Recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $1.0 per serving added by professional chefs

Arroz A La Mexicana

Easy Tex-Mex Refried Bean Dip

Inexpensive, easy prep recipe that guests will love. I sometimes use this recipe to make quesadillas, too.

Broiled Flounder Amandine

Delicious fish with a wonderful nutty lemony butter sauce.

Ellie's Black Bean & Chipotle Dip

Thanks to Ellie Kreiger for this healthy and zippy dip - just the thing on a day when you're cooped up,…

Tzatziki (Yogurt Cucumber Dip)

Refreshing appetizer dip with pita or flat bread, veggies or crackers. Or use as a sauce for gyros or Greek tacos. I have also tried this on…

Breakfast Muffins

A light, flaky biscuit topped with egg, sausage, and cheese - in a convenient muffin.

Sour Cream Yeast Dinner Rolls

A minimum knead recipe for delicious, slighty sweet, soft rolls that kids will love, too.

Cookie Butter Blondies

I am so in love with Cookie Butter, I want to incorporate it into everything I make for the rest of my life. Okay, maybe not, but it wouldn’t be the…

Marinated Cheese Dip

Try this with crackers, or warm French bread slices.

Old-Fashioned Peanut Butter Crisscross Cookies

Peanut butter cookie recipes abound, but none of them came close to rekindling memories of the favorite from my…

Quick & Easy Fruit Compote with Vanilla Sauce (and a no-added sugar or low-sugar variation)

A fruit compote on the table in 15 minutes? Here's a dessert kids (and…

Guacamole Tex-Mex

Super simple - fast - packs just enough punch. It will be the best you ever tasted. Bring on the cervesas, margaritas - and lots of quality…

New Best Angel Biscuits

Wonderfully moist and light when first out of the oven. Butter and honey never had such a great companion.

Festive Broccoli Salad for a Large Group

I prepare this during the holidays, but it's also a great potluck salad. From "Southern Living" magazine,…

Naan Bread II

Great flatbread for wraps, soups, stews, etc. Requires a comal or cast iron skillet. Recipe easily doubles.