North american dinner party recipes with 600 or more calories costing less than $1.0 per serving

Fish Batter

This homemade batter is light and fluffy and perfect to coat your favourite fish fillets. Tastes like the crispy fish usually found in good fish…

Black Swan Muffcakes...."Mmmmm, So Pink, So Pretty!"

I'm a little late, okay about 4 or 5 days to the Muffcake party, but ever since Salty Seattle suggested them I…

Catalina Mexican Salad

London Broil Marinade

This is my go to recipe when ever I make London broil. This recipe is also very versatile--it can be broiled, grilled, or roasted.

Savory Creole Sweet Potato Casserole

No sweet topping here - this has breadcrumbs & bacon and the Creole twist of Jamaican Pickapeppa Sauce in the…

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…

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…

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…

Blueberry Lemon Mini Bundt Cakes

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

Snickerdoodles

Cookies with plenty of cinnamon and sugar!

Mom's Homemade Rolls

These are so good, my mom makes them by request as gifts for holiday meals for her friends.

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…

Pork Chops

Pork chops/Marinaded

Moist Chocolate Layer Cake