This Kale Pasta Salad has a lot of fried kale, tomatoes, olives, Feta, and pesto vinaigrette and only a moderate amount of pasta! And now we’re updating the recipe to use Fiber Gourmet Light Rotini, for a pasta salad with only about 16 net carbs per serving and 10 grams of protein. PIN Kale Pasta Salad to try it later! This Kale Pasta Salad is a recipe I first made years ago with my nephew Jake, back in the days when I was a fan of whole wheat pasta. And Jake and I used lots of the other other ingredients and not too much pasta to make this a more carb-conscious dish. Of course fast forward a ..read more

Steak Kabobs with Mushrooms are a delicious low-carb dinner idea where pieces of steak and mushrooms are marinated and then grilled. And these kabobs are tasty enough to make for a special meal!  PIN the Steak Kabobs with Mushrooms to try it later! A big grilling holiday is this weekend, so I’m recommending this recipe for Steak Kabobs with Mushrooms as my Friday Favorites pick for this week. Meat-eaters love a juicy steak on the grill, and who doesn’t love grilled mushrooms, and this is a recipe that combines steak and mushrooms into easy kabobs that are delicious and quick. And st ..read more

The Ranch Dressing made by BYU Creamery has lots of fans, and my sister Pam, niece Kara, and I experimented for weeks on this copycat recipe! And our copycat BYU Creamery Ranch Dressing recipe includes a batch of the dry ranch mix to keep on hand, so you don’t need to buy those expensive packets of ranch mix from the store! PIN BYU Creamery Ranch Dressing (Copycat Recipe) to make some later! There’s an interesting story about how this BYU Creamery Ranch Dressing copycat recipe ended up on my blog! And some people who know me well might be surprised to see a recipe from BYU Creamery showing up ..read more

It’s hard to believe, but today I’m celebrating 19 years of creating recipes and sharing them on Kalyn’s Kitchen! And if you want to give me a birthday wish, I’d love to know which recipe from my site has become a favorite at your house. PIN Kalyn’s Kitchen Turns 19 to find it later! How Kalyn’s Kitchen Started: On April 24, 2005, I sat down at the computer and typed out the recipes my friends had been asking for into a simple website, and Kalyn’s Kitchen was born. And what a great adventure it’s been for the last 19 years! Each year when I write this anniversary post I talk about how gratefu ..read more

This new recipe for Instant Pot Asparagus might be the easiest method you’ve ever seen for cooking asparagus! And this post has 10 ideas to add flavor to the finished asparagus once it’s cooked. See notes in the post for cooking this if you don’t have an Instant Pot. PIN the Instant Pot Asparagus recipe to try it later! Everyone who loves asparagus and loves easy recipes is going to love this new idea for Instant Pot Asparagus, and this was definitely a wow for Kara and I when we tested the recipe. And although my site has an abundance of amazing Asparagus Recipes, I think this extra-easy met ..read more

When you want to make some healthier Mexican food, this delicious Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce can come in handy. And this post has recipes where I’ve used this tasty enchilada sauce that’s gluten-free and can be a low carb option in a recipe where the other ingredients are low in carbs. PIN the post about Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce to try some recipes later! One of my favorite ingredients to use to make healthier Mexican food is this Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce. And kudos to the company for making this great sauce gluten-free! They used to have two varieties, but now all th ..read more

In this Italian Sausage Pasta with Collard Greens, collards are cooked with garlic and red pepper and tossed with browned sausage and pasta. And the updated version of this recipes uses a lot of sausage and collard greens with only one cup of dry Fiber Gourmet Light Elbows pasta, so it’s a lot lower in carbs than you might think! The past few years I’ve noticed collard greens are growing in popularity and I’ve started seeing recipes for them used in interesting ways, such as massaged raw collards in a salad. But even though collard greens might now be somewhat trendy, this easy and delicious ..read more

I’ve made a lot of variations on deviled eggs, but these Spicy Deviled Eggs (with Chipotle and Lime) are one of my favorites! And you can make them more or less spicy, depending on what you prefer. PIN Spicy Deviled Eggs to try them later! There must be thousands of deviled egg recipes in the world, but one of my favorites has to be these Spicy Deviled Eggs (with Chipotle and Lime). What do you think about the sound of deviled eggs that are just a bit spicy with those Southwestern flavors?  And this recipe has been back in the archives on my blog with an old photo that was blurry and did ..read more

This amazing recipe for Instant Pot Chicken Pot Pie Soup is low-carb and gluten-free and it’s warm and comforting on a cold day. And everyone who loves chicken pot pie is going to devour this soup; see instructions for making it on the stove if you don’t have an Instant pot. PIN Instant Pot Chicken Pot Pie Soup to try it later! When my fantastic assistant and niece Kara and I decided to try making a low-carb version of Instant Pot Chicken Pot Pie Soup we made it a few times before we felt like we had perfected the recipe. And each time we made it we shared the soup with family and friends, an ..read more

When people swooned over my sister Sandee’s Asian Chicken Cabbage Salad, I adapted her recipe into a low-carb version of this tasty salad! And if you like chicken and cabbage and Asian flavors, you’re going to love this salad too! PIN the Asian Chicken Cabbage Salad salad to try it later! Years ago my sister Sandee brought this Asian Chicken Cabbage Salad  to our family Super Bowl party, and right away people wanted the recipe. So Sandee gave me the recipe over the phone, and then I made a low-carb version using all cabbage (no carrots), omitting the crunchy ramen noodles, and using swee ..read more