Italian recipes with 500 or fewer calories with photo added by professional chefs

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Italian Meatballs

Italian Meatballs

Years ago I had an Italian neighbor who became a close friend. I always commented on her delicious meatballs and one day she shared the recipe with…

Salad Foodie
Mar 2011
Professional
16 votes
51358 views
Filet Mignon Topped With Shrimp, Crab with a Garlicy Wine Sauce

Filet Mignon Topped With Shrimp, Crab with a Garlicy Wine Sauce

This tender filet is bursting with flavor. Starting with a mouth watering filet, portabello mushrooms, shrimp,…

Claudia lamascolo
Mar 2010
Professional
11 votes
72601 views
Focaccia with Olives and Rosemary (Bread Machine or Conventional Method)

Focaccia with Olives and Rosemary (Bread Machine or Conventional Method)

Hot, fresh and homemade Focaccia with olives and herbs - what could be…

Salad Foodie
Nov 2012
Professional
3 votes
21007 views
Skinny and Delicious Chicken and Eggplant Pasta for 326 Calories!

Skinny and Delicious Chicken and Eggplant Pasta for 326 Calories!

We know it’s a mouthful but we’re talking real Italian comfort food here.…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Oct 2010
Professional
6 votes
13298 views
Spaghetti Salad

Spaghetti Salad

Fresh garden veggies are the stand-out in this pasta salad recipe -perfect for summer's garden harvest. Pretty as a picture when served in a clear…

Salad Foodie
Jul 2013
Professional
4 votes
14582 views
Italian Wedding Soup with Turkey Meatballs

Italian Wedding Soup with Turkey Meatballs

Italian-American in origin, this soup was really misnamed. “Wedding soup” is a mistranslation of the Italian…

Salad Foodie
Mar 2012
Professional
2 votes
15729 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
Focaccia (Italian Flat Bread)

Focaccia (Italian Flat Bread)

A basic focaccia recipe easy to make. Serve with any number of entrees, salads, soups, use as sandwich bread or as a base for a variety of focaccia…

Salad Foodie
Mar 2013
Professional
1 vote
8996 views
Italian Herb Bread (Bread Machine or Conventional Yeast Bread Method)

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

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

Salad Foodie
Feb 2015
Professional
1 vote
7936 views
Ciabatta Bread I

Ciabatta Bread I

The first of two ciabatta bread recipes I am trying out - this first one is from Fleischmann's Yeast. It is rated "Advanced" in difficulty and I…

Salad Foodie
Feb 2018
Professional
1 vote
2260 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
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
Chicken in a herby tomato sauce

Chicken in a herby tomato sauce

Deliciously aromatic dish that virtually cooks itself

Lemon Squeezy
Apr 2013
Professional
1 vote
4261 views
Italian Pasta and Vegetable Salad

Italian Pasta and Vegetable Salad

This pasta salad has a nice texture balance of smooth to crunchy, plus the tart-sweet of red wine vinegar and…

Salad Foodie
Feb 2016
Professional
1 vote
4639 views
Chocolate Sauce for Roman Oxtail

Chocolate Sauce for Roman Oxtail

A tomato sauce base is enriched with poached celery and finished with dark chocolate, raisins and pine nuts and…

Carmelita
Feb 2010
Professional
1 vote
2103 views