North american recipes with 600 or more calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

Slow Cooker Beef Chuck Roast (with Carrots & Potatoes)

An easy cooking alternative for a tender beef roast and veggies slow cooked for hours. Its a favorite of ours.

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…

Original Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yummy chocolate chip cookie

Extra Crispy Baked French Fries

We experimented with things overdue (but still edible of course) in our pantry when deciding what to give the kids for their afternoon snack. Upon…

Cranberry, Kale and Cornbread Dressing

This dressing is so good and pretty that you will want to make it again and again, even if it isn't…

Alton Brown Lentil Soup

I adapted this recipe from one by Alton Brown. I added spinach, potatoes, and scallions and removed grains of paradise. Our whole family really…

Easy Parmesan Herb Bread

Serve this quick bread with an appetizer dip, butter, hummus, or tzaziki, or slice and toast for sandwiches. It only requires one minute of…

Applesauce Cake Made From Scratch

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

Bacon Cauliflower Salad

It has a crispy-crunchy combination of ingredients and a slightly sweet creamy dressing.

Moist Simple Cupcake

Very nice, simple, and moist cupcake recipe. Pair it with your favorite icing or toppings. You can also stick a mini size candy bar inside the raw…

William Penn Cheese Cake

Baked Scotch Eggs

Buttermilk Banana Bread

I've made dozens of different types of banana bread, and this is one of my favorites. Our kids devoured it! My oldest told me "this is the best…

Easiest Pie Crust Ever Made (from the 1940's from scratch)

This recipe makes a great pie crust recipe and pre-dates "Ready Made" crust products. Enjoy!!

Catalina Dressing

Great marinade for flank steak to be grilled, baked chicken (see links)or as a dressing for mixed green salads. Unfortunately, I just eat it with…