European summer recipes with 400 or fewer calories costing less than $3.0 per serving

Crushed Greek tomato and olive oil sauce

Pomodoro style sauce with black olives, capers and chillies adding subtle character. Rich stewed tomato depth…

Fried zucchini with mayo-dill sauce and tomato

This is a traditional recipe in my family, as well as in pretty much any Ukrainian family fried zucchini with…

Mocha ice cream

This decadent homemade chocolate ice cream gets its rich flavor from brewed coffee and dark chocolate.

Vegetarian or Vegan Sausage Bread

Vegetarian or vegan sausage bread is a braided loaf of homemade bread that is over-stuffed with Vegan sausage…

Salmorejo

A less known cousin of gazpacho, thicker but also refreshing.

Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Portobellos

Banana and chocolate pudding

Bananas, bananas and again bananas! Don’t blame me because I love these sweet creamy fruits! I always make up some kind of dessert when I have…

Spectacular Summertime Fresh Roasted Marinara Sauce

This is one of the most delicious tomato sauces we’ve ever tasted. You’ll want to make this sauce using…

Zucchini and Eggplant Ratatouille copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia Inc./Maria Liberati

Fresh zucchini, eggplant, onion- these vegetables should be very fresh,…

Crunchy Green Bean Salad

Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers

Brown Rice Greek Salad

This recipe is my modified version of Martha Stewart's Brown Rice Salad. I made adjustments by adding oregano and feta and omitted her version which…

Summer Vegetable soup

Eating 5 vegetables a day is easy with this vegetarian summer soup. Some would call it summer minestrone. This can be made a day ahead,…

plum chocolate pudding

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and grease an 8 1/2-inch square ovenproof dish with butter. Drain the plum and arrange them on the base of the…

Basil-Walnut Pesto

To help mix the pesto with the cooked pasta, blend 4 to 6 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water into 1/2 cup pesto before tossing.