tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124119222013-05-23T19:44:44.239-06:00A blog about delicious and low-glycemic recipes, cooking tips, products Kalyn loves, and vegetable gardening.Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.comBlogger1953125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-18952783023155994172013-05-22T19:05:00.000-06:002013-05-22T19:05:02.576-06:002013-05-22T19:05:02.576-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AW89AUwJUXM/UZ1qt_HU2dI/AAAAAAAAft4/QmsYft6sgBk/s1600/pasta-salad-Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="10 pasta salads" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AW89AUwJUXM/UZ1qt_HU2dI/AAAAAAAAft4/QmsYft6sgBk/s1600/pasta-salad-Collage.jpg" title="10 Favorite Pasta Salads to Make for Summer Parties [#SouthBeachDiet friendly #Low-Glycemic #Recipes from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love pasta salads of every kind, but here are ten of my favorites, perfect to take to a summer potluck.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I&#39;m old enough to be able to remember when pasta salad burst onto the U.S. culinary scene, and sadly I&#39;ve come across some pretty flavorless pasta salads since then.  Maybe it&#39;s all those lackluster pasta salads I&#39;ve seen that make me determined to create pasta salads that are truly memorable, and every one of these <b>10 Favorite Pasta Salads</b> are loaded with flavorful ingredients.  I also like to use less pasta in proportion to the other ingredients, which can make pasta salad into a lower-glycemic dish.  The last few years I&#39;ve been a fan of whole wheat pasta, but some of my salads use <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2011/06/kalyns-kitchen-picks-dreamfields-low.html">Dreamfields Low-Carb Pasta</a>.  You can use either of those in these recipes (or just use regular white-flour pasta if you prefer.)  There&#39;s a big holiday weekend coming up and any of these pasta salads would be well received at a pot-luck or as a barbecue side dish.  Enjoy!</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/10-favorite-pasta-salads.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=YfLEYemvxME:MaoY4toLPkg:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=YfLEYemvxME:MaoY4toLPkg:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/YfLEYemvxME" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-37435082623844447432013-05-21T18:48:00.000-06:002013-05-21T18:48:15.200-06:002013-05-21T18:48:15.200-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lwNIms3ycu8/UT9UwYMOX8I/AAAAAAAAeZw/Ki-7ugcPH-Q/s1600/1-penne-peppers-capers-olives-tuna-500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Quick and Easy Penne Pasta with Red Bell Peppers, Garlic, Capers, Olives, Tomatoes, and Tuna" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lwNIms3ycu8/UT9UwYMOX8I/AAAAAAAAeZw/Ki-7ugcPH-Q/s1600/1-penne-peppers-capers-olives-tuna-500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Quick and Easy Penne Pasta with Red Bell Peppers, Garlic, Capers, Olives, Tomatoes, and Tuna "></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quick and Easy Penne Pasta with Red Bell Peppers, Garlic, Capers, Olives, Tomatoes, and Tuna.  (Top it with <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/how-to-make-gremolata-and-recipe-ideas.html">Gremolata</a> if you wish!)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> About six years ago I discovered an affordable brand of <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2007/06/kalyns-kitchen-picks-tonno-genova-tuna.html">Tuna packed in olive oil</a> that really made me swoon, and since then I&#39;ve made <a href="http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-3021137337137478%3Azi0p5qbvlgx&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;q=tuna+in+olive+oil&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=www.kalynskitchen.com%2F2013%2F04%2Fhow-to-make-gremolata-and-recipe-ideas.html&amp;ref=www.google.com%2Fcse%3Fcx%3Dpartner-pub-3021137337137478%253Azi0p5qbvlgx%26ie%3DISO-8859-1%26q%3Dgremolata%26sa%3DSearch%26siteurl%3Dwww.kalynskitchen.com%252F%26ref%3D%26ss%3D1736j426434j9&amp;ss=5688j3292918j21#gsc.tab=0&amp;gsc.q=tuna%20packed%20in%20olive%20oil">many tasty recipes featuring this tuna</a>.   It&#39;s turned me into a bit of a tuna snob, because now I never buy any other brand (and when I could no longer find it in any of the stores by my house I even started buying <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003EYXVZA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003EYXVZA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=kalynskitchen-20">Tonno Genova Tuna in Olive Oil</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=kalynskitchen-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B003EYXVZA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1">by the case from Amazon.com!)  Without this uber-flavorful tuna, I don&#39;t think I&#39;d have considering trying a pasta recipe that featured tuna as one of the main ingredients, but the Tonno Genova tuna made this simple and quick <b>Penne Pasta with Red Bell Peppers, Garlic, Capers, Olives, Tomatoes, and Tuna </b>really memorable.  And then Jake and I topped it with some ultra-flavorful <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/how-to-make-gremolata-and-recipe-ideas.html">Gremolata</a>, which made it even better.  Admittedly, this may be a recipe that&#39;s not for everyone, but if you like tuna and have a favorite brand I bet you&#39;ll love this recipe.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/quick-easy-penne-tuna-tomato-sauce.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=Oa2VQPT22G4:GQoPgWPe0ms:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=Oa2VQPT22G4:GQoPgWPe0ms:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/Oa2VQPT22G4" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-27902705022326244822013-05-19T17:15:00.000-06:002013-05-19T17:16:50.401-06:002013-05-19T17:16:50.401-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ae3LsF4ECBA/UZkHc5ukQUI/AAAAAAAAfmI/Kvxo3g_vjeg/s1600/1-pinto-bean-avo-salad-re-do-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pinto Bean Salad with Avocado, Tomatoes, Red Onion, and Cilantro " border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ae3LsF4ECBA/UZkHc5ukQUI/AAAAAAAAfmI/Kvxo3g_vjeg/s1600/1-pinto-bean-avo-salad-re-do-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Pinto Bean Salad with Avocado, Tomatoes, Red Onion, and Cilantro is for those times when you *must* have tomatoes, even if it&#39;s not quite summer yet. [#Low-Glycemic #SouthBeachDiet friendly #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pinto Bean Salad with Avocado, Tomatoes, Red Onion, and Cilantro is perfect for those times when you *must* have tomatoes, even if it&#39;s not quite summer yet.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (Updated with better photos and step-by-step instructions for <b><a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/search/label/Meatless%20Monday">Meatless Monday</a></b>, May 2013.)  This <b>Pinto Bean Salad with Avocado, Tomatoes, Red Onion, and Cilantro</b> <b>salad</b> was originally inspired by one I loved at a party I attended with my brother Rand where guests were asked to bring <a href="http://oaxaca-travel.com/">Oaxacan</a> dishes.  Back home I came up with my version on one of those spring days when suddenly I had to have that fresh tomato flavor in my mouth. When the tomato urge hits me, I don&#39;t care whether it&#39;s tomato season or how much I have to pay, if I can find tomatoes that taste good I&#39;ll buy some. The tomatoes I used were from Costco, and they had that &quot;tomato smell&quot; I always look for if I buy tomatoes.  