Top 10 low-cal Italian recipes

Low calorie Italian recipes? Can you believe your eyes? Italian food can be as light as a summer morning, as these recipes prove. Buon appetito!

Top 10 low-cal Italian recipes

Italian cuisine isn't all about starchy carbs, melted cheese, creamy carbonara sauces and decadent puds – these recipes are under 400 calories per serving.

Asparagus and Parma ham frittata

Asparagus and Parma ham frittata

This frittata recipe is as colourful as it is tasty. You could make it with courgettes and peas after the asparagus season.

Baked stuffed tomatoes filled with lemon, basil and Parmesan rice

Baked stuffed tomatoes filled with lemon, basil and Parmesan rice

Giant tomatoes stuffed with some of Italy's finest things, including delightfully cheesy Parmesan rice.

Broccoli and pasta soup

Broccoli and pasta soup

This healthy broccoli and pasta soup produces a wonderful broth. It's low in calories, full of flavour, and very cheap to make – a recipe that won't hurt your waistline or your wallet.

Minestrone with salsa verde

Minestrone with salsa verde

Michelin-starred chef Angela Hartnett puts her stamp on this classic Italian soup recipe.

Oven-roasted pepper and garlic gnocchi

Oven-roasted pepper and garlic gnocchi

A simple, nutritious but comforting meal that is quick to prepare.

Roasted vegetable soup with walnut and sage pesto

Roasted vegetable soup with walnut and sage pesto

Roasting vegetables will caramelise their natural sugars and intensify the flavour without the need for frying in butter.

Spinach and Gruyère lasagne

Spinach and Gruyère lasagne

This meat-free lasagne recipe is oozing with melted cheeses yet it's relatively low in calories compared with other lasagnes. A great meal to freeze-ahead.

Tomato and mozzarella calzone

Tomato and mozzarella calzone

This folded pizza is, remarkably, under 300 calories per serving. This is an oozy, melted cheese treat that everyone will love.

Wild mushroom and mozzarella risotto cakes

Wild mushroom and mozzarella risotto cakes

If there was any more flavour in these beautiful mushroom and risotto cakes, they’d have to come with a Government warning!

Rich beef ragu

Rich beef ragu

Slow-cooking beef with a host of vegetables is the key to a rich and satisfying ragu.

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