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Kelly

My name's Kelly and I'm the blogger behind The Pink Apron. My blog is a cooking and recipe blog and is all about delicious from scratch cooking that melds the techniques our great grandmothers used with modern flavors.
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Fromage Friday: Carr Valley Cheese Co. by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Hopefully everyone had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend.  I was fortunate enough to be able to take a few days off to drive up to Minnesota and spend time with frie ... Read on »
Secret Recipe Club: Bacon, Date and Goat Cheese Filo Rolls by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating For my third month in Secret Recipe Club I was assigned the blog Teenage Taste .  I’d stumbled upon her blog a few times before when Googling for recipes so I ... Read on »
Tropical Granola for the National Food Blogger Bake Sale by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating First off, I have to say a huge belated thank you to everyone who came out, in Chicago or elsewhere, for the National Food Blogger Bake Sale  and to local wine shop  ... Read on »
Apple, Cranberry and Orange Muffins by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating One of the fun things about having a food blog is that it provides a peek into what I was preparing and eating at different points in time. Since I’ve never wa ... Read on »
Alaskan Wild Salmon Taco with Goat Cheese-Bacon Fondue by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating This marks my final submission in the Alaska Fish Taco contest put on by the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, which since it is also Cinco de Mayo is quite fitt ... Read on »
Alaskan King Crab Salad “Tacos” by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating   This is my last fish/seafood taco recipe for the month, so I decided to make it a good one.  (Not to discount the others, but this is easily my favorite ... Read on »
Chile-Dusted Wild Alaskan Salmon Taco with Creamy Mushroom Sauce by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Happy Taco Tuesday! I’m happy to bring you yet another recipe featuring wild Alaska seafood. If you’re just joining me, I’m participating in a fish taco contes ... Read on »
Secret Recipe Club: Crunchy Chocolate Squares by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating For my second month in Secret Recipe Club I was assigned the blog Yumsilicious Bakes .  With an ample amount of pink in her blog design, Avanika is a girl afte ... Read on »
The Return of the Food Blogger Bake Sale and Chewy Toasted Coconut and Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Time again to mark your calendars. The Third Annual National Food Blogger Bake Sale is a week from this tomorrow. This event is pretty meaningful to me because ... Read on »
Thai Quinoa, Millet, and Vegetable Salad by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating About four times a year I make the trek home to Minnesota. I have a love-hate relationship with the drive. On one hand is much easier to pack up the dog to drive than ... Read on »
Grilled Wild Alaskan Black Cod Tacos with Pineapple-Bacon Relish by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating For this installment of the wild Alaska seafood blogger fish taco contest our challenge was to do a grilled taco. While I will admit that a fried fish taco in ... Read on »
Chewy Banana Toblerone Cookies by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Two months ago when I set out to find my perfect chewy banana cookie recipe I never stopped tinkering.  The version I came up with then got good reviews from fami ... Read on »
Carrot and Goat’s Milk Cheddar Soup by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Last week it was ice cream , but this week it’s all about soup.  It might seem a bit incongruent, but it’s pretty representative of the weather we’ve been having these ... Read on »
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Ice Cream by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Last month’s 5 Star Makeover event was all about beets. Given that they are sometimes called super foods I found it amusing that this month’s theme was junk fo ... Read on »
Apple Spice Cookies by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating When I went on my apple picking adventure to Indiana back in October I had a feeling once I was hauling my apples back to the car that I had over picked. But it ... Read on »
Secret Recipe Club: Stuffed Pork Chops with Ricotta and Spinach by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating This month marked the first time I was able to participate in Secret Recipe Club . I tried to join quite a while ago but the group was full so when I received ... Read on »
Apple, Blue Cheese and Walnut Dip by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating Between November and April I usually avoid the weather app on my iPhone.  Living in Chicago it’s generally an instant ticket to disappointment and frustration.   ... Read on »
Aloha-Inspired Fish Taco with Ginger Slaw, Caramelized Pineapple and Macadamia Nuts by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating I had a blast working with Alaska Seafood to conceive a dish for the Foodbuzz Blogger Fest so when they reached out to ask if I’d like to participate in an Ala ... Read on »
Creamed Brussels Sprouts and Apples with Bacon by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating As I’ve probably said before, I am the kind of cook who mostly values exploring the new vs. repetition. I have an inherent desire to switch things up and even if I st ... Read on »
Mexican-Inspired Strata with Jalepeno Chicken Sausage and Chihuahua Cheese by Kelly Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthy Eating One of the things I love about cooking is that progress and growth are often very tangible.  Dishes that I once considered elusive and challenging like liver mousse o ... Read on »