Even the best store-bought tomatoes can&#39;t match that late-summer umami-filled tomato flavor I get when I&#39;m picking my homegrown tomatoes in August, but these tomatoes tasted pretty good. </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2008/03/pinto-bean-salad-recipe-with-avocado.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=r1stiSnTvQE:YCjwSBO9edQ:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=r1stiSnTvQE:YCjwSBO9edQ:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/r1stiSnTvQE" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1153178699016766442013-05-18T08:01:00.000-06:002013-05-18T13:14:43.384-06:002013-05-18T13:14:43.384-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOG0rr1SVEo/UY-m1nItBqI/AAAAAAAAfWU/Z4981fSaptw/s1600/1-spicy-avocado-pita-re-do-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Spicy Avocado in Pita" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zOG0rr1SVEo/UY-m1nItBqI/AAAAAAAAfWU/Z4981fSaptw/s1600/1-spicy-avocado-pita-re-do-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Spicy avocado stuffed into whole grain pita makes a great lunch! [#Low-Glycemic #SouthBeachDiet friendly #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite options for a quick healthy lunch is this Spicy Avocado in Pita.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (Updated May 2013 with better photos and step-by-step instructions.  I&#39;ve been making this <b>Spicy Avocado in Pita</b> regularly since I first posted it in 2006!)  If you&#39;re going to stick with any kind of healthy eating plan you need some easy and healthy options for times when you just don&#39;t want to cook, and this is one of my favorite things to make for an easy lunch or dinner, especially whenever avocados are on sale. It&#39;s nothing more complicated than avocado mashed with a fork, spiced up with a bit of chile powder and salt, and then eaten in a 100% whole wheat pita pocket or Foldit with a bit of lettuce.  (The same whole wheat pita I use for this is also great to cut into triangles, crisp in the oven a little, and use instead of chips for any kind of dip or hummus, for another easy and healthy snack or lunch.) </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2006/08/easy-south-beach-recipes-spicy-avocado.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=cLjdJjauoow:WpdcP0MIQ9A:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=cLjdJjauoow:WpdcP0MIQ9A:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/cLjdJjauoow" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-22987548966836036932013-05-17T08:17:00.000-06:002013-05-17T08:17:23.801-06:002013-05-17T08:17:23.801-06:00<div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_s--n1TR94Vs/SF5bO0OGSQI/AAAAAAAAEq8/ypvgCA-uwys/s1600-h/stuffed-portabellos-kalyns-kitchen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Grilled Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms" border="0" height="333" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214705728635685122" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_s--n1TR94Vs/SF5bO0OGSQI/AAAAAAAAEq8/ypvgCA-uwys/s400/stuffed-portabellos-kalyns-kitchen.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" title="Grilled Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese [#Low-Glycemic #SouthBeachDiet friendly #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]" width="500"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These Grilled Portobello Mushrooms are stuffed with sausage, spinach, and cheese, but you could easily make this a vegetarian recipe as well.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> (For <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/search/label/Phase%20One%20Fridays"><b>Phase One Fridays</b></a> I highlight Phase One recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and since it&#39;s finally grilling weather again, how about making these Grilled Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese over the weekend?)<br>   <br> <a href="http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/portobellosportabellas.htm">Portobello mushrooms</a> are something I haven&#39;t cooked with nearly often enough, and they&#39;re a wonderfully healthy ingredient, particularly popular with people who are looking for something besides meat to cook on the grill. This isn&#39;t a vegetarian recipe since the mushrooms are stuffed with spicy Italian sausage, but I think the idea could easily be adapted to a vegetarian stuffed mushroom, maybe even replacing the sausage with diced portobellos.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2008/06/recipe-for-grilled-portobello-mushrooms.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=D4x0lIRLtMQ:BCcSNXt7V3w:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=D4x0lIRLtMQ:BCcSNXt7V3w:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/D4x0lIRLtMQ" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-65952379967545225072013-05-15T19:06:00.000-06:002013-05-15T19:06:40.289-06:002013-05-15T19:06:40.289-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MFWPmtQpQ7s/UZPsutZEOwI/AAAAAAAAfes/GYZIwF5vkAI/s1600/1-leafy-greens-garbanzo-feta-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Leafy Green Salad with Roasted Chickpeas (Garbanzos), Feta, and Mediterranean Sumac Dressing" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MFWPmtQpQ7s/UZPsutZEOwI/AAAAAAAAfes/GYZIwF5vkAI/s1600/1-leafy-greens-garbanzo-feta-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Leafy Green Salad with Roasted Chickpeas (Garbanzos), Feta, and Mediterranean Sumac Dressing [#Low-Glycemic #SouthBeachDiet friendly #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This Leafy Greens Salad with Roasted Chickpeas and Feta is perfect for <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/mediterranean-salad-dressing-with-sumac.html">Mediterranean Dressing with Sumac</a>, but if you don&#39;t want to make the dressing any lemony vinaigrette will work.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Now that you&#39;ve seen <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/mediterranean-salad-dressing-with-sumac.html">my new favorite salad dressing</a>, I thought I&#39;d show you a salad that&#39;s just perfect for the <b>Shake-in-a-Jar Mediterranean Dressing with Red Wine Vinegar, Lemon Juice, and Sumac</b>.  This is the type of salad I might make if I was having friends for dinner and wanted a side salad that was a bit of a wow, or I&#39;d eat a double portion of it for a big lunch salad.  There are endless salad combinations that would taste good with the Mediterranean Sumac Dressing, but the leafy greens, roasted chickpeas (also called garbanzos), and Feta in this salad really complement the dressing.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/leafy-greens-salad-chickpeas-feta.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=XzAD3MKo5wc:Pxi-l11LjQI:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=XzAD3MKo5wc:Pxi-l11LjQI:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/XzAD3MKo5wc" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-28125918421205119832013-05-14T21:24:00.000-06:002013-05-15T13:11:20.488-06:002013-05-15T13:11:20.488-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Z1PqEHakMM/UY-277AL2YI/AAAAAAAAfXk/-QmAGs1T6Vs/s1600/1-shaker-jar-med-dressing-450x450-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mediterranean Salad Dresing with Sumac" border="0" height="500" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Z1PqEHakMM/UY-277AL2YI/AAAAAAAAfXk/-QmAGs1T6Vs/s400/1-shaker-jar-med-dressing-450x450-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Mediterranean Salad Dresing with Sumac. [Easy, delicious, #low-glycemic, and #SouthBeachDiet friendly from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen.]" width="333"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A delicious and easy Mediterranean Dressing that you can use on a variety of greens, beans, or veggies.