Casserole Recipes

This page has recipes for casseroles or multi-ingredient dishes baked in the oven in a casserole dish.  (This page does not include breakfast casseroles, which are listed with Eggs and Breakfast Dishes.)

For the benefit of those following The South Beach diet, notations after each recipe listing indicate Kalyn's opinion as to which phase of the diet that recipe can be used for.  

Recipe for Spinach Salad with Bacon Dressing

This is a recipe I came up with when spinach was on sale. South Beach doesn't encourage eating bacon due to the saturated fat, but the amount of bacon in a serving of this dressing is very small, and it adds a lot of flavor.

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Kalyn's Kitchen is my personal blog, where I share recipes I'm cooking in my own kitchen. I'm a fan of the South Beach Diet, and unless otherwise noted, I try to make my recipes suitable for the low-glycemic index way of eating made popular by that diet. This site is not directly affiliated with The South Beach Diet, and any information or suggestions provided here are merely my opinion. If you're interested in Getting Started on the South Beach Diet, I always recommend reading the book first so you understand the science behind this way of eating.

Cafe Rio Dressing, Chicken and Rice

Since my sister Sandee first took me to Cafe Rio, I've discovered there are imitators springing up all over. They specialize in salads which start with a tortilla, then layer on cooked beans, rice, lettuce, specially seasoned chicken, cheese and a cilantro ranch dressing that is delicious.

Salmon with Tzatziki Sauce

(Edit - in July of 2007 I posted a great recipe for homemade Tzatziki Sauce. You can use that link to find the recipe.)

This isn't really a recipe, but someone asked me to add it to the blog so they could remember the name of the sauce. Tzatziki sauce is a Greek sauce (sometimes called "white sauce" in those fast food yogurt places.) If you've had a gyro, you've probably had a variation of it served on the gyro. The real thing has yogurt, sour cream, thinly chopped cucumbers, garlic and dill. You can make your own Tzatziki, but it's also available to buy pre-made.

Grilled Chicken with Balsamic Vinegar

In May of 2007 I posted an updated version of Grilled Chicken with Balsamic Vinegar with a photo and links to step-by-step instructions for making perfect grilled chicken breasts.   (At that time it wasn't possible to move the post forward without breaking the link.)   I have removed this old post so the recipe doesn't come up twice in search engines, but I am leaving this page here in case anyone has a bookmark for the old recipe.  

Cilantro Caesar Chicken Salad

Recently at Costco I purchased El Torito brand Cilantro Pepita Caesar salad dressing (they were demo-ing it, and I'm a sucker for those demos). It has 2 carbs (1 g. sugar) in 2 T, so it's an acceptable choice for the South Beach Diet. I used it to make my own version of Rubios Grilled Chicken Chopped Salad (one of my favorite fast food options). Everything in this dish is great for the south Beach Diet.

Not Food but Still Pretty Tasty

These are blogs about a variety of subjects such as art, blogging, books, life, parenting, photography, politics and health.

Healthy Cooking Friends

These are healthy cooking blogs that feature the kind of food that appeals to me.

Some South Beach or Low Carb Products Kalyn Has Raved About

Products that used to be mentioned on this page have been moved Kalyn's Kitchen Picks, which is a list of products I've chosen to feature on my blog.  (These are not sponsored posts, just products I like and buy over and over.)  I'm leaving this page here in case anyone has it bookmarked.

Bloggers Who Grow Their Food

These are blogs which talk about gardening and growing your own food, some of which also post recipes.

Andrea Meyers
Farmgirl Fare
Gardener's Anonymous Blog
In My Kitchen Garden
The Inadvertent Gardener

You can check the progress of Kalyn's own garden by using the tab GARDENING at the top of the blog.

South Beach Friendly Holiday Recipes

I've accumulated so many recipes for holidays that I'm making this page an index of the holiday recipe collections! These are recipes for the kinds of things I'd cook if I was having guests for one of these holidays. Visit each individual page to see recipe round-ups and recipes suitable for each holiday. (If you're following The South Beach diet, notations after each recipe listing indicate Kalyn's opinion as to which phase of the diet that recipe can be used for.)

Tips for Food Bloggers

I get frequent e-mails from new food bloggers seeking information about blogging, so I've decided to collect a list of useful information.  (These are various links I've saved; just started working on this; more to come!)

Kitchens Around the World

These links are for home cooking blogs who share recipes and cooking tips.  There are now literally thousands of food blogs, and these are just some of the ones I follow.   (You can see more blogs I follow (where I know the blogger personally) with Food Blogging Friends and Utah Blogging Friends.)

(I am always needing to update this page, so if your blog isn't listed and you know I read it, please don't take it personally.)

Recipe Favorites

This page has the recipes I've enjoyed so much that I've featured them as "Recipe Favorites" on Kalyn's Kitchen. There are also plenty of favorite recipes in other categories that I just haven't had a chance to feature yet!

For the benefit of those following The South Beach diet, notations after each recipe listing indicate Kalyn's opinion as to which phase of the diet that recipe can be used for.

Food Blogging Friends

This page used to be a list of every food blogger I met, but now there are so many food bloggers (and I've met quite a few of them) that I've changed it into a list of blogging friends that I've spent some time with in real life.

(I seriously need to update the list, so please don't take it personally if I haven't added you!)

Some Favorite Herb and Spice Blends

Return to Kalyn's Kitchen home

These recipes include cooking tips Kalyn has learned from years of reading cookbooks and being an adventurous and passionate cook! There are also recipes for some favorite herb and spice blends.

For the benefit of those following The South Beach diet, notations after each recipe listing indicate Kalyn's opinion as to which phase of the diet that recipe can be used for.

Better-for-You than Mom's Bacon and Cabbage Salad

When I was a kid, everyone loved mom's bacon and cabbage salad. Here's how my mom made it:

Fry a pound of bacon until it was very crisp and drain on paper towels.
Cut up a head of green cabbage into thin shreds and place in bowl.
Crumble drained bacon and sprinkle over cabbage.
Pour out some of the bacon grease but leave at least 1/2 cup, then add 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar to the pan, heat the dressing, pour over the cabbage and bacon mixture and serve.This was absolutely yummy, but a little high in saturated fat. Ok, I confess that this was in the 60's and we had never heard of saturated fat in those days.

Here's a new recipe for bacon and cabbage salad that's a lot healthier.

An Ever-Growing List of Cookbooks Kalyn Is Using

This is an ongoing list of just a few of the cookbooks I own and am currently using. Yes, I do have a lot of cookbooks!

Why Blogs are Listed Here

The blogs included on one of my blogroll pages are first and foremost, the blogs I personally try to keep up with. My pages are not meant to be an exhaustive list of all the good blogs out there, merely the ones I've discovered and liked enough to keep reading.

Ingredients Frequently Used in Kalyn's Kitchen

(For a few years now I've been featuring ingredients I love as Kalyn's Kitchen Picks. When I started doing that feature I quit updating this page, but kept it here for people who refer to it. You can check that list for a more complete list of things I'm using in my kitchen.)