American recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing more than $3 per serving

Best Beef Jerky

This Best Beef Jerky combines knee-weakening flavors of seasoned, lean, tender beef strips with savory, sweet and salty yumminess!

Reba Herzfeld's Never-Fail Brisket

Baked Lamb

I'm normally not a huge lamb fan, but this was really good. I think it'd be just as good if you used beef or buffalo if lamb isn't your thing.

Tomtato Roasted Pork Loin

A lean pork loin, marinated in sun dried tomatoes and roasted to give you a lightly flavored, healthy dinner option.

Best Turkey Enchiladas Recipe

Best Turkey Enchiladas Recipe

Easy New England Clam Chowder

Easy New England Clam Chowder is the soup of the season! Creamy and delicious; prepare this main dish meal in a little over an hour for a hearty…

Luncheon Pasta Salad

A refreshing light pasta salad for a main dish luncheon or summer potluck. I like small or medium shell pasta, but elbow, ditalini or bow tie pastas…

Habanero Mustard Sauce

A fiery glaze for your fowl that Scoville would be proud of. The Scoville scale is the measurement standard for hot peppers. Habaneros for example…

Caribbean Shrimp

Balsamic Chicken and Mushrooms

A basic weeknight staple, I found this recipe on food.com (which claims it was originally a Weight Watchers recipe). A few tweaks based on what we…

Cranberry Orange Champagne Cocktail

This pretty and tasty drink looks festive and is a favorite of mine if I’m going to drink champagne. Plus I…

Spinach Strawberry Salad

Great summer salad that combines savory and sweet flavors, and can be easily modified to suit many different palates

Citrus Grilled Pork!!!

This pork is has a delicious fresh flavor. With Love, Catherine xo

Minced Clam Dip

My all-time favorite comfort food! What, share? I could eat it all myself, but it's better shared with friends or family.

Whole Foods Amazing Tuna Salad Made Skinny

The first time I tasted this colorful tuna salad was at Whole Foods on Columbus Circle in NYC. I fell in love…