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> If you&#39;ve been reading my blog any time at all, you know I love all types of Mediterranean flavors.  One of the ingredients I discovered through blogging is the Mediterranean spice called <a href="http://www.thespicehouse.com/spices/powdered-sumac">Sumac</a>.  If you&#39;ve eaten at a Lebanese or Middle Eastern restaurant that had a little shaker jar of a dark reddish spice on the table, that was probably Sumac, or maybe <a href="http://www.thespicehouse.com/spices/zaatar">Za&#39;atar</a>, a spice blend that has Sumac as an ingredient.  I&#39;ve used Sumac in <a href="http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-3021137337137478%3Azi0p5qbvlgx&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;q=sumac&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=www.kalynskitchen.com%2F&amp;ref=&amp;ss=1336j579206j5#gsc.tab=0&amp;gsc.q=sumac&amp;gsc.page=1">lots of recipes on the blog</a>, and a fair number of readers have told me that they tried it and liked it.  But if you are still not acquainted with this wonderfully flavorful spice, I&#39;m hoping this delicious <b>Mediterranean Dressing with Red Wine Vinegar, Lemon, and Sumac</b> will be reason enough to get you to try it.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/mediterranean-salad-dressing-with-sumac.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=yo07FTYEfKA:ZefksxEVbvo:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=yo07FTYEfKA:ZefksxEVbvo:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/yo07FTYEfKA" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-33429186365663269032013-05-13T02:00:00.000-06:002013-05-13T02:00:03.509-06:002013-05-13T02:00:03.509-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F9qYTtD4heA/UYKMzZ0tCzI/AAAAAAAAfHE/fOiMxhRN9Ls/s1600/1-roasted-veg-pasta-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Whole Wheat Orcchiette Pasta Salad with Roasted Asparagus, Red Bell Pepper, and Mushrooms" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-F9qYTtD4heA/UYKMzZ0tCzI/AAAAAAAAfHE/fOiMxhRN9Ls/s1600/1-roasted-veg-pasta-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Whole Wheat Orcchiette Pasta Salad with Roasted Asparagus, Red Bell Pepper, and Mushrooms is a perfect salad for Meatless Monday. {#Low-Glycemic #SouthBeachDiet friendly #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen.]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Whole Wheat Orcchiette Pasta Salad with Roasted Asparagus, Red Bell Pepper, and Mushrooms is a perfect salad for <b>Meatless Monday</b>.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Today the temperature in Utah is supposed to get above 90F so we&#39;ve definitely entered the season for warm-weather eating, and lately I&#39;ve had pasta salad on my mind.  It seems like there are a lot of ho-hum combinations that give pasta salad a bad name, but I like the challenge of coming up with something that&#39;s really good, and I loved the <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/whole-wheat-spaghetti-salad-italian-sausage.html">Whole Wheat Spaghetti Salad</a> I made recently.  Then I excitedly discovered <a href="http://www.delallo.com/products/organic-whole-wheat-orecchiette-0">Delallo Organic Whole Wheat Orcchiette</a> at the store in my new town, and my mind started spinning with thoughts of making a really drool-worthy vegetarian pasta salad.   This <b>Whole Wheat Pasta Salad with Roasted Asparagus, Red Bell Pepper, and Mushrooms</b> has wonderful flavors from roasting the vegetables, and then I added this fun pasta shape, sliced green onion, chopped parsley, kicked-up Italian dressing and coarsely grated Parmesan to make a truly fantastic salad.  If you can&#39;t find the whole wheat Orecchiette I used, just use any smallish whole wheat pasta shape, even macaroni.  And if you&#39;re seeing this at a time of year when asparagus is not going to be available or you&#39;re not an asparagus fan, I&#39;d just increase the mushrooms and red peppers and you&#39;d still have a delicious salad.  (If you skip the Parmesan and use a vegan dressing, this salad could easily be vegan.) </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/whole-wheat-pasta-salad-roasted-asparagus-red-pepper-mushroom.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=lxQ1KgAKNVk:4omIQpmJGSc:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=lxQ1KgAKNVk:4omIQpmJGSc:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/lxQ1KgAKNVk" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-25178156532013078272013-05-10T02:00:00.000-06:002013-05-10T02:00:17.134-06:002013-05-10T02:00:17.134-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-riNbe_PHvtc/UYrFlIv-pdI/AAAAAAAAfM8/lm_WAs9GKto/s1600/Mothers-day-brunch-Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Mother&#39;s Day Brunch Recipes" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-riNbe_PHvtc/UYrFlIv-pdI/AAAAAAAAfM8/lm_WAs9GKto/s1600/Mothers-day-brunch-Collage.jpg" title="20 Favorite Recipe Ideas for Mother&#39;s Day Brunch"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you&#39;re cooking on Mother&#39;s Day, here are 20 favorites you might want to put on the menu.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ever since my Mother died in 1998, Mother&#39;s Day has been a bittersweet holiday for me.  Since I had <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2007/05/remembering-my-mother-on-mothers-day.html"><b>The World&#39;s Greatest Mother</b></a>, the day to remember moms just made me miss her all the more, and I wasn&#39;t lucky enough to become a mother myself, so I don&#39;t have that to celebrate.  However, I do see myself assuming a lot of &quot;motherly&quot; roles among my family and friends, (and not to forget those 30 years of mothering elementary school kids!)  So maybe my best contribution to the Mother&#39;s Day remembrances can be to encourage everyone I know to cherish and nurture your mothers while you still have them.  With that thought in mind, I decided to skip <span class="post-labels"><a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/search/label/Phase%20One%20Fridays" rel="tag">Phase One Friday</a></span> this week and share some deliciously healthy brunch ideas for anyone who might be cooking for Mother&#39;s Day this year.  And Happy Mother&#39;s Day this Sunday to all the moms who read my blog!</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/twenty-healthy-recipes-for-mothers-day-brunch.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=JqWeoDtp05A:zCKez-5N7TM:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=JqWeoDtp05A:zCKez-5N7TM:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/JqWeoDtp05A" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-23808628090889141432013-05-08T02:00:00.000-06:002013-05-08T02:00:04.701-06:002013-05-08T02:00:04.701-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V9CNLk73X6M/UWrFg1PILQI/AAAAAAAAewo/OssMLmzoGjg/s1600/1-orzo-salmon-asparagus-casserole-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Whole Wheat Orzo Casserole with Salmon, Asparagus, and Feta" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V9CNLk73X6M/UWrFg1PILQI/AAAAAAAAewo/OssMLmzoGjg/s1600/1-orzo-salmon-asparagus-casserole-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Whole Wheat Orzo Casserole with Salmon, Asparagus, and Feta [#SouthBeachDiet friendly #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I tried out this Orzo Salmon Casserole on some family members who stopped by, and it was a hit!