Category Archives: Poultry

Meatballs with Cabernet Sauvignon Sauce 8/31/24

We were invited to our friends’ house for wine and snacks. Since the start time was 5 PM I wanted something filling since it would be taking the place of dinner. I decided on small meatballs in a red wine … Continue reading

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Chicken and Rice with Asparagus. 8/30/24

This is one of our typical rotisserie chicken dinners. We slice up the white meat and warm it in some gravy. The chicken gravy is good with both the chicken and the rice. To jazz up the asparagus, first I … Continue reading

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Chicken Enchiladas. 8/23/24

Dinner number two from our rotisserie chicken is enchiladas made with the white meat that I shredded yesterday. John and I have an assembly line where he toasts the tortillas over an open flame and then I stuff them with … Continue reading

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Chicken Dinner. 8/22/24

Tonight is dinner number one from our Costco rotisserie chicken. Sarah is our expert chicken disassembler and now we have bags of dark meat, white meat, and shredded white meat (my job is shredding) in the refrigerator and additions to … Continue reading

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Wings and Salad. 8/17/24

An easy dinner tonight because we are setting up for Christmas in August tomorrow. Since John and I missed Christmas last year while we were away cruising and catching Covid, we still owe the family a celebration and gifts. Tonight, … Continue reading

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Chicken, mashed potatoes, and broccoli. 8/7/24

This is our second dinner made from the rotisserie chicken I bought at Costco. Now that we have used both breasts, the rest of the chicken will be used for lunches, solo dinners, and chicken stock. We used instant mashed … Continue reading

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Vietnamese Chicken and Noodle Salad. 8/6/24

This is a tangy hot weather salad. I adapted it from a much more complicated recipe. Using rotisserie chicken, a mini-prep processor, a box grater, and a zoodler made this dish much easier. Vietnamese Chicken and Rice Noodle Salad

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Chicken Enchiladas. 7/29/24

A nice surprise when we got home was that Sarah had gone to Costco and bought a rotisserie chicken. She had taken the chicken apart and shredded the breasts, kept the dark meat for her own dinners, and made stock … Continue reading

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Chicken, potatoes, and broccoli 7/6/24

We bought a rotisserie chicken earlier in the week and used one breast shredded for our Asian chicken salad and the wings, thighs, and legs for various lunches. Now we needed to eat the other breast for dinner without significantly … Continue reading

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Asian chicken bowl. 7/2/24

This bowl is similar to our other Asian bowls except we use shredded chicken, add bean sprouts, and substitute rice noodles for rice. The rice noodles I use are ready in about 20 minutes of soaking in hot water. When … Continue reading

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