Diet Type: Low Fat
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Sugar-Dusted Whole Wheat Graham Crackers
If you don’t have raw sugar on hand for sprinkling over the graham crackers before baking, substitute regular cane sugar. Serve these sweet treats with mugs of hot chocolate or tea or use to make old-fashioned s’mores.
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Wheat Berry Salad with Raisins, Beets and Citrus Vinaigrette
Toss with cubes of tofu or diced turkey just before serving, if you like.
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Pita Chips with Sweet Potato Mash and Smoked Almonds
Smoky almonds and pimenton (Spanish smoked paprika)are a particularly good match for sweet potatoes.
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Turkey with Sweet Potato Dumplings
A new take on chicken and dumplings made with Thanksgiving leftovers. For leftover vegetables, choose green beans, carrots, peas, broccoli or others that were cooked simply with few other ingredients. You can cook a turkey breast for this, but if you use leftover turkey from a whole bird, the cost per serving will be even less!
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Easy Shrimp and Grits with Sweet Peppers
Breakfast, brunch or lunch for a crowd of house guests is not always easy and affordable. This recipe fills them up without draining your wallet. Double it by making twice the grits and sauteing the vegetables and shrimp in batches to keep from crowding the skillet while they cook. Our bacon is fantastic, contains no synthetic nitrates/nitrites, and our strict welfare standards apply to the pigs it comes from. That said, you can make a very delish vegetarian batch by replacing the bacon with sliced mushrooms and olive oil, and omitting the shrimp.
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Warm Millet Salad with Brussels Sprouts, Creamed Mushrooms and Sage
Here's a hearty, flavorful dish that takes care of a few special diet needs your guests may have. It can simultaneously serve as a gluten-free, vegetarian side dish or a main course for four. Use any mushrooms you like, including cremini, oyster or portobello. For extra flavor and vegetarian protein, garnish with chopped toasted walnuts. Millet has wonderful flavor, especially when toasted and, like quinoa or brown rice, makes an excellent gluten-free stuffing alternative.
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Butternut Squash with Wilted Spinach and Blue Cheese
With its beautiful colors and pleasing balance of textures and flavors, this dish is bound to become one of your most requested recipes. Serve it either as a first course or a side dish to a fall or winter meal.
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Learn to Cook: Roasted Butternut Squash
Hard winter squashes can be intimidating, but they are actually very simple to prepare as well as satisfying, nutritious and affordable! Butternut squash, for example, delivers healthy carbohydrates, vitamins A and C plus potassium. This basic recipe brings out the best in winter squash: little bites delightfully caramelized outside and creamy inside. Serve straight from the oven as a side dish or use in soup, tacos, enchiladas, pasta and salad.
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Learn to Cook: Brown Rice
Brown rice is a nutritious whole grain that delivers fiber, protein and selenium. It is not another type of rice; it’s the same as white rice without all the good stuff removed in processing. Whole grains in general are packed with nutrients and fiber, which aids in healthy digestion and weight management. These are the “good carbs” that help balance your diet and can fill you up.
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Brown Rice Pilaf with Shrimp & Wilted Radicchio
This is hearty, satisfying fare that we’ve dished up in entrée-sized portions because all you need to make it a meal is a big green salad. Clam juice adds additional seafood flavor, but feel free to simply use water and you won’t be disappointed.
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