Category Archives: Poultry

Lentils with turkey sausage. 8/28/23

Just when I was saying we were in for at least another 4 weeks of summer we threw in one of our more winters dishes into the lineup! I have to admit it was a nice change from our usual … Continue reading

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Chicken enchiladas with southwest salad 8/24/23

John and I made this casserole of enchiladas and baked them before 9 AM. What a pleasure to have this completely made before the hot weather invaded the kitchen! All I had to do at dinner time was to make … Continue reading

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Turkey sausage, sauerkraut, and black beans. 8/5/23

We were supposed to be having tofu bowls tonight but our avocado did not ripen fast enough. So I cast about the kitchen trying to devise a new dinner plan when John suggested turkey sausage. I had bought a couple … Continue reading

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Chicken Chili with Salsa Verde

Here’s a super easy and very tasty chicken chili that John and I invented as we cooked last night. We still had some of our rotisserie chicken from Costco left over so I chopped up a breast and a thigh … Continue reading

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Chicken piccata with broccoli and rice mix 7/27/23

We are using up the remainder of our Costco rotisserie chicken for our chicken piccata. With this dinner we will have made two dinners, two lunches, and more than a quart of chicken stock from one chicken! Since the chicken … Continue reading

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Southwest salad with chicken 7/25/23

Here is another good idea for hot nights, southwest salad with chicken. We bought a Costco rotisserie chicken on Monday. I took it apart with the idea of legs and thighs for John’s lunches, one breast for the salad, the … Continue reading

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Turkey sausage in buns with sauerkraut and chips. 7/13/23

Here is another hot weather dinner with minimal cooking. I took about 4 ounces of turkey sausage and microwaved it for two minutes. Then I split it in half length-wise and put it in two buns that I toasted in … Continue reading

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Chicken piccata with rice and broccoli. 7/12/33

As it turned out the weather was not as hot as expected so we went ahead and made chicken piccata. John pounded the chicken breast and dredged it in seasoned Wondra flour. He pan fried the two pieces in a … Continue reading

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Chicken and chickpeas with mashed potatoes and broccoli 7/7/23

Friday night’s dinner was a lot like the Moroccan chicken we had last week except I cooked cubes of chicken in the broth instead of using rotisserie chicken. To be honest the chicken came out a bit dry probably due … Continue reading

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Moroccan style chicken and chickpeas. 6/28/23

This is a new recipe for us. We started out with a standard tagine type recipe and then adapted to use less fat, rotisserie chicken, and fewer sweet elements. We also added half a preserved lemon because we a jar … Continue reading

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