Green and Lean
14 Easy Dinners Under 400 Calories
The basis of every healthy diet is an understanding of what you’re eating—both in terms of ingredients and nutrition. If you’re trying to lose weight, you’re likely looking at one number: calories. These delicious dinners all clock in under 400 calories, sides and all. You’ll find every type of protein and plant in these options, because variety is the spice of life, especially when you’re trying to lose weight.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Sides
Italia's Quick Italian Potato Salad
Italia recommends serving this simple potato salad alongside meat or fish. It is also excellent on a picnic or a big summer buffet.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Sauces
Italia's Tomato-Mozzarella Sauce
The addition of mozzarella near the end of cooking this quick sauce adds a voluptuous quality that is typically achieved with lengthy cooking.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Main Dishes
Italia's Butter Shrimp
Bold, rustic and delicious, Italia's shrimp are delightful and messy. Be sure to have plenty of napkins on the table and add a bowl for the shrimp shells, too.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Main Dishes
Dr. Pomponio's Quick Pasta Sauce with Spaghetti
Italia Coppola's cousin, Dr. Pomponia, a doctor who lived in Napoli, always bragged about his tomato sauce. It takes just 15 or 20 minutes to make, he boasted, but no one took him seriously.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Main Dishes
Maria Zasa Coppola’s Genovese-Style Pot Roast
We don't know what type of mushroom she used in her pot roast but if she were cooking it in America, it most likely would have been commercial white mushrooms or canned mushrooms.
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Authentic Recipes: Rustic Francis's Favorites
Parrilla-Grilled New York Steak with Romesco and Braised Mushrooms
You don’t need a parrilla to make this appetizer; use a gas grill or Weber kettle.
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From the Coppola family kitchen: Sides
Italia's Tomato-Mozzarella Loaf
Be sure to have plenty of napkins on the table, as this rustic loaf must be eaten with your fingers. Use the best in-season tomatoes you can find and if you can pluck them off the vines moments before slicing them, that's just perfect. This rustic loaf is from Mama Coppola's Pasta Book.
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Food of the Italian South with author Katie Parla
Easter Bread Recipe
For South-dwellers and especially Neapolitans, Casatiello is the iconic savory bread for this holiday time.
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Coppola's “A Tavola” Weekly Dining Experience
A Tavola: Aunt Cecely
In this final look at "a tavola," the Tuesday night dinner experience at Rustic, the on-site restaurant at Francis Ford Coppola Winery, we get to know the one and only Aunt Cecely.
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Food of the Italian South with author Katie Parla
Pear and Arugula Salad
A simple, rustic dish that can be a main or side dish.