Appetizers & snacks recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $2.5 per serving added by professional chefs

Chile con Queso #2

Based on El Rancho's recipe (Austin, TX). Use it as a dip, on nachos, or cheese sauce for tortilla dishes.

Roasted Picante Salsa

Easy to prepare chunky salsa for dips and other dishes.

Skinny Sliders with Caramelized Onions, Yum!

Minimizing is the new super-sizing and these little sliders are terrific. No need to heat up the barbecue…

Creole Salad Dressing

Good with Mesclun mix or Romaine.

Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce

Try this sauce with fried shrimp, bbq chicken wings, chicken fingers or nuggets. Copycat recipe.

Herbed Tartar Sauce

Wonderful sauce for seafood, or use it as a sandwich spread. If you don't have an herb garden, dry herbs work just fine.

Whole Grain Pita Bread

Out of pita bread one day and too lazy to go shop, I decided to haul out the bread machine and make pita bread dough. The recipe is whole grain, but…

Cheddar Bay Drop Biscuits

In searching for an easy biscuit recipe, I happened on this one somewhere and fooled with it a bit. It's super easy and takes little time to…

Easy Baked Fudge for a Large Group

Five minute prep recipe for delicious fudge.

Easy Bread and Butter Pickles

I love all kinds of pickles, and this recipe is for those of you who want an easy to prepare one that will go with bbq and sandwiches. Start them…

Stuffed Jalapenos

Mouth watering tasty goodness. Great for parties or a back yard bar-b-q. Dozens of potential variations.

Smoked Bacon Potato Salad

If you have your smoker going, smoke the bacon for a while before you cook it. I typically use hickory, so I buy hickory bacon and put it in the…

Lemon-Cranberry Biscotti

The biscotti had its origin in Roman times They are a dry, crunchy cookie that contains no fat and quite nourishing. .A food with sustenance and…

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