Main dish recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $0.5 per serving

No-Cook Pizza Sauce

Never buy jarred pizza sauce again! It’s so easy to make it homemade, you’ll save money and have a sauce that is exactly the way you like it. I’m…

Therese's Barbecue Rub

This is a fantastic BBQ Rub just in time for the spring and summer bbq season it is great on chicken and ribs . The recipe makes about 3 Cups of…

Toad-In-The-Hole

When I told my British mom that Tammie and I were doing recipes that were related to our heritage this month she eagerly suggested Toad-in-the-Hole.…

Cabbage Rolls

Cabbage rolls, cabbage burgers, bierocks, there are likely as many names as there are recipes for one of my childhood favorites. Alessa and I…

Favorite Enchilada Sauce

When I was a kid growing up in the 50’s my folks had a rustic glazed terracotta casserole dish they bought in Mexico. Once or twice a month my dad…

Spinach Brownies

They look like brownies, but they're not sweet!

Vegetarian Black Bean Burger

Great food for you veggie-heads!

cherry glazed pork loin roast

Cherries complement pork very well and the cherry glaze on this pork roast is an excellent example.

Pizza and Sauce

I'm sure everyone has their favorite home made pizza recipe. This is my variation. I've tried several and narrowed to what I have listed here.…

Bisquick Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Damn Fine Pokin' Ribs

So I didn't win the rib cook-off. But I finished a strong second...to a lady that caters southern-oriented events professionally. I wasn't that far…

Fish Mornay

The popular French seafood dish, baked in a microwave.

Cod fillets in a milky sauce

Cod with a little onion and a little milk: one of the most classic north Italian fish recipes.

Grilled Tandoori Turkey Tenderloin

This is a fun rendition of Tandoori. It is adapted from a recipe in Cuisine At Home seven years ago. Since…

Guilt-free Chicken Nuggets, Oh Yeah

Most kids love McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets. I’m sure many grown-ups do too. But, they are so unhealthy!…