Low Calorie Main Dish Recipes

"We have a Japanese girl, Tomoko, living with us, and tonight she and I cooked a Japanese dinner for us and her friends. She phoned her mum,Toshiko, in Japan for this, as it's her favourite recipe, and I wanted to share it here. It's simple and so good, and Tomoko, who is only 16, did such a good job of cooking this, then translating the recipe to English..."

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Ingredients: garlic cloves, soy sauce...

"This is the best chili recipe I have ever tried. I'm not sure where the recipe originated, but it is amazing! Sometimes, I don't bother adding all four cans of the kidney beans and it still turns out wonderful. Once anyone tastes this chili, they will be begging for the recipe!! Enjoy!"

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Ingredients: coriander, cumin...

"I found this pulled pork recipe years ago, and it's a favorite at potlucks. Freezes well for easy quick meals."

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Ingredients: ginger ale, onions, pork roast...

"When I was a child, my family used to eat this at least once a week due to the fact that it is inexpensive and a little goes a long way. We also added fresh herbs or sometimes whole kernel corn. Its even better the next day and it freezes well."

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Ingredients: pepper, elbow macaroni...

"Almost too easy, the chicken cooks in a creamy, cheesy sauce that is delicious over noodles. This freezes well, too"

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Ingredients: condensed cream of chicken soup, garlic powder...

"Another of my aunt's recipes. Great for those cold nights."

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Ingredients: chives, condensed cream of chicken soup...

"This is my father-in-laws recipe for chili. I love to make it on a cold winter night. Sometimes I serve it with Corn Chips in the bottom of the bowl, topped with the chili and then top the chili with grated cheddar cheese"

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Ingredients: pepper, ground cumin...

"You will not believe the deeply satisfying flavour of this stew. This is our favourite wintry stew dish - comfort food to the max. The cooking time is more or less accurate, but it really depends on the cut of meat used - not everyone used chuck, and then, not all chuck is the same! You really have to poke and prod and taste to get it to where you..."

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Ingredients: cornstarch, dried basil...

"These have to be, hands down, the BEST meal I have EVER made in a crock pot. I borrowed a friend's crock pot one weekend and made this for my honey. Low and behold, I got a crock pot for my next birthday along with a request for this recipe to be the first thing I made. I really wish I know where I got the recipe from because I would LOVE to give credit..."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, cornstarch...

"If you love good, old-fashioned, down home chicken and dumplings, this is the real thing! Note that this dumpling recipe makes "a bunch of dumplin's" because around here, most folks want more dumplin's than chicken. (prep time includes cooling time for cooked chicken.)"

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Ingredients: butter flavor shortening, eggs...

"This pizza sauce recipe was given to me as a wedding present, written on the inside cover of a pizza cookbook. It is thick, saucy, spicy and delicious. I'll never use anything else on my homemade pizzas. I like to double or triple it and put it in Ziploc bags in my freezer."

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Ingredients: dried basil, dried oregano...