One of my favorite Italian dishes made healthy. This is a simple, clean recipe that is easily put together and served with a side of pasta.
Ingredients:

- 1 large eggplant, tops and bottoms removed, sliced lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick long slices
- cooking spray
- 2 cups canned crushed tomatoes or favorite jarred sauce
- 1 zucchini, grated
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, divided evenly
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 tsp table salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground [Read more...]

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Fall is the perfect time to make this cheesy, rich, yet lighter version of macaroni and cheese. Butternut squash adds such a deep taste to it that you won’t miss the fat it substitutes nicely for. 

Adapted from Cooking Light (no online link found).

• - 3 cups cubed and peeled butternut squash
• - 1 1/4 cups chicken broth
• - 1 1/2 cups fat free milk
• - 2 garlic cloves
• - 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• - 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• - 2 tablespoons fat free (or low fat) Greek yogurt
• - 1 1/4 cups shredded Gruyere cheese
• - 1 cup grated Romano cheese
• - 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan-Reggiano cheese – divided
• - 1 pound cavatappi or shell noodles
• - Cooking spray
• - 1 teaspoon olive oil
• - 1/2 cup Panko
• - 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley [Read more...]

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Easy, healthy, and perfect for double batching the sauce to freeze. Make it vegetarian by using vegetable stock or water. Click here for a printable version (until I figure it out for the blog). 

• - 1 medium raw eggplant
• - 1 sweet red pepper
• - 1 sweet yellow, green, and/or orange pepper
• - Olive oil cooking spray
• - 2 tsp olive oil
• - 3/4 tsp table salt, divided
• - 1 -2 clove(s) garlic, minced
• - 8-10 cherry tomatoes, halved
• - 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
• - 1/8 tsp black pepper
• - 2 Tbsp basil, fresh, roughly chopped (if dried use 2 tsp)
• - 2 Tbsp chives, fresh, roughly chopped
• - 1/2 cup(s) fat-free chicken or vegetable broth
• - 15oz Muir Glen Organic Fire Roasted crushed tomatoes
• - Feta cheese, crumbled
• - 16 oz whole wheat angel hair pasta
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