European boil recipes with 200 or fewer calories costing less than $0.5 per serving

Vanilla Custard Sauce (British)

This sauce is served over steamed puddings, fruit crisps (crumbles), and any dessert that would be enhanced by a creamy vanilla sauce. It's the…

Spinach & Artichoke Pierogi (Polish Dumplings)

I use my Aunt Pearl's Dough recipe and I decided to make a filling different from the norm (Potato & Cheese or…

Bavarian Semmelknoedel/Bread Dumplings

This is a very traditional bread dumpling that is served in restaurants in Austria and Bavaria. This is a…

Croatian roux soup

Very old recipe for a soup still popular in the northwestern parts of Croatia.

Soup with millet and carrot

This is a deliciously healthy and vegetarian soup, easily thrown together.

Mashed Potatoes and Cabbage (Colcannon)

A perfect way to boost nutrition in mashed potatoes, this is a favorite Irish side dish but can certainly…

Cheater's Gnocchi

Gnocchi! Fun to say. Fun to make. This is NOT your Naunie’s Gnocchi! (Naunnie was my Italian grandmother) This “cheat” recipe uses potato…

Gnocchi and Peas with Pesto

I opened my freezer this morning and saw peas, some left over uncooked gnocchi and a small container of pesto. Let me show you a little of this and…

Healthy Colcannon

Healthy Colcannon is a traditional Irish side dish with cabbage and potatoes. This is a must have side dish for Saint Patrick's Day. It takes only…

Quick polenta

Panacotta. (Italian cream custard)

Very delicious but quite rich so don't 'pig out'