American summer recipes with 600 or more calories costing less than $1.0 per serving

Moist Chocolate Layer Cake

Caramel Banana Poke Muffins

Caramel Banana Poke Muffins are RIDICULOUSLY moist, delicious and loaded with pockets of sweet gooey caramel and fluffy banana.

Mango Spice Cashew Butter Smoothie

Cardamom spice is oh so nice! This mango spice cashew butter smoothie recipe is a new twist for a smoothie!…

Coconut Layer Cake with Fluffy Coconut Icing

A light and moist yellow coconut layer cake with a hint of apricot preserves under fluffy white boiled icing…

Basic Easy Pie Crust

For my grandmother, Eva Koehler, this was what passed for "easy." For me, easy means opening the box and removing the sleeve, cutting the end and…

Vegetable Bowtie Pasta Salad

Growing up, my Mother fixed a pasta salad that was so awesome. Well, I did a makeover of that pasta salad with my own twist...by changing the pasta…

two cake

Very easy

Macaroni & Cheese

This recipe is from South Georgia --Enjoy!!!

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…

Indian Fry Bread

What is Isleta? Who is Isleta? Isleta is a Navajo Indian Reservation South of Albuquerque. The Indian Village at the NM State Fair was the place to…

Snickerdoodles

Cookies with plenty of cinnamon and sugar!

Blueberry Lemon Mini Bundt Cakes

A dainty, light, little sponge cake filled with fresh blueberries and topped with a drizzle of lemon glaze.

Van Halen Poundcake (custom tropical version)

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

Baked Spaghetti Loaf

A new way to make spaghetti that is cheesy and baked....

Monkey Bread