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Stir-Fry Shrimp with Spicy Orange Sauce

April 6, 2015 by Kristi 26 Comments

Spicy Orange Shrimp | Inspiration Kitchen

This Stir-Fry Shrimp with Spicy Orange Sauce is so easy, fast, light, healthy and delicious – it will become a weeknight family favorite. Happy day after Easter! I hope you all had a lovely, peaceful Easter Sunday. This year, Easter was just the two of us, and it was an easy, restful and peaceful day of… 

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Filed Under: Main Dishes, Seafood, Shrimp Tagged With: 30 minute dinner, 30 minute recipe, appetizer, appetizers, easy recipe, healthy, inspiration kitchen, light, low calorie, low fat, main dish, orange, party food, recipe, savory, seafood, shrimp, spicy, spicy orange sauce, sweet

Chicken Fajita Tacos with Cotija Cheese

February 23, 2015 by Kristi 43 Comments

Chicken Fajita Tacos with Cotija Cheese | Inspiration Kitchen

These Chicken Fajita Tacos with Cotija Cheese are light, refreshing and healthy! You will love the bright, crisp flavor with just a touch of lime zest! Amazingly good and low fat too. Readers, have you taken the Reader Survey yet? If not, please do! I am learning so much more about what you want from… 

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Filed Under: Chicken, Main Dishes Tagged With: appetizer, chicken, chicken tacos, corn tortillas, cotija, cotija cheese, grilled tacos, heatlhy, inspiration kitchen, lemon zest, light, low fat, main dish, mexican food, pico de gallo, poultry, purple onion, recipe, red bell peppers, salsa, skinny, spicy, taco, tacos, yellow bell peppers

Grapefruit Smoked Salmon Salad

January 26, 2015 by Kristi 31 Comments

Florida Grapefruit Smoked Salmon Salad | Inspiration Kitchen

This Florida Grapefruit Smoked Salmon Salad is refreshing, light and amazingly healthy!   Do you think of eating grapefruit only for breakfast? What I love about the recipe I’m sharing today, is that it spans coast-to-coast.  Florida meets Seattle. Do you know what happens when you bring two of the finest ingredients, each of these states are… 

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Filed Under: Main Dishes, Salads, Salmon, Seafood Tagged With: #clevergirls, #flgrapefruit, breakfast, crisp, delicious, florida, florida grapefruit, grapefruit, healthy, inspiration kitchen, juiciest grapefruit, juicy, lettuce, light, low fat, mixed greens, recipe, salad, salads, salmon, seattle, skinny, smoked salmon, sweetest grapefruit

Lemon Poppyseed Dressing

January 22, 2015 by Kristi 57 Comments

Lemon Poppyseed Dressing | Inspiration Kitchen

This Lemon Poppyseed Dressing is fresh, light and so flavorful with lemon, Dijon mustard, red onion and tarragon.  The perfect light dressing for your favorite salad! What’s your favorite salad dressing? When it comes to dressings, I typically follow a pattern.  Stuck in rut, one might say. 🙂 But this time, I stepped way outside my… 

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Filed Under: Salads Tagged With: dressing, healthy, inspiration, lemon, light, poppyseed, recipe, refreshing, salad, salad dressing, salads

Spicy Red Curry Shrimp

January 8, 2015 by Kristi 72 Comments

This Spicy Red Curry Shrimp is filled with healthy vegetables and is deliciously spicy! Red curry paste + red pepper flakes make this spicy dish one that spice lovers will adore! Do you believe spicy food helps you lose weight? With the goal of slimming down after the holidays, I am really curious if you… 

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Filed Under: Main Dishes, Seafood, Shrimp Tagged With: asian food, bamboo shoots, coconut milk, curry, garlic, healthy, inspiration kitchen, light, main dish, onion, recipe, red bell pepper, red curry, red curry paste, seafood, shrimp, spicy, zucchini

Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken

August 7, 2014 by Kristi 34 Comments

Easy Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken | Inspiration Kitchen

This easy Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken is juicy, flavorful and simple to make. You know the ice cream maker I bought last week? The Husband’s first comment was “Yet another kitchen gadget?  Where in the world are you going to store that thing?” Am I a bad wife if my first thought was “On your… 

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Filed Under: Chicken, Main Dishes Tagged With: chicken, crock pot, crockpot, easy, easy recipe, healthy, inspiration kitchen, light, low fat, poultry, recipe, shredded chicken, slow cooker

Creamy Chicken Soup with Farro

May 13, 2014 by Kristi 59 Comments

This Creamy Chicken Soup with Farro is amazing – light and flavorful and loaded with healthy vegetables. I hope all of you moms had a wonderful Mother’s Day! I know I did. It was very relaxing! We had beautiful weather – not a cloud in the sky and the sun made an appearance all day – which made… 

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Filed Under: Soups & Salads Tagged With: carrots, celery, chicken, chicken soup, farro, healthy, healthy eating, healthy meal, healthy soup, inspiration kitchen, light, onions, poultry, recipe, soup, stew, summer soup, vegetable soup with chicken, winter soup

Imitation Crab Salad

March 10, 2014 by Kristi 34 Comments

This Imitation Crab Salad is packed with flavor and lot of crunch, filled with celery, onions and rich cheddar cheese, and it’s easy to throw together! I’ve told you before, when The Husband goes out of town, I go a bit craaaaazy in the kitchen. This time was no different. Doesn’t this little number look… 

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Filed Under: Main Dishes, Salads Tagged With: Alaska pollock, appetizer, appetizers, black olives, celery, cheddar cheese, crab, healthy, imitation crab, inspiration kitchen, krab, light, light mayonnaise, low fat, main dish, mayonnaise, onions, recipe, salad, savory, seafood, summer

Low-Fat Skinny Shrimp Salsa

February 26, 2014 by Kristi 24 Comments

Today @ IK, we’re going light with a fresh, healthy salsa recipe. Simple, easy, low-fat, and delicious. Which frees up my time to write the lighting post you all asked for! Ok, this starts with one of my favorite go-to proteins for throwing together a quick, easy, delicious meal. Pre-cooked shrimp. You know how I… 

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Filed Under: Appetizers Tagged With: appetizer, appetizers, black beans, healthy, inspiration kitchen, jalapenos, light, low calorie, low fat, recipe, salsa, seafood, shrimp, skinny, small bites, spicy

Makeover Monday: Studio & Lighting Equipment

February 24, 2014 by Kristi 30 Comments

You guys, I had the best weekend, and I had to share it with you!!! Isn’t she enlightening? 🙂 I’ve only played with this little number for 2 days, but I have to tell you – it is rocking my photography world. I am absolutely and completely flipped out, crazy nuts over this. Now, you… 

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