</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Salmon</b>. <b>Asparagus</b>. <b>Feta</b>.  Maybe that&#39;s all I need to say about this recipe, because if you know me at all, you know a recipe with those favorite ingredients is going to be something I&#39;ll like.  Add a small amount of <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2011/08/kalyns-kitchen-picks-100-whole-wheat.html">100% Whole Wheat Orzo Pasta</a>, some drained low-fat cottage cheese for creaminess, green onions, dill, and Beau Monde seasoning, and I think you can tell why I absolutely loved this <b>Whole Wheat Orzo Casserole with Salmon, Asparagus and Feta</b>.  This was the second recipe of the two I mentioned that I tried out on my brother Mark, his wife Lisa, and their daughter-in-law Lindy who stopped by a few weeks ago, and they liked this one as much as they did the <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/chicken-black-bean-avocado-radish-salad.html">Chicken, Black Bean, Avocado, and Radish Salad</a>.  Even though it&#39;s a casserole, this is something I would serve to guests, and it&#39;s also good reheated if you manage to have any leftovers to eat the next day.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/whole-wheat-orzo-casserole-salmon-asparagus-feta.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=wieaGVesgFg:uQtqsrc4WlU:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=wieaGVesgFg:uQtqsrc4WlU:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/wieaGVesgFg" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-10200581360568817162013-05-06T02:00:00.000-06:002013-05-07T07:04:10.876-06:002013-05-07T07:04:10.876-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sUYL6YjMaL4/UYKVpaoP4XI/AAAAAAAAfIo/yNqm_9N3uh0/s1600/1-spicy-vegetarian-black-bean-cakes-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Spicy Black Bean Patties with Cilantro, Guacamole, and Tomatoes" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sUYL6YjMaL4/UYKVpaoP4XI/AAAAAAAAfIo/yNqm_9N3uh0/s1600/1-spicy-vegetarian-black-bean-cakes-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Spicy Black Bean Patties with Cilantro, Guacamole, and Tomatoes [#SouthBeachDiet friendly #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These Spicy Black Bean Patties would make a perfect dinner for Meatless Monday!</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> My love for black beans is <a href="http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-3021137337137478%3Azi0p5qbvlgx&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;q=black+beans&amp;sa=Search&amp;siteurl=www.kalynskitchen.com%2F&amp;ref=&amp;ss=2024j570754j11#gsc.tab=0&amp;gsc.q=black%20beans&amp;gsc.page=1">well documented</a>, and I&#39;ve had black bean patties jotted down in my little notebook of blog ideas for quite a while now.  Then recently I was absent-mindedly flipping through the pages of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0760769532/?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;condition=all&amp;creative=390957&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=kalynskitchen-20" target="_blank">a cookbook I got at a yard sale</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=kalynskitchen-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1">and saw a recipe that looked interesting.  I loved the addition of chopped cilantro and garlic to the black bean mixture, and the recipe used ingredients that I almost always have in the house.  Of course when Jake and I made these <b>Spicy Black Bean Cakes with Cilantro, Guacamole, and Tomatoes</b>, we changed the original recipe up a little, but these black bean cakes were definitely a winner. </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/spicy-black-bean-patties-guacamole-tomatoes.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=Mp2yCKs_Sbw:oSCTJ0VtNPM:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=Mp2yCKs_Sbw:oSCTJ0VtNPM:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/Mp2yCKs_Sbw" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-64260418685231881712013-05-04T08:50:00.000-06:002013-05-04T08:50:29.039-06:002013-05-04T08:50:29.039-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bWAuDDlWbvE/UX02jaZ_z4I/AAAAAAAAe_o/vtlMM-1QJWQ/s1600/1-cold-spaghetti-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Whole Wheat Spaghetti Salad" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bWAuDDlWbvE/UX02jaZ_z4I/AAAAAAAAe_o/vtlMM-1QJWQ/s1600/1-cold-spaghetti-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Whole Wheat Spaghetti Salad Recipe with Italian Sausage, Tomatoes, Olives, and Basil Vinaigrette [#SouthBeachDiet friendly #recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This delicious pasta salad has broken Whole Wheat Spaghetti, Turkey Italian Sausage, Tomatoes, Olives, and a Basil Vinaigrette.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It&#39;s a big party day at my house, and this delicious <b>Whole Wheat Spaghetti Salad with Italian Sausage, Tomatoes, Olives, and Basil Vinaigrette</b> is on the menu.   When I tested the recipe with Jake, this salad was so good that after I sent most of the leftovers home with him, I had to make it again a few days later!   Today our family is celebrating graduations and birthdays, and I&#39;m especially excited that my sister Laurel and her family are here from Oklahoma to attend the graduation of my niece Amanda from Snow College.  They&#39;ll be coming to the party and then spending the night at my house before they fly back home (and I am so thrilled to have a bigger house where there&#39;s room for my family to stay!)  </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/whole-wheat-spaghetti-salad-italian-sausage.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=P79vXUv_88w:-NZUhZ3SAVA:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=P79vXUv_88w:-NZUhZ3SAVA:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/P79vXUv_88w" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-34432446278927869722013-05-03T08:22:00.000-06:002013-05-03T19:18:37.154-06:002013-05-03T19:18:37.154-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_s--n1TR94Vs/SC5XCE-Ep0I/AAAAAAAAEJ4/r7B9ZocXZsM/s1600-h/sauteed-chicken-tarragon-mustard-sauce-kalynskitchen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chicken with tarragon mustard sauce" border="0" height="333" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201190312864950082" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_s--n1TR94Vs/SC5XCE-Ep0I/AAAAAAAAEJ4/r7B9ZocXZsM/s400/sauteed-chicken-tarragon-mustard-sauce-kalynskitchen.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" title="Sauteed Chicken Breasts with Tarragon-Mustard Pan Sauce [#SouthBeachDiet friendly #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]" width="500"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This easy and delicious chicken recipe is a good reason to grown French Tarragon in your garden!</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br> (For <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/search/label/Phase%20One%20Fridays"><b>Phase One Fridays</b></a> I highlight Phase One recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and I was reminded of this lovely chicken dish when a follower on <a href="https://twitter.com/kalynskitchen">Twitter</a> told me yesterday about how much she had enjoyed it.  