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This is one of the foods I think of when I remember my youth. Sometime in the late 1970s, my mom entered a maple syrup recipe contest. She came up with this recipe for amazing fried chicken. She won some real maple syrup and a plaqu (read full article)
This is a very moist, subtly flavored, wonderful way to make chicken. My entire family loves it. When my kids take big mouthsful and then halfway through chewing start saying things like, "MMM, this is really good, Mom." I know the (read full article)
Now that I am in Arizona, I am experimenting in Latin cooking like never before. Mole (pronounced moe-lay) is a common Mexican dish served all over the country using ingredients found locally. I combined a few recipes and the results were (read full article)
First of all, let me apologize for being absent for the last few days. My husband came back into town and we went away for the first time in six years. It was so nice to suddenly pause, and say, "Listen, hear that?" and not he (read full article)
I made the most incredible chicken last night. The recipe came from the weekly newspaper, with a few tweaks from me. I didn't take a good picture of it as it came out of the oven, so now all we have is a picture of the leftovers in a corn (read full article)
Allow me to introduce you to one of my favorite appliances: the electric pressure cooker. It is my favorite way to cook rice. I can even make risotto in this and I never have to stand over the stove pouring and stirring, pouring and stir (read full article)
Sometimes Jupiter aligns with Mars and meals just turn out well. No one complains, all the bowls are licked clean and "thanks, Mom" rings through the house. It is a kind of nirvana. Reality hit when the Comedian realized that he was still going to (read full article)
There are some wonderful recipes for stir fry out there. Although each is slightly different, there are some basic principles to making the dish that can be used across the board. You will want to have a few basic ingredients in your pantry/frige (read full article)
When all else fails, name your creation after what's in it, right? I had some leftover Spinach and Artichoke Dip. It was great stuff, but too much for us to eat plain. I immediately started thinking in my mind about what would go with it, so I cou (read full article)
I always try to put the recipe first in my titles to help with organization, but let me first tell you about yesterday's baking adventure. The Musician, who is a freshman in high school, fancies himself a chef extrodinaire. He loves to bake goodies (read full article)
This recipe was very popular in the 70s. My mom made it all the time. Then, as with many things, it went out of fashion and we didn't have it very often and then not at all. Did you ever notice that recipes go in and out of fashion? Anyway, I lov (read full article)
I made the best salad this week. There was some leftover cooked chicken in the freezer and I had some fresh tomatoes. Both were begging to be eaten together, so this is what I came up with: Ranch Chicken Salad 3 cups chopped cooked chicken 1 enve (read full article)
This is a simple pantry meal. . White Chili in the Crockpot: 2 cans great northern beans, drained 1 can whole kernel corn or 2 cups frozen 1 12oz can turkey breast, chopped & UNdrained or 2 cups cooked chicken, cubed 1 can chicken broth 1 can green (read full article)
This is like my chicken enchilada casserole, but made in the slow cooker. 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into chunks 1 dozen corn tortillas 1 large can green enchilada sauce 1 can cream of chicken soup 1/2 cup sour cream 1 small can b (read full article)
Cornflake Chicken : 1 package ranch dressing mix 1 1/2 cups crushed cornflakes (coarsely crushed, you don't want it to be like the powder found at the bottom of a cereal bag, more like the size of candy Nerds ~ crazy comparison, I know, but that' (read full article)
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