This delicious Turkey Picadillo is a perfect low-carb meal served in lettuce wraps, but see tips below for more ways to serve it. Or if turkey Picadillo doesn’t sound like your thing, use the recipe to make tasty Picadillo with ground beef. PIN Turkey Picadillo to try it later! This Turkey Picadillo was so delicious served in Lettuce Wraps for a slightly-spicy low-carb lettuce wrap meal! And I’m a firm believer that you can never have too many recipes for lettuce wraps, and they’re something I always enjoy when I’m focused on really low-carb eating.  Through the years I’ve made so many l ..read more

There are so many of my favorite flavors in this tasty Greek Green Bean Salad (with Greek Olives and Feta) that uses fresh green beans! And this green bean salad with Greek Flavors is low in carbs, and it’s also gluten-free. PIN the Greek Green Bean Salad to try it later! This favorite Greek Green Bean Salad (with Greek Olives and Feta Cheese) could be a lovely side dish for something cooked on the grill. I first made this green bean salad salad with Feta years ago and took it to a barbecue at the house of my friends Mary and Ken, and I’ve been making it ever since.  The original version ..read more

Bacon and Pea Salad is a popular party salad that’s perfect to make for a special occasion any time of year. My version of this salad uses frozen peas, bacon, cheddar cheese, green onion, slivered almonds, and a mayo-sour cream dressing, and has only 9 net carbs per serving and 14 grams protein! PIN Bacon and Pea Salad to make it later! Today I’m excited to share this new recipe for Bacon and Pea Salad, and if you’re celebrating the Fourth of July this week, this is a perfect salad for a holiday party. My cooking assistant (and niece) Kara and I absolutely loved this salad with peas, bacon, c ..read more

This delightful Quinoa Avocado Salad has some crunch from radishes and cucumber and a flavorful cumin-lime vinaigrette. This is perfect for a summer side dish with only 10 net carbs per serving! PIN Quinoa Avocado Salad to try it later! I have to confess that the first time I tried the recipe, I was completely surprised by how much I enjoyed this Quinoa Avocado Salad! So if you haven’t cooked with quinoa much I hope you’ll be open-minded about it! And this is a salad that’s loaded with flavor from avocado, radishes, and cucumbers and it also has a delicious cumin-lime vinaigrette that perfect ..read more

Grilled Chicken Thighs with Lemon and Za’atar are perfect for an easy summer dinner with Middle Eastern flavors. And the grilled chicken thighs with lemon will still be absolutely delicious even if you don’t have Za’atar!  Pin the Grilled Chicken Thighs recipe to try it later! For recipes on this blog I try to walk a fine line between trying interesting things that catch my eye and using ingredients people will have, so if anyone just wrinkled their nose up at the mention of Za’atar in this recipe for Grilled Chicken Thighs (with Lemon and Za’atar), let me start by emphasizing that you c ..read more

Here are 24 Amazing Salads with Dried Beans that are perfect for summer or great to keep on hand for lunches any time of year! And these salads combine the beans with protein or low-carb vegetables so they’re probably lower in carbs than you might think! PIN my favorite Salads with Dried Beans to try some later! Most people who like dried beans love salads with dried beans, and here are 24 Amazing Salads with Dried Beans that are all just so tasty! And you can cook beans in the slow cooker or Instant Pot (or on the stove) or make it easy and just use rinsed and drained canned beans in these r ..read more

This Spicy Chicken Salad with Ginger and Lemon is a tasty year-round salad to make with leftover chicken or turkey! And I’ve updated this recipe with more user-friendly options to make it a bit easier to get on the table! PIN the Spicy Chicken Salad to make it later! This delicious Spicy Chicken Salad with Ginger and Lemon is a salad I first made years ago to use some leftover turkey at Thanksgiving. Then though the years I started to make the salad more often with chicken instead of turkey, and now I’m guessing that’s what most people would use to make this tasty salad. The salad features ch ..read more

After I had a pretty serious accident cutting up an avocado, a reader recommended this inexpensive little Avocado Tool! And I’ve enjoyed using this simple avocado tool so much, I’m making it one of my Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks! PIN OXO Avocado Tool to find it later! If you’re following me on Instagram you might remember when I had a pretty scary accident where I was cutting up an avocado and when I stabbed the pit (like I had done hundreds of times before) the knife went into a natural split in the seed and right into my hand, clear to the bone! It bled like crazy and I ended up with a visit to t ..read more

These tasty low-carb Marinated Beef Kabobs are a recipe I used to make at Lake Powell, and these grilled beef kabobs are so delicious! This is a perfect recipe to make for a special occasion and also great to marinate all day and then grill the beef kabobs when you get home from work. PIN the Marinated Beef Kabobs recipe to try it later! It’s Father’s Day weekend and for this week’s Friday Favorites post I’m reminding you about these tasty kabobs! In one of my previous lives (before food blogging!) I used to cater houseboat trips on Utah’s beautiful Lake Powell, and these Marinated Beef Kabob ..read more

This Ropa Vieja recipe is my version of a well-known Cuban dish with shredded beef, tomatoes, peppers, onions, and spices. And when I was researching the recipe I found that many recipes include green olives which was definitely a winner for me, but you can omit those if you prefer! Pin the Ropa Vieja Recipe to try it later! In April I went on a wonderful trip to Cuba with my friends Cristina and Carol. We traveled with Holbrook Travel, who did an amazing job of organizing everything (and they are not giving me free trips or paying me to mention them!) On the trip I met some lovely people, to ..read more