Can Be Paleo, Easy to Cook, Favorites, Five Ingredients, Gluten-Free, Low Carb, Phase One Fridays Garden Cucumber Salad Recipe with Tuna and Sweet Basil This simple salad with cucumbers, tuna, and fresh basil is perfect for a quick lunch! (For Phase One Fridays I highlight Phase One recipes ... Read More
Appetizers, Gluten-Free, Main Dishes, SIDE DISHES, vegetables Sicilian Caponata... Sicilian Caponata...a taste of Summer. I've been waiting for the end of summer to make this dish. Sure, summer isn't over yet, but... Read More
Cooking Tips for Gardeners Cooking Tips for Gardeners: Cooking with Fresh Mint Mint adds an interesting flavor twist to Turkey and Quinoa Patties with Yogurt Sauce . In Utah gardens sometimes keep producing until early ... Read More
Favorites, Gluten-Free, Kid Friendly, Low Carb Grilled Curried Chicken Skewers with Spicy Peanut Sauce These Grilled Curried Chicken Skewers are great with the Spicy Peanut Sauce! (Updated August 2012 with better photos and instructions.) I l... Read More
Chicago Restaurants Cantina Laredo-Downtown Chicago Cantina Laredo is our favorite Mexican restaurant in downtown Chicago. The location is 508 North State Street. The menu is modern Mexi... Read More
desserts, Phyllo Dough, snacks, vegetables Zucchini Mock "Apple" Pie Filling... and Zucchini Mock "Apple" Strudel Zucchini Mock "Apple" Pie Filling... and Zucchini Mock "Apple" Strudel I know, I know... yet another strudel recipe. But... Read More
Gluten-Free, Meatless, Meatless Monday Recipe for Vegetarian Stuffed Zucchini with Brown Rice, Black Beans, Chiles, Cheddar, and Cotija Cheese Vegetarian Stuffed Zucchini with Brown Rice, Black Beans, Green Chiles, and Cheese for Meatless Monday! My garden is still supplying me with... Read More
Vegetarian 101-A Cookbook Review Over the past few months I have amassed quite a collection of cookbooks, but haven't had much time even in the summer to try out recipes... Read More
Main Dish: Beef Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers I’m all about a new twist on an old classic! These were delicious and extremely fast and easy. The kids and hubby LOVED them. It tastes exac... Read More
Can Be Paleo, Easy to Cook, Favorites, Five Ingredients, Gluten-Free, Kid Friendly, Low Carb, Meatless, Phase One Fridays, Vegan Recipe for Lemony Green Beans (Green Beans with Lemon Juice and Lemon Zest) Super easy and delicious Green Beans with Lemon Juice and Lemon Zest. (For Phase One Fridays I highlight Phase One recipes from the past ... Read More
Easy to Cook, Favorites, Gluten-Free Recipe for Baby Kale, White Bean, and Tuna Salad with Lemon Baby Kale, White Bean, and Tuna Salad; perfect for a summer lunch! Besides the obvious seasonal vegetables, there are a few other ingredient... Read More
Appetizers, Gluten-Free, Sauces, SIDE DISHES, vegetables Moroccan Eggplant with Sesame Yoghurt Dressing Grilled Eggplant with Sesame Yoghurt Dressing... Gordon Ramsay. I came across this recipe for grilled eggplant recently while leafing throug... Read More
Almost wordless Wednesday My Wee One got glasses Look Mom I got glasses Working the Camera Trying them on for the first time My Mini me-Had to have glasses too! Read More
Easy to Cook, Favorites, Five Ingredients, Kid Friendly, Low Carb, Meatless Recipe for Moms Creamed Zucchini (a Denny Family secret!) The secret Denny Family "Creamed" Zucchini! (Updated with better photos and more complete instructions, August 2012.) Every famil... Read More
Cupcakes, Dessert, Frosting Lemon Blueberry Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting These little babies gave me my first paid cupcake job:) I made them, someone tasted them and then asked me to make them for a birthday party... Read More
The 137 Project A few days ago online I saw some of my twitter peeps talking about this Project 137. I looked into and I was sold. It was a 137 day projec... Read More
Favorites, Gluten-Free, Low Carb, Meatless, Meatless Monday Recipe for Zucchini Crust Vegetarian Pizza Margherita (on the grill or in the oven) Vegetarian Pizza Margherita, with a crust made of grated zucchini. This seems to be the summer for pizza crust experiments at Chez Kalyn, an... Read More
Gluten-Free, Low Carb, Meatless Recipe for Swiss Chard and Mushroom Squares Flavorful Swiss Chard and Mushroom Squares will work for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. (Updated August 2012 with better photos and instructio... Read More
Easy to Cook, Favorites, Gluten-Free, Low Carb, Meatless, Phase One Fridays Recipe for Tomato, Olive, and Fresh Mozzarella Salad with Basil Vinaigrette All the flavors of summer in this Tomato, Olive, and Fresh Mozzarella Salad with Basil Vinaigrette For Phase One Fridays I highlight Phase ... Read More
Appetizers, Gluten-Free, Salads, SIDE DISHES, vegetables Spicy Korean Red Pepper (Gochugaru) Cucumber Salad Spicy Korean Red Pepper (Gochugaru) Cucumber Salad... Summer, for me, usually means I use more fresh vegetables in our daily meals... somet... Read More
Dog Stuff Introducing Biscuit-confirmation as to why I am crazy So meet Biscuit (formal name...Biscuit Beauregard Hunt) the newest and possibility cutest member of the Hunt family. He is a Daschund mix m... Read More
Main Dish: Chicken, Main Dish: Oriental Thai Chicken AKA: The Best Chicken EVER I had this for the first time at my Aunt Mara’s house. I’ve gotten A LOT of my awesome recipes from her and her recipe collections. She sugg... Read More
Easy to Cook, Favorites, Five Ingredients, Gluten-Free Recipe for Foil-Wrapped Grilled Tilapia Packets with Pesto, Tomatoes, and Green Onions Tilapia pieces, seasoned with fish rub, spread with pesto, and grilled in foil with tomatoes and green onions. I love to cook fish on the gr... Read More
Cola, Rumple Minze Kahula Recipes: The "Black Ice" cocktail made with Rumple Minze and coke. Kahula Recipes: Learn how to make the "Black Ice" cocktail. Made with Rumple Minze and coke. From what i understand the "Blac... Read More
chicken, Main Dish Rotisserie Chicken I got this basic rotisserie chicken recipe from allrecipes.com . It was delicious but I made two changes. First change is I don't cook ... Read More
Gluten-Free, Main Dishes, Pressure Cooker, Romanian food, soup, vegetables Romanian Tomato Soup... or "Ciorba de Rosii" Romanian Tomato Soup... or "Ciorba de Rosii" Ciorba de rosii was a staple at our house when I was growing up... always made dur... Read More