Salsa Chicken Thighs with Onions and Peppers – Using skin-on, bone-in thighs… sprinkle both sides of the chicken with salt and pepper. Ladle your favorite spicy tomato salsa (out of a jar) over each thigh. In an oven-proof skillet pan-fry the thighs with a little olive oil for 8 minutes on each side, scooping the […]
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Microwave Omelette When time and clean-up are the issues, this omelette is two +/- minutes from opening the fridge to breakfast being on the table. Honestly, I am not a proponent of using microwaves for cooking anymore, but this delicious little treat is so convenient and it worked for me when I needed breakfast fast, […]
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Based on these cooking challenges currently on TV – a friend gave me a basket of vegetables and challenged me to make a unique side dish for his chicken with dill sauce entrée. IN THE BASKET: • Sweet Potatoes • Small Zucchinis • Huge Spinach Leaves The two skinny sweet potatoes I sliced into rounds, […]
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With their round shape and golden color, crêpes are said to mirror the sun and hint at brighter days ahead, and honestly, we’ll take any excuse for eating crêpes. Yes, ]We Love Crêpes! Recently we made-up a batch, then used the last of a roasted chicken (large dices) to add protein to our meal, then […]
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This is an old-school dessert that’s worth resurrecting. It’s made with roasted apples, blue cheese, cinnamon, butter, and honey, and then served with some cream. INSTRUCTIONS Core the apples, slice short sticks of Blue Cheese and put in the center, add honey, cinnamon and butter. The cheese will melt into a buttery slightly sweet sauce, […]
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Green Chili & Cheese Chicken Thighs First prep the ingredients for the green chili salsa using tomatillos, hot peppers, onions, salt, and home-made chicken broth, OR… buy green chili salsa at the grocery. (To make green chili salsa: roast the tomatillos and green chiles until blistered, remove skins and blend them with garlic, onion, stock, […]
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Salt & Pepper + Paprika — Chicken Thighs Using bone in thighs with the skin, sprinkle both sides with salt, pepper, and smoky paprika. Cook in a frying pan with a little oil for 8 minutes on each side. We threw in few small and quartered Yukon Gold potatoes to cook along with the chicken. […]
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EGG DROP SOUP An EASY variation using homemade chicken broth. Make homemade chicken broth. For egg drop soup: pour some of your broth into a smaller pot & heat it to a soft boil lower the heat and using a chopstick stir the broth around the edge to form a swirl. (Have ready a well-beaten […]
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Eggplant Caviar Tonight, you should make eggplant caviar and served it with a wedge of iceberg lettuce. As we ate this ambrosia, the sounds… “Ummm” and Wow” kept coming after each bite. Here is the Eggplant Caviar Recipe: Roast 2 whole eggplants by washing the skin, cutting off the stem end, and then cutting each […]
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Sweet Red Grapes, washed and quartered, mixed with sour cream makes an unlikely and easy dessert.