This is a delicious recipe for a greek style orzo and chicken. I used boneless skinless chicken breasts, but you could easily use boneless skinless thighs or bone in, skin on, breasts or things. I got the idea for this dish on the Rachael Ray Show. I am a loyal watcher of her daytime show. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Chicken’
Chicken Parmesan
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Delicious chicken parmesan, this is one of our go to easy comfort food dinners. I make this dish in the same basic method that I use for my eggplant parmesan. I fry the chicken, and then add the sauce. This was actually the first time, after much begging, that I found San Marzano tomatoes in [...]
Spicy Panko Crusted Chicken Strips
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Hello and welcome to yet another new look for my site. I have been endlessly searching for about 6 months for a more professional looking theme that I could customize. I had all but given up, and had just about given in to just buying a theme. Then I came across a new free theme [...]
Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
This is a delicious recipe for a spicy buffalo chicken pizza. It is the perfect accompaniment to a football game. It combines two great flavors in one. You can adjust it with more heat by adding more hot sauce, or lower the heat by omitting the cayenne pepper and reducing the hot sauce. But be [...]
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
This is a simple recipe for chicken tortilla soup that you can easily make on the stove top, or in the crock pot. To make in the crock pot, simply brown the chicken in a skillet before adding to the crock pot. Then add all other ingredients, and set on high for 2 hours, or [...]
Southern Chicken and Dumplings
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
This is a great recipe for how to make southern chicken and dumplings with homemade rolled dumplings. Chicken and dumplings is a classic southern comfort food. Almost everyone has beautiful memories of their grandmother’s chicken and dumplings. I make it the same way my granny use to, and the same way my grandmother did. This [...]
Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
This is such an easy recipe for how to make buttermilk fried chicken. I am ashamed to say I have never actually made buttermilk fried chicken before last week. Yes. of course I have made fried chicken. But I make it with an egg batter, because that is the way my mom and granny use [...]
Five Spice Chicken Stir Fry
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
This is a quick and easy recipe for how to make five spice chicken stir fry. I love stir fries. They are so quick and easy to prepare on a busy weeknight. I have several favorite flavors I like to use in stir fries, and five spice powder is one of them. 5 spice [...]
White Chili
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Chili is my favorite dish to have on the first cool day of fall. This is a delicious white chili made with lots of green chilies and smoky cumin. It is very flavorful but contains little heat. This is a perfect chili for the little ones, and is a nice alternative for the traditional [...]
Spicy Orange Chicken
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Spicy orange chicken is one of my favorite Chinese takeouts. This is a light version full of flavor, but not full of sugar. Making your favorite Chinese takeout at home insures quality ingredients. There is less fat and sugar, and you can eat more without feeling guilty. For this recipe, I added ginger and garlic [...]
Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Yesterday, I was in the mood for my favorite bar food flavor, buffalo chicken anything. I love buffalo chicken salads, sandwiches, and of course wings. There is one restaurant that my husband and I go to, and he only orders the buffalo chicken sandwich. So I thought it was about time that I start making [...]
Honey Garlic Ginger Stir Fry
Monday, September 28th, 2009
This is a quick and easy stir fry with chicken, baby bok choy and fresh shiitake mushrooms. The flavorful garlic and ginger balance with the sweetness of the honey. I add dry wine to the dish to make a simple sauce. The sweetness in the bok choy compliments the sauce very well. You can add [...]
Chicken Piccata
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Chicken Piccata is one of my favorite Italian dishes. The salty little capers that burst in your mouth are so wonderful paired with the zesty lemon. I have a secret ingredient that gives another layer to traditional piccata, white pepper. The addition of the mild white pepper makes this piccata irresistible. I like to make [...]
Sante Fe Salad with Sour Cream Chipotle Dressing
Friday, September 18th, 2009
This is a wonderful salad topped with spicy chicken and spicy sour cream chipotle dressing. It also has black beans, silver queen corn, fresh tomatoes, red onions, and fresh cilantro. I was overjoyed when I found a large bag of frozen silver queen corn at my local Publix supermarket. The silver queen corn was [...]
Almond Chicken
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
I was reading through all the wonderful blogs yesterday, and stumbled across this fabulous recipe for chicken with nuts from Paula at Bell’alimento. I modified her recipe a bit, partly to suite my taste, but mostly because I did not want to make a grocery run. This dish is an easy sauteed chicken [...]
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Monday, August 31st, 2009
Summer is full of ripe fruits and vegetables. Yellow bell peppers are as bright as the sun. Orange peppers are brilliant in color, and sweet red peppers are deep in color while bursting with flavor. An abundance of sweet bell peppers are combined with juicy ripe pineapple for a light satisfying [...]
Southern Fried Chicken
Sunday, August 16th, 2009
This is my recipe for fried chicken. My family loves fried chicken, and we have it quite often. Everyone has their favorite way of doing fried chicken. I like to use my southern spice blend in the egg, and in the flour for a more flavorful chicken. I also prefer to use bone-in chicken breasts. [...]
Chicken Marsala
Saturday, August 15th, 2009
This is a very simply chicken marsala with portobello mushrooms. When you make chicken marsala, make sure to spend a little more on the wine, it will make a world of difference. Do not buy the marsala cooking wine in the part of the grocery store where the generic cooking wines are located. Make sure [...]
Chicken Marengo
Monday, August 10th, 2009
This chicken recipe is very easy. It is a great recipe when you don’t have many ingredients on hand. The star of this recipe, the black olives are a pantry staple for most people, and the cherry tomatoes and white wine can be picked up for this dish on the way home from work or [...]
Chicken Caesar Salad
Monday, July 27th, 2009
This is a fabulous chicken caesar salad with a delicious creamy dressing with none of the fears of raw eggs. I don’t mind using raw eggs in my cooking, but many people are put off by the idea, so I created this easy homemade version of the classic chicken caesar salad. We eat this as [...]
Chicken Flautas
Monday, July 13th, 2009
These are my favorite Mexican treats. They are supper easy to do. Flautas are much like taquitos, except, taquitos are much skinnier and made with smaller corn tortillas and usually have cheese. Flautas are made with larger flour tortillas, and can have more filling in them, because of the larger tortilla used. I bake my [...]
Lemon Pepper Roast Chicken
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
This is one of the simplest ways to roast a chicken, and one of the most delicious. Don’t use lemon pepper sprinkle, use real lemons. It is so simple and easy. Do yourself a favor when roasting a chicken and purchase a digital probe oven thermometer with a timer. This will make sure your meat [...]
General Tso's Chicken
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
This is a delicious takeout dish that will not make you feel guilty afterwards. I added alot more broccoli than you get in the restaurant to make it more healthy and colorful. You can eat as much of this as you want, and will not feel bloated afterwards. I love to make my own versions [...]
Spinach Chicken Cheesy Pasta
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
This is one of my recipes I came up with on the fly. When the day has been hectic, chasing my toddler around and running errands, I will quickly defrost some chicken breasts under running water, and make it up as I go along. Sometimes these recipes aren’t the greatest because I am missing an [...]
Chicken Marsala Pasta
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
I use to make chicken Marsala just as a meat dish, with sides, but I loved the sauce so much I wondered what the best way was to enjoy more of the delicious sauce, so I just cut up the chicken and added pasta. Now this is my favorite way to do chicken Marsala. I [...]
