Pea Dip

In this black-eyed pea dip recipe, black-eyed peas are pureed with extra-virgin olive oil, red-wine vinegar, garlic and thyme—a nice alternative to hummus. Try this protein-rich black-eyed pea dip with your favorite fresh vegetables or baked pita chips.

Ruby-Red Grapefruit Cocktail

Sarah Hoff — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:29:54 +0000

Ruby-Red Grapefruit Cocktail

This gorgeous sparkling grapefruit cocktail recipe combines gin, Campari, fresh grapefruit juice and seltzer. The touch of Campari enhances its beautiful red color, but if you prefer a less bitter drink, omit it.