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This amount of dressing will dress about 12 cups of salad greens (enough for 6 side salads). The dressing was created for middle-of-the-road spice palates, so if you like things really spicy, add more wasabi to taste.

Because zucchini has such a mild flavor, it adds texture and moisture to this tea bread without giving it a vegetable-y flavor.

Next time you make a pot of brown rice, double the recipe and use some of the leftover rice in this sweet and spicy carrot soup.

Everyone’s heard of strawberry shortcake, so why not a strawberry long cake? Perfect for company, this light chocolate cake roll with creamy strawberry filling should impress your guests with its low-calorie profile as well as its looks.

For the first year of my own Diet Evolution, this treat got me through many a night!

Mildly sweet carrot juice brings out the flavors of the spices in this curried soup. Look for red lentils in Indian grocery stores.

Tofu replaces some of the crabmeat in these mildly flavored crab cakes. If you'd like spicy food, try adding 1 tablespoon of jalapeno pepper sauce and increase the ginger to 1 tablespoon.

There are many flavors and ingredients that come to mind when one thinks of the cooking of the countries that rim the Aegean Sea. Herbs such as mint and oregano and the inventive use of spinach, yogurt, and feta cheese are reminiscent of Greece. At the mention of macaroni, there is only one possible association. So what we have here is a delightful Greco-Italian collaboration in a satisfying meatless entree.

A true Italian risotto would be made with a starchy type of rice called Arborio. Here we’ve used brown rice instead, which adds more fiber and makes a risotto with a chewier texture.

This fresh fruit chutney is delicious served just after cooking, but it will keep well in the refrigerator.