Low-fat Healthy Recipes
I was hunting for some swell low-fat recipes and I discovered my healthy recipe guide in Stephanie Hyatt. She has put up some great recipes on her Elementary Chef blog. I’m posting a vegetarian and non-vegetarian low-fat recipe each here:
Light Pasta Primavera
1 lb asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 T butter
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 c sliced mushrooms
2 carrots, sliced
1 large zucchini, chopped
1/2 c chopped fresh basil
3/4 t salt
1/2 t pepper
2 T all-purpose flour
14 oz can 2% evaporated milk
12 oz fusilli
1/3 c freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Melt butter over medium-high heat; cook onion, garlic and mushrooms for 5 minutes. Stir in carrots, zucchini, asparagus, 2 T each of the basil and water, salt and pepper; cover and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes. Cook, uncovered, for 1 to 2 minutes or until almost all the liquid has evaporated. Stir in flour; cool, stirring, for 1 minute. Pour in milk; cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until thickened. Meanwhile, in large pot of boiling water, cook fusilli al dente; drain and toss with sauce.
Sprinkle with Parmesan and remaining basil, toss again.
Chicken Artichoke Pasta
1 small onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
2 small jars of marinated artichoke hearts (save the juice from the artichokes)
pinch of salt and pepper on the chicken breast
1 small jar roasted red peppers cut in strips
1 can pitted black olives, partly drained
1 lb boneless chicken breast
2 c tri-colored rotini pasta
In a frying pan add 1 tbsp olive oil, cook onions and garlic for 1 minute. Add chicken and cook for 5 minutes or till there is no pink in the middle of chicken. Take out of pan. Cook pasta, drain, add chicken, artichokes, peppers, olives with the juices from artichokes, and 1/2 juice from olives. Toss altogether and serve. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Elementary Chef, low-fat recipes, Italian recipes
July 25th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
One of the best meals I have ever had in my entire life was a huge plate of Pasta Primavera in Florence, Italy. I keep planning to cook some up now that I’m home — maybe this recipe will inspire me. It makes me hungry just to look at.
July 26th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Great site! Those recipes don’t say how many they supposed to feed. I’m assuming 4? Low fat is well and good but if you don’t limit your portions you’re defeating the purpose, right?