European main dish recipes with 400 or fewer calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

Meat-filled Dinner Pastries

Delicious biscuit dough pastries stuffed with a hearty blend of ground beef, vegetables, potatoes, and seasonings. Recipe makes six large entree…

Bowties with Spinach and Barley.

Baked Dijon Fish

Baked Dijon Fish is an easy and quick baked fish recipe which takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish. Use your choice of whatever firm…

Greek-Style Stuffed Peppers

Chicken Cacciatore

Cacciatore in cuisine refers to a meal prepared “hunter style” with meat, tomatoes, onions, herbs, wine (and depending on region and availability…

Pancetta, French Lentil and Spinach Risotto

A quartet of alliums—onion, leek, shallot, and garlic—imbues savory flavor to this entrée dotted with green…

Lemon & Rosemary Grilled Chicken

This is so easy and so good you will think you went out for dinner! Enjoy and Cook with Love, Catherine

Braised Lentils with Spinach (Lenticchie Brasate)

Adapted from: Lidia’s Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. This is delicious side dish…

Lasagna

Very easy to make. Can be done with or without ground beef!

Broccoli Rabe Garlic Pasta

The garlic flavored oil makes the broccoli rabe less bitter, and with toasted garlic, it's a great dish.

Broccoli Rabe with Bacon & Anchovies

This is a delicious meal to place on any table. Enjoy with much Love, Catherine

Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Portobellos

Chickpeas Veggie Burger Patties

This recipe is perfect for camping trips because it doesn’t spoil fast and it is also very filling. I don’t normally fry veggies but I had to finish…

Winter Red Sauce over Spaghetti Squash

Chicken thighs wrapped in prosciutto

Delicious and simple dinner that children will love.