Category Archives: Poultry

Chicken enchiladas with spicy slaw. 11/19/21

In the recipe for these chicken enchiladas there are four sections.1) cook the chicken 2) make the salsa verde 3) heat the tortillas in hot oil and 4) assemble and bake in a casserole dish. Daunting! My four steps are … Continue reading

Posted in Easy, Kitchen tips, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., Vegetables | Tagged | 1 Comment

Chicken Marsala with squash and broccoli. 11/12/21

Tonight’s dinner is a riff on our standard Classic Chicken Dinner which consists of chicken breast and gravy, butternut squash or rutabagas, and broccoli. The addition of Marsala, sautéed mushrooms, and some chicken stock to our packet of chicken gravy … Continue reading

Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Methods, Poultry, Vegetables | Tagged | Leave a comment

Chicken cacciatore with spaghetti. 11/1/21

Sometimes when you try to adapt a recipe to your heathy eating lifestyle you end up almost ruining it. Here is the original recipe. https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/roast-chicken-cacciatore-red-wine-butter. We decided not to use a whole chicken roasted in the oven but chicken breasts … Continue reading

Posted in Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Poultry, sous vide, Vegetables | Tagged | Leave a comment

Turkey sausage with cabbage two ways. 10/30/21

My original plan was for turkey sausage with BBQ beans and sauerkraut. Since I have been trying to cut out some carbs throughout the day, John and our daughter had the BBQ beans and I made some coleslaw to accompany … Continue reading

Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables | Tagged | 1 Comment

Mexican chicken parmesan with zucchini and leeks. 10/28/21

What?! Mexican chicken parmesan? It’s not a long story. I looked in my pantry shortly before dinner and there were no canned tomatoes. Zero. What I did have was a container of salsa in the refrigerator and some tomato paste. … Continue reading

Posted in American, Italian, Kitchen tips, Mexican, Poultry, Vegetables | Tagged | Leave a comment

Classic chicken dinner. 10/16/21

Our classic chicken dinner always contains chicken breast with gravy or some sort of sauce, a mashed starchy vegetable, and a green vegetable. For us it is homey, comforting, and easy to make. We are cooking for three these days … Continue reading

Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Poultry, Vegetables | Tagged | Leave a comment

Chicken parm with pasta and zucchini. 9/17/21

Excellent dinner tonight! John took one chicken breast and cut it into four pieces which he pounded out, seasoned, and cooked in a skillet with a spray of olive oil. I had made a tomato sauce with fresh and dried … Continue reading

Posted in American, Healthy tips, Italian, Kitchen tips, Pasta, Poultry, Vegetables | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Turkey sausage with sauerkraut and BBQ beans. 9/13/21

I enjoyed this dinner so much! Plus it only took about 20 minutes to make! First, the sauerkraut. I read somewhere that the tastiest sauerkraut is Libby’s in a can. Sauerkraut does not like light so to stabilize the kraut … Continue reading

Posted in American, Easy, Kitchen tips, Legumes, Poultry, Recipes, Vegetables | Tagged | 1 Comment

Hot night, cool dinner. 9/8/21

In the San Francisco Bay Area September is the hottest month of the year. For those of us brought up in the mid-Atlantic states and New England, we are expecting a cool break in the weather. Even though I have … Continue reading

Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Kitchen tips, leftovers, Leftovers For Dinner, Legumes, Poultry, Salad, Vegetables | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Chicken tacos with spicy black beans. 9/2/21

I eat my tacos with a knife and fork rather than folded up. It definitely takes me longer to eat them that way. The longer I eat the more satisfied I feel. John ate three hand-held tacos in less time … Continue reading

Posted in American, Easy, Healthy tips, Legumes, Mexican, Poultry, Southwest U.S., Vegetables | Tagged , | Leave a comment