43 lighter red Recipes

ground meat (choose chicken for lighter diets, beef or a beef pork mixture for hearty sauces), diced onions, diced bell pepper (any color is fine , i prefer red as it is sweeter than green normally), garlic cloves, crushed and diced to taste (make sure you can smell the garlic over the onions when cooking, if you can tsp add more), extra virgin olive oil, hunts tomato paste, hunts tomato puree, dried oregano, dried parsley, basil, sea salt, black pepper, red cayenne pepper, bay leaves, fresh mushrooms (optional), sausage (optional), meatballs (use your favorite recipe ) (optional)

v-8 juice, peeled, diced tomatoes, water, beef broth, red wine vinegar, diced mixture of cucumbers , red onion, celery and bell pepper. (i lean heavy on the cucumber and lighter on the onion.), olive oil, worcestershire sauce, minced garlic cloves, tabasco sauce to taste, chopped cilantro (optional)