Tag: lighter
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Italian Sausage Soup
Winter is upon us, and at our house that means comfort food — yummy soups and hearty vegetables that warm us from the inside out. But tasty, comforting soups don’t have to be loaded with calories and fat. Spices and carefully chosen carbs make this lighter Italian Sausage Soup a winner in my book. It’s…
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Lotsa Apples Cake… Easy!
*This recipe is nut and peanut-free.” It’s fall, and if you’re anything like me you start to crave apples. We like to go every year up to the North Georgia mountains and either pick or just go into the apple orchard stores and buy a bushel of apples. The small, sweet, crisp ones are my…
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Saucy and Spicy Sloppy Joes with Ground Chicken
*This recipe is nut and peanut-free.” On my hunt for a great sloppy joe recipe, I kept running across recipes that had great flavor but they didn’t really provide enough sauce. Plenty of sauce is important when you are feeding a large family and want to stretch your recipe. Plus, everyone loves sloppy joe sauce!…
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Skinny Sausage & Pasta Bolognese
By switching out the pork sausage in favor of chicken or turkey sausage, eliminating the olive oil, reducing the amount of cheese, and using half-and-half over heavy whipping cream this lighter version is only 424 calories per serving with the pasta. (Traditional Bolognese Pasta with sausage ranges between 700-1000 calories per serving.) This makes A…