Baked salmon with cucumber sauce
Yield: 4 servings

Vegetable cooking spray
4 4-ounce salmon steaks
1 teaspoon margarine, melted
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper

Cucumber Sauce
½ cup peeled and grated cucumber
2 tablespoons reduced-calorie mayonnaise
3 tablespoons fat-free sour cream

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Coat a baking dish or pan with cooking spray. Rinse salmon steaks and pat dry with paper towels.

Place salmon in coated baking pan. Evenly spread the melted margarine over the fish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Bake for 20 minutes, or until fish flakes when tested with a fork.

Mix Cucumber Sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Top each steak with 3 tablespoons sauce before serving.

NUTRITION FACTS (per serving): calories 217, carbohydrate 3 g, protein 24 g, total fat 11 g, cholesterol 77 mg, sodium 275 mg

Sweet potato muffins
Yield: 1 dozen muffins

4 tablespoons margarine, softened
¾ cup sugar
1 egg
2/3 cup canned sweet potatoes, drained
¼ cup skim milk
1 cup flour
2¼ teaspoon salt
3¼ ground cinnamon
4½ teaspoon baking soda
Vegetable cooking spray

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cream margarine and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg, sweet potatoes, and skim milk. Blend well and set aside.

Stir dry ingredients together in a small bowl. Stir flour mixture into sweet potato mixture just until dry ingredients are moistened.

Spoon batter evenly into muffin pans coated with cooking spray. Bake for 25 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.

NUTRITION FACTS (per muffin): calories 145, protein 2 g, carbohydrate 24 g, total fat 5 g, cholesterol 22 g, sodium 133 mg

Broccoli with pimento
Yield: 3 servings

1 10-ounce box frozen broccoli spears*
¼ teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped pimento
1 tablespoon sliced almonds

Cook broccoli according to package directions, using ¼ teaspoon salt. Remove broccoli from pan with slotted spoon and place in a serving bowl.

Drizzle with lemon juice. Top with pimento and sliced almonds, and serve hot.
*French style or cut green beans may be substituted for broccoli.

NUTRITION FACTS (per serving): calories 39, carbohydrates 6 g, protein 3 g, total fat 1 g, cholesterol 0 mg, sodium 190 mg