North american boil recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Savory Sweet Pumpkin Soup

Pineapple Rice with Green Soybeans

This colorful rice side or vegetarian entrée is a healthy and novel departure from same-old, same-old steamed…

Mexican Pozole I (Posole)

A hominy stew with pork or chicken, this soup can usually be found where Mexican food is popular. Has a nice “heat” to it, and as with most stews,…

Mexican Pozole II (Posole)

This is the second installment on my mission to try different methods of making pozole. It has similar ingredients as the first one I posted (see…

Corn and Spatzle Soup

This is a wonderful Amish soup. It makes for a wonderful dinner with a salad and some nice crusty bread. The Spatzle recipe here makes about 3…

Lancaster County Lima Beans

The Amish serve many of their vegetables in cream and most of the are very good. Lima beans in cream are outstanding!

Browned Butter

The Amish use browned butter on their vegetable and over mashed potatoes. You can make it and keep in the refridgerator til ready to use. It has a…

Farmhouse Soup

This is a minstrone-style soup, great with big hunk of crusty bread on a cold winter day.

String Bean and Fingerling Potato Salad with Shrimp

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…

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…

Classic Turkey Soup

A Holiday favorite

Chocolate Tapioca Pudding

Take old-fashioned tapioca pudding to a grand level for a special Valentine dessert - add chocolate! Be patient as you cook the pudding, it can…

Broccoli Overload Soup

A quick and easy soup with minimal ingredients….made in minutes.This a a great soup to experiment with. Your choice of broth, milk (or not), flavour…

Perfect Rice