If you&#39;re not growing French Tarragon, this recipe is a good reason to plant some because this simple dish of sauteed chicken breasts with a sauce featuring Dijon mustard and finely-chopped French tarragon makes a great dinner!)<br> <br> In 2008 I planted <a href="http://www.tastefulgarden.com/Tarragon.htm">French Tarragon</a> for the first time in my herb garden, and it was the beginning of a huge love affair with the flavor of tarragon. I tried <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2012/06/cooking-tips-for-gardeners-cooking-with.html">lots of different recipes using fresh tarragon</a>, and loved them all. Now it&#39;s herb-planting time again at a new house, and this year I&#39;ll be planting some French Tarragon among my flowers and praying that the deer don&#39;t like Tarragon! And I&#39;m looking forward to trying even more recipes with tarragon.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2008/05/sauteed-chicken-breasts-recipe-with.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=SHk2QTmADqU:Clgfj0VqFP0:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=SHk2QTmADqU:Clgfj0VqFP0:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/SHk2QTmADqU" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-12476114673030225812013-05-01T02:00:00.000-06:002013-05-01T07:15:18.219-06:002013-05-01T07:15:18.219-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bGDzAM3Utu8/UX6kwaYnpYI/AAAAAAAAfB4/BNqmxtk-4b8/s1600/Phase-one-apr-2013-Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="South Beach Diet Recipes" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bGDzAM3Utu8/UX6kwaYnpYI/AAAAAAAAfB4/BNqmxtk-4b8/s1600/Phase-one-apr-2013-Collage.jpg" title="#SouthBeachDiet Phase One #Recipes Round-up for April 2013 [from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite Phase One Recipes from April 2013 were <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/vegetarian-lentil-taco-salad.html">Lentil Taco Salad</a>, <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/roasted-asparagus-with-gremolata.html">Roasted Asparagus with Gremolata</a>, <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/roasted-garbanzo-vegetable-salad-feta-olives.html">Roasted Garbanzo and Vegetable Salad</a>, and <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2011/04/recipe-for-spicy-broccoli-jicama-salad.html">Spicy Broccoli Jicama Salad</a>.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It&#39;s May 1, and the gardener inside me is fighting to get out.  Unfortunately my new house has serious gardening challenges (like higher elevation and critters) that will take me at least a year to work out before I&#39;ll have a garden that&#39;s even close to <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/search/label/2012%20Garden%20Updates">the garden I&#39;m used to</a>.   I will plant a few things in the small chicken-wire enclosed garden space the previous owners had, and I do have a few herbs growing in my window, but I may have to make more trips to the farmer&#39;s market, or even share a CSA share with someone to get my veggie fix this summer.  </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/05/south-beach-diet-phase-one-recipes-round-up.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=u3tlU1vy53Y:EuCTHyjyY3Y:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=u3tlU1vy53Y:EuCTHyjyY3Y:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/u3tlU1vy53Y" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-15534127082743789352013-04-29T02:00:00.000-06:002013-04-29T04:15:38.892-06:002013-04-29T04:15:38.892-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5qPu5fwwobo/UX5HZmNi6YI/AAAAAAAAfBo/Nc_kQrdOyqE/s1600/green-olive-deviled-egg-1-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Deviled Eggs with Green Olives, Capers, and Dijon" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5qPu5fwwobo/UX5HZmNi6YI/AAAAAAAAfBo/Nc_kQrdOyqE/s1600/green-olive-deviled-egg-1-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Deviled eggs with Green Olives, Capers, and Dijon. For green olive lovers, these are a &quot;must try!&quot; [#SouthBeachDiet friendly #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen] "></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For green olive lovers, these deviled eggs are about as good as it gets! </td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> These <b>Deviled Eggs with Green Olives, Capers, and Dijon</b> were one of the first things I made in <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/kalyns-kitchen-turns-eight.html">my new kitchen</a>.   I wasn&#39;t used to the abundance of light so the photos are not that great, and this is not the kind of thing I usually post for my <b><a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/search/label/Meatless%20Monday">Meatless Monday</a></b> picks, although eggs are definitely allowed under the <a href="http://www.meatlessmonday.com/nutritional-guidelines/">Meatless Monday Guidelines</a>.  Despite all those things, I loved these eggs so much I had to share them.  I promise you, if you&#39;re a green olive lover (like my brother Mark, my sister Sandee, and myself) these deviled eggs are a &quot;must try.&quot;  It&#39;s getting close to summer potluck weather, and if you take these to any type of summer gathering, I bet they will be one of the first things to disappear from the buffet table.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/green-olive-deviled-eggs.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=xtQvZ4iC0l4:tMuqJkZDAo0:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=xtQvZ4iC0l4:tMuqJkZDAo0:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/xtQvZ4iC0l4" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-20233829471323174672013-04-27T10:01:00.000-06:002013-04-27T10:04:26.250-06:002013-04-27T10:04:26.250-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yrRHuZFn3zg/UXvopqOgIlI/AAAAAAAAe9Q/MvLbN0TQVis/s1600/1-salmon-sun-dried-tom-salsa-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Grilled Salmon with Sun-Dried Tomato, Olive, Caper, and Parsley Relish" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yrRHuZFn3zg/UXvopqOgIlI/AAAAAAAAe9Q/MvLbN0TQVis/s1600/1-salmon-sun-dried-tom-salsa-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Grilled Salmon with Sun-Dried Tomato, Olive, Caper, and Parsley Relish [#SouthBeachDiet Phase One #Recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This relish with sun-dried tomatoes, olives, capers, and parsley perfectly enhances the flavor of grilled salmon.</td></tr> </tbody></table><br> <div style="text-align: justify;">(Updated April 2013 with better photos and step-by-step photos.)  I first posted this <b>Grilled Salmon with Sun-Dried Tomato, Olive, Caper, and Parsley Relish</b> back in 2007, when my beloved <a href="http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/">Fine Cooking magazine</a> had a feature about sauces to finish off grilled fish, and I thought this recipe idea sounded especially interesting. I made the sun-dried tomato relish, with slight changes to the recipe, and I loved the way it enhanced the salmon. When I made this in 2007, I gave some to my (former) neighbor <a href="http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2005/09/summer-red-and-yellow-tomato-saladwith.html">Brooke</a>, and within a day she had e-mailed to ask for the recipe! I highly recommend you try this delicious way to add that special something to grilled salmon, and I think it would taste wonderful on other types of fish or chicken breasts too. I&#39;m consistently happy with recipes I find in Fine Cooking, and this recipe is something I&#39;ll be making over and over. Here&#39;s my version of this delicious relish and grilled salmon combination.