Starters, Salads & Sauces

Who doesn't love cranberry sauce. Happy holidays!

Chris, VP Anger Management, loves his food spicy. He invented this sauce to go on sandwiches.

I have seen in some restaurant menus that chefs have made pesto with walnuts, so I decided macadamia nuts must work too. Now I can attest. They not only work, it tastes great!

Smell this sauce before you put it on your steak and you’ll swear you’re in an old-time steakhouse. The addition of the Worcestershire and Dijon elevate this simple sauce.

Can’t get any easier than this. Toss all of the ingredients in a bowl and serve with your protein hot off the grill!

This Smokey-Sweet Barbecue Sauce is a great addition to your recipe collection. This can be made spicier with the addition of cayenne. I kept mine mild and spiced it up for my husband.

This mushroom steak sauce is for those that want to make fancy food. The sauce can be served at a romantic dinner for two or even for company. It’s rich and yummy for sure.

Shrimp cocktail is a simple snack on ZReduction. If you plan to eat it regularly, you might want to consider making your own cocktail sauce. It's quick, easy and delicious.

A spicy and refreshing salsa can jazz up any dish. Dieter Lois shared this recipe for her ZReduction-friendly salsa verde. She whipped up a batch to put over her eggs, but this would be good on just about anything.

In ZReduction, limit yourself to 2 Tbl per serving. This sauce is normally served along with a gyro or other Greek lamb dish. I got creative and served it with my simple crusted salmon and it was divine! We ate every morsel!

When brainstorming veggie ideas in the Plan Z Facebook group, dieter Lois shared this salad recipe. We tried it, and it's delicious.

This recipe was submitted by Plan Z coach, Pearl. She loves kale and makes this recipe often.

My husband loves this marinade. I used to marinate steaks in just soy sauce and olive oil with a bit of Worcestershire sauce but not anymore!

This light meal is especially good on a hot day. 

A traditional Waldorf salad has grapes or raisins and lots of walnuts -- but it doesn’t have to. This one worked great as a side dish. Be sure to cut your fruit portion for this meal in half.

This looks like a lot of ingredients, but you’ll see it’s sort of a dump and cook recipe. Not difficult at all. If you love making Asian food you probably have many of these ingredients in the house. 

This looks like a lot of ingredients, but you’ll see it’s sort of a dump and cook recipe. Not difficult at all. If you love making Asian food you probably have many of these ingredients in the house.