Last evening I was short on time and hadn’t planned ahead for dinner. In looking through the freezer I saw I had a package of boneless chicken breasts. When it comes to chicken I prefer using bone in chicken for a recipe or roasting a whole chicken because it results in a more flavorful, moist…
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Lemon Chicken With Croutons
Ina, Ina, Ina…I can’t help myself…I love your recipes…and you never disappoint. Of course I’m speaking of Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa. And this is her recipe for Lemon Chicken With Croutons from her book Barefoot In Paris. I’ve made it several times, and most recently a few days ago when my younger son was…
Grilled Chicken With Za’atar and Cumin Aioli
In the current July issue of Bon Appetit magazine Chef Silvena Rowe, the chef at London’s hot new eastern Mediterranean restaurant Quince, is featured. Chef Rowe says, “ I want to do with eastern Mediterranean food what Mario Batali does with Italian food.” The article continues…For Rowe, every dish tells a story. Some pay…
Sheila’s Chicken and Potato Salad
For a quick dinner last night I decided to turn my favorite potato salad into an entree by adding chicken to it. Using the fresh dill, radishes and spring onions I had picked up at the farmer’s market I tweaked my Vermont Potato Salad ( to be posted later this summer) to create this quick…
Best Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Mother’s Day was very special this year since both of my sons planned trips home to be with me. As each resides on the west coast, one in LA, and one in San Francisco, there have been many Mother’s Days where I have had to be content with phone calls, cards (when they remember), and…
Chicken Souvlaki
My family and I love Greek food! We became accustomed to it during the years we lived in Chicago. In fact when my husband and I moved there and I was pregnant with our first son almost once a week we went to a little Greek spot in our neighborhood. It was there I was…
Sautéed Chicken (Poulet Sauté)
ch I had decided to make chicken for dinner this evening. I had been rearranging some of my cookbooks earlier in the day, and found myself holding Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. I in my hands. Why not take a look at how Julia sauteés her chicken? Interesting…page 254 reads… …
Chicken Soup
Yesterday I made my first huge pot of chicken soup for the season prompted by my first cold of the season, something I’ve been fighting the last few days. Although I had little energy for anything else I rose to the occasion because regardless of what hurts you a bowlful of this will make it…
A Greek Dinner
My younger son and his girlfriend are visiting this week from San Francisco. He requested a Greek meal with some of his favorite dishes for dinner last night. Happy to oblige I came up with the following menu. Greek Salad dressed with an olive oil, red wine vinegar and oregano vinaigrette Grilled Pita Bread brushed…
SIMPLE ROAST CHICKEN For dinner tonight I made a simple roast chicken. Roasting a chicken is not as simple as it appears. The trick is achieving a golden crispy exterior and a thoroughly cooked interior with both white and dark meat retaining their juices. At one time or another we’ve all begun carving the bird,…