</div><br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2007/09/grilled-salmon-with-sun-dried-tomato.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=xWVxGUwRUdY:N0CeKR96O08:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=xWVxGUwRUdY:N0CeKR96O08:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/xWVxGUwRUdY" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-66776900333373359862013-04-26T07:43:00.000-06:002013-04-26T07:43:17.556-06:002013-04-26T07:43:17.556-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u9fs6oa4Sgo/Ta8Pgchg7qI/AAAAAAAARdM/aUAcgWeHghs/s1600/1-spicy-broccoli-jicama-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Spicy Broccoli-Jicama Salad with Red Bell Pepper and Black Sesame Seeds" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u9fs6oa4Sgo/Ta8Pgchg7qI/AAAAAAAARdM/aUAcgWeHghs/s1600/1-spicy-broccoli-jicama-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Spicy Broccoli-Jicama Salad with Red Bell Pepper and Black Sesame Seeds [Delicious, nutritious, and colorful #SouthBeachDiet Phase One recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you haven&#39;t discovered how delicious jicama is, this salad is a great way to try it.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br> (For <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/search/label/Phase%20One%20Fridays"><b>Phase One Fridays</b></a> I highlight Phase One recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and this <b>Spicy Broccoli-Jicama Salad with Red Bell Pepper and Black Sesame Seeds</b> is not only delicious and colorful, but it&#39;s highly nutritious.) <br> <br> Every so often I get infatuated with a certain ingredient and end up using it over and over until something new catches my eye.  Currently I&#39;m really quite smitten with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyrhizus_erosus">jicama</a>, both for the crunch and the slightly-sweet flavor that goes well with so many other things.  When I&#39;m creating my own recipes, the best ones seem to come about almost by accident when I start thinking about the ingredient I&#39;m currently infatuated with, and suddenly a recipe idea will pop into my head. Those recipes don&#39;t always turn out to be keepers on the first try, but the second version was a winner for this Spicy Broccoli-Jicama salad.  </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2011/04/recipe-for-spicy-broccoli-jicama-salad.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=GvZ50A7UaEM:8QgiDfUqJDA:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=GvZ50A7UaEM:8QgiDfUqJDA:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/GvZ50A7UaEM" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-70985085783677339822013-04-24T13:03:00.000-06:002013-04-24T13:03:47.420-06:002013-04-24T13:03:47.420-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1T8XXi6aXbA/UXLWFThEbaI/AAAAAAAAe40/g0CQubWxTYk/s1600/CakeWith8Candles.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1T8XXi6aXbA/UXLWFThEbaI/AAAAAAAAe40/g0CQubWxTYk/s400/CakeWith8Candles.gif" width="368"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Eight-Candle Cake Image from <a href="http://www.wtv-zone.com/Htmlhelp/Bruce/Birthday-directory/Birthday2.html">Bruce&#39;s Birthday Images and Links)</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When I sat down at the computer and wrote <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2005/04/welcome-to-kalyns-kitchen.html">this post</a> eight years ago, I couldn&#39;t imagine what an adventure I was starting with this little food blog.  Since then I&#39;ve retired after 30 years of teaching, <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2006/07/food-bloggers-meet-at-blogher-2006.html">met</a> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2007/07/blogher-07-in-chicago-good-friends-good.html">a lot</a> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2008/07/blogher-2008-meets-in-san-francisco-and.html">of</a> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2009/07/friday-night-photos-fun-times-meeting.html">fellow</a> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2009/10/friday-night-photos-food-blogger-fun-at.html">food</a> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2011/05/friday-night-photos-farmers-market-envy.html">bloggers</a> and become real-life friends with some of them, been inspired by the amazing women at <a href="http://www.blogher.com/">BlogHer</a>, been a speaker at a few food blogging conferences, <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2009/08/friday-night-photos-house-renovations-v.html">remodeled my 100 year old house in Salt Lake City</a>, got <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2010/03/friday-night-photos-new-stove-at-chez.html">an amazing stove</a>, <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2008/04/growboxes-first-garden-update-for-2008.html">built a raised-bed garden</a>,  and started a second blog focused on <a href="http://www.slowcookerfromscratch.com/">Slow Cooker from Scratch</a> recipes.</div> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I&#39;ve written 1,958 posts on Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen in eight years (!) and I&#39;m grateful I now have <a href="http://makemyblogpretty.com/">a fabulous web designer</a> as well as my nephew/cooking assistant <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2011/09/friday-night-photos-introducing-jake.html">Jake</a>, who helps me test recipes to make sure they work when you try them in your own kitchen!   I also appreciate the ongoing design help from my brother Rand, who originally suggested I start a blog (and how can I ever thank him for that?)  Rand has created all the headers and other graphics you&#39;ve seen on the blog through the years.  </div> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Eight years have brought a lot of changes, and this year I decided on another big change and bought a bigger house in the town where I grew up north of Salt Lake.  As hard as it was to leave the house and garden I had lovingly refurbished and a neighborhood filled with nice people, from the time my father died in early 2011, I wanted a house big enough for my whole extended family to gather.  I found a wonderful house that&#39;s perfect for having family and friends over, and since I&#39;ve been promising to share kitchen photos, that seems like a fun way to celebrate eight years of food blogging.  </div> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But before I get to the photos, <b>I want to give a big Thank You to my readers</b>.  Without readers and your encouragement and comments there would be no incentive to keep blogging, and I&#39;m tremendously grateful for the support you&#39;ve given my humble little blog.  In last year&#39;s anniversary post on <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2012/04/kalyns-kitchen-celebrates-seven-years.html">Seven Things I Know About Food Blogging</a>, I<b> </b>mentioned my goal of staying focused on things that are useful for readers, and I&#39;m hoping I can continue doing that for many more years to come!</div> <br> And now, on to the new kitchen!<br> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/kalyns-kitchen-turns-eight.