No food today. Instead I'm hoping you'll take the little survey below and leave your answers in the comments.
I admit I am totally ripping off this idea from Adam, The Amateur Gourmet, but I have a very good reason for not posting a recipe today. It all started Saturday while I was working away in the kitchen, when suddenly something that looked like a piece of brownish-purple yarn started floating in front of my face. After much squinting and blinking, and a fair amount of Googling, I discovered I have what's called a "floater."
Apparently they're no big deal, but I had to go to the eye doctor Wednesday night after work. He dilated my eyes, and right now I can't really see well enough to edit photos, therefore I can't finish writing about Arugula Salad with Artichoke Hearts for Thursday's post. (I write my posts after school and publish them the next morning.)
I can see well enough to read blogs (barely) so when I saw this survey on Amateur Gourmet, I thought it would be fun to do the same survey on Kalyn's Kitchen. Recently I've been happily amazed by how many of you read this blog every day, and quite seriously, I'd love to know more about who's reading. (And I promise I will not take it personally if Adam gets a whole lot more comments than I do.)
Here's the survey:
Here's the survey:
Name:
Location:
Age:
Sex:
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?:
How Did You Get Here?:
What's For Dinner Tonight?:
Thanks! I'll be back tomorrow with Arugula and Artichoke Heart Salad for Weekend Herb Blogging, I promise.
Here's where to find Who's Hosting Weekend Herb Blogging and The Rules for Weekend Herb Blogging if you're interested in participating yourself.
Here's where to find Who's Hosting Weekend Herb Blogging and The Rules for Weekend Herb Blogging if you're interested in participating yourself.
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Labels: Reader Surveys, Thanks for Reading
71 Comments:
Name: blest
Location: Texas
Age: 34
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Coffee (that's a food, right?) Healthy Oat Muffins, Asparagus, Good Tomatoes, Beans
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Anything made with white flour, peas, shrimp, potatoes, white rice
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: I'm not sure...a few months now, I think.
How Did You Get Here?: I can't remember that either. I either saw your link somewhere, or was googling for South Beach recipes...
What's For Dinner Tonight?:I'm thinking Five Spice Salmon and roasted garlic Brussel Sprouts... but that's subject to change depending on my energy level.
Name: Anna
Location: Mill Valley
Age: 48
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: strawberries, figs, asparagus, pasta, rice
Five Foods You Can Live Without: oranges, GMO, cukasaurus, liver, uni
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: more than a year
How Did You Get Here?: a link from another blog
What's For Dinner Tonight?: wild salmon and parsnips, I think.
Name: Kristi
Location: Oklahoma
Age: 31
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: salad greens, cucumber, hummus, oatmeal w/ peanut butter & cashews
Five Foods You Can Live Without: whole fat dairy, salmon (I know, its horrifying, but I just don't like it), variety meats, fennel
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: about 3 weeks
How Did You Get Here?: searched for SB recipes.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: I've got a London broil marinating at home. Will serve with asparagus and spring mix salad
As an aside, I must say I LOVE this blog. I enjoy great food and cooking, and have used many of your recipe's in the short time I've been on SB!
Name:FarmgirlCyn (Cindy)
Location: West Michigan
Age: 53 (but I recently heard 53 is the new 33!)
Sex: absolutely..just cause I'm 53 doesn't mean I'm dead! (oh, I thought you meant... ) Female
5 foods I can't live w/o :pasta, tomatoes, leafy greens, chicken, brown rice
5 foods I can live w/o: white rice, liver, steak sauce, white flour,blood sausage
How long have I been reading KK?: a few months
How did I get here?: who knows? In this crazy WWW, I could have come from anywhere! A link from a link from another link from a comment, I'm guessin'.
What's for supper tonite?: Grilled, marinated pork chops, oven roasted rosemary potatoes, leafy green salad with homemade vinaigrette, organic, frozen green beans from Costco.
