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In 2005 I visited Rhode Island, and discovered a low-carb pita bread that was made with healthy ingredients and so delicious that I wrote about Joseph’s Bakery Low-Carb Pita Bread on my new food blog. I brought some pita bread home with me, but I didn’t ever find it in Utah. And I might have forgotten about it, but fans of the pita bread kept leaving comments asking where they could get this relatively low-carb pita bread! I kept checking, but for years there was nowhere to order it online. 

A few years later my friend Lydia sent me some of the low-carb pita bread, which was her own favorite as well. Then someone left a comment letting me know the Joseph’s Bakery products were soon going to be available online. And then I discovered I could buy Joseph’s Low-Carb Pita Bread at Amazon.com (affiliate link). Since then I’ve been buying a three-pack from Amazon every few months and keeping them in the freezer. And now I hear occasionally from a reader who finds this pita in a store. And I still love Joseph’s Pita Bread that’s delicious, nutritious, high in protein and fiber, low in fat, and quite low in net carbs!

How I’ve used Joseph’s Low-Carb Pita Bread?

When it’s Thanksgiving weekend, for sure I’ll be making these Pita Bread Turkey Sandwiches with Cranberry Salsa. And I do use this pita regularly to scoop up things like Greek Dip with Tomatoes and Feta or to make a quick lunch like Egg Salad Pita with Green Olives. But I have some many ideas for using this tasty pita I had to put them in a separate post! Check out my Favorite Recipes with Low-Carb Pita Bread as well of lots of ideas for tasty things to scoop up with pita or stuff inside pita.

How Low in Carbs is Joseph’s Pita Bread:

The regular size pita has 12 carbs in a whole pita, but 6 grams of fiber for only 6 net carbs. Each whole pita also has 6 grams of protein, with zero grams of sugar and only one gram of fat. Of course this pita bread isn’t Keto or gluten-free, but for anyone who’s following a or low-carb or carb-conscious eating plan, I think Joseph’s Bakery Pita Bread is pretty perfect to stuff with something healthy and eat occasionally for a quick meal.

About Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks:

I purchased the Joseph’s Flax, Oat Bran, and Whole Wheat Pitas (affiliate link) myself at Amazon.com  and although Joseph once left a comment on the blog years ago, this company has no idea that I’m writing about their product now. All items featured here as my picks are things I’d happily buy over and over, and because I want readers to know that my opinions are completely unbiased, I don’t accept review products from the many companies who offer to send them to me. You can see my other kitchen and food picks at the page for Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks.

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Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener is a product I’ve loved for a long time, and this post talks about why I love it. This is my favorite zero calorie sweetener for baking, sauces, and salad dressings, and I use Monkfruit in any recipe that calls for sugar.

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Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener is a zero calorie sweetener I’ve been using for a long time now, and I really like the flavor of this sweetener. But what sealed the deal for me with this sweetener was when I made No Bake Cherry Cheesecake using Monkfruit Sweetener, and it was gobbled up by Kara’s kids.

In the past I’d sometimes gotten bad reviews from the kids when they tested low-sugar desserts made with other sweeteners. So when the kids really enjoyed a dessert made with this sweetener, I officially made it one of my Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks!

And November has to be the unofficial start of the holidays, when people are baking and wanting sweet treats more than usual, right? So this shout-out for Lakanto Monkfruit also includes some of the favorite recipes where I’ve used it!

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For many years I’ve been a fan of making homemade chicken stock, and I love the way making stock leaves the whole house smelling great, and I also think homemade chicken stock really makes a difference in the flavor in many recipes. I save chicken scraps in the freezer and every so often I make a big pot of stock and freeze it.

But I know there are people who think making stock is just too much trouble, and there are also times when you only need a small amount and it’s not worth thawing a container of stock from the freezer or opening a carton of the Kirkland Chicken Stock (affiliate link) that’s my choice when I’m buying it.

That’s when I’ll reach for this Better Than Bouillon Organic Roasted Chicken Base that’s a product I always have in my fridge. And I’m not always a homemade stock purist; I’ll add a bit of this chicken soup base to my bubbling stock when I don’t have enough chicken scraps.

Why do I like Better Than Bouillon Organic Roasted Chicken Base so much?

I’ve tried a lot of different brands, but Better Than Bouillon is my hands-down favorite for chicken soup base. It comes in a large jar that lasts forever, and a small amount adds a lot of real chicken flavor. (I always try to get the low-sodium version, and it’s even organic which I think is a sign of quality in a product like this.)

Where do I buy Better Than Bouillon Organic Roasted Chicken Base?

I’ve been loving this product even more now that I’m buying it at Costco, where sometimes they have the extra large size jars you see in these photos. But you can find this in most grocery stores or buy Better than Bouillon Organic Roasted Chicken Base (affiliate link) from Amazon.

Is Better Than Bouillon Organic Roasted Chicken Base Gluten-Free?

Shirley from Gluten Free Easily tells me that Better than Bouillon no longer guarantees their products are gluten-free and on their website Better Than Bouillon confirms that their products are made in a facility that stores wheat, so this product may not work for people who have to avoid gluten. (I have tried to make a note of that on recipes where I’ve tagged the recipe gluten-free, but I could have missed some since I didn’t know this for many years.)

Some Favorites Recipes that Use Chicken Soup Base:

I use this product so often, I can never list every recipe where I’ve used it! But here are some favorites through the years.

