Kid friendly dinner party main dish recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

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Beef Fajita Best Marinade

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…

Amos Miller
Dec 2013
Professional
3 votes
11496 views
Tarragon Grilled Chicken Fillets over Salad

Tarragon Grilled Chicken Fillets over Salad

This recipe is adapted from one in Steven Raichlen's BBQ USA, which he in turn borrowed from a restaurant in…

John Spottiswood
Dec 2014
Advanced
2 votes
4562 views
Beef Cutlets Easy

Beef Cutlets Easy

This recipe is very popular in European countries: in Austria it’s called schnitzel, in the US it’s called a cutlet. We cook cutlets with beef and…

Helenscooking
Oct 2011
Intermediate
1 vote
2981 views
Giggling Gourmet's 'Stir, Fry & A Twist On Sweet & Sour'

Giggling Gourmet's 'Stir, Fry & A Twist On Sweet & Sour'

Here's a yum dish for a little wake up of the taste buds in the deep of winter as you contemplate spring and…

Giggling Gourmet
Feb 2012
Advanced
1 vote
2314 views
Basil-Walnut Pesto

Basil-Walnut Pesto

To help mix the pesto with the cooked pasta, blend 4 to 6 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water into 1/2 cup pesto before tossing.

Chef Feiny www.feintastingfoods.com
Dec 2010
Advanced
2 votes
1908 views
Pasta Puttanesca

Pasta Puttanesca

Pasta Puttanesca is an Italian dish that is packed with flavors of tangy, spicy and saltiness. This recipe is debuting arugula - a spicy leafy green…

AmateurKitchen
Feb 2012
Intermediate
1 vote
2058 views
Grilled Chicken Pesto Open Faced Sandwich

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…

Carolinaheartstrings
May 2012
Intermediate
1 vote
2678 views
White Dry Rub

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…

John Greenler
Jun 2012
Professional
1 vote
3151 views
Open Face Beef & Egg Sandwich with Sauteed Onion & Tomato

Open Face Beef & Egg Sandwich with Sauteed Onion & Tomato

This delicious meal is super simple, uses only a few ingredients, and makes a great main course for breakfast,…

Wendi Taylor
Jul 2013
Professional
1 vote
3571 views
Easy Country Style Chicken in 20 minutes

Easy Country Style Chicken in 20 minutes

This recipe was overlooked at Restaurant impossible TV program, I added my personal touches to it and it came…

Helenscooking
Sep 2011
Intermediate
1 vote
1665 views