Name: Sara - Piperita
Location: Milan, Italy
Age:32
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:Pasta, pizza, rice, chocolate, tomatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peas, parsnips, condensed milk, tofu, natto
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: about a year
How Did You Get Here?: through the WHB thanks to Ilva at Lucullian delight
What's For Dinner Tonight?:I will be going out for aperitivo with friends, so I suppose stuff at the buffet you get altoghether with your dirinks: nothing healthy!
;-D
Name: Bekki
Location: Cambridge, UK
Age: 27
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: blueberries, hummus, quark, curry, cheese
Five Foods You Can Live Without: peanut butter, musssels, tuna, taramasalata, snails
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: a month or so
How Did You Get Here?: via One Weigh or Another
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Mediterrean beef stew, quinoa bake and mange tout.
Name: Moon from Peanut Butter Etouffee.
Location: Southern California
Age: 57, Female
Can't Live Without:
Olive Oil, Garlic, sourdough bread, onions, pears.
Can Live Without:
Seafood, liver, lima beans,raisins, butter substitute.
How Long Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: Little bit short of a year, I think.
How'd You Get Here?: I think you visited our site.
Dinner tonight?: I'm trying to "slim down" a rather rich pasta dish with some non-fat half and half.
Name: Debbie
Location: Richardson, TX
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:
avocado, homemade salad dressing, carrots, so-cal style beef tacos, egg rolls
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Salmon (gag me), bananas, fennel, almost all canned veggies, tofu
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?
A few months
How Did You Get Here?
Via google
What's For Dinner Tonight?
Crisp-toasted tortillas topped with beans, avocado, lettuce, hot sauce, cheddar, and a squeeze of lime.
Name: liuia
Location: Salamanca, Spain
Age: 24
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: cheese, rice, mom's lasagna, tomatoes, apples
Five Foods You Can Live Without: celery, artichokes, cumin, cauliflower
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: about two months
How Did You Get Here?: I can't remember how I managed to found post, but it was love at first sight ^^
What's For Dinner Tonight?: mushroom risotto
Name: Angela M.
Location: North Carolina
Age: 25
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Chocolate, Boneless skinless chicken breasts, Spinach, Bell peppers, Eggs
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Shellfish (allergies), any kind of an organ meat (eww), Okra, Squash, Tofu
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: about 3 months
How Did You Get Here?: Google search for South Beach diet recipes
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Steak was on sale at the grocery store last night, so something involving steak... perhaps a nice stir fry with peppers?
Thanks for having such a wonderful blog, Kalyn! I hope that your floater issue revolves quickly.
Name: Bennett
Location: Paris
Age: 34
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: dreamfield pasta, cold cuts, cheese, raspberries, eggplants
Five Foods You Can Live Without: industrial food (all of it), anchovies, pork ribs, turnips, corn
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: a few months
How Did You Get Here?: I was desperately looking for a low carb cooking blog, landed here and loved it at first sight (well if my pancreas and taste buds have sight)
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Penne (dreamfield) with spinach and Ricotta
Name: Ulrike
Location: Kronshagen, Germany
Age: 48
Sex: female
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Chocolate, pasta, cheese, bread, potatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: GMO, Fish, meat, beetroot, Nutella
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: WHB 20
How Did You Get Here?: Cooking with Cindy
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Cheddar Cheese muffins
Name: priya
Location: washington, dc
Age: 27
Sex: f
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: cheese, hummus, tomatoes, chocolate, spinach
Five Foods You Can Live Without: cauliflower, oysters, eggs, oatmeal, kale (but i'm trying to learn how to like them...)
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: 1 week
How Did You Get Here?: google
What's For Dinner Tonight?: teriyaki chicken (marinade sweetened with splenda) and sesame green beans and a fudgecicle
thanks kalyn...i just started the south beach diet and i love how your site makes the diet more fun with new recipes and approaching it as a lifestyle instead of one of those fad diets.
:)
ps - are fudgecicle's ok for phase 1?
Name: Catherine
Location: Tulsa
Age: 45
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Eggs, LF Cheese, Asparagus, pinto beans, whole-wheat tortillas
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Okra, Canned Spinach, and learning to live without white potatoes, white bread, and white rice. (I though I would die giving up those last three, but what do you know?!? I have been without them for the last 30 weeks and I have lost 50 pounds!)
