Category Archives: Poultry

Chicken enchiladas. 11/6/23

John and I go to Costco about every three weeks and whenever we go we buy a Costco rotisserie chicken. A $4.99 chicken turns into at least two dinners, several lunches, and lots of stock. Plus my daughter and I … Continue reading

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Faux hot dog with an inventive pita bun. 11/4/23

On Saturday we were supposed to be preparing an Asian salmon bowl. It is one of our daughter’s favorite things we make. Unfortunately she was not feeling well so we decided to push the bowl to Sunday and find something … Continue reading

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Buffalo chicken wings and salad. 11/2/23

Not having a menu has dinner topsy-turvy this week. Since we did not take a flank steak out of the freezer early enough for dinner our fallback plan was to make some frozen Buffalo chicken wings and have a salad. … Continue reading

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Sheet pan turkey sausage and vegetables. 10/30/23

Sheet pan cooking is so easy and the clean-up is minimal. I preheated the oven to 425F and cut up, oiled, and salted some potatoes, carrots, onions, zucchini, and cabbage. After 20 minutes I added the turkey sausage for the … Continue reading

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Ethiopian fare. 10/29/23

Our daughter has had her best friend visiting from Belgium for the last several days so we have been eating out a lot. Her friend is originally from the Los Angeles area and when he comes to visit she and … Continue reading

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Lentils with turkey sausage and carrots over spinach. 10/13/23

This combo of lentils, carrots, and turkey sausage is a “comfort food” dish for us. Other ingredients in our dish are onions, celery, garlic, and chicken stock. I like to serve the stew over whatever greens I have around, spinach, … Continue reading

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Chicken enchiladas, beans and corn. 10/11/23

A trip to Costco today equals a rotisserie chicken equals chicken enchiladas. I made mention of chicken tostadas or chicken fajitas but both John and our daughter were voting enchilada. So even though we had chicken enchiladas 10 days ago … Continue reading

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Buffalo Chicken Wings and Salad. 10/7/23

Now they we have bought a large bag of Foster Farms Take-Out Buffalo chicken wings to keep in the freezer we have a go-to dinner whenever we do not feel like cooking. I think it is probably a good idea … Continue reading

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Faux chicken pho. 9/30/23

Authentic pho showcases a delicious broth that takes hours to make. My quick version which I made up on the fly started with some homemade chicken stock but you could use a good packaged chicken stock as well. I have … Continue reading

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Chicken enchiladas again!

Whenever we go to Costco we always pick up one of their fabulous, low-priced ($4.99) rotisserie chickens. And that always means I will shred up one of the breasts to make chicken enchiladas. Here’s my dish of 13 chicken enchiladas … Continue reading

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