Kid friendly recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $1.5 per serving with photo added by professional chefs

World's Best Pecan Shortbread

The closest some people will ever get to tasting real “Scottish” shortbread is the pecan style in the grocery store. Here’s my version. It’s easy…

Three Cheese Macaroni & Cheese

An unusual recipe ingredient caught my attention when I saw this on the Internet and after trying it out the recipe went straight to my rotation…

Cranberry & white chocolate Anzac biscuits

Holiday Magical Bars Made Skinny

Many of you know these outrageously delicious bars as Magic Bars or Hello Dollys. I’m calling them, “Magical…

Skinny Turkey Chili

Nothing beats a delicious and hearty chili on a cold day. Having friends over? Why not set up a chili bar where everyone can top their own. This…

Skinny Thai Chicken and Peanut Noodles

I love any kind of Asian noodle dish, especially a Thai one that includes peanut butter. Good news too: Peanut…

Easy Prep BBQ Sauce

I'm experimenting with low-cost, easy to make bbq sauces, and like this one a lot. It's basic and you can add things to it like Tabasco, celery…

Banana and chocolate muffins

A mood-lifting treat!

Texas Sheetcake for a Large Group

Nice one-layer cake that will feed 20 or more. Make the cake from scratch, but use canned frosting.…

RICH CHOCOLATE CAKE

RICH CHOCOLATE CAKE

Sylvia's Easy Cheesecake Pie

Very easy prep dessert and it's delicious. Courtesy of a dog park friend named Sylvia.

Cinnamon Anzac biscuits

English Shortbread

Use for cookies, pie dough, excellent medium for a high end product.

Leftover 2-Bean Stew

A quick bite using odds & ends was WAY too delicious not to post. Forget 8-bean and even 18-bean soups - 2 cans of beans, a few veggies and a…

Roasted Butternut Squash

To roast butternut squash you can either roast cut in half, cut side down, in a pan with a little water for about 1-1½ hours and then scoop out of…