North american saute main dish recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Smokey Greens and Black Eyed Peas with Biscuits

Black-eyed peas (the food, not the band) combined with delicious kale are melded together into a flavorful dish…

Chilean Sea Bass with Caramelized Garlic, Bananas and Blueberries

This is a special recipe. Mixing savory garlic with bananas and…

Skinny Barbecue Sloppy Joes, A New Twist On A Old Favorite

A Sloppy Joe is a popular hearty American dish with a variety of ways to make it. The most typical being ground…

Lemon Paprika Tilapia

This is a delicious version of Tilapia that we adapted from a Bon Appetit recipe. We served it with the quinoa recipe linked below. It was a great…

Wild Mushroom & Bacon Pasta

This was from a simple pasta recipe..that I bumped up .The mushrooms & bacon...add lots of flavor. I love it...and hope you give it a try.Any kind…

Tilapia with Sweet Peppers

I like the speed with which I can get a seafood dish from pan to table. Only 15 minutes of cooking makes this tilapia main dish perfect for hurried…

Zesty Lime Marinated Chicken with Homemade Watermelon Salsa

This recipe is a true gem…Truly fresh and refreshing! First, the chicken is so tender and flavorful.…

Beef Sandwiches

AJ's Dirty Yellow Rice

I kept this a bit plain because of the kids. You can spice it up by adding more of the Cajun seasoning.

Scallops with couscous

Simple to prepare and great for a large group. Done in just a few steps. Quantity can be adjusted to fit the size of the group

Rice and Beans Southwest Style

This recipe is adapted from one I found along time ago in a Richard Simmons diet cookbook.

Crawfish Etouffee

In New Orleans, frozen crawfish tails are a heavily relied upon convenience food. Many folks outside of Louisiana are unaware of this great product…

Seasoned Rice and Kale

This is a delicious blend of flavors using various herbs, walnuts, rice and kale. It is rich in texture and taste - filling and satisfying.

Chicken Fried Steak with Green Chili & Egg

Southwestern Pueblo style chicken fried steak with a simple green chile gravy and a soft cooked egg.

Lentil Chicken Quesadilla

Lentils, brown rice, and chicken make this yummy version of quesadilla!