American spring main dish recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $3.0 per serving

Barbecued Beef Steak

Barbecued Beef Steak is an easy and quick 25 minute recipe that uses bottled barbecue sauce, orange marmalade and cinnamon. This would be a great…

Apricot-Pesto Chicken

If you have a container of pesto in your refrigerator that you like, use it instead of the basil leaves, dried apricots, pecans, parmesan cheese,…

Herb Salmon

A light and tasty salmon that my mama made for me growing up... mmm!

Gluten Free Hearty Stovetop Chili

Serve this on a bed of rice or mashed potatoes and it's not only cost effective but filling too!

Cinnamon Crumble Pizza

Such a fun idea for a quick and easy treat!

Cherry and Goat Cheese Stuffed Pork Loin

Easy, delicious and healthy roasted Cherry and Goat Cheese Stuffed Pork Loin is overflowing with flavor.

Torte di granchio ( Crab Cakes)

Crab cakes became popular along the coastlines of mid Atlantic States, the Gulf Coasts and Italy as well. It is a simple and tasty way to serve crab…

Bean Soup, a Simple One

This is a crock pot soup, so you can just soak the beans over night, then add all the ingredients. Let the crock pot do the rest. I chose the…

Beer Grilled Pork Chops

Grilled Pork Loin with Pineapple Salsa

Adjust the level of sweetness or heat in the salsa as a perfect compliment to the smokey-citrus flavor of the…

Grilled Chicken Pesto Open Faced Sandwich

May is sandwich month at Carolina HeartStrings. I love sandwiches. All kinds and I love looking in my fridge…

White Dry Rub

I was using my red rub for all meats. It was good but thought the beef needed to treated differantly. I came up with this rub for my red meats. Now…

Garlic Rosemary Grilled Leg of Australian Lamb

Mediterranean Steak Ragu

Beef is joined with flavors of the Mediterranean and blissfully simmered into taste-bud matrimony. Garam Masala makes a simple yet outspoken…

Crown of Roast Pork