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Lena's Kitchen

Lena's Kitchen

easy, elevated and approachable simple recipes for the everyday home cook

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Sliced roasted turkey with herbs, lemon wedges, onions, and cranberries on a platter, surrounded by mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, and cranberry sauce.

Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas

Oval platter of cooked green beans with serving utensils, surrounded by lemon wedges, salt, parsley, and a bottle of oil on a tiled surface.

Air Fryer Green Beans

A white gravy boat filled with brown gravy sits on a beige cloth next to a spoon, with mashed potatoes and herbs in the background.

Thanksgiving Gravy

Sliced roasted turkey with herbs, lemon wedges, and onions on a platter, surrounded by mashed potatoes, green beans, salad, and gravy on a table.

Spatchcock Turkey

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A white oval platter with fall harvest salad topped with apple slices, orange slices, dried cranberries, pecans, pumpkin seeds, and cheese shavings, surrounded by salad ingredients.

Fall Harvest Salad

A bowl of creamy kielbasa potato soup with sliced sausage, potatoes, herbs, and dill garnish, with a spoon in the bowl, set on a white marble surface.

Kielbasa Potato Soup

Instant Pot white chicken chili in a bowl.

Instant Pot White Chicken Chili

Plate of homemade steak bites and potatoes with herbs, surrounded by a skillet and additional plates on a white marble surface.

Steak Bites and Potatoes

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Turkish eggs.

Turkish Eggs

Korean ground beef bowls.

Korean Ground Beef Bowls

Marinated skirt steak.

Marinated Skirt Steak

Albacore tuna salad.

Albacore Tuna Salad

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Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole Recipe

Loaded Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes

Croissant French toast bake.

Croissant French Toast Bake

Turkish eggs.

Turkish Eggs

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Easy Olivier Salad (Russian Potato Salad)

A white oval platter with fall harvest salad topped with apple slices, orange slices, dried cranberries, pecans, pumpkin seeds, and cheese shavings, surrounded by salad ingredients.

Fall Harvest Salad

Chicken Cobb salad on a serving platter.

Summer Dinner Party Menu

Healthy Taco Bowls

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Three cheddar bay biscuits on a plate, one split open with butter melting inside. A butter knife with butter rests on the plate, garnished with parsley.

Cheddar Bay Biscuits

Hands pulling apart a round loaf of bread filled with melted cheese and herbs on a white plate, with ingredients like garlic and parmesan nearby.

Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread

Loaded Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes

A black bowl filled with stir-fried noodles and beef, garnished with chopped green onions, with chopsticks lifting some noodles. Other small dishes are in the background.

Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles

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Turkey club sandwich.

Turkey Club Sandwich

Two creamy espresso martinis in coupe glasses on a wooden board, with scattered coffee beans, a jigger, and a wooden scoop with more beans.

Classic Espresso Martini

Puff pastry brie bites being drizzled with honey.

Puff Pastry Brie Bites

A hand drizzles honey over crepes made with an easy crepe recipe, topped with whipped cream and mixed berries on a white plate, with juice and fruit in the background.

Easy Crepe Recipe

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Oval platter of cooked green beans with serving utensils, surrounded by lemon wedges, salt, parsley, and a bottle of oil on a tiled surface.

Air Fryer Green Beans

Instant Pot Quinoa Recipe

Healthy Taco Bowls

A person holding an oval plate of garlicky green beans with seasonings, next to a small bowl of salt and a checkered napkin.

French Style Green Beans (Haricots Verts)

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Overhead shot of a plate with a piece of homemade strawberry tiramisu.

Strawberry Tiramisu

A hand drizzles honey over crepes made with an easy crepe recipe, topped with whipped cream and mixed berries on a white plate, with juice and fruit in the background.

Easy Crepe Recipe

Fresh strawberry cake on a cake platter.

Fresh Strawberry Cake (With Lemon)

Baked peaches.

Baked Peaches

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Two creamy espresso martinis in coupe glasses on a wooden board, with scattered coffee beans, a jigger, and a wooden scoop with more beans.

Classic Espresso Martini

A cocktail in a coupe glass garnished with four green olives on a skewer, placed on a wooden coaster.

Extra Dirty Martini

A glass with fall sangria with cranberries and sliced oranges, with more in the back.

Fall Sangria Recipe

Chicken Cobb salad on a serving platter.

Summer Dinner Party Menu

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Hi, I’m Lena Gladstone

I like to create and share recipes that feature real ingredients, real food made for real people. My recipes are fresh, seasonal, mostly simple, often healthy, and sometimes prepared with cheese and butter in mind. Balance people, that’s what it’s all about.

Whether you’re new to the kitchen or have been cooking your entire life, I hope you’ll find the recipes and ideas here that will gather your family around the table and create memories that will last a lifetime.

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Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole Recipe

Loaded Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potatoes

Croissant French toast bake.

Croissant French Toast Bake

A black bowl filled with stir-fried noodles and beef, garnished with chopped green onions, with chopsticks lifting some noodles. Other small dishes are in the background.

Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles

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