Quick and easy North american recipes with 500 or fewer calories

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Chicken Kabobs

Chicken Kabobs

These kabobs are colorful, tasty, and make a great dish for any summertime party.

Kelsey Martin
Jun 2008
Intermediate
6 votes
40955 views
Delicious Pork and Bean Stew for Tostadas, Tacos, or Burritos

Delicious Pork and Bean Stew for Tostadas, Tacos, or Burritos

This is an easy slow cooker recipe that is delicious and versatile. Serve this as filler for any mexican dish,…

Nancy Miyasaki
May 2011
Intermediate
7 votes
6795 views
Quick Organic Guacamole

Quick Organic Guacamole

Perfect guacamole for parties or whenever

dp
Dec 2009
Professional
6 votes
17346 views
“Bear Sign” (Or… a more polite name: “Nut & Berry Shortbread Bars”)

“Bear Sign” (Or… a more polite name: “Nut & Berry Shortbread Bars”)

During the off-season, when salmon aren’t readily available up north,…

Kevin Olomon
Feb 2010
Professional
6 votes
12477 views
Tequila-Flamed Mangoes Over Vanilla Ice Cream

Tequila-Flamed Mangoes Over Vanilla Ice Cream

Before the mangoes are flamed they are baked with brown sugar. This process makes them sweet and syrupy. Over…

Marisa Musto
Jul 2010
Advanced
6 votes
6601 views
Homemade Cranberry-Apple Sauce

Homemade Cranberry-Apple Sauce

If some people at your Thanksgiving dinner like cranberry sauce and others prefer applesauce this recipe just might work for you... We decided to…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Nov 2010
Professional
6 votes
10159 views
Pumpkin Dump Cake

Pumpkin Dump Cake

November finds us at Carolina HeartStrings putting a twist on old favorite Thanksgiving dishes and nothing says “old favorite” like pumpkin pie!…

Carolinaheartstrings
Nov 2012
Intermediate
6 votes
12709 views
Best Ever Brownies

Best Ever Brownies

I got this recipe in Home Economics in 1974 and it's still the best brownie recipe I have ever made.

Kelly Christensen
Mar 2012
Intermediate
6 votes
28915 views
Old-Fashioned, Homemade Lemonade

Old-Fashioned, Homemade Lemonade

During those hot summer days, this drink will quench your thirst!

Elena Jimenez
Jul 2008
Beginner
6 votes
46507 views
Fast Hamburger Pie - Nuwave Oven/Flavorwave

Fast Hamburger Pie - Nuwave Oven/Flavorwave

This is a nice & easy meal on a busy night. Tastes like you slaved over it much longer 38 minutes ;)

Wendy Jarvis
Jan 2010
Intermediate
6 votes
14226 views
Easy Chicken Posole

Easy Chicken Posole

This is a super easy and tasty recipe you can whip up in 20 minutes! You can use the meat from a standard rotisserie chicken for this soup. I got…

Nancy Miyasaki
Sep 2010
Intermediate
6 votes
7129 views
Roasted almonds with Quinoa, Flax and Sunflower seed

Roasted almonds with Quinoa, Flax and Sunflower seed

This is a great, healthy snack that we had up in Park City this week. We all munched happily all week, and got…

John Spottiswood
Feb 2010
Advanced
6 votes
5938 views
The best lemon bars you'll ever have

The best lemon bars you'll ever have

this is a very esay dessert to make and your friends and family will love it!!

jody mccormick
Feb 2008
Intermediate
6 votes
27008 views
Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole

Gluten Free Breakfast Casserole

Gooey cheese, spicy sausage and fluffly eggs...breakfast in one dish and gluten free!

Gratefully Gluten Free
Jun 2010
Intermediate
5 votes
13366 views
Paul's Pumpkin Bars

Paul's Pumpkin Bars

Accountant Paul Rainbow was the featured "He Cooks" in a column of the November 1976 Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. His recipe, Paul's Pumpkin…

Salad Foodie
Nov 2011
Professional
5 votes
11982 views