1,281 light recipes

"SOUTH TO NORTH -- `Everything' Salsa Adds Zing to, Well, Everything." Jacqueline Higuera McMahan

Old-fashioned mincemeat-style fruit preserve with prunes, dried apples, and raisins simmered with corn syrup, vinegar, and warm spices. Meatless take on traditional mincemeat for pies and tarts.

Homemade chocolate Irish cream with whiskey, rum, creme de cacao, sweetened condensed milk, and a touch of chocolate syrup. A blender-based copycat of Bailey's that costs less and tastes richer. Serve over crushed ice.

Welsh batch scone baked as one round and scored into wedges, spiced with cinnamon, ginger, and mace, studded with raisins and dates. Traditional teatime bread.

Asparagus, tofu, and bell pepper are stir-fried in a Chinese based garlic-ginger-soy sauce. It's packed with deliciousness and goodness.

Radishes in cream: a 10-minute peppery radish salad in a tangy sour cream, yogurt, and horseradish dressing. Served in crisp lettuce cups. A classic Eastern European spring side.

Chewy bar cookies with crunchy bran flakes in the dough and a layer of strawberry jam baked in the center. Old-fashioned lunchbox treats that come together in 45 minutes.

Great potato salad for those who love red potatoes like I do. A perfect, creamy, crunchy potato salad.

Italian chocolate nut cookies (mostaccioli) are dense, spiced cocoa cookies with chopped almonds and raisins on whole wheat flour. A traditional Calabrian holiday cookie with deep chocolate-clove flavor.

Piña colada punch with homemade coconut milk, fresh pineapple juice, ginger-cassia tea, and rum or gin. Big-batch tropical party drink that serves a crowd.

Brownie and cookies, you can eat both of them at the same time, moist, crunchy and delicious!

Thai-inspired chopped chicken salad tossed with shallots, scallions, jalapeño, lemon juice, soy sauce, and fresh mint and cilantro. A bright, no-cook dish ready in 15 minutes.

Salmon steaks poached with white wine, bay leaf, and fresh dill, served with a creamy cucumber dill sauce made from yogurt, mayo, and grated cucumber.

Lead your tastebuds to victory by indulging into this rich cake!

Bean curd skin rolls wrap shredded mushrooms, dried tofu, celery, and carrot in fresh tofu sheets, then shallow-fry until crisp and golden. Drizzled with a chili-ginger dipping sauce.

A lighter coleslaw with a tangy yogurt-mayo dressing, Dijon mustard, and white vinegar. Crunchy shredded cabbage, carrot, celery, and onion tossed together in 30 minutes. Keeps in the fridge for 2 days.