Enjoy this curried chicken egg salad for lunch on its own or make a sandwich. Quick and easy to make and perfect for using up that leftover chicken!
March 3, 2015
Soup It Up: 10 Super Soup Recipes
Do you love soup as much as I love soup? I have 10 super soup recipes for you today to try and enjoy!
February 17, 2015
5 Things to Meal Prep for Perfect Salads and Tasty Tuesday #54
Are you trying to get more veggies into your diet on a daily basis? Follow these easy steps to meal prep for perfect salads! Get it done on the weekend and enjoy nutritious salads for lunch during the week.
February 11, 2015
Yoplait Whips! – Whipping Up Healthy Meals
Whipped Greek yogurt? 100 calories? Yes, please! I’ll take these Yoplait Whips! as a healthy breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner 🙂
February 10, 2015
Making Bread and Tasty Tuesday Linkup #53
I’ll bet you after reading this post you will want to switch to making bread at home from scratch – it is SO much easier than you think!
January 20, 2015
Breakfast Quesadillas Recipe and Tasty Tuesday Linkup #50
Good morning, good morning!
Have you had breakfast yet? No? I got a quick and easy to make breakfast recipe for you today – Breakfast Quesadillas!
As always, this recipe is very flexible – feel free to switch up the ingredients based on your preferences and availability 🙂
These breakfast quesadillas have been my “go to” breakfast for a while now. I love me that crispy quesadilla filled with goodness! I promise you, they take 5 minutes to make. No advance prep or much chopping involved either.
Are you ready to have the BEST breakfast you’ve had in a loooong time? 🙂 Then read on!Continue Reading
January 6, 2015
Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet
Hi guys! How was your weekend?
Mine was great 🙂 Hubby and I tried a new workout this Saturday – Les Mills Bodypump™. Our Y just introduced those to the schedule and I was very curious to try it as I’d heard a lot of raving about it from my friends all over the place.
It didn’t disappoint! (I’m still sore)
It’s basically weight training (not cardio) done in a group ex. setting with instructor’s guidance. I loved it! Once my muscles heal, I’ll definitely be going back 🙂
Now on to our normal Tuesday activity – Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party!Continue Reading
December 30, 2014
One Pot Pasta with Shrimp Recipe
Hey guys! It’s party time here at Lean Lena’s!
So after all that holiday cooking and over-the-stove-slaving I didn’t feel like cooking at all last night.
We still had leftover salmon and mashed potatoes and we almost settled for that as our dinner.
And then my consciousness spoke to me, I lifted my butt off the couch and went to the kitchen. 🙂
But before I did that, I did some Pinterest searching for a nice and easy recipe that I could use/adopt based on what I had in the fridge. I searched for one pot pasta recipes with shrimp (because I had never tried making a one pot pasta before and I had a pack of shrimp in the freezer). I found this awesome recipe for One-Pan Coconut Shrimp Noodle Bowls by Bev Cooks. I didn’t have all the ingredients the original recipe was calling for, so I made my own with what I had on hand. I present to you my twist on Bev’s recipe:
Coconut Shrimp One Pot Pasta
December 9, 2014
Mezzetta Memories: Salami Pasta Salad Recipe
Hey guys! Happy Tasty Tuesday to you 🙂
Today, I’m cooking with Mezzetta as part of the Mezzetta Memories campaign.
With another big holiday upon us, it’s time to start thinking about the holiday menu already!
Together with Mezzetta I’m sharing my family traditions when it comes to holiday cooking.Continue Reading
December 2, 2014
Leftover Turkey Soup Recipe and Tasty Tuesday Linkup 43
Hey guys!
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you had a nice holiday.
We ran/walked the Turkey Trot on the Thanksgiving morning:
And then we got home, put the turkey in the oven and snuggled with the kitty for a bit:
Our turkey was 15lb, but this year it was just the two of us on Thanksgiving, so we had plenty of leftovers!
Since ’tis the season of soups, and our bodies were begging for something lighter after the Thanksgiving feast, I made soup.
But! Before I could make soup – I made turkey broth. The wise and awesome friend of mine named Jennifer had an awesome idea which I used to make my broth. Check it out here – I promise, you’ll never use store bought broth again!
See? I told you that girl was genius!
So, back to the soup recipe. This one is super easy and quick to make, as most of my recipes.
Leftover Turkey Soup Recipe
November 25, 2014
Meatballs Recipe and Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party
Hey guys! How was your weekend?
We took it easy this past weekend and didn’t really do much except for the usual work around the house and weekend errands like grocery shopping and all that jazz 🙂
So I was thinking about what recipe to share with you today for the Tasty Tuesday, and here’s what I came up with. When I moved to the US three years ago I was a little overwhelmed by how much the food was different from what I was used to growing up. So, thinking of this week’s Tasty Tuesday reminded me of one of the things that were different here in the US – meatballs.
Ok, think of how people serve meatballs in the US? Correct! Over spaghetti 🙂 And that’s about the only serving option, unless you’re at IKEA and ordering Swedish meatballs, but that’s a whole different territory 🙂
Wanna know how people eat meatballs in Russia? Read on! 🙂
In fact, there will be two variations of the meatballs recipe in this post – one is my variation on the American version (over spaghetti), and the other variation will be the Russian style meatballs.
Ready?
Russian Style Meatballs Recipe
November 18, 2014
Pork Stew Recipe (Crockpot)
Hey guys! Is your week off to a good start? I hope it is 🙂
Today is Tuesday, and it means what? Yep, that’s right! It means you’re getting a new recipe for your recipe box from me, AND get to link up your food related posts on this blog post for everyone to read, like, share and comment on 🙂
So, I’m going to start with the important things this time. Guess what’s been cooking in my kitchen and what I’m sharing with you today?
Pork Stew Recipe
November 11, 2014
Italian Wedding Soup Recipe and Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party #40
Hey guys! Happy Tasty Tuesday 🙂
It’s that day of the week I look forward to the most on this blog – the day when you come here to share your recipes and link up your food related posts. Love Tuesdays!
So. Since it that time of year, I’m sharing another soup recipe with you today – Italian Wedding Soup Recipe is on the menu today 🙂
This one is one of my favorites, too – very filling and light at the same time. Doesn’t take a whole lot of time to make it, either. Here we go:Continue Reading
November 5, 2014
Crockpot Chili Recipe and Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party #39
Hey guys! Happy Tasty Tuesday 🙂 It’s Linkup Party time on Lean Lena.
I feel like it’s getting colder by the minute outside! This time of year I am craving soups. You? 🙂
Soup is just about the easiest thing you can cook, in my opinion. Anybody can make soup.
With the invention of crockpots that easy task is even easier to accomplish. What can be better than coming home to a bowl of warm soup? Almost nothing other than someone to share it with.
So, here’s what’s been cooking in my kitchen all day yesterday and made yummy Monday night dinner:Continue Reading
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