European recipes with 100 or fewer calories added by professional chefs

Cocktail Rye Bread (with Bread Machine Dough-Making Option)

For the freshest taste and earthy rye flavor, make your own cocktail rye bread to pair with appetizers at your…

Deep Fried Brussels Sprouts

This dish will go with just about any main - pasta, meat, small plates. Whatever you're in the mood for.

The Stinking Rose ® Garlic Rose Relish

Sauce Diable

Serve with my Roasted Loch Duart Salmon with Chanterelle Mushrooms

Borage filled Ravioli

Early Spring ravioli filled with country borage and ricotta, with a walnut pesto and a finish of barely melted butter and fresh marjoram

Black Forest Pumpernickel Bread (for bread machine or conventional yeast dough method)

A soul-satisfying dark bread with distinctive rye flavor. Supermarket rye…

Dolce al Mascarpone

My luscious spring variation on Tiramisù, this one is made with a lemon syrup and fresh berries

World's Best Shortbread Cookies

This recipe has been in our family for many years and is a tradition at Christmas

Greek Coleslaw

A light healthy side for lamb, chicken, pita bread, and/or hummus. The calories, carbs, fat are WAY LOW compared to traditional coleslaws.

Italian Herb Bread (Bread Machine or Conventional Yeast Bread Method)

Garlic and Italian herbs infuse this homemade bread which can be made in a…

Tzatziki (Yogurt Cucumber Dip)

Refreshing appetizer dip with pita or flat bread, veggies or crackers. Or use as a sauce for gyros or Greek tacos. I have also tried this on…

Basil Pesto Spread

Summer’s remaining basil harvest can become the makings of delicious pesto to serve on crackers or crusty bread. And it does freeze well too for…

La Sfoia Lorda - Pasta Pillows in Broth

A little known Pasta in Brodo home cooking dish from Romagna. It is unknown in Bologna and the Emilia part of…

Cavatelli e Bietole

A healthy vegetarian pasta from Southern Italy, this diish consists of home made 6 finger Cavatelli dressed simply with wilted Swiss Chard sauteed…

French Bread by Traditional Yeast Method (no bread machine)

Experimenting with several ways to get a good loaf of French bread without using my bread machine, I am ready…