i am one of those people who loves spending time in the kitchen. whether it's chopping up vegetables for some homemade chicken pot pie, baking a german chocolate cake for my hubby, or whipping up some cream for my homemade nutella ice cream, i love it all! but due to recent time contraints i haven't ...
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chicken pasta salad
if there are two things that are always a hit in my house, they are chicken and pasta. they seem to go hand in hand. and what better and easier way to put them together than to combine them in a salad? here are just a few of our favorite favorite ways to combine chicken and pasta into yummy salads ...
easy peasy chicken tetrazzini
we happened to have a sunday a few weeks ago where we had the entire afternoon at home. so what did i do? i spent my time making a big sunday dinner, of course! and my favorite kind of food - pasta. i flipped through my family's cookbook and found a recipe that my sister had put in for chicken ...
homemade chicken tortilla soup
there are a few holidays that i don't really "get into" - st. patrick's day is one of them, cinco de mayo is another. but my kids are starting to become more aware of all these holidays and want to do something to celebrate them all. so today, in honor of cinco de mayo, we had chicken tortilla ...
homemade asian chicken salad with sesame dressing
i grew up in a pretty multi-cultural area. there were lots of different ethnic restaurants around...egyptian, korean, greek, italian, indian, you name it. there was a particular chinese restaurant that my family really liked and we'd frequently go there for lunch or order take-out for dinner and i ...
oven fried chicken & rice
if you're looking for a little color and flavor in your food during this dreary winter weather, then you need look no further than this oven-fried chicken & rice. you can't go wrong with classic flavorful ingredients like garlic, onion, green pepper, celery, tomatoes, and parsley. add in a few ...
Fall Flavors :: Tuscan Bean Soup & Apple Chicken Salad
In case nobody else has noticed - though I'm sure you most certainly have - fall is in full swing! Nighttime is coming faster each and every day, the weather outside is getting much cooler, and everyone seems to be feeling a little bit more blase than usual - but not in our house! Well, not at ...
freezer meal :: chicken enchiladas
i usually love making dinner. i love chopping vegetables, i love sauteeing them, i love making a mess in the kitchen. (i don't love cleaning it up.) but i know i'm not the only one that has busy days when making dinner is just another daunting task on the to-do list, and i know i'm not the only one ...
chicken & wild rice wraps
this is one of those dinners you make when you've had a busy day and are quickly running out of time to get some good food in all those hungry mouths. you can use any leftover or rotisserie chicken - that makes it even faster! besides that, just cook up some rice, chop some lettuce, grab your ...
easy weeknight dinner :: chicken divan
a few weeks ago, i posted my family's favorite way to eat broccoli - roasted, of course. it's delicious! i also mentioned in that post that i had bought a humongous bag of broccoli from costco. here's one of the ways we used it up: chicken divan. this recipe is not only delicious, but it is super ...