4 low fat basic sauce butter Recipes

shells manicotti (1 box) or 12 -14 cannelloni tubes (1 box), ricotta cheese (low-fat or part-skim), freshly grated parmesan cheese (divided 3/4 cup & 1/4 c), egg yolks, chopped fresh basil, lump crabmeat (optional) or 1/2 lb roasted & shredded cooked chicken (optional) or 1/2 lb chopped fresh spinach (optional), salt, fresh ground black pepper, tomato sauce (any jar sauce is fine, ricotta parmesan is my fave or use your favorite homemade basic .), butter or 4 tbsp margarine, all-purpose flour, milk (i use 1%), salt, fresh ground black pepper, nutmeg

milk (low-fat works fine ), onion, peeled, black peppercorns, laurel leaf, butter, flour, salt and pepper, nutmeg

reduced-fat creamy peanut butter, water, low-sodium soy sauce, grated peeled fresh ginger, crushed red pepper, hot cooked basic pasta, matchstick-cut carrots, coarsely chopped snow peas, chopped green onions