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: Several months.
How Did You Get Here?: This blog was linked to another blog I read, but I don't remember which one.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: I am going to try your recipe for chicken, green chilies and cheese. Sounds so good!
Thanks for working so hard on this. I love reading it and trying the recipes.
Name: Christine
Location: Trinidad
Age: more than 55. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Fish, tomatoes, good vinegar, all veggies, all fruits, chocolate (I know, that's 6 but maybe vinegar isn't a food?)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: white flour, white rice, potatoes, beef, coffee
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen? At least 2 years
How Did You Get Here?: I think I googled low-carb cooking. The rest is history.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: I'm hoping to do some vegan stuffed portabello mushrooms and a roasted butternut squash. It's always subject to change and what looks good at the market.
Name: Karen
Location: Philly
Age: 40
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Cheese, Bread (yeah, not exactly SB-friendly!), Tomatoes, Olive Oil, Pasta
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Liver, Duck, Lobster, Black Olives, Dill
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: A year or more?
How Did You Get Here?: I honestly can't remember
What's For Dinner Tonight?: I'm making Roasted Chicken with cherry tomatoes - a recipe from another blogger you featured not too long ago!
So many of my dinner recipes have come from your blog. A big thanks for all your posts!!! You do a terrific job - a great mix of recipes, helpful advice and wonderful photos.
Name: Betsy
Location: Texas
Age: 55
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: chocolate, eggs, cheese, tomatoes, spinach
Five Foods You Can Live Without: liver, turnips, white flour, HFCS, carby snack foods
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: a couple of months
How Did You Get Here?: don't remember now - a link from somewhere! :)
What's For Dinner Tonight?: I'm not sure. I work late, so something simple.
I love your blog. I clip a lot of the recipes and have tried several. Think I'll try another this weekend.
Name: suzique
Location: New Orleans, La
Age: older than dirt
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:
strawberries, hummus, oysters, almonds, diet soda (sorry-I feel the need to apologize for that!)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Rice, canned green beans, coconut, liver, anything made with maltitol
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: About a month
How Did You Get Here?: A link from another food blog, I think
What's For Dinner Tonight?: turkey breast with ginger and lime; fresh green beans; not sure what else
Name: OregonGirl
Location: Oregon, USA
Age: 36
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Cheese, Tomatoes, Rib Eye, Potatoes, Eggs
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Peas, Eggplant, Zucchini, Fennel, Rice
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: A month or two
How Did You Get Here?: I followed a link I found on another blog.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: I think I'm going to make Lumpia. A philippino version of an egg roll using beef, potatoes, carrots, and onion, with a homemade spicy dipping sauce. I will serve it with a cucumber and tomato salad with a basalmic vinnaigrette and gorgonzola crumbles.
Name: Pamela
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Age: 31
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Peanut butter, garlic, tomatoes, chillies, ice cream
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Aubergine, black olives,
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: Almost one year
How Did You Get Here?: My RSS reader.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Bachelor's Prize Chicken
Name: Arianne
Location: Chicago
Age: 29
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Beef, cheese, fruit, vinegar, leafy greens
Five Foods You Can Live Without: shellfish of any kind, beans, avocados, sausage
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: a few months
How Did You Get Here?: linked from someone's blog, can't remember who
What's For Dinner Tonight?: my own version of cheesesteak sandwiches...roasted beef, sauteed leeks & crimini mushrooms, parmesan, on a small french roll.
Name: Bron
Location: New Zealand
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Water! Chocolate, Berries, Yoghurt, Fish
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Brussel Sprouts, Mushrooms, Coconut, and ??
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: around 1 year off and on
How Did You Get Here?: Through food blogs somehow, perhaps you left a msg on mine first? dunno?!
What's For Dinner Tonight?:
Parmesan crumbed cauli, grilled chicken breast with a summery tomatoey vege sauce of some sort?!
Name: Sandy
Location: Winner SD
Age: 60+
Sex: F
Five can't live without: Tuna, peanut butter, dark chocolate, fresh veggies, brown rice.
Five can live without: anchovies, pretzels, white flour, pork rinds,Okra.