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=k2yiMoFSRWY:wwBmoXjTl48:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=k2yiMoFSRWY:wwBmoXjTl48:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/k2yiMoFSRWY" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com75tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-40691424868933607952013-04-23T16:16:00.000-06:002013-04-28T09:29:23.149-06:002013-04-28T09:29:23.149-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_i7k2jS_1Q/UXZ-73yXA3I/AAAAAAAAe5k/NI5rnxfF6lQ/s1600/1-roasted-asparagus-gremolata-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Roasted Asparagus with Gremolata" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e_i7k2jS_1Q/UXZ-73yXA3I/AAAAAAAAe5k/NI5rnxfF6lQ/s1600/1-roasted-asparagus-gremolata-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Roasted Asparagus with Gremolata is one of those simple recipes you&#39;ll want to make over and over! [#SouthBeachDiet friendly #lowcarb recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you like asparagus, lemon, garlic, and parsley, this Roasted Asparagus with Gremolata is one of those simple recipes you&#39;ll make over and over.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I just shared the <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/how-to-make-gremolata-and-recipe-ideas.html">reasons I think you should add Gremolata to your cooking repertoire</a>, and if you like asparagus this recipe for <b>Easy and Amazing Roasted Asparagus with Gremolata</b> is one of the first ways I&#39;d suggest using that Gremolata once you&#39;ve made it.  This is so good that I&#39;m confident in saying that if you try it, this will become one of those simple-but-amazing recipes you&#39;ll make over and over.  And if you keep the asparagus in whole spears the way we did, it looks so impressive that your friends or family will never guess how easy this way to get to the table.  </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/roasted-asparagus-with-gremolata.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=NpB4WdbFldc:blJHNCkX0yI:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=NpB4WdbFldc:blJHNCkX0yI:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/NpB4WdbFldc" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-82530057175004438592013-04-23T16:15:00.000-06:002013-04-23T17:06:55.736-06:002013-04-23T17:06:55.736-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U9NnqVHuC94/UW1wb-xOR7I/AAAAAAAAe0U/_6k3paZpGFs/s1600/1-gremolata-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Gremolata" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-U9NnqVHuC94/UW1wb-xOR7I/AAAAAAAAe0U/_6k3paZpGFs/s1600/1-gremolata-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="How to Make Gremolata (and why you should!) [#SouthBeachDiet friendly flavor enhancer from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Gremolata</b> can bring the fresh-herb flavors of summer to your food all year round!</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Anyone who&#39;s been following my blog for a while already knows that I&#39;m a fresh herb enthusiast!  If you&#39;re a cook who&#39;s discovered the wonderful way that <a href="http://www.blogher.com/free-tagging/cooking-fresh-herbs?tab=all-posts"><b>cooking with fresh herbs</b></a> can enhance the flavor of foods without adding fat or calories, then it won&#39;t be hard to understand why I think everyone should learn how to make <b>Gremolata</b>.  This simple but profound combination of finely minced fresh lemon peel, minced fresh garlic, and minced fresh parsley adds freshness and a little zing to any food you sprinkle it on.  I used it recently to add that extra something to a pasta dish (recipe coming!) and I wasn&#39;t sure if Gremolata needed a post of its own, but when I mentioned it to several friends and family members, I discovered that this simple herb combination is not something everyone knows about!  So this post is my Gremolata Public Service Announcement for everyone who hasn&#39;t discovered it yet.  And best of all, in the dead of winter when fresh herbs are expensive and hard to come by, you can always get lemons, garlic, and fresh parsley to make this and bring a touch of summer to your cooking.  </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/how-to-make-gremolata-and-recipe-ideas.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=JGpgzwR8PYI:xKSRlCPPU5Q:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=JGpgzwR8PYI:xKSRlCPPU5Q:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/JGpgzwR8PYI" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-53212531047886888022013-04-22T02:00:00.000-06:002013-04-22T02:00:00.474-06:002013-04-22T02:00:00.474-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oKdaLVajJ-k/UW2TkJJzV8I/AAAAAAAAe3E/0NDf5-BH6Ik/s1600/1-roasted-garbanzo-vegetable-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oKdaLVajJ-k/UW2TkJJzV8I/AAAAAAAAe3E/0NDf5-BH6Ik/s1600/1-roasted-garbanzo-vegetable-salad-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you&#39;re not a garbanzo fan, make this with another type of beans, but you must try this salad where the beans are roasted with the vegetables!</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When he was staying at my house, my brother Rand came home one day with a garbanzo salad from the market.  The salad was okay but not anything that was especially memorable, but doctoring up that salad to give it a bit more wow was what inspired this <b>Roasted Garbanzo and Vegetable Salad with Garlic, Feta, Olives, and Basil</b>.  And everything about the salad I came up with was perfect (if I do say so myself), including the way I roasted the garbanzos, red bell peppers, and red onions with garlic to add more flavor, the savory saltiness from the Feta and olives, and extra punch from sliced fresh basil added at the end.  I&#39;m growing basil in the window of that new kitchen I keep promising to show you, but if you don&#39;t have basil I think chopped parsley would be delicious as well.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/roasted-garbanzo-vegetable-salad-feta-olives.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=TT7d57viTho:90E0MXgynGE:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=TT7d57viTho:90E0MXgynGE:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/TT7d57viTho" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-1139702279928024802013-04-20T09:29:00.000-06:002013-04-20T09:29:37.124-06:002013-04-20T09:29:37.124-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5idbjQpsRn8/UW2FNS5nQ2I/AAAAAAAAe1I/P1ijnX7dw9o/s1600/1-pasta-sausage-collard-greens-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pasta with Italian Sausage and Collard Greens" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5idbjQpsRn8/UW2FNS5nQ2I/AAAAAAAAe1I/P1ijnX7dw9o/s1600/1-pasta-sausage-collard-greens-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Pasta with Italian Sausage and Collard Greens (or use any type of greens you&#39;d like!) "></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Collard greens, garlic, and red pepper flakes are tossed with browned turkey Italian sausage and pasta in this easy and delicious recipe.  If you haven&#39;t warmed up to collards, use any type of greens you&#39;d like!</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (Updated with greatly improved photos and better instructions, April 2013.)  This easy and delicious recipe for <b>Pasta with Italian Sausage and Collard Greens</b> was adapted from one of my most-used cookbooks, Mark Bittman&#39;s <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&amp;tag=kalynskitchen-20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;location=/gp/search%3F%26index=books%26keywords=Mark%20Bittman%26_encoding=UTF8">The Best Recipes in the World</a></span>.  I&#39;ve been cooking from this book since I first discovered it in 2006, and haven&#39;t found a bad recipe yet.   