American main dish recipes with 300 or fewer calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

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Chicken with Mushroom Olive Cream Sauce

Chicken with Mushroom Olive Cream Sauce

The mushrooms and olives make this sauce full flavored and quite rich. This goes great over rice or pasta.

Mary Joseph
Nov 2008
Advanced
2 votes
5604 views
Jambalaya

Jambalaya

This recipe comes from SELF magazine: Hello, New Orleans! Mark Twain once said, "New Orleans food is as delicious as the less criminal forms of…

Kelly Christensen
Mar 2012
Intermediate
2 votes
3506 views
Cheeseburger in Paradise Skinny Soup

Cheeseburger in Paradise Skinny Soup

Okay, so this is a soup not the burger Jimmy Buffett was singing about but it has all the fabulous flavors of a…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Apr 2012
Professional
1 vote
4982 views
Date Nite/Movie Nite In Deep Dish Pizzas

Date Nite/Movie Nite In Deep Dish Pizzas

These pizzas are just plain awesome!! I made these over the weekend for the kids and grown-ups alike!! There…

Smokinhotchef
May 2012
Advanced
1 vote
3231 views
Oven Baked Chicken with Pineapple Juice

Oven Baked Chicken with Pineapple Juice

This is a fresh and light chicken dish. With Love, Catherine xo

Catherine Pappas
May 2012
Intermediate
2 votes
4530 views
Baked Ranch Chicken

Baked Ranch Chicken

Baking lean chicken breasts is an ideal way to serve a low-fat, yet rich in protein meal. However, chicken can get dry in the oven. I have used…

Carolinaheartstrings
Jan 2013
Intermediate
1 vote
5865 views
Shrimp Fra Diavalo Pizza

Shrimp Fra Diavalo Pizza

“Fra Diavalo” which literally means “devil brother” is a popular sauce often used with seafood. The “devil” in this case is a little heat courtesy…

Carolinaheartstrings
Aug 2013
Intermediate
1 vote
1731 views
Hunter-Chicken Dinner

Hunter-Chicken Dinner

Hunter-Chicken Dinner is an easy, delicious, hearty and healthy recipe for a full meal which includes chicken, bell peppers, tomatoes and onion in a…

RecipeKing
Feb 2015
Intermediate
1 vote
3308 views
Grilled Cajun Steaks

Grilled Cajun Steaks

Grilled Cajun Steaks is an easy and quick 21 minute recipe that you'll want to consider for your outdoor grilling rotation. Beef strip steaks with a…

RecipeKing
Jun 2015
Intermediate
1 vote
2766 views
Baked Orange~Marmalade Chicken

Baked Orange~Marmalade Chicken

Such wonderful flavors in this easy chicken meal. Serve with your favorite side dishes.

"Cheffie Cooks"
Jun 2017
Advanced
1 vote
2402 views
Spinach, Potato, and Smoked Salmon Frittata

Spinach, Potato, and Smoked Salmon Frittata

A quick and easy meal for breakfast or dinner.

Kara Hudson
Feb 2010
Intermediate
1 vote
5301 views
Shrimp Tacos

Shrimp Tacos

This light and healthy dinner is easy and quick to make, even midweek! Top the lemon garlic shrimp with whatever you like. I often use shredded…

The Enthusiastic Eater
Mar 2010
Intermediate
1 vote
2858 views
Shrimp with veggies

Shrimp with veggies

This dish is light, saucy and delicious.

Kimi
Jul 2010
Advanced
1 vote
1728 views
Monkey Pizza Bread

Monkey Pizza Bread

One of my favorite pizza dinners is made by someone else and I call ahead and pick it up on my way home from work (can you guess who?) from the…

Carolinaheartstrings
Aug 2013
Intermediate
1 vote
2159 views
Zucchini Meatballs in Cream Sauce - Microwave Quick!

Zucchini Meatballs in Cream Sauce - Microwave Quick!

Several good reasons to save this recipe: to use up zucchini; to keep the kitchen cool by microwaving the main…

Salad Foodie
Jun 2016
Professional
1 vote
5203 views