Ingredient: Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Low Fat Cream of Pumpkin Soup

How To Prepare
Heat oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until softened. Stir in curry powder and cumin and cook for 1 minute. Add chicken broth and pumpkin. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes. Add rice milk and cook for 2 minutes.

Light Shrimp Salad

How To Prepare
Combine ingredients in a small bowl. Serve atop lettuce leaves or stuff into a lettuce or spinach lined whole-grain pita.

Stuffed Zucchini and Beef

How To Prepare
Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut zucchini in half lengthwise and scoop out centers. Chop flesh.

Add garlic to skillet and fry 2 minutes. Add meat and brown well; drain. Stir in tomato paste, chopped zucchini flesh and black pepper.

Spoon meat mixture into zucchini shells. Place in shallow baking dish; pour about 1/2 cup water in the pan around the outside of zucchini shells. Cover and bake in preheated oven until tender, about 30 minutes or until done. Garnish with tomato slices and parsley; serve.

Stuffed eggplant with Chicken

How To Prepare
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Lightly coat a baking dish with cooking spray.

Trim the ends off the eggplants and cut in half lengthwise. Using a spoon, scoop out the pulp, leaving a shell 1/4 inch thick. Place the shells in the baking dish and add the water to the bottom of the dish. Chop the eggplant pulp into cubes. Set aside.

In a large, nonstick frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the chicken strips and saute until the chicken is lightly browned and no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Add the diced eggplant, onion, peppers, tomatoes and reserved tomato juice, celery, and mushrooms to the chicken. Reduce heat and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the potato flour and black pepper. Scoop half the mixture into each eggplant shell.

Cover with aluminum foil and bake until the eggplant is softened and the stuffing is warmed through, about 15 minutes. Transfer the eggplant to warmed individual plates and serve immediately.