Italian vegetarian side dishes recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Bean Gratin

This delicious and healthy recipe can be made with any variety of white bean, dried or canned. I used dried cannellini beans. Great Northern beans…

Baked Farro or Pearl Barley with Asparagus

We served this recipe with a Moroccan Lamb Shank last night. It was a delicious accompaniment. We had Farro…

Four Cheese Italian Macaroni

Roasted Broccoli

This roasted broccoli recipe, adapted from the Barefoot Contessa, is really wonderful. It has a lot of flavor. We served it with a mild pasta, and…

Crunchy Green Bean Salad

Beans Tuscany Improv

Lacking most of the ingredients for the typical Tuscan Bean recipe I decided to improvise. This dish is quick, easy to make, full of fiber and is…

Plum tomatoes roasted with fresh basil

When plum tomatoes are on sale this summer, grab a bagful and make this simple and delicious side dish. It…

Roasted Asparagus and Parmesan

This is a simple and delicious Italian recipe adapted from the Barefoot Contessa. We leave out the egg and sometimes the lemon (depends on what you…