Intermittent Fasting Diet Plan Example

(For Phase One Fridays I highlight Phase One recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and all during November I've been spotlighting vegetables and salads that I'd love for Thanksgiving.  Now it has been brought to my attention that not everyone wants salad for Thanksgiving (you know who you are) but personally I'd love a salad like this to balance out the other higher-carb foods.  Check out the my Top Ten Thanksgiving Recipes or all the other Thanksgiving Recipes if you're still working on your menu!)

I love hearts of palm, a tasty and low-carb delicacy that I learned to like years ago when I worked at Le Parisien, a French Restaurant in Salt Lake that's no longer in business.  For years I would rarely buy them at grocery store prices, but that changed when Costco started selling them in two-packs of 25 oz. jars at a price that was a lot more affordable.  Now they're something I always have in my pantry.  Still this Rich Salad with Hearts of Palm, Avocado, and Radicchio includes avocado, radicchio, butter lettuce, and pine nuts, all things that aren't really everyday ingredients which may be why it's called Rich Salad!  But when you need something for a special dinner party, this is a delicious salad that's sure to impress, and if you can get those two-packs of hearts of palm from Costco, you can have it a little more often.

You can't go wrong with any of my leftover turkey ideas, but this delicious salad with leftover turkey (or chicken) is an especially good option for anyone who wants to get right back on the healthy eating plan after the big day of indulgence.  This Phase One salad features leftover chunks of turkey with a dressing that's partly made with non-fat Greek yogurt and seasoned with Indian spices.  The finishing touch is chopped cilantro, but if you're not a cilantro fan I would just use more green onion.

I first discovered Honeyville Blanched Almond Flour when I tried Elana's Cheese Crackers (from my friend Elena at Elana's Pantry)  and since then I've used this versatile product in so many different ways.  That's why I may have let out a little squeal of joy when I saw it on the shelf at Costco recently!   And the fact that this is a Utah product makes me even more excited to recommend it to you as one of my Kalyn's Kitchen Picks.  

It's now been two weeks since I slipped on my icy steps and landed flat on my back with a broken arm.   Before that I'd been doing well with my yearly return to Phase One of the South Beach Diet, but I confess the broken arm did trigger a few days of total comfort eating.  Then I got over it and decided I really DID want to get back on track.  I've been even more grateful than usual to have Jake to help with recipes I've been trying out for A Month of Daily Phase One Recipes, but there are also times I have to cook for myself if I want to stick to Phase One.

Flank steak is delicious when it's marinated in Cuban flavors and grilled.

(For Phase One Fridays I feature Phase One Recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites,  and this Cuban Flank Steak is one of my most-used ways to cook beef on the grill.   If you're grilling for a beef-loving Dad this weekend, I can promise this will be a hit!)

In one of my previous lives, before I became a food blogger and a South Beach Dieter, I used to be president of my local teacher's association, aka the teacher's union. This was a demanding high-pressure job that I sometimes loved, sometimes hated, but one thing I did enjoy about the job was the chance to travel. I went all over the U.S., and it was in Miami Beach that I had my first experience with Cuban food. I loved the way beef and pork were marinated in lime juice in the Cuban cuisine, so a few years ago I tried to re-create that flavor in this flank steak. If you like flank steak, give this flavorful Cuban-style marinade a try!

It's tomato salad and tomato sandwich season, and even though my new town has a weekly farmers market where I've been stocking up on tomatoes, cucumbers, and zucchini, I can't get over how much I'm missing my garden.  I love all the summer veggies, but tomatoes are the summer treat I wait for every year, and my favorite way to eat them is this Summer Tomato Salad with Goat Cheese, Basil Vinaigrette, and Fresh Herbs.  I've probably been making this salad for at least 20 years and I never get tired of it.  (The other two tomato salads I make over and over are Middle Eastern Tomato Salad and Tomato, Olive, and Fresh Mozzarella Salad with Basil Vinaigrette.)  I'm savoring summer for at least another month here before I'm willing to even think about fall, so a lot more tomato salads are going to be on the menu!

And I'm seriously investigating the idea of a greenhouse so I can grow things away from the deer and other critters for next year.  If anyone has greenhouse suggestions, I am all ears!

First, thanks to everyone who has given nice feedback about the makeover and new features for Kalyn's Kitchen.   I'm thrilled with the new design, especially the way it will make it easier for anyone who wants to find recipes that are Gluten-Free, Vegan, Meatless, Paleo, Low Carb, or things that Can Freeze.  I am so happy with the new design; thanks again to the fabulous Rand and Jennette!

People ask me all the time where I get recipe ideas, and while it's true I spend plenty of time looking at cookbooks and food magazines and cruising around other food blogs, sometimes an idea just pops into my head and I have no idea where it came from.  That's what happened with these Greek Salad Spaghetti Squash Bowls.  My sister Pam gave me a spaghetti squash and it hung out on the counter for at least a week while I wondered how to make it into some kind of interesting Meatless Monday dish.  Then one day I suddenly had the thought to top the cooked spaghetti squash with a Greek Salad mixture, including plenty of lemony vinaigrette that would drip down and flavor the squash.  I tried this out on my nephew Jake (who is NOT a fan of spaghetti squash) and he gobbled it up, so I think it's fair to say that this recipe is a winner!