American summer recipes with 300 or fewer calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

Fresh Garden Salad with Balsamic Marinade

A summertime side with plenty of garden vegetables in a pleasant balsamic marinade. Add grilled meat or fish…

Apricot-Pesto Chicken

If you have a container of pesto in your refrigerator that you like, use it instead of the basil leaves, dried apricots, pecans, parmesan cheese,…

Caribbean Shirmp

This sweet and spicy shrimp will keep you coming back for more. It's seductively simple but very flavorful. It goes very well with blackeyed peas…

Carrot and Ginger Soup

This is a hearty warming soup, filled with vitamin A and herbs which will prepare your respiratory system for exposure to colds and flu. It has a…

Chicken and Baby Spinach Soup w/Fennel Pollen

Simplicity at its best. This recipe showcases the amazing and refreshing fragrance and flavor of fennel…

SIMPLE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

this is a really divine taste.

Supreme Double Chocolate Cake

A rich, delightful cake which is very moist and tasty. It is great if served with what I call "Whipped Ice Cream" , a combination of ice cream and…

Lemon Fluff Dessert

Light, fluffy, perfect for hot summer days. Found recipe on tastofhome.com/simple.

Spicey Pulled Pork

This is a braised pulled pork that makes a great sandwich or use it for a tex-mex taco salad. Use an inexpensive cut of pork as it will cook…

Herb Salmon

A light and tasty salmon that my mama made for me growing up... mmm!

Brownies to Die For

Rich, gooey and totally yummy!

Vanilla Cupcakes

This cupcakes recipe is on my blog http://bakingdecorations.com/recipes/vanilla-cupcakes/.

Blackened Green Beans

Four C Coleslaw

This is my version of a coleslaw I tasted many years ago at a catered event. It's close but not precisely the same. However it's a refreshing change…

Breakfast Frozen Fruit Pops

Yes, in deed, these icy pops are nutritious enough to enjoy even for breakfast! We’ve taken our recipe for Jamba Juice’s Pomegranate Paradise…