How long reading here? about 2 years
How did I get here? searching for low carb ideas
Whats for dinner tonight? Your pasta recipe with the tomatoes and beans and basil.....
I love your sight and try to read it every day....thanks for all you do to keep us on the right track...;o)
Name: Rene
Location: San Jose, CA
Age: 48
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Red Wine, Butter, Salt, Shrimp, a nice big juicy rib eye steak
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Beets, Carrots, Raisins, Fishy Fish,
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: A couple of years I think.
How Did You Get Here?: Either a Yahoo search or blog hopping
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Wedding Cake (taste testing)
hehe sorry Kalyn,
I just thought of another food I can definitely live without MUSHY PEAS!!
Name:Laurie
Location:Michigan
Age:49
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:hummus, Wassa, frozen raspberries (no sugar), California roll sushi, Jonagold apples--can you tell I just finished lunch and could only think of my lunch foods?
Five Foods You Can Live Without:brussel sprouts, Stove Top stuffing (maybe it's not even a food!), beef jerky, chocolate (goofy, huh?!), sugared dry cereal
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: about 9 months
How Did You Get Here?: via Farmgirl Fare
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Homemade mac and cheese w/whole grain pasta, broccoli, fresh pineapple
Name: Lydia
Location: Rhode Island
Age: 54
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: grapes, shrimp, raisin bran, tomatoes, Fresca (is that a food??)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: cauliflower, pork in all forms, sugar, nuts, rutabaga
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: one year
How Did You Get Here?: honestly can't remember. Maybe you found me first?
What's For Dinner Tonight?: a simple frittata with red pepper, spinach and brie
Name: Marti
Location: Mobile, AL
Age: 37
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Berries, Shrimp, Peanut Butter, Yogurt, and above all, diet coke.
Five Foods You Can live Without: Any canned meat/fish, any type of green, artichokes, basil, grapefruit
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: 2 months or so
How Did You Get Here?: Google search for SB
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Sausage and Pasta recipe from yesterday's blog.
Floaters drive you crazy at first, but you get used to them very quickly. I have several in both eyes!!
Name: s'kat (okay, okay, it's really Shelley)
Location: Newport News, VA
Age:32
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Pizza, tomatoes, sushi, cereal and granny smith apples.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: fois gras, calves liver, sea cucumber, sea urchin roe and mayonnaise.
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: 2 or so years?
How Did You Get Here?: Surfed on in from another blog.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Ricotta onion pie, and probably a taste of my husband's newest and best-ever-Bolognese!
What a really fun idea!
Name: Tanna
Location: Texas mostly just not today
Age: 63 by years end
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Coffee, Beans, potatoes, fruit of most any kind, fish.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: white rice, steak, not much I don't like...
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: Probably about a year
How Did You Get Here?: Probably a link I followed.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: I think Dad is fixing shrimp.
Name: Andrea
Location: Paris, France
Age: 32
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: tomatoes, potatoes, bananas, chicken, garlic
Five Foods You Can Live Without: onion, capsicum, seafood, apples, pears
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: a couple of months
How Did You Get Here?: via someone's post on WHB, can't remember exactly.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: pasta with broccoli, tomato, and lots of garlic.
Name:Mary
Location:Buffalo NY
Age:56
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:light ice cream, nuts, broccoli,blueberries, shrimp
Five Foods You Can Live Without:canned tuna, bananas,candy,white bread,baked potatoes
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?:Dec 30, 2006
How Did You Get Here?:searching for a recipe for hopping john for New Years Day--your soup came up and it was delicious!
What's For Dinner Tonight?:Cooking Light's recipe for chicken chimichangas, which I alter and make more like enchiladas, sauteed zucchini, southwest salad.
Name: Jill
Location: Las Vegas
Age: 28
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:
Whole Wheat Berries, Eggs, Apples, Beans, Tomatoes
Five Foods You Can Live Without: White Flour, white sugar, ham, peas, olives
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: A couple years, I think...
