North american cinco de mayo recipes costing less than $2.5 per serving

Light Strawberry Mousse

An easy, light, fluffy, creamy, strawberry mousse dessert to end an elegant meal.

Grilled Pineapple Upside Down Cake

This cake is made in 2 major steps- grilling the pineapple and then baking the cake batter.

Pace Fiesta Beer Rice

Spicy Salsa

This is a favorite in our household and amongst friends. Super easy to make!

Jenny Craigs Italian Chicken Rolls

This delicious, crispy chicken dish is from Jenny Craig's Simple Pleasures Cookbook. It reminds me of Chicken…

Cheesecake with homemade Dulce De Leche Sauce

These are amazing! My husband LOVES cheesecake. He said he believes this is the best cheesecake he has ever…

Sugar Free Cocktail - Frozen Strawberry Daquiri

If you're looking for a recipe for entertaining, and need to watch calories, sugar or carb intake, this is a…

Cheddar Burger Appetizers

Herbed Dip

This is my favourite low calorie, fat free, savoury, all purpose dip. You can use it on baked potatoes or as a chip dip or as a dip for fresh…

Bernice's Vegetable Dip

An excellent, creamy, tangy, zippy dip to serve with fresh vegetables.

Colourful Slaw

An eye catching slaw using green and red cabbages, yellow and red peppers and orange carrot for colourful salad to bring to a BBQ or a potluck.

Curried lentil and rice salad

A flavourful, curried lentil and rice salad for healthy conscious cooks.

Homemade Chocolate Milk Shakes

A frugal way to make a homemade chocolate milk shake when you don't have any ice cream on hand. You will not believe how delicious these shakes are!

Grilled Cocktails and a Smoky Margarita Recipe

You may recall in previous posts that I learned about the “Grilled Cocktails” food trend while attending…

Kiwi Salsa

Instead if using tomatoes to make a salsa, try something new. In this recipe, kiwi becomes the main ingredient! It is delicious!