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Recipes in Main Dishes & Quick Breads Cookbook

The following is a list of the recipes in my "Main Dishes and Quick Breads Cookbook." I can't emphasize enough how nutritious these recipes are for you.

All recipes listed below are fat-free, low fat, sugar-free, wheat-free, gluten-free, additive-free, lower calorie, natural and uncomplicated.

Note:  I do not give a breakdown of calories, carbs, fat, fiber etc. for each recipe. I do however give a "nutritional background" for each of my main ingredients throughout my cookbooks, and on the "My Ingredients" page on my website. My natural recipes are naturally lower in calories, fat, and high in fiber. Our bodies recognize and understand natural foods, but do not recognize or understand refined foods.


  1. Honey Cornbread
    This delicious, healthy honey of a cornbread tastes even better than the manufactured, boxed "Jiffy" cornbread mix.

  2. Sour Cream & Chives Dinner Muffins
    These are wonderfully delicious and simple to make. They are gluten-free, tender, moist and brimming with fat-free sour cream & chives taste! No artificial, harmful chemicals here or in any of my recipes.

  3. Cheese Puff Drop Biscuits
    It was hard to make biscuits without using wheat flour. But I think these are great! You'll want seconds.

  4. Cheese Quick Bread
    This is tasty and filling. You may use your cheese of choice. The flours I use are high in fiber, extremely nutritious, and one flour is a complete protein.

  5. Sweet Potato Bread
    This recipe is based on American Indian recipes. It is high in nutrition and fiber, and is practically a meal in itself! It's also wonderful with some natural fruit jam or honey on each piece.

  6. 3 Cheese Muffins
    A cheese lovers delight! I love these as a snack or with a meal. I eat a little cheese daily because it is so healthy. Boy these muffins are good.

  7. Onion and Sage Patties
    I created these because the additives in boxed dressing and stuffing mixes made me ill. These are like a "dressing in a pattie". They are healthy and very low calorie. I especially love to make them in the spring when Vidalia onions are in season.

  8. Potato Pancakes
    These are wonderful, can be eaten at any meal, and are low calorie as are all my recipes. I use potato flakes because they don't effect my inflammatory conditions as whole potatoes do.

  9. Open Faced Sandwiches
    I try to avoid sandwiches in order to avoid too much bread. But these fun sandwiches are truly enjoyable, tasty and don't cause weight gain.

  10. Quick Mini Pizza
    These are quick, fun and satisfying when I want some tasty pizza that's fast and healthy.

  11. Plain Quick Bread
    I avoid breads with yeast 90% of the time. This low gluten quick bread is yeast-free, great at meals, and I love toasting a piece under the broiler, adding cheese, or any other favorite topping. This is the only recipe in my cookbook that cannot be 100% gluten-free.

  12. Gluten Free Quick Bread
    This is for people such as those with Celiac Sprue, who cannot tolerate the low gluten bread recipe.

  13. Your Favorite Eggs and Hash Browns The Easy Way
    I like to bypass unnecessary steps so I did, and still made these quick to prepare and just as tasty. Eggs are a good source of protein, iron and the yolks contain lecithin which breaks down fat in the body.

  14. Toad-In-The-Hole Eggs
    An old favorite called by other names. These are so easy to make, great fun to eat, whether for one person or the whole family! And best of all, no added fat.

  15. Real Quick Pancakes
    Boy are they! And healthy too! Breakfast in a minute.

  16. Sweet Cinnamon Toast
    A healthy way to satisfy your breakfast taste for something sweet. These are wonderful, easy and fat-free as with all my recipes.

  17. Buckwheat or Rice Cooked Cereals
    I vary my breakfasts from my egg recipes to these "great for your health" cooked cereals. These recipes give cooked cereals several variations in which to satisfy your tastes.

  18. Chicory / Coffee Blend. Also Green Tea and Fresh Ginger Tea
    These are the drinks I drink.

  19. Hot Chocolate. Also Chamomile Tea
    These are the drinks I drink.

  20. Honey Lemonade. Also Fruit Smoothie
    These are my treat drinks.

  21. Chicken Fried Chicken with Gravy
    I can't tell this from conventional country fried chicken. This delectable, moist chicken is free of fat and so is the delicious gravy. Milk substitutes may be used.

  22. Moist Grilled Chicken Burgers
    I mix some healthy flavorful ingredients into the ground chicken for additional taste and moistness.

  23. Just Like Golden Fried Chicken
    You won't notice that this isn't regular fried chicken. It is so crispy and crunchy! And no added fat!

  24. Buffalo-Style Turkey or Chicken Wings
    These are truly great. They are one of my few low fat recipes instead of fat-free because the skin is left on and there is a small amount of butter in the sauce. I eat them as a treat.

