Thanksgiving with 400 or fewer calories costing less than $0.5 per serving recipes

Festive Pasta Salad

This pasta salad is colorful and zesty! Serve warm or at room temperature.

Creole Pralines

Better than a cookie (sorry bakers, but this is a Creole group) and with the true taste of New Orleans, Creole Pralines are one of the signature…

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

My son made this with his second grade class last week. They had a great time and the muffins came out yummy!

Italian Red Wine Cookies

These are so quick and easy you can bake them anytime, and people will think you spent all day just baking for them !!

Easy Candied Pecans

A snack for the gods! Sprinkle atop your favorite greens, blue cheese topped or chicken salad. For holiday entertaining leave the pecans in halves…

Banana Nut Muffins

Delicious for breakfast or as an afternoon snack!

Lamb Burger Patties

These Lamb Burgers will beat a Big Mac anyday!

Creole Perfect Sweet Potato Pie

I have made this recipe for years. There is none better - or so I've been told by some serious and knowing Creole cooks. And while some may say…

Oatmeal, Chocolate Chip and Raisin Cookies

I replaced half of the fat with applesauce in this recipe, and together with the spices and vanilla, this…

Copper Carrots

In-a-Pinch Cranberry Sauce made from Dried Cranberries

I serve turkey year round but forget to keep canned cranberry sauce on hand; even when I do it's hard to use up…

Peanut Butter Cookies

Easy, delicious peanut butter cookies. The kids love them and can make them on their own, they're so easy.

Whole Wheat Apple Muffins

These muffins are light, moist and good served for breakfast or as bread accompanying a meal of “comfort” food. They store well in ziplock bags in…

Sugared Black Raspberry Tea Cookies

Vanilla Cupcakes

This cupcakes recipe is on my blog http://bakingdecorations.com/recipes/vanilla-cupcakes/.