This is a good way to get vegetables into your meal plan. Serve with a mixed green salad and some whole-wheat bread.

Roast for 15 to 20 minutes (depending on thickness of asparagus), shaking once to turn spears. Pour on balsamic vinegar and serve hot or at room temperature.

Two eggs, shredded spinach, and reduced-fat Swiss cheese are perfect partners.

Sliced potatoes are baked with the ham, seasoned with black pepper and paprika.

Simmer the stock for four hours. Strain it through a fine sieve and skim off any fat.

Serve at room temperature with pita bread wedges.

Roast new potatoes with fresh rosemary and a little olive oil.

Cut back on the sugar in these butter cookies by using a nonnutritive sweetener.

These bite-sized appetizers can be served with fresh fruit on skewers.

Reduce the sodium by rinsing the beans and using low-salt canned tomatoes.