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Lean Lena 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

Filed Under: breakfast, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: breakfast, fitness, good food, healthy breakfast, healthy lunch, lunch, recipes, tasty tuesday 26 Comments

Lean Lena 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

Filed Under: dinner, fitness, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: dinner, fitness, good food, lunch, pasta, recipes, tasty tuesday 7 Comments

Lean Lena December 23, 2014

Tasty Tuesday Linkup Year End Round Up: Year of Yumminess!

Hey guys! Happy Tasty Tuesday to you 🙂

Once again – we’re all here today to share our tasty creations from our kitchen or experiences from somebody else’s.

Today I wanted to make it all about YOU! We’re all a little maxed out on holiday recipe ideas, Christmas cookie recipe selections and other highly pinable content, aren’t we?

So, let’s celebrate YOU at today’s Tasty Tuesday Linkup.

Filed Under: Link Up, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: linkup party, recipes, tasty tuesday 8 Comments

Lean Lena December 16, 2014

Baked Apple Oatmeal Protein Bombs and GNC PUREDGE Giveaway

Hey guys! It’s Tuesday again!

Which means we’re talking tasty stuff here on this blog.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been indulging in delicious cookies (both at work and at home) lately. With me teaching 2-3 cycling classes a week those are not hard to burn off, but what the what, right? 🙂

So. Since it’s holiday season and treats are mandatory, I’ve decided to make my treats healthy. HUGE thanks to GNC and their PUREDGE line of products for helping me create this recipe for Baked Apple Oatmeal Protein Bombs!Continue Reading

Filed Under: Ad-Free, breakfast, dessert, Healthy Living Tips, healthy snack ideas, holidays, Link Up, recipes, Tasty Tuesday, Weight Loss Tagged With: breakfast, good food, healthy breakfast, healthy snack ideas, holidays, lunch, oatmeal, recipes, tasty tuesday 28 Comments

Lean Lena 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

Filed Under: Ad-Free, dinner, family events, holidays, Link Up, lunch, Product Reviews, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: family, good food, healthy dinner, healthy lunch, holidays, lunch, pasta, pasta salad, recipes, salad, tasty tuesday 14 Comments

Lean Lena 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

Filed Under: dinner, holidays, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday, Weight Loss Tagged With: dinner, good food, healthy dinner, healthy lunch, holidays, lunch, recipes, soup, tasty tuesday, weight loss 23 Comments

Lean Lena 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

Filed Under: dinner, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: dinner, good food, healthy dinner, healthy lunch, linkup party, lunch, recipes, tasty tuesday 16 Comments

Lean Lena 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

Filed Under: Crockpot Recipes, dinner, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: dinner, good food, healthy dinner, healthy lunch, lunch, recipes 23 Comments

Lean Lena 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

Filed Under: dinner, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: dinner, good food, healthy dinner, healthy lunch, linkup party, lunch, recipes, soup, tasty tuesday 26 Comments

Lean Lena 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

Filed Under: dinner, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: crockpot, dinner, good food, healthy dinner, healthy lunch, lunch, recipe, recipes, soup 12 Comments

Lean Lena October 28, 2014

Pumpkin Bread Recipe and Tasty Tuesday Linkup

Hey-hey, my foodies! How is your week going?

It’s that time again on Lean Lena! Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party:)

Filed Under: breakfast, healthy snack ideas, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: baking, good food, healthy breakfast, healthy snack ideas, pumpkin bread, recipe, recipes, tasty tuesday 20 Comments

Lean Lena October 21, 2014

Kitchen Remodeling Progress and Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party #37

Good morning, my Tasty Tuesday Partiers! How have you been here without me?

It’s finally Tasty Tuesday and I’m back with my new tasty post and a linkup at the bottom of it for you!

Filed Under: breakfast, home improvement, Link Up, recipes, Tasty Tuesday, Uncategorized Tagged With: breakfast, good food, healthy breakfast, home improvement, kitchen remodelling, linkup party, recipes, tasty tuesday 26 Comments

Lean Lena October 7, 2014

Quinoa Stuffed Squash – Tasty Tuesday Recipe Feature and Linkup

Hey-hey! How was your weekend, guys?

We were working on our kitchen this weekend. We have finally painted the walls! Now to put in the ceiling 🙂 Slow but sure we’re making some progress with our kitchen.

Because my kitchen (and pretty much the whole house because of the kitchen project) is a mess, I didn’t cook anything new this weekend to share with you today.

BUT! Tasty Tuesday is still on!

Every Tuesday I post a recipe, a collection of recipes, a restaurant review or anything related to food. There is then a linkup at the end of the post where you can add links to your food-related blog posts! The linkup stays open for a week – right until the next one comes around. How awesome is that?

Don’t forget to check out other link up participants and there’s ONLY ONE RULE TO THE LINKUP – link back to this blog or grab the link up badge from the sidebar. Let’s spread the word so we can have more people checking out your posts next week! Please, respect this rule – every week I put my time and effort into creating this linkup, and so do bloggers who come to linkup their posts. Linking back = spreading the word = giving back.Continue Reading

Filed Under: dinner, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday Tagged With: dinner, good food, healthy dinner, healthy lunch, lunch, recipes 11 Comments

Lean Lena September 30, 2014

Zucchini Latkes Recipe and Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party

Hey guys! How is that Tasty Tuesday going over there? 🙂

I’m having an extremely busy week again – a lot going on and I still haven’t told you about my trip to San Diego! Shame on me!

But in my defense – I put together a super yummy post for you today 🙂

Don’t forget to check out other link up participants and there’s only one rule to the linkup – link back to this blog or grab the link up badge from the sidebar. Let’s spread the word so we can have more people checking out your posts next week!

We also now have the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest Board where you can pin your posts every week. To be able to do that, please follow me on Pinterest and let me know in comments that you did, and your Pinterest username so I could send you an invite.

Also! If you haven’t noticed yet – right below this post there is a sign up form you can use to opt in for receiving an e-mail reminder every Monday about the next Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party. Fill it out if you’d like that and I’ll remind you to put together a post for the next TT linkup.

So! On to the tasty stuff now

I’m a big fan of savory breakfast. I just can’t start my day off with sweet stuff. Really, I can’t. Any other time of day or night – but not the morning 🙂

So because of this and because having eggs for breakfast every day can drive you nuts, I have to think of new recipes for my savory breakfasts. This one was inspired by the zucchini attack we all experience in the fall. 🙂 What better way to use them than making delicious zucchini latkes? Here’s how.

Zucchini Latkes

Filed Under: breakfast, dinner, Link Up, lunch, recipes, Tasty Tuesday, whole30 Tagged With: breakfast, dinner, good food, healthy breakfast, healthy dinner, healthy lunch, lunch, recipes, whole30 9 Comments

Lean Lena September 23, 2014

Homemade Fresh Vegetables Salad Recipe and Tasty Tuesday Linkup Party

Hey-hey, my friends! I’m finally back from the sunny San Diego! I bet you can’t wait for a recap of my trip 🙂 But I’ll have to save that for a little later in the week.

Why? Because today is the Tasty Tuesday, of course!