Category Archives: Poultry

Lentil soup with turkey sausage – 9/2/16

Last week I made a new recipe, lentils with middle eastern spices. There was a bunch left over.  I took that leftover portion and added turkey sausage plus additional carrots and celery. Easy and tasty!

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Chicken breast with vegetable rice – 8/29/16

Finally a Chicken Monday that actually falls on a Monday! We used the sous vide technique to cook our chicken breasts to a perfect temperature and then glazed them with BBQ sauce and put them under the broiler. This is … Continue reading

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August 26, 2016 – Leftovers

The 20 oz. package of ground turkey plus all the other ingredients make a really big meatloaf! Even though we are big portion eaters, there was plenty leftover for a second dinner. Trying to avoid going to the store made … Continue reading

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August 25, 2016 – Turkey meatloaf with Italian salad

This turkey meatloaf turned out much better than I had hoped. What made it quite good was chopping about 3/4 lb. crimini mushrooms very finely in the food processor and the sautéing them until they were dry. Also finely chopped … Continue reading

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August 20, 2016 – Sous vide BBQ glazed chicken, oven fries, and Cole slaw

To make up for last night, we made everything tonight! We decided to try using the sous vide technique on the chicken breasts and then brush on some BBQ sauce and broil briefly to make the skin crispy. It worked … Continue reading

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August 15, 2016 – Maenam, Vancouver, B.C.

On our recent trip the most northerly city we reached was Vancouver, B.C. It is a really nice city, clean, with lots of parks and flowers, good restaurants, and friendly people. I found an article naming Maenam, a Thai restaurant, … Continue reading

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August 12, 2016 – $0.99/lb. Chicken

I went to the store on Friday to replenish my vacation-emptied kitchen. John and I planned a menu and chicken was not on my list. But whole chicken was on sale for $0.99/lb. and I could not resist a bargain. … Continue reading

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July 12, 2016 – BBQ glazed chicken, lemon-garlic couscous, steamed broccoli

Here again I am breaking with my tradition and having chicken on Tuesday instead of Monday.  It is always my intention to wash the sheets and make chicken on Monday but life often interferes.  Given the success of last week’s … Continue reading

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July 7, 2016 – Ground turkey and mushroom chili

One of the problems with making chili with ground turkey instead of beef is that you lose a depth of flavor. One way to combat this is to use mushrooms which add umami. I made short work of the vegetables … Continue reading

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July 5, 2016 – Barbecue glazed chicken and homemade salads

Like many people, I assume, if I am going to have potato salad and coleslaw with dinner I just stop at the deli and buy it. Although if I am asked to bring such a dish to an event, I … Continue reading

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