Quick and easy appetizers & snacks recipes costing less than $3.0 per serving

Flavorful Bean Burritos

This easy and tender entree bursts with flavor, thanks to spices, tomatoes and cream cheese filling.

Mushrooms with Butter, Garlic and Croutons

This is a delicious and easy to make mushroom dish. It tastes as good as fancy stuffed mushrooms, but is half…

BANANA FRITTERS

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Pork w/ Apple, Onion & Hard Cider Sauce

Leaves turning, cooler breezes blowing - time for a comforting pork roast with onions, apples and hard cider.…

BBQ Sauce 101

This is a delicious on its own basic bbq sauce that you can easily tweak. To experiment, divide it in 4 parts, and add different ingredients to…

Microwave Cleaning Tip

Clean food splatters easily using this non-chemical method.

Skinny, Mini Mexican Meatball Tostada Appetizers

Delight your guests with these itty, bitty meatballs atop a mini tostada. This is such a yummy and simple…

Reese's Peanut Butter bites

These are the best! In fact....I am going to whip up a batch for the kids and send them for Valentines Day!

Tuna Stuffed Eggs

I first had these as part of a beautiful salad that also included fried eggplant rounds and several types of olives, at the Locanda Rosati near…

Guacamole Tex-Mex

Super simple - fast - packs just enough punch. It will be the best you ever tasted. Bring on the cervesas, margaritas - and lots of quality…

Super Bowl Sunday Soup - Sausage Soup with Rosemary & Ditalini

Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

I picked up a bunch of nice looking tomatillos at the local farmers market this week that were crying to be charred on the grill and made into a…

Cannellini Bean Dip

This is a wonderful dip for veggies, chips or just a spread on toast. Enjoy with Love, Catherine

Mom’s Deviled Ham Spread / Sandwich Filling

No one will complain about the leftovers from the holiday ham when it shows up next day as a dip or spread for…

Hummus

This is a great snack for any time of year. I personally serve it with Kalamata olives and sometimes even diced cucumber and/or bell pepper.…