oven baked bbq chicken with mashed sweet potatoes

I went looking for a baked chicken recipe today and remembered that Paula Deen had one of her sons on her show demonstrating how to make BBQ chicken in the oven. I used the Deen Brothers’ recipe as a starting point and added a few modifications. I then found a recipe for whipped sweet potatoes [...]

buffalo chicken dip

Last week we were visiting Mike’s family in OH. We arrived late on Friday night and I (not surprisingly) was hungry. Mike’s brother, Joe, had some of this dip in the fridge, so we heated some up and WOW it was super tasty! Joe was kind enough to share the recipe and his modifications, and [...]

garden goodness pancit

Sorry it’s been a while since any recipes have gone up! It’s been a crazy (but good) month of July, full of family visits and vacation. Hopefully, the schedule will be a bit calmer here in August.
So, I think that the next few recipes will focus on the garden harvest. Our little garden [...]

review: trader joe’s red curry sauce

Yum. That’s all I can say. I sauteed some onions, zucchini, and chunks of chicken for about 10 minutes until mostly cooked through, added the sauce, and simmered for another 10 minutes and served over rice. Not quite as good as the squash curry with chicken at Lao Laan-Xang in Madison, but comparable to Sa [...]

mostly crispy oven “fried” chicken

I was searching for an oven fried chicken recipe, since I defrosted a pre-cut chicken on Thursday but wasn’t able to use it until today. After looking at several recipes online, I noticed that there were a few decision points – whether or not to marinade in buttermilk, what to coat the chicken with (flour, [...]

lugaw: filipino comfort food

Lugaw (loo-gaw) is a chicken and rice porridge type of dish that is a staple in Filipino households. Whenever I start to feel under the weather, or when the winter chill just won’t go away, I turn to lugaw for warmth and comfort. MMMMMM!
Ingredients:
2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
4-5 big cloves of garlic, [...]

balsamic chicken

This is one of our weeknight meals, because it’s super quick and easy. Actually, the toughest part is probably trying to think about the quantities in the recipe… they are approximations only!
Easy Balsamic Chicken
Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
3 tbsp olive oil
4 tbsp balsamic vinegar
3 tsp dried oregano
3 tsp dried basil
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp [...]

healthy chicken parmesan (with optional spaghetti squash)

Chicken Parmesan is one of the dishes that Mike requests fairly often – it’s tasty and satisfying, and it’s usually his “go-to standard”meal when eating at Italian restaurants. It’s pretty easy to make and you can put your own twist on it by choosing a different flavor sauce and/or a different breading. Since we’re trying [...]

Election Night Drunken Chicken and Garlic Bacon Brussel Sprouts

So last night was historic, with about 52% of the voters in America electing Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. I was able to vote during the day, but Mike had to go after work. Luckily both of us were able to walk right up and cast our ballots without any [...]

chicken stewed in tomatoes

Today I spent some time blanching vegetables and freezing them as our summer produce haul starts to slow down. We’d been so busy over the past month that we must have had about 3 weeks worth of veggies that were just piling up! We did have a ton of tomatoes, and I thought I’d try [...]