Kid friendly recipes with 300 or fewer calories costing less than $2.0 per serving

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Top SF Chronicle Recipe: Pasta with Broccoli and Spicy Sausage

Our good friend Linda Hansen saved this top recipe from the SF Chronicle in 2004 and it has become one of her…

Simple Sesame Green Beans

I realize that 5 stars is an awfully high rating for such a simple dish. But honestly, I end up eating a pound of green beans every time I make…

Simple, Tasty and Skinny, Egg Salad Sandwich

Perfect to make with leftover eggs...There are dozens of ways to make egg salad but this one is my favorite!…

Skinny Chicken Pot Pie

It’s officially fall and it’s all about comfort foods. Chicken pot pie is considered the ultimate comfort food! It’s a savory pie filled with a…

Peanut Butter and Jelly Granola Bars

A 5 ingredient Granola Bar Perfect for the Kid in all of us!

Hazelnut plum muffins

A perfectly scrumptious version of the beloved Croatian cake.

Pizza Roll Ups

Spinach and Sausage Gnocchi

This is a delicious and beautiful dish. We just served it for a normal weeknight meal, but the presentation is such that it would be good for…

Sausage & Sauerkraut Baked Casserole

Great easy casserole any weeknight! My family loves this dish.

Strawberry Marshmallows

These can be made with almost any fresh fruit puree. Peach, mango, raspberry, cherry... Adapted from a recipe appearing on Ricardo & Friends (Food…

Vegetarian Japchae (Korean Glass Noodles w Vegetables)

The last time I made japchae (sweet potato noodles w vegetables) it came out a little bland and the noodles…

Skinny Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread

If you love apples and desserts with apples in them, I think you’ll love this recipe! It’s a decadent, rich…

Everyday vegetable soup

This soup with collard greens and baby spinach can be made with any combination of fresh or frozen vegetables.

Oatmeal Blondies

I couldn't decide what to make one day. Did I want Blondies or Oatmeal Cookies. Why not both? The bars came out exactly as I wanted them to. Moist…