Kid friendly picnic recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Spinach Strawberry Salad

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

Kuskara

This is a great snack/breakfast and a good use of left over Chapatis/Rotis. This is also known as Kuskara and Fodnichi poli. This is a typical…

Bean Soup, a Simple One

This is a crock pot soup, so you can just soak the beans over night, then add all the ingredients. Let the crock pot do the rest. I chose the…

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

From Cuisine Magazine with some of my own tweaks, this recipe is constantly requested by my husband's co-workers. So, guys, now you can make it…

FELAFEL SANDWICH (Middle Eastern Fritters)

This is one of my favorite "street foods" in the Middle East. It is originated in Egypt as a snack. Here is my…

Savory scones with cheese and sweetcorn

These chunky and puffy scones are equally good warm or chilled, and that makes them perfect for breakfast or an…

puff pancakes

Nanner Sushi

Having to make cute little tea party foods for a little girls "upscale" tea party I was asked to make several finger sandwiches for the kids. I came…

Maid Rite and Tendermaid Hamburgers At Home

The secret to a Maid Rite and/or Tendermaid style loose burger Hamburger is that the beef is steamed and not…

Reunion Dinner - Bountiful Goldfish Salad (年年有余)

This is my 1st attempt creating this Bountiful Goldfish Salad. Nian Nian You Yu (年年有余) symbolizes abundance…

Chocolate Dreams

Tropical Snowdrops

The dried fruit can be anything you'd like, that's "Tropical". Cashews are also good to use....

Lemon Coconut Pixies

I shape ( using an ice cream scoop #40) my cookies right after dough is made and then refrigerate.

Pineapple Slice

This is another one of my grandma’s recipes, and one of my favorites. Oh, fine, they are all my favorites. It’s a given. This is a light, airy, just…

Better Than Sex Brownies

I LOVE LOVE LOVE to BAKE!!! It is almost certainly the primarily favored thing I share from my kitchen. This recipe is fairly easy to make even for…