Spring Onion Risotto with Roast Chicken

This dish is perfect for a special spring meal… the risotto is creamy and warm, with a subtle flavor from the shallots and spring onions.  And the “spring chicken” adds the perfect touch to make this a meal instead of just a side.  This made a wonderful Easter dinner in this non-ham-eating household, but would [...]

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Lemon Chicken Soup

Ahhhh, leftovers.  Who here loves leftovers?  I’ll say that I do, but when I think of leftovers, I’m usually thinking of Thanksgiving leftovers.  Or those fantastic days when we had risotto the night before and there’s just enough left for my lunch the next day.  But what about those odds and ends that knock around [...]

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Simple Coq au Vin

Coq au vin is a fantastic dish to make for company.  For one thing, it’s easy and you don’t need to pay all that much attention to it – leaving you more time with your guests.  For another thing, it sounds fancy because it’s French.  Coq au vin is a traditional French dish of chicken [...]

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Roasted Chicken Breasts with Fig Sauce

I’ve often seen the recipe for pork loin with fig sauce in Everyday Italian and thought to myself, “hmmm, that fig sauce looks tasty.  Too bad I don’t eat pork.”  As a result, I’ve never made this fig sauce before… until recently, when it occurred to me that chicken and pork are very similar.  Both [...]

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Chinese Cashew Chicken

I love Chinese food.  Part of what I love about it, I can’t deny, is the convenience - there are some days when I’m working late and I know that I am going to get home at the end of the dinner hour, maybe 8:30 or so, still hungry but much too tired to start cooking.  [...]

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Maple Roasted Chicken

Apologies for the lack of updates recently!  It’s been extremely hectic around here for the last week or so, and I haven’t done all that much cooking.  How about I make it up to you with some chicken?  (Isn’t chicken the best way to make up?  I think so.  Wouldn’t you agree?  Anyone?  Anyone?  Bueller?)  [...]

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Baked Chicken and Tomatoes

This is a wonderfully simple, flavorful dish, and a perfect way to showcase summer tomatoes.  Baked chicken is easy, but can sometimes dry out in the oven; not in this dish.  The chicken bakes under a smattering of cherry tomato halves, which give up their juice to keep the chicken most and tender.  When it’s done, [...]

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Tomatillo Chicken with Black Beans

The addition of black beans to a recipe for tomatillo chicken was complete serendipity.  True to form, I planned to serve the tomatillo chicken over brown rice and then forgot to actually make the brown rice.  (I think this is my subconscious self reminding me that I think brown rice is a huge, ever-lovin’ hassle.)  [...]

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Balsamic Roasted Chicken

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Bless Giada.  She always comes through.  This weekend the hubs and I had some family in town and I was asked to cook dinner.  I’m always happy to oblige!  This balsamic roasted chicken was perfect for the type of dinner I had in mind – something [...]

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Chick ‘n Chick Curry

Curry is one of my favorite slap-together dinners.  It’s about the easiest thing you can think of – bang your protein or vegetables in a pot, brown them a little (if necessary – sometimes you don’t even need to do that!), then toss in some crushed tomatoes and some spices and you’re there.  On top [...]

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