How Did You Get Here?: Google Reader (subscribe to the feed)
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Tilapia, butternut squash, green beans, and a slice of homemade whole wheat bread
Name: ruthie_b
Location: central Texas
Age: 55
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: avocados, dark chocolate, beans, chili, apples
Five Foods You Can Live Without: licorice, milk chocolate, apricots, prunes, liverwurst
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: about a month
How Did You Get Here?: Googled "south beach diet friendly recipes"
What's For Dinner Tonight?: probably a buffalo,green chile, black bean and cheese burrito on ww tortilla.
I love your blog and have already made and shared several recipes.
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Name: Melissa
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Age: 35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: hummus, homegrown tomatoes, fresh shrimp, yogurt, whole grain bread
Five Foods You Can Live Without: red meat, white bread, chicken livers, margarine, canned vegetables
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: 4 or 5 months or so
How Did You Get Here?: looking for South Beach recipes on the web
What's For Dinner Tonight?: spinach salad with "fake-bacon"-style tempeh, multi-grain bread with chive-peppercorn cheese, red wine
Oooh, good find, Kalyn...I might do this too!
Name: Sarah
Location: Connecticut
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Dark chocolate, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, olive oil, and good sushi
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mustard, mayonnaise, octopus, brown rice, lima beans
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: more than a year
How Did You Get Here?: WHB, via Sweetnicks
What's For Dinner Tonight?: something new - an herbed broccoli cheese casserole
Name: Emily
Location: south jersey
Age: 24
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: coffee, sushi, chocolate, any kind of rice or rice noodle, scallions
Five Foods You Can live Without: crunchy peanut butter, lima beans, mayonnaise, fennel, mushrooms
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: several months now, I'm not sure exactly
How Did You Get Here?: I think from a comment left on another blog
What's For Dinner Tonight?: leftover creamy eggplant, cannellini bean and fresh ricotta soup (frozen from last week's glorious soup efforts) and I think, half a toasted cheese sandwich.
Name: Kate
Location: WA, USA
Age: 37
Sex: F
Five foods I can't live without: watermelon, asparagus, chicken, peanut butter, pasta
Five foods I CAN live without: pickled herring, pork rinds, chicken feet (or any feet served as food for that matter), wheat, rye, barley, and any of their derivatives
How long have I been reading? Maybe a month or so now.
How did I get here? Through a link on another food blog; Gluten free girl?? Orangette? Don't remember.
What's for dinner tonight? Herb salad with honey-mustard vinagrette, steak and asparagus tacos.
Name: Elise
Location: Carmichael, California
Age: 46
Gender: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Avocados, Eggs, Corn Tortillas, Cheese, Salsa
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Lima Beans, Saffron, Natto, Cheesecake, tripe
How long have you been reading Kalyn's Kitchen? Since the very beginning
How did you get here? Kalyn wrote me.
What's for dinner tonight? Not sure, am going out.
Name: Nabeela
Location: San Jose, CA
Age: 23
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Rice, Dal(pulses), ALL vegetables, fruits and chocolate
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Most forms of shell fish...
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: For about 8 months now
How Did You Get Here?: I don't remember!
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Rice, Prawn Curry(with coconut milk) & Eggs with curry leaves
Name: Chris
Location: Atlanta (by way of Boston)
Age: a few weeks shy of 35
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: candy (that categorize as a food?), bread, oranges, super crunch sushi rolls, water with lemon (note really a "food" per say - but...)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: loster, anchovies, red kidney beans, corn beef, liver
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: Since I started my blog in January
How Did You Get Here?:a link off someone's blog - can't remember.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Leftover apricot rice medley (will be on blog soon...)
Name: Kitarra
Location: Orange County, California
Age: 36, just
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:
1. Pickles
2. Tomatoes
3. Garlic
4. Cheese
5. Cherries
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
1. Onions
2. Celery
3. Pickled Herring
4. Meat Jello
5. Cooked Carrots
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: About a year and a half...possibly a little longer.
How Did You Get Here?: Followed a link from another journal. Though I can't remember which.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Meatless Meatball sandwiches in fresh golden tomato sauce with smoky jack cheese.
