Dinner party main dish recipes with 200 or fewer calories costing less than $2.0 per serving added by professional chefs

Garden Marinara Sauce with Spaghetti

This marinara is chock full of veggies, and served atop whole grain spaghetti noodles, makes a guilt-free pasta…

Dry Rub For Pulled Pork

This dry rub will take your pulled pork to a whole new level! With eight different spices, you can't go wrong.

Garlic Honey Glazed Grilled Chicken Cordon Bleu

A delicious, traditional classic that the whole family will love. Serve it for a simple family meal, or an…

Beef Fajita Best Marinade

This is fast, simple and super delicious! You should have a very hot (very) cast iron griddle or pan to do this right. I preheat the griddle and…

Skinny Lemon Glazed Chicken, Sweet and Sassy

This spectacular sweet and spicy lemon glazed chicken will make your taste buds sizzle! Studies show eating…

Meat-filled Dinner Pastries

Delicious biscuit dough pastries stuffed with a hearty blend of ground beef, vegetables, potatoes, and seasonings. Recipe makes six large entree…

White Dry Rub

I was using my red rub for all meats. It was good but thought the beef needed to treated differantly. I came up with this rub for my red meats. Now…

Chicken Cacciatore

Cacciatore in cuisine refers to a meal prepared “hunter style” with meat, tomatoes, onions, herbs, wine (and depending on region and availability…

Barbecue Baked Salmon

Salmon with a BBQ citrus glaze - unusual and tasty.

Asian Glazed Chicken Thighs

Dinner on the table in 30 minutes - perfect! Easy sweet and sour sauce make chicken thighs lip-smacking tasty. Double the amount of glaze if you…

Savory Meatloaf with Zucchini

In planning a birthday dinner for a mutual friend, a fellow-foodie and I devised this juicy meatloaf with prominent herb flavors. We started with 3…

Rich Sauce with White Eggplant & Herbs

Eggplant has nothing to do with eggs - unless you dip and bread them. This sauce is a knockout! We grow…

Mahi Mahi pan grilled fillet

A simple and tasty way to prepare mahi mahi

Scallops with couscous

Simple to prepare and great for a large group. Done in just a few steps. Quantity can be adjusted to fit the size of the group

Crown of Roast Pork