Californian Low Fat Recipes

"This is a wrap within a wrap. Cottage cheese is mixed with fresh vegetables and herbs for zest and vigor, then placed inside a crisp lettuce leaf before being wrapped in a tortilla. For a change, you could add a little feta cheese. Adapted from Wraps cookbook."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, butter lettuce leaves...

"Perfect for any occasion. You can spice it up and add veggies if you wish for a more Spanish flavor."

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Ingredients: cooking oil, diced tomatoes...

"Here's the recipe for that Lemonade/Master Cleanse diet. You drink this and ONLY THIS for 10 days. (that means NO EATING ANYTHING, not even 1 blueberry!!!!!) I know. This diet sucks. But it WORKS! I'm on day 5 and I want to rip someone's head off, but I like what the numbers on the scale say. Hmmm. I"

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Ingredients: fresh lemon juice, maple syrup...

"What a cool idea. Pop those grapes in a popsicle mold(or small paper cups), pour in grape juice and freeze. Cook time is freezing time. Yum! Adapted from Pops! Icy Treats for Everyone by Krystina Castella."

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Ingredients: white grape juice, red seedless grapes...

"If jalapeños are too hot for your palate, use another type of chili."

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Ingredients: cumin, jalapenos, lime juice...

"I got this recipe from the cookbook "The Salsa Book", ISBN 0-9612150-8-9. Although it calls for 1 Jalapeno or Serrano chile, as with every recipe I post, if you don't have the specific chile it calls for you can substitute with whatever type you have.However, if substituting with Habanero(s), I would add the chile after cooking, since I've..."

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Ingredients: cranberries, serrano chilies...

"Yaay! It's strawberry season right now here in California, time to make my favorite pie. Want to post this for safekeeping here as I just had a scare and couldn't find my cookbook - this is not a recipe I want to lose! Got it from Good Housekeeping Book of Desserts, which is one of the best cookbooks on sweets that I have ever found! I have been..."

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Ingredients: milk, rhubarb, salt...

"This is traditionally eaten for breakfast in Spain, but is similar to Italian bruchetta, which is usually considered and appetizer. So enjoy it any time of the day. If your tomatoes are small, you will want more - if really big, one should do it, this is very flexible."

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Ingredients: kosher salt, olive oil...

"While in the supermarket looking for mussels to prepare a French dish, I came across a bag of frozen mixed seafood. I already had some cod filets at home, and figured this would be a great (and inexpensive) way to make ciopinno soup. Not traditional, but it turned out hearty, delicious, and a definite keeper!"

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Ingredients: diced tomatoes, fish stock...

"My DH bought me a new cookbook, so of course I have to share this recipe with all of my Zaar friends! I haven't tried this yet, pregnant lady and raw eggs are a no-no, but I'm still posting! I hope it is as good as it claims to be!! From "Top Secret Recipes Book""

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Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar, ice...

"This is a versatile, old time favorite recipe of mine, probably from the 1950s, which utilizes your summer bounty of zucchini in several different ways. The "zucchini base" recipe can be used to make other dishes such as: lunch cake, cookies, and pie (see recipe #327672). This recipe makes 3 quarts of base; the cake uses 1 cup of ZB, the..."

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Ingredients: granulated sugar, molasses...