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Mackerel is high in omega-3 fatty acids that are good for heart health and is about one-third the price of salmon in this tough economy. 
Mackerel Salad Serves 2 as a main course – 310 calories per serving without dressing This is a simple, easy, tasty, and low calorie version of the usual fried-then-baked eggplant parm. 
Baked Eggplant Parmesan Spray a 9×13 dish with PAM to prevent sticking. Serves 6, 150 calories per serving. It wasn’t until I had all the veggies steaming in the microwave that I noticed the alliteration, honest! Yet another case of steamed veggies plus a little protein transformed by a Thai sauce, in this case a yellow peanut sauce. I have always liked Pollack, a creamy white fish, ever since I grilled a fresh one caught a few hours earlier on a trip to the West of Ireland many years ago. Imitation crabmeat (surimi) is made from Pollack, and although it doesn’t have the same creamy quality of the fresh fish, and doesn’t really improve by being made to do crab impressions, it does make a good addition to a stir-steam like this one. 
Cauliflower Curry with Crab, Corn, Carrots and Cilantro Cut cauliflower into florets and place in a microwaveable bowl. Cover with shrinkwrap and microwave on high 10 minutes. Serves 4 – 240 calories per serving Thanksgiving is a day off for the diet and here is one of our family traditions – pumpkin cloudcakes. 
Pumpkin Cloudcakes Recipe – click to enlarge. Cook as above or make up the batter the night before and fry for a filling Thanksgiving breakfast or brunch. Serve hot with maple syrup. The recipe picture could be clearer – it’s 1/4 t baking soda, 1/8t nutmeg (although I use 1t cinnamon instead), 1/8t salt which I omit, and 1/2 cup yogurt. I normally make a double batch that uses a whole pot of yogurt and a whole 16oz can of pumpkin. I also use regular flour not cake flour but cake flour is better if you have it or can find it. Serves 4 – no calorie counting today. I had some leftover apple sauce to use and this is the result which has me raving – truly much better tasting than the sum of the ingredients. Can use this slaw as a colorful side dish on your Thanksgiving table or just eat for dessert or a snack. It has a crunchy-chewy sweetness that I know will be one of my favorites for a long time to come. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 
Carrot Apple Raisin Slaw Shred carrots and mix ingredients together thoroughly to make sure all the carrots are coated in apple sauce. Serves 1 as dessert or 2-4 as a side dish – 380 calories for the whole recipe I never thought I would like rice cakes, but when they are topped with cottage cheese and bruschetta-style salsa with garlic and olives they are very tasty and make a substantial light snack. You can eat these cold or broil them for a few minutes to char the edges and heat up the toppings a bit. If you do broil them, put a thin slice of ham or turkey or cucumber under the cottage cheese or the rice cake will go a bit soggy in the middle. 
Rice Cake Bruschetta 65 calories per rice cake as shown with cucumber. Normally I wouldn’t bother with the frivolity of not-normal colored vegetables such as this green cauliflower (note not a broccaflower or whatever they are). But this one was a dollar cheaper than the usual white variety so caught my attention. I also usually go for color contrast in a dish, but I wanted Thai green curry and this cauliflower was the best available vegetable and got drafted. The recipe is simplicity itself, although we do cheat with a jar of Trader Joe’s tasty curry sauce. 
Thai Green Green Curry Remove the stem and any leaf stalks from the cauliflower. Cut the cauliflower into florets and rinse thoroughly in the sink. Slice the leaf stems into slivers. Place all in a microwavable container and cover with shrink wrap. Serves 4, approx 425 calories per serving. Sweet potato fries have been popular for a while, but I think these taste even better and per pound butternut squash is only 204 calories compared with 345 for sweet potatoes and 469 for ordinary potatoes. 
Butternut Squash “Fries” Turn on the oven to 350 degrees. Serves 4, each serving of 15 fries is 150 calories A couple of liberties have been taken here – I used a can of chili beans (pinto beans I think) and the “rice” is just cauliflower florets – I don’t even bother to chop it fine anymore. 
Red Beans And Cauliflower “Rice” Cut or break the cauliflower into florets or dice into 1/4 inch dice if you want to pretend it’s rice. Serves 2, 350 calories for 1/2 caulflower serving. Chicken Parmesan and it’s cousin Eggplant Parmesan are both loaded with calories so here’s a broiled/grilled version with almost no calories. Unless you count the marinara, which is tasty enough to merit the calories. 
Broiled/Grilled Eggplant Parmesan Slice the eggplant and salt generously on both sides. Leave for 30 minutes to 2 hours to let the salt pull the water out of the eggplant. Wipe the liquid and salt off each slice and place on a broiling pan. Cut garlic cloves in half and rub eggplant surfaces – crush remaining garlic and reserve for later. Serves 2, 298 calories per plate. |
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