North american main dish recipes with 400 or fewer calories costing less than $1.5 per serving

Chicken Barley Bake

If you like barley, then you are going to love this tasteful, healthful, and easy one pot meal. This recipe originally in the Better Homes and…

Giggling Gourment's Slurpn'ly Good BBQ Sauce

Here's my version of a BBQ sauce for the summer season! It has a nice mild sweetness/smoked flavor to it when…

Light Fettuccine with Mushrooms

Pork Tenderloin with Garlic & Rosemary

This is a simple and really delicious recipe adapted from Roast Pork recipe in Bon Appetite. Usually, what…

Savory Meatloaf with Zucchini

In planning a birthday dinner for a mutual friend, a fellow-foodie and I devised this juicy meatloaf with prominent herb flavors. We started with 3…

Creamy Spinach and Spaghetti!!!

This is a gourmet taste without the gourmet price!! With Love, Catherine xo

Beef Fajita Best Marinade

This is fast, simple and super delicious! You should have a very hot (very) cast iron griddle or pan to do this right. I preheat the griddle and…

Swai with Lemon-Basil Pesto

We made this dish with Swai, but it would work equally well with basa, tilapia, catfish, sole, or any other mild and flaky white fish. The pesto is…

Crockpot Savory Swiss Steak

A meal awaits you when you get home with this fork-tender swiss steak recipe.

Chicken Soup to Live For!

Common, nourishing, fast & easy - unbelievably fragrant, a dish anyone can make and serve. This is a soup, "to live for"! A perfect 'comfort food'.…

Bistro Chicken

A healthy, tasty, easy recipe for the whole family.

Sauerkraut and Sausage Casserole

I found this in the Lititz Church of the Brethren Cookbook credited to Helen Forry. I love sauerkraut and this…

Beef Burritos

Great tasting American style burrito. Can be made with canned ingredients but I always use fresh, homemade ingredients.

Tacos Al Carbon

This is a simple steak taco recipe that emphasizes the flavor of the meat and the grill. You can spice it up by adding extra cumin or a little…

Sunday Supper Smothered Pork Chops

Based on a recipe from the old Irondale Cafe in Irondale, Alabama.