Category Archives: Poultry

Rotisserie chicken breast, gravy, mashed potatoes, and broccoli. 1/17/25

Very easy dinner tonight using a rotisserie chicken breast which we sliced and heated up gently in some packet chicken gravy. The mashed potatoes came from a packet too. John really likes them and it is so much easier than … Continue reading

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Sarah’s Burrito Bowls. 1/15/25

Tonight we are enjoying a dinner made by our daughter. Basically it is a bowl which contains the insides of a burrito. Our bowls contain chicken, corn, black beans, cheese, cabbage, onions, rice, chiles, cilantro, and salsa. I stuck some … Continue reading

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Chicken enchiladas with kale 1/11/25

When we make our enchiladas we use one of the breasts from a Costco rotisserie chicken which I shred up. John chars a tortilla and hands it off to me. Cradling the tortilla in my hand, I fill it with … Continue reading

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Buffalo chicken wings. 1/7/25

We were supposed to be having our classic chicken dinner tonight but we started watching a cooking program where the contestants were making chicken wings. I knew we had a couple of wings from the chicken we bought today and … Continue reading

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Rotisserie chicken dinner. 11/12/24

This is such an easy dinner! Sarah took the chicken apart. One breast was sliced up and heated in chicken gravy. The other breast was shredded and frozen. The legs and thighs are for soups and lunches. The bones are … Continue reading

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Classic Chicken 10/23/24

This is kind of like a mini Thanksgiving on a weekday night. It consists of a sliced rotisserie chicken breast heated gently with the jus from the chicken bolstered with some “chicken gravy” from a packet. Instant mashed potatoes with … Continue reading

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Sheet pan turkey sausage and veg. 10/18/24

Making a sheet pan dinner is really easy and the clean up is a snap. The vegetables I included were onions, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and carrots. They were seasoned with olive oil, salt, pepper, and ground garlic. I preheated … Continue reading

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Chicken Enchiladas. 10/17/24

Although my enchiladas don’t take a pretty picture they certainly taste good. In a 9 X 13 pan a put a layer of salsa verde. Then, in seared white corn tortillas, I put shredded chicken, cheese, onion, and a little … Continue reading

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Early Thanksgiving. October 12, 2024

John and I are not going to be home on Thanksgiving so our son, Jon, offered to host Thanksgiving on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. In order to represent the entire North American continent (and to make the grandkids happy) we had … Continue reading

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Classic Chicken. 10/9/24

John sliced up one of the breasts from our Costco chicken and heated it up slowly in chicken gravy. I reheated some rice made earlier in the day and sautéed asparagus and mushrooms. Easy dinner.

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