Kid friendly appetizers & snacks recipes with 300 or fewer calories

Cabbage Please!

Here’s a tasty recipe for cabbage – a new favorite vegetable of mine. Not only is cabbage low calorie but it’s very easy to prepare. If you don’t…

Skinny Irish Pub Beef Stew for St. Patrick’s Day

This peasant style stew is so hearty and perfect to make for St. Patrick’s Day. I’ve made a skinny version by…

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 Cauliflower

Good as snacks

cherry cheese cake

Father Dominic's 8-Minute Pizza Sauce

Crustless Miniature Quiche

This recipe was inspired by Shelly at theworldaccordingtoeggface.com

Broccoli Casse Rolls

Two super delicious recipes combined into one Uber-delicious creation. Broccoli casserole is an indulgent favorite of my family's. Egg rolls are a…

Roasted Picante Salsa

Easy to prepare chunky salsa for dips and other dishes.

Shrimp & Crab Egg Rolls

The kids got a nice surprise last weekend when they were allowed to help me make some seafood egg rolls. It's a major high for them since we rarely…

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…

Apple Dumplings

YUMMYLICIOUS!!! That's the word that 1st comes to mind. And when you factor in the ease of the recipes & the inexpensiveness of it, that makes it…

Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce

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

Arroz caldo, the Filipino-style congee

It's as easy as chicken stock, rice and lotsa' spice.