Chinese recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $1.0 per serving

Stir-Fry Celery with Ham

A quick, easy, crunchy and tasty vegetable dish. Just two main ingredients! Yes, that's right, just two ingredients. This dish is really, extremely,…

Eggplant Szechuan-style

Year of the Rooster ! A most Happy and Prosperous and Fortunate New Year to all my Chinese friends! Many years ago - too many - I got a recipe…

Hoisin Sauce

Taste before serving as it's quite easy to adjust the recipe to suit your palette :-) Because of the acidity and salt content, this should keep…

Chinese Almond Cookies

A basic and delicious version of the popular Chinese cookie - minus the lard! I prefer sliced almonds throughout the dough rather than the single…

Skinnylightful Chicken Fried Rice

We’re so excited to share our healthy recipe for this very popular Chinese restaurant dish. We’ve made this…

Old Cucumber And Kei Chi (Wolfberry) With Gingko Nuts Soup

profound in healing properties and taste: natural sweetness of kei chi/wolfberries, soft texture of old…

Kung Pao Chicken

As you may know, my spouse is Chinese and we cook a Chinese dinner once a week. So this week I thought I would highlight his version of the Kung…

Spicy Pork with Black Beans

A very spicy Chinese type cuisine. One of our favorites. Wonderful with a side of vegetables prepared Chinese style with a light garlic sauce.

Healthy Stuffed Bitter Gourd Boat with Minced Pork

Be enticed by the kaleidoscope of colours & flavours slowly coaxed into this Stuffed Bitter Gourd Boat with…

Turkey Spinach Crispy Baked Egg Rolls

These Tempting Turkey Spinach Crispy Baked Egg Rolls are low in fat without giving up crunchiness and fantastic…

Freezer Soup or Pepper Steak Soup

Finding a container with mystery ingredients, I defrosted it to find some pepper steak. I had counted on it…

Crunchy Long Beans With Sesame Seeds

This is just a simple vegetable dish I'd discovered during my last Shopping & Dining Trip in Bangkok. I was…

Chicken Fried Rice

Cashew Chicken

Curry Leaves And Chili Lala (Clams)

Immersed in a thick spicy dark sauce with the inviting aroma of curry leaves.