5,071 low sugar recipes

Homemade turkey gravy from pan drippings and giblet broth, thickened with flour and loaded with chopped giblets. The essential Thanksgiving gravy recipe.

Microwave flounder or sole fillets rolled with chives, dill, and mustard, wrapped in lettuce leaves. A light, quick fish dinner ready in under 10 minutes.

No-cook cucumber avocado salad with lime, chili pepper, and red bell pepper. Paper-thin cucumber slices with creamy avocado and a spicy citrus kick.

Crusty lamb con ajo with a thick garlic and parsley paste coating a whole leg of lamb. Three full bulbs of garlic blended with oil create a fragrant, golden crust.

Dill pickles brine whole cucumbers in a hot vinegar, water, and salt solution with garlic and fresh dill. Old-fashioned canning jar pickles ready to crack open in 3 to 4 weeks.

Light raspberry vinaigrette made with raspberry vinegar and orange juice instead of oil. A fat-free, fruity salad dressing that comes together in 5 minutes with just 4 ingredients.

Plain sourdough starter made from just flour and water. No commercial yeast needed. Mix, wait four to five days, and you have a wild-fermented base for bread.

Yeasty sourdough starter is the shortcut version: unbleached flour, a packet of dry yeast, and water mixed into a thick batter and left warm for a day. A fast track to bread baking when you don't want to wait two weeks for a wild starter.

Curried sesame sauce made with tahini, curry powder, and soy sauce. A rich, nutty vegan sauce for mashed potatoes, pasta, biscuits, or roasted vegetables.

Homemade Funnel Cake Mix combines flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon - just add egg and milk, pour through a funnel into hot oil, and fry golden. County fair at home in 20 minutes.

Oven-roasted spareribs glazed with a sweet soy and brown sugar sauce. Ribs steam tender under a covered roaster, then get basted with a sticky, caramelized glaze.

A creamy, tangy tahini sauce blended from sesame paste, garlic, lemon juice, and water in 10 minutes. The essential Middle Eastern drizzle for falafel, shawarma, and roasted vegetables.

This basic recipe requires a carefully scalded container.

Three-ingredient meringue cookies loaded with chopped pecans and brown sugar. These featherlight kisses bake in just 5 minutes and make 30 bite-sized treats from a single egg white.

Pomodori secchi imbottiti: sun-dried tomato "sandwiches" drizzled with garlic and red pepper-infused olive oil. A simple Italian antipasto with intense flavor.

Sesame mustard rub: crushed garlic, mustard seeds, lime zest and juice mashed into toasted sesame oil. A five-ingredient marinade for beef, chicken, pork, lamb, or fish.