Chicken Marinade Recipe – Two Ways

This is a quick and delicious way to marinate chicken and save time. I try to make time on my grocery shopping day to clean, prepare, and marinate the chicken breasts. If I don’t have time that day, I throw them in the refrigerator and marinate them the following morning.  (Sorry – more [...]

Chicken Breasts: A Preparation Tutorial

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts can be moist and juicy if they’re prepared properly.  The key is getting the same width throughout the breast so that it cooks evenly.  This step-by-step tutorial will how you how to butterfly a chicken breast, or open it up.
My apologies for the raw meat shots.  I’ve debated about whether or [...]

Recipe for Chicken & Butternut Squash Spinach Salad

This salad was made completely with left-overs.  In minutes I had a healthy, balanced lunch that was satisfying and delicious – and naturally sugar free and gluten free.  I actually came across the recipe when I was digging through Alta’s blog a couple of weeks ago – I was looking for a good recipe to [...]

Saffron Tomato Sauce with Chicken and Spaghetti Squash

Dinner at our house has become more and more spontaneous lately, which is not generally my style.  I used to follow a regimented meal plan.  Now, I look at what we have left-over, what’s in the pantry, what looks great at the market, and what’s on sale and figure something out.  This dinner was born [...]

Chicken Gumbo

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Joe bought a new soup and sandwich cookbook for me a couple of weeks ago.  It’s a special publication by Cuisine at Home with beautiful  pictures and ideas about ‘adding on’ a side dish to each [...]