Name: Amy (AF)
Location: Upstate New Yorik
Age: 44
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Chocolate, Broccoli, Chicken, Good Tomato Sauce and Pasta, cheese.
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Liver, White Bread/Flour foods, Cauliflower, Figs/Dates, Dark Meat (poultry).
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen: About 8 months.
How Did You Get Here: From another blog, maybe Farmgirl Fare, I [Heart] Farms, or Simply Recipes.
What's For Dinner Tonight: Pizza at a meeting out; last night was broiled salmon with lemon and ginger, sweet potato and asparagus.
Kalyn--LOVE your blog, the SB-friendly recipes, etc. and appreciate all your work. Hope your vision improves asap! Thanks.
Wow, I am totally blown away by all the nice comments, and also by how many of you are willing to answer. Thanks, everybody! It's so fun learning more about the people who are reading. (And I am 100% with those of you who were honest enough to list coffee or Diet Coke with your favorite foods!)
Name: J.Ho
Location: Boston, Mass
Age: 33
Sex: Very Male
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Lobster, veal, kielbasa, asparagus, mandarin oranges
Five Foods You Can Live Without: relish, sauerkraut, capers, mustard, pickles
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: Year or so
How Did You Get Here?: fate
What's For Dinner Tonight?: lobster ravioli with a tomato cream sauce & asparagus ... at the Goat Hill Grille in Beverly, Mass
Kalyn,
I got so caught up in filling out the survey that I forgot to wish you a speedy recovery from your floater. They can be quite pesky but eventually harmless.
Name: Ruth
Location: Northern Ireland
Age: 23
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: cheese, apple juice, potatoes, chili, curry
Five Foods You Can Live Without: most fish, lobster, aubergine, peanut butter, banana
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: about a month
How Did You Get Here?: Found it through google
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Spaghetti carbonara
Name Bev C aka Sinkcar
Location: south Central Wisconsin
Age: 56
Sex: F
Five Foods Can't live without: Chocolate, salad greens, cauliflower, peanut butter and nuts of all kinds, celery
Five Foods you can live without: eggplant, okra, corn, candy,any baked treat/white flour product
How long reading Kalyns"? not sure - a year? 6 months?
How did I get here? Link on another blog
What's for dinner tonight? baked salmon, roasted Brussel Sprouts, baked onions with parmesan cheese, mixed baby salad greens
Name: Kathy
Location: Indianapolis
Age: 57
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Whole grain bread, peanut butter, tomatoes, home-made soup, muffins
Five Foods You Can Live Without: mushrooms, fishy tasting fish, oysters, egg-drop soup, egg-beaters
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen? About a month
How Did You Get Here? Going through food blogs
What's For Dinner Tonight? Probably a stir-fry with a little chicken and a Thai-peanut sauce
Name: CJ
Location: Wisconsin, USA
Age: 48
Sex: F
Five foods I can't live without:
tomatoes, pasta, cheese, eggs, beans, onions (can I please have another five?)
Five foods I can live without:
liver, canned baked beans, processed cheese food, tofu, sea cucumbers (of course, I had to try them....ugh.)
How long have I been reading...?
I think at least a year.
How did I get here?
You are on my "My Yahoo" page. I found you from a link on Elise's Simply Recipes and you've been on my homepage ever since.
What's for dinner tonight?
Roast pork loin with a rosemary-scented mushroom cream sauce, parsely buttered egg noodles, salad, steamed broccoli with garlic and lemon, a nice white wine (still have to pick that up) and orange slices marinated in Grand Manier.
Good luck with the eye. Hopefully, the floater will disipate soon.
Keep up the inspiration Kalyn!
-CJ
Name: Tammy
Location: Nebraska
Age: 45
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: chocolate, skim milk, boneless skinless chicken breasts, green veggies, shrimp
Five Foods You Can Live Without: curry, catfish, raspberries, lima beans, cream of wheat cereal
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: since January
How Did You Get Here?: link from another food blog
What's For Dinner Tonight?: chicken parmesan w/ whole wheat pasta
Kalyn,
It's been so much fun reading all of the replies.
When you're looking for another idea, ask what's your favorite condiment/seasoning (or top five).
