American recipes with 600 or more calories costing less than $2.0 per serving

Barbecue Shrimp

Don't get thrown off by the name of this one. These shrimp aren't cooked on the grill or smothered in tangy barbecue sauce. This is a New Orleans…

Lemon Cheesecake

What do you do when a friend gives you a bunch of lemons from her yard and you have cream cheese in the fridge that needs to be used up? Make a…

Roasted Potato Soup

Roasting the cubed potatoes until golden adds deep flavor to this soup. You can stir in a bit of heavy cream in place of the sour cream, or add a…

Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Cake!

Chocolate sponge, Chocolate Chips and Chocolate Glaze - will fix any chocolate craving!

Spaghetti and Meatball Soup

Spaghetti and Meatballs in a hearty soup. Perfect for cold winter nights!

Ranch Dressing

This is a quick and easy Ranch Dressing. I use Penzey's dry buttermilk ranch mix. Others will work such as Hidden Valley etc.or create your own…

Slow Cooker Beef Chuck Roast (with Carrots & Potatoes)

An easy cooking alternative for a tender beef roast and veggies slow cooked for hours. Its a favorite of ours.

Twice Baked Potatoes with Bacon and Cheese

Learned this from my western friends. This is how they showed me; just the easiest way to do it and it tasted…

Almond Frosting

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cowboy Cookies

pancakes

batter seems thick, might add a bit more milk

Mexican Cornbread

a deliscious cornbread made with hamburger that is definitely a must among my male friends.

Waikiki Meatballs

When I was 10 or 11, my mom let me join the Betty Crocker Recipe club - I was a budding cook then. This was one of our favorites and when I dug out…

Coconut Cranberry Orange Cookie

This is a rich, chewy and buttery cookie that is great for the holiday season that a very good friend of mine shared this with me

Fudge Frosting

Mom made this cake for dad's birthday every year. He just loved it.