American picnic recipes with 600 or more calories costing less than $1.5 per serving

Devil's Food Cake

A very easy and incredibly delicious devil's food cake. This super moist cake with a creamy and intensely chocolate frosting will make you forget…

Chocolate Boston Cream Cake

Broccoli Salad

Hank's Chilli Fudge

This can be a appetizer or just a plain snack during gamedays. It's real simple and tastes great.

London Broil Marinade

This is my go to recipe when ever I make London broil. This recipe is also very versatile--it can be broiled, grilled, or roasted.

Chocolate-Filled, Deep-Fried Bananas

This is a warm, scrumptious treat that is sweet, chocolaty, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. In…

Ruby's Creole Bread Pudding & Butter Rum Sauce

NEVER throw stale bread away! You have the base for an absolutely delicious Creole bread pudding that will…

Potato salad

I have tried lots of recipes online for potato salad and none came close to really tasting good to me. This one I kind of made up from four…

Dorothy's Pickled Beets

This is a great and refreshing way to eat beets. No fuss, no muss, just big taste.

Van Halen Poundcake (custom tropical version)

My friend Jenni Field, aka The Balanced Pastry Chef (http://pastrychefonline.com/blog/) customized her famous…

Hawaiian Roll Sliders

Another quick and easy lunch option for our lunch "restaurant". These are one of our favorite quick meals. I usually end up just throwing them on…

CocaCola Baked Beans

The Best Carrot Cake Ever

Rosalie Williams made the best carrot cake when I was a child. It was her specialty at church dinners. As an adult, I got her recipe because I…

Applesauce Cake Made From Scratch

This cake has become a family tradition during the holidays. I look forward to Christmas just to eat this…

Chocolate Rum Pecan Pound Cake

Let us celebrate holiday baking with this incredible chocolate pound cake. It’s great for holiday entertaining since it makes such a striking…