-CJ
pesky CJ here again.....
You didn't tell us yours. The 5&5, plus what's for dinner tonight.
The drops must be wearing off a bit by now. (Thought we'd let you off the hook, huh?) ;)
Anonymous, I do like the idea of asking people what's their favorite condiment or seasoning (or how about salad dressing too?) I'll do that one another time.
Ok, CJ, here are my replies:
Name: Kalyn
Age: 58 (do I have to admit it?)
Sex: F
Five foods I can't live without: Diet Coke with lime, nuts, cheese, tomatoes, eggs
Five foods I can live without: white bread, yams, parsnips, water chestnuts, eggnog
(next two not applicapable to me I guess)
What's for dinner tonight: I might be going out and if I do it's probably Greek Salad with a side of Gyro meat; if I'm home I'll eat some Chicken and Pinto Bean Soup with Lime and Cilantro (has not been on the blog yet, coming soon!
Name: Lo Nestman
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Age: 28
Sex: M
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Steak, chocolate, lobster, strawberries, and almost any dessert
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Peas, tofu, tuna, sadly anything green
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: Over 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: Reading newspaper
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Roasted chicken and asparagus
He probably thinks I don't remember him, but Lo Nestman was a student in my class in fourth grade. Too fun!!
Hi Lo. Nice to hear from you.
Name: FZQ
Location: Silver Spring, MD
Age: 31
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Chicken Curry, Lime Tortilla Chips, any kind of Ice Cream, okra, cilantro
Five Foods You can Live Without: Lamb, Chopped liver, beets, goat cheese, and tofu
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: Couple of months.
How Did You Get Here? linked from another blog
What's For Dinner Tonight: check it out on http://garammasala-food.blogspot.com/
Name: Garland
Location: Southwest Michigan
Age 39 and holding -- forever
Sex: F
Five foods you can't live without: smoked salmon, Thai, cafe latte, mangos
Five foods you can live without: liver, chard, sushi, sea cucumbers, kimchee
How long reading Kalyn's Kitchen? about two months
How did you get here? a link on David Lebowitz' Paris blog.
What's for dinner tonight? your own beef bourguinon with wheat noodles, buttered asparagus.
Kalyn: The scary floater sinks to the bottom of the aqueous matter in a few days and will be out of sight soon. Patience. And, thank you for all the wonderful entries.
Name: Liz
age:55
Sex: F
Five Food You can't live without:
Coffee, diet Green Tea,Green Beans,
tomatoes.
Five Foods you can live without:
Liver,Peas, Brussel Sprouts, potatoes & rice.
How long have you been reading Kalyn's Kitchen: 3 weeks
How did you get there: south beach
(google)
What for dinner: Spiced Shrimp & salad
Hope your Floater clears up soon.
Name: Sandeepa
Location: NJ
Age: ---
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: rice, dal, egg, fish,all sorts of Indian spicy food
Five Foods You Can Live Without: love everything
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: saw link to WHB on some blog
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Rice, Dal, Catfish with Veggies, BottleGourd Subzi
Name: Wanda
Location: Salt Lake City
Age: 40 something, as in sixty is the new forty.
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:
Dalfour's Mango Green Tea,Cucumbers on pineapple cream cheese,Wild salmon, Red & yellow bell peppers, Fruit on gelato.
Herb: I LOVE CILANTRO!
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Diet sodas,brussel sprouts, lamb,canned food,Chinese food
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: From 1st day of posting...?.years! Prior to that, on Kalyn's Lake Powell houseboat recipes e-mail list.
How Did You Get Here?: Long time friend of Kalyn's.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Wild salmon on caesar salad. Could not find gelato tonight.
LOVE THESE POSTS, KALYN!
