Quick and easy American summer recipes with 200 or fewer calories costing less than $1.5 per serving

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Spinach-Romaine Lettuce Salad

Spinach-Romaine Lettuce Salad

This was a 'gourmet' salad from Bon Appetit, 1978. It now is a favorite in my recipes. Sliced red onions and/or feta cheese make good additions to…

Julia Ann Souders
Aug 2015
Intermediate 		1 vote
2 comments
3246 views
Banana Cherry Custard Muffins

Banana Cherry Custard Muffins

Banana Cherry Custard Muffins are the perfect quick breakfast or guilt-free healthy, 4 ingredient, sweet, lo-calorie snack!

Culinary Envy
Jan 2017
Advanced 		1 vote
3031 views
Sinful Saltines

Sinful Saltines

Saltine Crackers at their finest...sweet, salty, crunchy and gooey. Wow!

Andra Kiser
Jul 2012
Intermediate 		2 votes
1 review
7390 views
Apple Muffins ( no butter)

Apple Muffins ( no butter)

These apple muffins are moist and mildly sweet. Oil is substituted for butter.

A Cook at Heart
Nov 2013
Intermediate 		1 vote
3741 views
Grilled Cajun Steaks

Grilled Cajun Steaks

Grilled Cajun Steaks is an easy and quick 21 minute recipe that you'll want to consider for your outdoor grilling rotation. Beef strip steaks with a…

RecipeKing
Jun 2015
Intermediate 		1 vote
2 comments
2766 views
Top of the Line Banana Nut Bread

Top of the Line Banana Nut Bread

This bread is light and tender yet firm,, and has a mixture of flavors appealing to the taste buds. I began…

J. Gino Genovesi
Apr 2013
Professional 		1 vote
1 comment
7148 views
Cardamom Carrots

Cardamom Carrots

This side of sweet carrots with a hint of cardamom blend well. They're particularly nice during the holiday's, served up with poultry.

Robyn Savoie
Feb 2014
Advanced 		1 vote
3 comments
6641 views
Giggling Gourmet's "Don Quixote's Boca de Fuego!" Hot Sauce

Giggling Gourmet's "Don Quixote's Boca de Fuego!" Hot Sauce

For those that like it hot: Here's a hot sauce personal favorite of my own design that I have been working on…

Giggling Gourmet
Apr 2012
Advanced 		2 votes
1 review
8365 views
Chef Gino's Peanut Blossom Cookies

Chef Gino's Peanut Blossom Cookies

Peanut Blossoms were developed by Freda Smith from Gibsonburg, Pa. in a National Pillsbury Bake-Offf…

J. Gino Genovesi
Dec 2013
Professional 		2 votes
5192 views
Lemon Coconut Pixies

Lemon Coconut Pixies

I shape ( using an ice cream scoop #40) my cookies right after dough is made and then refrigerate.

BearNakedBaker
Feb 2011
Professional 		1 vote
1 comment
4682 views
Open Faced Peach Mango Cobbler w/Crystallized Ginger

Open Faced Peach Mango Cobbler w/Crystallized Ginger

Peaches and mangoes are wonderful and bright with natural, juicy sweetness, unmatched by many. This cobbler is…

Smokinhotchef
Jul 2012
Advanced 		1 vote
1 comment
4893 views
Mexican Corn and Potatoes

Mexican Corn and Potatoes

In the Summer roast the fresh corn and while doing that roast those Serrano's. The additional smoky flavor will only enhance this. I like to…

Robyn Savoie
Sep 2013
Advanced 		1 vote
5077 views
Orange Marjoram Carrots

Orange Marjoram Carrots

It can be hard to come by a vegetable dish both children and adults enjoy. You'll appreciate this recipe because it found that middle ground.…

Robyn Savoie
Feb 2014
Advanced 		1 vote
4794 views
Favorite Creamy Coleslaw

Favorite Creamy Coleslaw

For me, this has just the right balance of slaw to dressing. A true creamy slaw delight. Keep in mind this produces a VERY creamy version…

Frosted Flaker
Dec 2015
Intermediate 		2 votes
1 review
2519 views
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