Quick and easy American vegetarian boil recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Luncheon Pasta Salad

A refreshing light pasta salad for a main dish luncheon or summer potluck. I like small or medium shell pasta, but elbow, ditalini or bow tie pastas…

Hot Cinnamon Apple Brandy Cider

This sweet delightful Hot Cinnamon Apple Brandy Cider is spiced with fresh squeezed apple cider, cloves, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon!

Oh Fudge

Oh Fudge is decadent, intensely chocolaty and velvety, silky smooth. This freezer fudge is so creamy and rich; it just melts in your mouth.

Spicy Red Anjou Pear Sauce:

A cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice flavored sauce made from Red Anjou Pears. A tasty side dish to have with pork, chicken or vegetarian as salad or…

Pumpkin Pie Pudding

I've always liked the flavor of pumpkin pie but never actually cared for the pumpkin pie itself. I'm one of those people that really does not like…

Creamy Carrot and Potato Soup

Vegetable soups are a healthy and comforting food to include in your diet. This thick soup is very easy to make, it has got bright orange color and…

Quick & Easy Fruit Compote with Vanilla Sauce (and a no-added sugar or low-sugar variation)

A fruit compote on the table in 15 minutes? Here's a dessert kids (and…

Peter Parker's Pea Soup from Ina Garten

This is a hearty, rich pea soup that is great on a chilly evening. Serve with a salad and crusty bread.…

In-a-Pinch Cranberry Sauce made from Dried Cranberries

I serve turkey year round but forget to keep canned cranberry sauce on hand; even when I do it's hard to use up…

Blue Apple-Nut Oatmeal

Butternut Squash and Apple Soup (with Pressure Cooker Option)

Inspired by a recipe from New Paradigm Cooking (Sandbach, Terranova and Ware), I chose to forego the cookbook’s…

Kale with Kalamata Olives

Kale is hearty and healthy, and often teams in winter soups with potatoes and beans. But in this recipe, based on Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian…

Asparagus Almandine

From the description of this recipe reads: "Something magical happens when asparagus meets almonds and lemon. Crispy nuts, tart citrus and ...…

Pumpkin crème-soup with shrimp, cream cheese and basil.

It’s autumn and it means that it’s time for a great pumpkin soup with shrimp that I just LOVE cooking. It…

Quinoa with Fresh Corn and Mint

This is a great quinoa dish to serve alongside fish or chicken. I have grown to love quinoa, and it is perfect for this dish. But this would also…