Appetizers / Soups / Salads Recipes (Most Popular)
Very easy soup to cook in the crockpot all day or make on the stove. 5 WW points per 1 cup serving!
You can use this as a salad or appetizer. It makes 16 appetizer servings with corn chips, or 8-10 side dish servings. It gets rave reviews at picnics!
Super easy way low cal black bean soup for the lazy cook. You make it in the crock pot and leave it! YUM!
Zinc Cafe in Corona del Mar serves a similar salad: Delicioso!
"The Girls" love me when I bring this to get-togethers :-)
Use on your favorite baguettes, pizza, pastas or stir in some low fat sour cream or cream cheese to make a quick spread.
Low Carb, High Protein and easy to make. Great for Weight Loss Surgery patients. Makes 16 one cup servings.
Delicious and filling! Instead of loose ground beef like this soup usually contains, I make little porcupine balls with it! A little time consuming to make the tiny porcupine balls, but the end result is worth it! My DH and daughter love this soup. Keeps well in freezer if you have leftovers.
This tangy, fresh vegetable salad hits the spot alone or with fish, or as a garden salad topping. I found that Newman's Own Family Recipe Italian Dressing was similar to mine, lots faster to make, and very low carb. It has Parmesan cheese in it which add a nice flavor.
You can mix and match any of the vegetables you have on hand in the herbs, onion, garlic, broth and stewed tomatoes as the base stock. You can also substitute vegetable broth and make it a vegetarian recipe.
This recipe is adapted from one found on www.smittenkitchen.com. Makes 8 servings of 1 cup each. The ingredients are approximate, there is no need to be precise with this. Pretty much just add everything to taste! (This is also great as a salsa like dip for light tostito chips!) For more visual effect, use 1 green pepper and 1 each of red, orange, and yellow.
