500 or fewer calories, Appetizers & snacks Recetas

Skinny Irish Pub Beef Stew for St. Patrick’s Day

This peasant style stew is so hearty and perfect to make for St. Patrick’s Day. I’ve made a skinny version by…

Chile con Queso #2

Based on El Rancho's recipe (Austin, TX). Use it as a dip, on nachos, or cheese sauce for tortilla dishes.

Roasted Picante Salsa

Easy to prepare chunky salsa for dips and other dishes.

Skinny Sliders with Caramelized Onions, Yum!

Minimizing is the new super-sizing and these little sliders are terrific. No need to heat up the barbecue…

Sweet and Sour Dipping Sauce

Try this sauce with fried shrimp, bbq chicken wings, chicken fingers or nuggets. Copycat recipe.

Cheddar Bay Drop Biscuits

In searching for an easy biscuit recipe, I happened on this one somewhere and fooled with it a bit. It's super easy and takes little time to…

Easy Baked Fudge for a Large Group

Five minute prep recipe for delicious fudge.

Smoked Bacon Potato Salad

If you have your smoker going, smoke the bacon for a while before you cook it. I typically use hickory, so I buy hickory bacon and put it in the…

Lemon-Cranberry Biscotti

The biscotti had its origin in Roman times They are a dry, crunchy cookie that contains no fat and quite nourishing. .A food with sustenance and…

Aaron's Guacamole

This recipe was supplied by my granddaughters boyfriend. Some of the structure was edited by myself

Basic Pickling Brine

I think pickling is the easiest preservation method for saving your garden harvest. I learned a simple recipe for brine this weekend at a…

Cheese Scallion Bread (No Knead)

This is a great bread for sandwiches, toast (with flavored cream cheese - yum!). Use extra sharp cheddar for…

Chef Teddy Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake

barley salad with almonds and apricots

This salad is fruity, high in fibre and full of flavour. And if you like, curd can also be added here.

warm potato salad

very healthy salad with potato