Enjoy your favorite foods and guilty pleasures, like saucy Italian dishes, Asian stir-fries, hearty comfort food and indulgent desserts – and cut calories – with Cooking Channel’s lighter recipe remakes.

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Recipe Swaps

Slim down (and stay satisfied) with our best hearty stews, creamy casseroles, loaded pizzas and this macaroni and four-cheese recipe.

 

Lightened-Up Recipes

Not His Mama's Meals

Bobby Deen and Paula Deen

On Not My Mama’s Meals, Bobby Deen transforms his mother Paula Deen’s Southern comforts into lighter, leaner, yet still indulgent dishes.

See Bobby's Recipe Makeovers

Top Tips From the Show

Healthy Cooking Cheats

Ellie's Oven-Fried Chicken

Skip the fryer! With flavorful breading and oil used sparingly, these baked recipes taste just as good – without any guilt.

Ellie's Oven-Fried Chicken

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Low-Cal Chinese with Ching

Ching-He Huang Chinese

Ching-He Huang shows how to cook healthy Chinese food at home with fresh ingredients and flavorful, good-for-you spices.

Ching's Singapore Noodles

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Avoid Dieting Pitfalls

Healthy Food Claims That Aren't Healthy

Food products with packages boasting these ostensible health benefits may not be as good for you as you’d think.

Don’t Get Tricked: 8 "Healthy" Buzzwords

More Tips from a Nutritionist

Even More Light Ideas

Healthy Soups & Stews

Chicken Stir-Fry Soup Recipe

Try our top savory, satisfying broths chock-full of veggies and lean proteins.

Chicken Stir-Fry Soup

Skip the Takeout

Sweet and Sour Prawn Stir-Fry Recipe

Fresh stir-fries and healthy Asian recipes keep your wallet fat and your waist slim.

Sweet + Sour Shrimp

Trimmer Tex-Mex

Chicken Taquitos

Enjoy beans, cheese and beef in these lighter takes on classic Tex-Mex.

Lean Chicken Taquitos

Hungry Girl's Game-Day Grub

Hungry Girl's Game-Day Grub

Indulge in your favorite finger foods while watching the big game – guilt-free.

Baked Onion Rings

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