The "light" cuisine!

All my light recipes!

In this section you will find my "light" recipes that are gradually published:
Come back often to this page, it is constantly evolving!

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Before you dive on these recipes, please take a look at this article:
Light recipes: what does it mean?

And here are the recipes:

As you can see, there is no distinction between first and second courses. I would say it is quite logical since it is complete meals presented as a single dish.

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But I do not hide the fact that I managed to serve, with guests at home, four different dishes, each in single portion, presenting them as a series of courses ...

 

Spicy Mezzepenne with spinach and corn 

This is a complete dish that has two great advantages: it is prepared quickly and has an extremely limited cost. And it's good too. ...

pesto pasta in a light version!

Perhaps you have never thought about it but also a good pasta with pesto can be considered as a single and pure light dish! Sure: just don't have a heavy hand ...

 

Pasta and vegetable salad: a snack for lunch

Every now and then, even at noon, during the break, you need something tasty and more consistent than two slices of wholemeal bread (the tough one, ...it is a simple salad with vegetables and shrimps. 

 

 Roman cabbage salad and shrimp 

This is a simple salad with vegetables and shrimp.
It may seem very poor at first glance. But don't be fooled: ...

Chicken with mushrooms with rice and vegetables 

One might think that light cuisine can only offer boring and insipid dishes; yet, as can be seen from this and others ...


Couscous with vegetable ragout, light recipe 

Couscous is one of those dishes I often prepare, with any sauce and seasoning; whether it's light or vegetarian ...

 Stew of lamb and vegetables with noodles 

For a light recipe this is very full-bodied and abundant (for my personal tastes the amount of pasta is definitely ...

Tagliatelle with peppers 

There is not much to say about this decidedly light dish: light, quick to prepare and very colorful. And everyone likes it; if we exclude non-lovers ...

Shrimp and vegetables risotto 

It will be the color and the scent, it will be the presence of the shrimps, when I put this dish on the table I call it the fake paella. It deals with ...

  

 Cod with vegetables and couscous

I always try, at least once a week, to have a meal with fish (maybe even two!).

It's much easier, given where I live, ... 

Polenta and cod on Friday 

Here is a reinterpretation, in a version more suitable for light cuisine, of a dish that is a Friday classic: cod with polenta! ... This ...

 

 Eastern sautéed spicy beef with ginger

 This colorful range of meat and vegetables, accompanied by a bowl of rice to the Chinese (BaiFan), despite ...  

 

Sautéed with carrots, potatoes and meatballs 

That's one of the many light recipes that I prepare; dishes consist of a single flow, to be used as lunch or dinner. This ...

 

 

Swiss beef with sprouts and mashed Swiss light S

Nothing more classic than having a nice Swiss beef with vegetables and lots of mashed potatoes on your plate, served with the cooking sauce. But yet ...

 

Wok chow mein (炒 麺) with sprouts and beefchowmeinlight S

Whether for light or normal dishes, prepared in the wok are among my favorites, and because I love Oriental cuisine is because they are usually extremely simple and quick to prepare.

 

Wok egg with beef strips and vegetables to spices 

 

Straccetti ... a dry egg pasta that returns very comfortable for many preparations for which I did not ...

 

 

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