• Chicken Pesto Soup
• Low-Carb Colcannon Recipe with Bacon
• Chicken Soup with Collards and Lemon
• Amy’s Amazing White Chicken Chili
• Greek Lemon Rice
• Greek Chicken Salad with Peperoncini
• Sandee’s Asian Chicken Cabbage Salad

More Favorite Products from Better than Bouillon:

• Better than Bouillon Organic Vegetable Base (affiliate link)
• Better Than Bouillon Beef Base (affiliate link
• Better Than Bouillon Mushroom Base (affiliate link)
• Better than Bouillon Turkey Base (affiliate link)

More About Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks:

I purchased the Better than Bouillon Organic Roasted Chicken Base myself and the company has no idea that I’m featuring their product on my blog. All items featured as Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks are things I would happily buy over and over, and I don’t accept review products of any kind from the many companies who offer to send them to me. You can see my other kitchen and food picks at the page for Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks.

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I love Roasted Red Peppers in a Jar as a pantry ingredient. Of course you can roast your own red peppers, and the freshly roasted peppers are fantastic. But when you don’t have that much time or energy, using red peppers from a jar is quick and the jarred peppers are amazingly flavorful.

My regular grocery store carries two brands of jarred red peppers, but these Mount Olive Roasted Red Peppers are cheaper and so consistently good that they’re the ones I always reach for, and I’ve been buying this brand for over twenty years now!

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Genova Tuna in Olive Oil is a product I started buying in the early days of my blog, after I fell in love with the flavor of tuna packed in olive oil. And my love for tuna in olive oil started with an interesting Italian tuna salad I saw on a friends blog, way, way back in the early days of blogging.

I absolutely loved the flavor of the tuna packed in olive oil, which was so different from the kind of tuna my mom bought when I was growing up in a family of ten kids! And for a while I did buy imported Italian tuna, which was delicious of course.

But then one day I was shopping at a now-closed Salt Lake grocery store and I saw Genova Tuna in Olive Oil on the shelf. I bought some and was so happy with the flavor, which I thought was quite comparable with the imported Italian tuna I had been buying. Since then I’ve always had some of this olive-oil packed tuna in my pantry.

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I loved Capers from the first time I tasted them, and today I’m telling you a bit more about capers and sharing favorite recipes using them! And if you haven’t cooked with capers, I hope you get inspired to try them soon!

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Capers are a fun ingredient that I loved since the first time I had them in a restaurant! And I can’t remember for sure, but I am guessing that Chicken Piccata might be the first dish I ever tried with capers as an ingredient. And it’s still something I love to order and always enjoy.

This post is going to tell you more about what capers are, where they come from, and what they taste like. And I’ll also share links to my favorite recipes using capers. If you haven’t eaten capers or tried cooking with capers yet, I hope you try them soon!

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I love my homemade Basil Pesto with Lemon, but when you don’t have basil to make pesto this Kirkland Basil Pesto from Costco is pretty great! And this post has 18 amazing recipes for using Pesto any time of year!

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This post is about Why I Love Kirkland Basil Pesto! If you’re a regular reader, you know I love to make basil pesto in the summer, and I think my recipe for Basil Pesto with Lemon can’t be beat. But sometimes fresh basil isn’t available, you don’t want to bother making pesto from scratch, or you want to make recipes with pesto in the dead of winter.

For times when making pesto at home just isn’t happening, I’m a huge fan of Kirkland Basil Pesto from Costco, and this is product that I’ve been buying for years. And just in case you’re wondering, Costco has never given me any pesto or paid me to write about it here, but I’m excited to add it to my list of Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks!

If you’re also a pesto fan, keep reading to see my favorite recipes with basil pesto. And most (but not all) of the pesto recipes are are low in carbs, and quite a few are Keto. Click a recipe link and use the diet-type icons under the recipe title to see what diets that recipe is suitable for. I hope you enjoy trying some new ideas for cooking with pesto!

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Salt Free Spike Seasoning is simply a version of Spike Seasoning that doesn’t have added salt! Most people who are following this website have probably noticed my love of Spike Seasoning, right? It’s by far my most-used spice blend and something I use and love for the way it adds a flavor boost to nearly all my savory recipes!

Spike Seasoning has been sold for over 50 years, and I’ve been a fan of it for many, many years, even long before I became a food blogger! And it’s one of the first food products I spotlighted on the blog when I first started recommending Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks!

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Newman’s Own Classic Oil and Vinegar Dressing is the one I always choose whenever I need vinaigrette dressing for a recipe! And this post featuring my favorite low-sugar vinaigrette gives you a big list of easy recipes that use it!

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Newman’s Own Classic Oil and Vinegar Dressing is definitely one of most used ingredients! In fact, this got added to my list of Kalyn’s Kitchen Picks a few years back after I was having a blog cooking day with my fabulous assistant Kara, and we realized that three out of four recipes we were making used this amazing low-sugar dressing in some way. 

Of course the extremely low-carbs is one important reason why I love this dressing, besides the pleasant flavor of course! But keep reading for more about why I love this salad dressing, and if you have a favorite recipe using it, I’d love to hear about it in the comments!

And I don’t know how long I’ve been using this classic dressing, but now the company has updated the look of the bottle, so I am updating the photos here and reminding you about how much I like it!

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Vege-Sal is a product I learned to love from my Grandma Denny. I still remember as a young girl going on Sunday afternoon rides to Grandma Denny’s house in Layton, Utah, and Grandma would always make popcorn seasoned with Vege-Sal. And my grandmother used this in place of salt for just about everything she made.

Now Vege-Sal is a product that’s been around for many, many years, and I’m willing to bet that every one of my siblings still has a bottle of this in the cupboard at all times just to season popcorn! And now that I’m a food blogger who tries more products than the average person, I still love using this instead of regular salt for any recipe where I want to add that special something.

And I also love that using Vege-Sal adds salt flavor but doesn’t add as much sodium as regular salt; if you’re someone who’s avoiding sodium you might want to give it a try!

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