My version of this classic dish uses nutritious dark green collard greens, and I&#39;m also using turkey Italian sausage, since it&#39;s lower in fat and turkey is one of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060535679/104-1515736-7237543?v=glance&amp;n=283155">Superfoods</a>.  I also used more collards and sausage in proportion to the macaroni to make this more nutritious. When I first made <a href="http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2006/01/happy-new-year-everyonehopping-john.html">Hopping John Soup</a> I discovered how much I liked collard greens, and the only time I might change when I make this again is to double the collard greens for even more veggie goodness.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2006/02/pasta-with-sausage-and-collard.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=tN9Y3CTKJkM:5LQoo181dsI:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=tN9Y3CTKJkM:5LQoo181dsI:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/tN9Y3CTKJkM" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-90539422045017183502013-04-19T08:00:00.000-06:002013-04-19T08:01:17.440-06:002013-04-19T08:01:17.440-06:00<div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_s--n1TR94Vs/RezSV6s205I/AAAAAAAAAqk/ZWBPUmeaQLI/s1600-h/swedishmeatballstop_kalynskitchen.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="333" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038633357097227154" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_s--n1TR94Vs/RezSV6s205I/AAAAAAAAAqk/ZWBPUmeaQLI/s400/swedishmeatballstop_kalynskitchen.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="500"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swedish Meatballs made from lean beef and reduced-fat pork sausage are perfectly seasoned.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> (For <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/search/label/Phase%20One%20Fridays"><b>Phase One Fridays</b></a> I highlight Phase One recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and these Baked Swedish Meatballs that I first made in 2007 are delicious and easy to make.  This recipe could certainly use a photo update, so I think I need to make them again soon.)<br> <br> Way back in my recipe archives I have a recipe for <a href="http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2005/04/swedish-meatballs-with-paprika-gravy.html">Swedish Meatballs in Paprika Gravy</a>. (I kind of cringe when I see some of those very earliest recipes now, although they did taste pretty good.) Then in January 2007 I spotted the <a href="http://annesfood.blogspot.com/2006/12/swedish-meatballs-oven-baked.html">Oven-Baked Swedish Meatballs from Anne&#39;s Food</a>. When I saw Anne&#39;s recipe, I realized I&#39;d never tasted authentic Swedish Meatballs with seasonings like ginger, cardamom, and allspice. Since Anne is blogging from Sweden, I trust her on this recipe. I decided I had to try them, and despite the fact that they weren&#39;t terribly photogenic, what a great flavor with all those lovely spices. I loved this recipe, and the fact that they&#39;re baked instead of fried was a nice bonus.</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2007/03/baked-swedish-meatballs.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=jwGhmOjJvEY:vt-s8x8v43I:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=jwGhmOjJvEY:vt-s8x8v43I:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/jwGhmOjJvEY" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-60166447222277219342013-04-17T02:00:00.000-06:002013-04-18T07:01:28.144-06:002013-04-18T07:01:28.144-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ntKmw18Pq8A/UW1mykwPk2I/AAAAAAAAey0/Fh7arrq5Vkk/s1600/1-chicken-salad-blackbean-avocado-radish-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Chicken, Black Bean, Avocado, and Radish Salad with Lime and Cilantro" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ntKmw18Pq8A/UW1mykwPk2I/AAAAAAAAey0/Fh7arrq5Vkk/s1600/1-chicken-salad-blackbean-avocado-radish-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Chicken, Black Bean, Avocado, and Radish Salad with Lime and Cilantro [#SouthBeachDiet friendly recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grab some radishes and make this Chicken, Black Bean, Avocado, and Radish Salad with Lime and Cilantro.  (If you&#39;re a cilantro hater I&#39;d just leave it out and double the green onion.)</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> I made this <b>Chicken, Black Bean, Avocado, and Radish Salad with Lime and Cilantro </b>several times to get the flavors just right, and when I was making the final version (with the addition of radishes for color and a little crunch) my brother Mark, his wife Lisa, and their daughter-in-law Lindy dropped by just as I was starting the recipe.  I convinced them to hang around while I made the salad and took photos, which might be the best excuse ever for a rather messy-looking bowl of salad that could have been styled a bit more carefully!  Being close enough for family members to drop in is just one of the things I absolutely love about the new house.  And by the way, I fed my visitors this salad, as well as leftovers from a casserole that hasn&#39;t made it to the blog yet, and both dishes were definitely a hit!</div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/chicken-black-bean-avocado-radish-salad.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=Jr0vtNeLDCs:mozM6h57dOs:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=Jr0vtNeLDCs:mozM6h57dOs:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/Jr0vtNeLDCs" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-44927039892641040422013-04-15T02:00:00.000-06:002013-04-15T02:00:15.645-06:002013-04-15T02:00:15.645-06:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EcbsMnJZQUk/UWsmgppMbWI/AAAAAAAAeyg/9yrQkvtcJ6o/s1600/1-slow-cooker-pasta-fagioli-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Slow Cooker Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli Soup" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EcbsMnJZQUk/UWsmgppMbWI/AAAAAAAAeyg/9yrQkvtcJ6o/s1600/1-slow-cooker-pasta-fagioli-500x500-kalynskitchen.jpg" title="Slow Cooker Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli Soup [#SouthBeachDiet friendly recipe from Kalyn&#39;s Kitchen]"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made <b>Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli Soup</b> in my new Ninja Cooker, but you can use any slow cooker.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Pasta e Fagioli means simply &quot;pasta and beans&quot; and there are many variations of this traditional Italian soup.  If you have an Italian grandmother, this is the soup she probably made for you, or perhaps you&#39;ve had a version of it at an Italian restaurant.  Either way, this soup is Italian comfort food at its best.  In Utah we&#39;re right smack in the middle of those spring weather fluctuations where the temperature can drop 20 degrees overnight, and this <b>Slow Cooker Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli Soup</b> tasted great when I tried it out with my brother Rand on one of those chilly days. </div> <br> <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2013/04/slow-cooker-vegetarian-pasta-e-fagioli-soup.html#more">Click to continue reading</a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?a=1Bg1kPTFgCk:Nbl7CKnCSW0:XhI0_UKdTUU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/KalynsKitchen?i=1Bg1kPTFgCk:Nbl7CKnCSW0:XhI0_UKdTUU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/KalynsKitchen/~4/1Bg1kPTFgCk" height="1" width="1"/>Kalyn Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02499065771517548587noreply@blogger.com15