Kid friendly Italian recipes with 500 or fewer calories added by professional chefs

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Make Olive Garden’s Delicious Pasta Fagioli at Home

Make Olive Garden’s Delicious Pasta Fagioli at Home

You’ll love, love, love this rich and hearty soup! It tastes very similar to the pasta e fagioli at Olive…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Mar 2011
Professional
2 votes
18459 views
Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan

Oven Baked Chicken Parmesan

Easy to prepare, lower calorie version of this dish. For maximum tenderness, I recommend brining the breasts in 2 qts. water and 1/2 C table salt…

myra byanka
Jun 2016
Professional
2 votes
4746 views
Zucchini Smeriato ( Scalloped Zucchini)

Zucchini Smeriato ( Scalloped Zucchini)

There are many zucchini recipes, but this is one that I kinda made up. It is nourishing, a good Lenten dish…

J. Gino Genovesi
Jan 2014
Professional
3 votes
9085 views
Dolce al Mascarpone

Dolce al Mascarpone

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

Carmelita
Mar 2010
Professional
3 votes
4682 views
Creamy Tomato Soup Florentine

Creamy Tomato Soup Florentine

This dreamy tomato soup comes together really quickly. We’ve added some crumbled whole wheat bread to thicken it and spinach to make it even…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Apr 2011
Professional
1 vote
5646 views
Grandmother’s Handkerchief & Sausage Soup (Fazzoletto di nonna e la zuppa di salsiccia)

Grandmother’s Handkerchief & Sausage Soup (Fazzoletto di nonna e la zuppa di salsiccia)

A friend of mines mom was making pasta sheets, which I thought was to be…

Windle Grissett
Nov 2011
Professional
2 votes
7691 views
Lite and Fabulous Steak Pizzaiola

Lite and Fabulous Steak Pizzaiola

This Italian classic is simply steak topped with a quick cooking, zesty, pizza-like sauce. Sometimes it’s…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Feb 2012
Professional
1 vote
4332 views
Florentine Salisbury Steak

Florentine Salisbury Steak

This dish is restaurant quality food which when served with mashed potatoes and green beans makes a delightful presentation. At home,this was a…

J. Gino Genovesi
Jun 2013
Professional
1 vote
13525 views
Suppa di matrimonio Italiano ( Wedding Soup)

Suppa di matrimonio Italiano ( Wedding Soup)

I believe this soup was served at weddings and family gatherings because it was quick and easy to prepare,…

J. Gino Genovesi
Jul 2013
Professional
1 vote
4509 views
Spaghetti with Meatballs - the original Italian recipe

Spaghetti with Meatballs - the original Italian recipe

Though many think this dish is Italian American, there is a traditional dish from Abruzzo that must have been…

Carmelita
Mar 2010
Professional
1 vote
3658 views
Lemon-Cranberry Biscotti

Lemon-Cranberry Biscotti

The biscotti had its origin in Roman times They are a dry, crunchy cookie that contains no fat and quite nourishing. .A food with sustenance and…

J. Gino Genovesi
Dec 2013
Professional
1 vote
5212 views
Skinny Bolognese, Amazingly Rich, Very Filling, Served Over Nutritious Spaghetti Squash

Skinny Bolognese, Amazingly Rich, Very Filling, Served Over Nutritious Spaghetti Squash

Everybody needs a good recipe for Bolognese and this sauce is really…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Oct 2011
Professional
1 vote
2999 views
Garden Marinara Sauce with Spaghetti

Garden Marinara Sauce with Spaghetti

This marinara is chock full of veggies, and served atop whole grain spaghetti noodles, makes a guilt-free pasta…

Salad Foodie
Aug 2016
Professional
1 vote
2268 views
Basil shortbread biscuits

Basil shortbread biscuits

Delicate, crumbly shortbread with a hint of basil

Lemon Squeezy
Mar 2013
Professional
1 vote
4810 views
MAS Ranch Red Sauce

MAS Ranch Red Sauce

Great Red Sauce for pasta

candice masters
Jan 2009
Professional
1 vote
3299 views