Fiona's Low Fat Cooking Blog

In August 2005, New York City's health department asked the city’s 24,000 food-service establishments to voluntarily eliminate trans fats from their kitchens. Despite offering advice on how to make the ... Read More

This low-fat chicken casserole makes a great fall dish. Those of you with slow cookers could prepare this before leaving for work. I make mine when we get home from ... Read More

Perfect in school lunch boxes or as a Halloween treat, these tasty little pumpkin bites make a nice low-fat fall snack. Not quite a cookie, and not quite a muffin, ... Read More

After a week of heavy rain and cooler temperatures, I decided to make some soup. Looking in my pantry, I discovered an unopened bag of lentils, so I chose to ... Read More

The fresh-spinach recall has been tough for me, an avid spinach eater. But until the FDA gives fresh spinach the green light once again, there are alternatives to see us ... Read More

Shopping for groceries online may become a more helpful or more irritating experience, depending on how you look at it. Researchers at the George Institute for International Health in Sydney, ... Read More

One of my daughters prefers eating her plums raw; the other won’t eat them at all. I only like them when they’re cooked, as with these deliciously spicy roasted plums ... Read More

As attractive as they are to look at, squash can be formidable to the novice cook. It’s not the cooking part that’s hard. Getting through their tough and often rough ... Read More

My elder daughter’s two favorite fruits are pears and blueberries, so I’ve combined them to make this simple and delicious low fat pear-blueberry crisp. As summer is giving way to ... Read More

The FDA has expanded its warning about avoiding bagged spinach in the wake of the multi-state E.coli outbreak to all fresh spinach. Although the FDA linked California-based Natural Selection Foods ... Read More

Chicken Marsala is a classic Sicilian dish featuring sautéed chicken breasts in a sweet mushroom, herb and wine sauce. To lower the fat, I’ve dispensed with the butter that’s often ... Read More

The FDA has linked California-based Natural Selection Foods to the E.coli contamination of bagged spinach, but is still investigating other possible links. A number of those sickened by the bacteria ... Read More

The FDA issued a nationwide warning on September 14th to avoid bagged spinach for now because of an outbreak of E.coli in a number of states from Connecticut to Oregon. ... Read More

Find out the nutritional values of your favorite foods and recipes, their strengths and weaknesses and overall grade with Calorie-count.com. Calorie-count.com allows you to customize a weight-loss or weight-maintenance plan ... Read More

Although higher in fat than chicken breasts, chicken thighs can still be enjoyed as part of a low-fat diet, so long as you choose the skinless variety. Chicken thighs lend ... Read More

This skillet beef and vegetables is a quick and easy low-fat meal that can be on the table in 30 minutes. I use just eight ounces of extra-lean ground beef, ... Read More

Pear muffins make a nice change, especially with fall approaching. They're perfect to pack in your child’s lunchbox or to eat as a mid-morning snack. If you like to grab ... Read More

There’s no escaping the fact that we need some fat in our diet for optimal health. Where possible, we should choose healthier liquid oils over solid fats when we cook ... Read More

Peanut butter is a staple in many households, but at 16 grams of fat and around 200 calories per two-tablespoon serving, peanut butter is obviously not a low-fat, low-calorie food. ... Read More

As startling as this may sound, obesity may be as much of a threat to us as global warming and bird flu, according to Paul Zimmet, an Australian diabetes researcher, ... Read More

Lemon and blueberries make a nice pairing in this delicious low-fat quick bread. To cut the saturated fat content, I use canola oil in place of butter or shortening. My ... Read More

This spinach and mushroom frittata, which also features sliced tomatoes, is nicknamed egg pizza by my daughter, and I can see what she means. I guess she would call a ... Read More