This works equally well as a small salad–even tossed with salad greens for more bulk–or alongside salsa fresca for scooping up with a tortilla chip.

You might need to buy:
  • ground cumin
  • Juice of one lime
  • honey
  • cayenne

“This is a tangy, subtly spicy, delicious mutt of a barbecue sauce. On her show, Ina Garten explained that she had at one point tried to develop different sauces to complement different cuisines — from Asian to various Southern regions — but only when she mixed them all together in frustration did she find exactly her barbecue sauce nirvana. I couldn’t agree more. I make this all summer, freeze leftovers in one-cup servings, and sob when we run out. " – SmittenKitchen.Com

You might need to buy:
  • tomato paste
  • cider vinegar
  • honey
  • hoisin sauce
  • chili powder
  • ground cumin
  • crushed red pepper flakes
ready in about 45 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • chopped onion
  • garlic
  • instant potato flakes
  • unseasoned bread crumbs
ready in about 15 minutes
You might need to buy:
  • Plain lowfat yogurt
  • garlic
  • Scallions
  • Lowfat ricotta cheese
  • Lowfat cream cheese
It’s very easy, and can be frozen if you make it in bulk. It’s best made with fresh tomato pulp from really ripe tomatoes in the summer, but can be made with half tomato pulp and half canned crushed tomatoes, or just canned tomatoes.
You might need to buy:
  • bay leaf
  • Olive oil for cooking
  • Salt to taste

The recipe is based on the one for Basic Pizza Dough in Julia Child’s The Way To Cook, with added instructions for making the dough by hand and for refrigerator rising.

You might need to buy:
  • lukewarm water
  • - 3/4 cup of milk
  • good olive oil
  • dry yeast
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This makes 2 largish or 3 medium thin-crust pizzas, enough for 2 very hungry people or 4 normal-appetite people, accompanied by a good salad.

You might need to buy:
  • grated Parmesano Reggiano or Grana Padano or similar cheese
  • Dried oregano

These pillowy, vitamin C-packed cakelets are adapted from The Greyston Bakery Cookbook. “When you overwhelm dry ingredients with wet ones, an amazing texture separation happens,” Sara Kate Gillingham-Ryan says. “These cakes are rich without being too heavy.”

ready in about an hour and a half; serves 6
You might need to buy:
  • fresh lemon juice
  • skim milk
  • all-purpose flour
  • granulated sugar
  • finely grated lemon zest

South Beach friendly

serves 4
You might need to buy:
  • whole wheat flour
  • salsa
  • reduced-sodium taco seasoning mix
  • skinless boneless chicken breast halves
  • light sour cream