Name: K E
Location:Rochester NY
Age:57
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:chocolate,yogurt,diet cola,chicken,romain lettuce
Five Foods You Can Live Without:liver,lamb,chocolate coverd fruit,lima beans,celery
How Long Have You Been Reading Kaylin'sKitchen? 6 months
How Did You Get Here?:Not sure - I ythink is was during a South Beach recipe search
What's For Dinner Tonight?:sauted chicken breast,roasted cauliflower & sweet potato, tossed salad
Name: Kitt
Location: Denver, Colorado
Age: 41
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Coffee, bread, cheese (the stinkier the better!), artichokes, Vietnamese pho
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Brussels sprouts, raw zucchini, sea slugs, Rocky Mountain oysters, Chinese baijiu (white liquor)
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: Couple of months
How Did You Get Here?: Menu for Hope link
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Corned beef hash with eggs. The corned beef's in the crockpot now. House smells mmmmmyummy.
Name: Wendy
Location: California
Age: 42
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:
Chocolate, Coffee, Mushrooms, chile peppers, onions
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Shrimp, tarragon, okra, peaches, mango
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: around 6 months
How Did You Get Here?: a link from Gluten-Free Girl
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Homemade Mac & Cheese with Dreamfields elbows.
Name:Elaine
Location:Spokane WA
Age:49
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:
Asparagus, Dungeness Crab, Berries, Earl Grey tea, Homemade yogurt
Five Foods You Can Live Without:
Pork rinds, Hot dogs, Anything greasy, Rice Krispy Treats, Super-sweet cereal
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?:
Since May or June of 2006
How Did You Get Here?: Link from another food blog, can't remember which, I read so many!
What's For Dinner Tonight?:
We went to a wonderful Japanese restaurant; the food was phenomenal, considering Spokane is over 300 miles from the water. The Dragon Roll, with eel, shrimp and avocado was perfect.
Name: Zoe
Location: Carrboro, NC, USA
Age: 26
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: cookies, pizza, ice cream, cheese, beef (I don't eat this stuff often, except sugar free ice cream and low fat cheese, but it would be horrible if I could never have it again!)
Five Foods You Can Live Without: shellfish, regular fish, mustard, cantaloupe, pesto
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: a few months
How Did You Get Here?: Elise's Simply Recipes
What's For Dinner Tonight?: leftover chicken cordon bleu and roasted butternut squash
Name: Amy
Location: Portland, ME
Age: 30
Sex: F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: popcorn made on the stove, spinach, bread, cheese, does ice coffee count?
Five Foods You Can Live Without: any and all fish (sorry tuna, even you), liver, caviar, and any fish by-prodcuts (sad because I am from Maine, huh?)
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: hmmmmmm....a few months anyway
How Did You Get Here?: A link from another food blog.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: leftovers from the enchiladas and spanish rice I made last night.
How come I missed that in February?? (Skiing in Italy?) Anyway - hope you've got rid of your floaters - I get them all the time, but I'm severely (very much so) short-sighted..
Anyway: your reader survey:
Name: Pille
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Age: 33
Sex: female
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: wild berries, chocolate, wild mushrooms, good Estonian rye bread, ripe summer apples
Five Foods You Can Live Without: shrimps, snails, octopus, oysters, scallops (you get the picture:)
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: for about 2 years, which is the period I've been blogging myself
How Did You Get Here?: cannot remember
What's For Dinner Tonight?:
haggis, neeps & tatties for the main course (yep, I'm not kidding - we brought some back from Scotland in early June), and some cloudberries and strawberries and oat cookies for pudding.
Name:Kay
Location:Norman, OK
Age: 52
Sex:F
Five Foods You Can't Live Without:chocolate, cheese, fresh tomatoes, beef, salsa
Five Foods You Can Live Without:fish, liver, brussel sprouts, squid, cauliflower
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: about 3-4 mos
How Did You Get Here?:I found you by a link from another blog
What's For Dinner Tonight?: I don't know yet.
Name: Fran
Location: Pearl City, Hawaii
Age: 40
Sex: Female
Five Foods You Can't Live Without: Fresh Fish, Rice, Ribeye Steaks, Broccoli, Shrimp
Five Foods You Can Live Without: Sea Cucumber (the only thing I've tasted that I don't want to eat again)
How Long Have You Been Reading Kalyn's Kitchen?: A few months
How Did You Get Here?: It was definitely a link from another blog, possibly slashfood.
What's For Dinner Tonight?: Hamburgers
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