2,179 light recipes

Smoked trout crackers with lemon-dill mayonnaise top thin whole-grain crackers with sliced smoked trout and a bright lemon-dill aioli. A five-ingredient elegant appetizer.

No-bake chocolate peanut butter squares with a hidden ingredient: pureed kidney beans for added fiber and protein. Loaded with marshmallows, walnuts, and cinnamon. Gluten-free friendly.

Great asian style pasta, nice side dish, very healthy.

Old-fashioned raisin nougat made with hard-crack sugar syrup, marshmallow cream, and cocoa butter. A vintage homemade candy with chewy raisins folded throughout.

Cookie tacos are crisp buttery tuile shells shaped into taco folds while hot, then stuffed with lime-scented sour cream and lemon pie filling and piled with sugared strawberries. A playful dessert that draws every eye at the table.

Irish cream balls combine crushed vanilla wafers, toasted pecans, cocoa, and Irish cream liqueur into no-bake boozy bites rolled in powdered sugar. The grown-up holiday cookie tray staple.

Mrs Fields almond crunch cookies rolled in sliced almonds and drizzled with a ganache-style chocolate glaze. Buttery, nutty, and crispy with a slow bake for maximum crunch.

A tasty side dish made with ricotta cheese, light cream and cardamom pods.

Bite-sized chicken simmered in white wine with broccoli and mushrooms, smothered in a silky garlic cream sauce. A cozy 45-minute dinner for two, served over pasta or rice.

Peanut fudge is old-school stovetop chocolate fudge made with milk, corn syrup, and unsweetened chocolate, beaten to the classic soft-ball stage and loaded with salted peanuts.

Gingerbread waffles with peach sauce blend molasses, brown sugar and warm spices into a cake-textured waffle, finished with glossy cornstarch-thickened peach syrup. A holiday-flavored weekend brunch.

Hot apple soup pureed from a mix of tart Granny Smith and sweet McIntosh apples with cinnamon, nutmeg and a swirl of cream. Vegetarian, ready in under an hour. A Fall soup that doubles as brunch.

Ham and potato bake in a sharp cheddar cream sauce with pimentos. A five-ingredient casserole that uses up leftover ham and cooked potatoes.

Homemade chocolate ice cream spiked with whiskey-soaked raisins. Eight egg yolks and heavy cream create an ultra-creamy custard base loaded with melted chocolate and boozy fruit.

Kiwifruit sorbet made without an ice cream machine using a freeze-beat-refreeze method. A bright green, tangy frozen dessert with lemon juice and corn syrup for smooth scooping.

Banana blueberry bran muffins sweetened with honey and corn syrup, made with egg whites and skim milk. A low-fat, high-fiber muffin with no added butter or oil.