4 favorite lighter Recipes

egg white (or 1 whole egg lightly beaten), chopped onion, grated parmesan cheese, snipped fresh oregano and basil (or 2 tsp dried oregano and or or basil, crushed), tomato sauce, garlic cloves, minced, salt, ground black pepper, lean ground beef, uncooked ground turkey, kaiser rolls, split (or your favorite buns), dijon mustard , to taste for spreading on the rolls, tomatoes, fresh oregano (and or or basil sprigs for garnish) (optional)

ground meat (choose chicken for lighter diets, beef or a beef pork mixture for hearty sauces), diced onions, diced bell pepper (any color is fine , i prefer red as it is sweeter than green normally), garlic cloves, crushed and diced to taste (make sure you can smell the garlic over the onions when cooking, if you can tsp add more), extra virgin olive oil, hunts tomato paste, hunts tomato puree, dried oregano, dried parsley, basil, sea salt, black pepper, red cayenne pepper, bay leaves, fresh mushrooms (optional), sausage (optional), meatballs (use your favorite recipe ) (optional)

light ranch salad dressing (your favorite brand ), hot sauce (your favorite ), cilantro, minced, fresh lime juice, skinless chicken breast half, olive oil, salt and pepper, romaine lettuce, chopped, frozen corn, thawed, green onions, chopped, canned black beans, drained and rinsed thoroughly, jarred roasted red pepper, diced, tomatoes, halved, tortilla chips, crushed