Years ago I owned a very popular reduced-fat restaurant with two locations in the LA area called Nancy’s Healthy Kitchen.  This taco salad was by far the most popular item on the menu.  Some of our customers, including my husband, ate this delicious salad for lunch or dinner everyday for several years!  It’s such a [...]

Most ranch dressings are equal parts of buttermilk and mayonnaise.  My homemade recipe uses mostly buttermilk and a small amount of regular mayonnaise.  The result is a ranch dressing that tastes as good as its high-fat counterpart. This recipe will become the base for many of the dressings I feature on Skinny Kitchen. Amazingly, the [...]

Nachos might just be the king of all party foods!  People flip for them.  Normally fat laden, these layered and baked nachos use all skinny ingredients.  I’m using reduced-fat ingredients such as tortilla chips, lean taco meat, cheese and topping with my yummy, skinny ranch dressing. The results are fantastic!  One skinny serving of  these [...]

Forget all the tortilla rolling, I’ve got a skinny twist that’s easy to assemble and really, really good. This casserole has many of the same ingredients of a classic enchilada and some updated skinny ones too.  For example, instead of adding a large amount of high fat cheese, I’m adding fat free cottage cheese to [...]

Grab a pitcher and get ready to make the most incredible margaritas you’ve ever had at home!  The secret ingredient is light beer…Sounds a bit weird but don’t let that stop you from making this refreshing cocktail.  You actually can’t taste the beer. It just adds a little fizz. The other two unusual additions are [...]

Okay, so this is a soup not the burger Jimmy Buffett was singing about but it has all the fabulous flavors of a dreamy cheeseburger!  And, you don’t even need to fire up the grill. Get ready to slurp up every last drop.  My family did! It’s a very skinny main course soup since I’m [...]

Make this amazing stir-fry to kick off the Chinese New Year. You won’t find this fabulous dish at your local Chinese takeout!  The homemade sauce is bursting with flavor and so easy to make. I’m stir-frying with just 1 teaspoon oil and using healthy ingredients such as a lean steak, red pepper, edamame, pineapple and [...]

Warm pizza in a dip?  It doesn’t get better than this! Super easy to make and will definitely be the hit of the party. A true crowd-pleaser for kids and grown-ups alike. It’s much skinnier than a regular recipe because I’m using reduced-fat cheeses, very lean turkey pepperoni and a delicious skinny ranch. The skinny [...]

Get ready to fall in love with these amazingly delicious, low fat, lettuce wraps. They truly have all the great tastes of the ever popular spicy wings but rearranged into a healthy wrap.  No fried wings here!  First, I’m sauteing boneless, skinless chicken chunks in a mixture of  hot wings sauce, honey and lime.  To [...]

February 5th is Super Bowl Sunday.  Make game day easy by serving one of my delicious, skinny pulled sandwiches. Everybody loves them! Either one can be prepped in advance and heated before serving. Both are topped with a skinny slaw that can also be prepped in advance and tossed in the dressing, just before serving. [...]