Category Archives: Poultry

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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Buffalo Chicken Wings and Slaw. 6/29/24

Not much to say about this lazy dinner. Frozen chicken wings and a packaged salad. I always take the flats since they are my favorite parts. It works well since John likes the drumettes. Foster Farms Take Out brand has … Continue reading

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Buffalo Chicken Wings and Salad. 6/29/24

Easy dinner using Foster Farms frozen Buffalo chicken wings and Taylor Farms Mediterranean salad. More economic than going out for a similar dinner or getting take-out. Sometimes the cook needs a breather!

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Lentil Stew with Turkey Sausage. 6/28/24

We have not made this dish in quite a while. It’s not really a summer dinner entree but we had a turkey sausage that needed using so we went ahead. At least we did not need to turn the oven … Continue reading

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Classic chicken dinner. 6/24/24

It was actually much hotter than 92F on Monday. I think it hit 100F again. Ugh, summer, my least favorite season of the year. This is the second dinner from our rotisserie chicken and we have also had one lunch … Continue reading

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Vietnamese Rice Noodle Salad with Chicken. 6/23/24

Since it was 100F today we decided on a no-cook dinner. John had picked up a rotisserie chicken from Costco earlier in the day and our daughter very kindly offered to de-bone it and shred one of the breasts. I … Continue reading

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Chicken with gravy and vegetables. 6/9/24

Uh oh, I am getting behind with my posts again! It must be due to unexciting dinners. On Sunday instead of our usual eggs we used up the rest of our Costco rotisserie chicken. This week’s chicken yielded two dinners … Continue reading

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Vietnamese chicken salad with rice noodles. 6/6/24

After giving up on cooking Wednesday and ordering take-out, on Thursday we tried a new recipe found by our daughter for an Asian chicken salad. Earlier in the day we had bought a rotisserie chicken at Costco and I had … Continue reading

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