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At most chain restaurants, just one serving of this very popular appetizer (I love them!) can register between 500 and 1,000 calories, half of which come from fat. The fat content in this version has been reduced from 36 grams per serving to a paltry 5.3 grams per serving. The combination of a reduced-fat cheddar cheese and baking instead of deep-frying is the secret. Jalapeños bake so nicely, I wonder why poppers were ever deep-fried in the first place!

Here again you can add in up to 1 pound Italian bulk sweet sausage, cooked and crumbled, and this becomes a hungry-man (or -woman) supersize meal!

We eat a lot of swordfish when we are in Sicily, where my mom is from. She always orders a salad of oranges and fennel or oranges and onions to accompany it. When I cook swordfish anything at home, I always have oranges in the salad, for Mama.

While the squash cooks, work on the chops (recipe follows).

This dish makes a perfect side for a simple grilled steak any time of year. With the Surf and Turf Salad it’s a knockout!

These bundles can be easily prepared on an outdoor grill or in a hot oven.

Why should potatoes have all the fun? These cute little French green beans are a lower-carb, lower-fat alternative to pommes frites, also known as: a pile of fries. Pair these with any of the Burgers, No Buns.