  25. Baked Parmesan Chicken Breasts
    This is a fast, oven-baked way to have mouth-watering chicken.

  26. Sunday Roasted Whole Chicken
    One fail-proof, no muss no fuss, tasty way to bake a whole chicken.

  27. Maple Baked Chicken with Gravy
    M-m-m! I can't stop smacking my lips when I eat this scrumptious dish!

  28. Breaded Tenderloins
    I was determined to have these without any added fat. I figured it out and I think these are terrific. I'm sure you'll agree.

  29. Pork Loin Chops Sweet Potato Bake
    Wow! So easy and elegant. A meal fit for a king!

  30. Meatloaf
    There's a trillion ways to make a meatloaf. This recipe is simple, healthy, nutritious, low in calories and easy to digest. And tasty, too!

  31. Fresh Salmon Loaf
    I eat fresh or canned salmon 4 or 5 times a week. It is the healthiest fish and very high in the necessary omega 3 fatty acids.

  32. Fresh Baked Salmon
    Another healthy way to eat fresh salmon without added, unnecessary ingredients.

  33. Salmon Patties
    A nutritious, great recipe using canned salmon. These patties are fun and really tasty.

  34. Canned Salmon Loaf
    Another wonderful and healthy recipe that everyone will love plus omega 3 fatty acids.

  35. Shepherd's Pie
    A meal-in-one, uncomplicated, a no added fat variation of the old favorite.

  36. Juicy Hamburgers and Crispy French Fries
    Yes! These can actually be just as good without any added fat!

  37. Old Fashioned Baked Beans
    My house smells beyond wonderful while these beans are baking!

  38. One Of A Kind Macaroni and Cheese Bake with Crunchy Topping
    At family gatherings, this delicious dish quickly disappears before my eyes. It contains no added fat and you absolutely cannot tell that the macaroni used is made from whole grain rice.

  39. Cuban Style Black Beans
    These beans are really tasty, eye appealing and nutritious. I have a low fat recipe and a fat-free recipe on this page in my cookbook.

  40. I Can't Believe I Like It Spinach Quichie Casserole (with optional green vegetable) This baked dish tastes yummy even if you're not fond of spinach. But any green vegetable will work great in this recipe.

  41. Au Gratin Potatoes
    Au Gratin means with cheese, and I love cheese! I rarely eat white potatoes because they make my arthritis worse. They are also the least nutritious vegetable. But I included this delicious recipe to enjoy on special occasions.

  42. A Little Spicy or A Lot Spicy Rice
    These recipes are ways to spice up healthy whole grain brown rice, without firing up your stomach.

  43. Cheese Scalloped Carrots
    Delicious! I love this recipe! Any carrot avoider will have to admit this dish is incredible. Try it and see.

  44. All Kinds Of Onions
    Onions are nutritious and have next to no calories. They make most dishes taste better. They don't need to be cooked in olive oil. I avoid all oils most of the time. These recipes show different and tasty ways to cook onions.

  45. Holiday Sweet Potatoes
    I have a better tasting, healthier sweet potato dish, plus other ways to cook fresh sweet potatoes or yams that are high in nutrition, fiber and beta carotene.

  46. Fresh Corn and Fresh Carrots
    Corn or carrots can be incredibly tasty without added fat or undesirable ingredients. I show you how.

  47. Fresh or Canned Green Beans
    You don't have to add a pound of chemical laden ham hocks or bacon to make green beans taste great. I show you how.

  48. Dressings For Salads, Cole Slaw and Fruit
    Commercial dressings are a chemical buffet. The next time you're in the supermarket, read some labels. My recipes are just as tasty, but safe and healthy.

  49. Fantastic Fruit
    I eat at least 2 or3 helpings of fruit daily. I created quick and simple ways to make eating fruit an eye appealing taste sensation.

  50. Pizza
    It's easy to choose healthy and safe toppings, isn't it? The problem is the crust! It's too much of a hassle to make from scratch, and the commercial ones are additive laden, and weight promoting. I have an answer! This crust is made with whole grain brown rice flour, mixed in one bowl and spread with a spoon into the pan just like you'd spread frosting. Literally, in minutes, you're ready to add your toppings, for which I give many suggestions. You'll love it. It reheats in the oven even better and crispier.

  51. Crunchy Snack Mix
    A healthier version of the old favorite. (Cannot Be Gluten Free)

  52. Peanut Butter and Honey Treats (No Bake)
    A healthier no bake alternative to candy, with suggested variations.

  53. Recipe Tips

  54. Mary Glenda's story "To Live Again!"

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Mary Glenda
A Critical Care Nurse and Nutrition Enthusiast.
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