Green Recipes

I love enchiladas! These are full of vegetables in addition to the cheese and creamy sauce. Each one has a full serving of veggies, plus almost 20% of your daily fiber.

Keep summer's freshest green beans around a bit longer by making quick refrigerator pickles.

You will never guess that the dressing is oil-free and packed with three cups of greens, zucchini and avocado! I call it great green dressing.

A very refreshing healthy smoothie

Green beans and onions are lightly sautéed in only one tablespoon of oil.

A perfect and spicy way to use up leftover chicken breasts.

A spicer version of boring Egg Salad

A re-working of the traditional Thanksgiving side dish. Extra Mushrooms and garlic hide the fact that you are using low-fat dairy products.

A lighter version of the classic holiday recipe.

yummy eggplant witha light sauce

Healthy juice touted to make you loose weight

The best of the garden with a balsamic glaze

The addition of cream of mushroom soup adds a nice flavor

Simple stuffed green peppers from scratch

Yummy side dish

Crock Pot - Comfort Food- cook for 6 hrs.

With the strong flavor of orange and strawberries, combined with creamy banana and a surprisingly smooth taste from spinach, you get at least 2.5 servings of fruit & veggies! Pretty awesome..

Yummy meatless sandwich

The trick to learning to like vegetables you hate is to disguise their appearance and flavor. Think about what it is you dislike about that particular vegetable.
I asked Fred why he's anti-green beans. It turns out that he remembers the long, mushy canned beans from childhood.
Step 1: Chop the beans into 1-inch pieces.
Step 2: Change texture. Sauté them in a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper on high heat until they're crispy on the outside and still slightly firm.
Step 3: Change the flavor: Add pesto (with homemade lemony basil from the co-op) and an extra bit of parmesan cheese!
Results: "Is this pasta?" Fred asks as I hand him a plate of beans.

This potato salad is a reduced-calorie version of a Southern Living recipe. It is delicious served warm or room termperature. The blue cheese flavor is stronger when it is served cold.

A moist spicy cake...a good way to use some of those extra green tomatoes before frost hits. Sprinkle the finished cake with confectioners' sugar or a nice dollop of vanilla fat free yogurt. This can be made with or without the nuts, either way its very yummy.

A nice twist for a good healthy meal

My favorite dish at a local Mexican restaurant is their Chicken Enchiladas with Creamy Green Chile Sauce. I had to try and find a way to lower the fat and sodium so I could enjoy these without the guilt! I tweaked that recipe a bit to lower the sodium and fat, and came up with a winner! My husband and teen daughter gobble these up!

Healthy, sugar controlled Chinese-takeout type food. Mmmmm...very filling and delicious.

Really quick and very easy

A healthy & great tasting smoothie!

Believe me, you can NOT taste the spinach and kale!

The bacon really adds flavor.
Cook in the crock all day for a great flavored tender bean!

This recipe is to replace the green beans you get at most/all Chinese Buffets including Panda Express and many others. They are a hit with everyone, every time I make them... even my picky picky picky people that I have to feed!

[EDIT: After noticing everyone commenting on the sodium, I realized that I didn't add the 'lite' soy sauce that I use - I had added regular! Fixed it now :) ]