American recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing more than $3 per serving

Pears in Red Wine

This is a wonderful and delicious treat for any season and occasion! Many Blessings, Catherine xo

Crockpot Chicken low fat

Can be used in many dishes

Sauteed Shrimp with Country Ham and Capers

Curried Chicken Salad

A light and refreshing salad for a main dish, side salad, sandwich filling or cracker spread. Easy and quick to prepare.

Quick Tex-Mex Salad

Quick Tex-Mex Salad-is a delicious and easy10 minute dinner salad recipe. Main Ingredients: lettuce, avocado, onions, salsa, tortilla chips and…

Lemon Caper Asparagus

Fresh asparagus with an olive oil, lemon juice and caper vinaigrette; easy, healthy, low fat and delicious!

Whole Fish

Flank Steak with Special Sauce!

This is a simple marinade that combines some ingredients you wouldn't normally combine. It's a Japanese-French concoction that is sure to put a…

Low Fat Crockpot Chicken

This chicken is a frequent flyer in my kitchen. Several times a month I prepare chicken this way and not only is its use versatile but it is…

Turkey Tetrazzini

Named after an opera singer and baked in a microwave.

Spicy & Smokey Tomato Lobster Soup

Tomato soup happens to be one of my favorites soups. The addition of smoke, pancetta and lobster takes this…

Frozen Banana Latté

What's the scoop on this frosty java specialty drink? You can make your own frozen banana lattés for half the price of the coffeehouse's.

Blackberry Brandy

This smelled really wonderful cooking away in the crock-pot and was equally enjoyable in the glass! A bonus is its pretty color and it looks very…

Shrimp and Spinach Saute' Recipe

A great wine sauce with shrimp and spinach. Great over pasta, rice, or even a baked potato..

Vanilla Bean Snickerdoodles

What? You've never had a Snickerdoodle? Impossible! They're made with the basic of ingredients-- butter, flour, eggs. One cannot forget to add…