As most people do when they love food, I’ve spent years — including those I was married — attempting to recreate those sumptuous orange sauces at Chinese restaurants. The ones that make both chicken and beef even more drool-worthy. Up until recently, I just kept missing the mark. No amount of marinating the chicken or…
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What to do when winter gives you cabin fever? El Pollo Loco Roja!
It’s been a few months since I’ve posted. I hope to change my frequency in the future. I have some wonderful cookbooks to try out, some intriguing recipes from the internet to play with, so there should be new posts more often. I’m also purchasing a new (used) higher quality camera in the very near…
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup. (Beethoven) — Chicken and rice soup for the start of ‘soup weather’.
I live in Texas (as many of you know, or those who have, at least, glanced at my profile blurb). Texas isn’t a particularly…wintry state. Until it’s winter, that is. And even then, we’ve been known to have 80º weather on Christmas. Then again, we can start to have really good fall weather about halfway…
A King without his Crown — Cornless King Ranch Chicken, rice, and roasted cauliflower
Some time ago, I made an easy-peasy casserole that’s very popular here in Texas (and elsewhere, I’m sure) called King Ranch Chicken. I found out from a few friends that they each make it slightly different, often following the recipe to the letter by using the Rotel tomatoes with chilies or even cans of diced…
Sometimes you feel like a nut: Almond Chicken (with jasmine rice)
I love Asian food. I could eat at Chinese restaurants almost every single day if I had the money and someone who wanted to eat at them with me that often. As seen on Geek Girl, I’ve tried to make many Asian-style dishes at home, and I’ve succeeded in not only making my tummy happy…
As Seen on Facebook: Greek Yogurt Baked Chicken with Cilantro-Lime Rice & Corn
I have a lot of friends on the Book of Faces (Thorspeak for Facebook), and anyone who’s been sucked into that site for networking knows that there are a lot of “easy” recipes floating around. My Beef with Broccoli post was originally found on Facebook and was a recipe (like many are) for the crockpot….
Adaptation is the key to survival: Beef with Broccoli
When a friend posted this recipe to Facebook, it was specifically for making this excellent dish in the crockpot. Now I have absolutely NO PROBLEM AT ALL with crockpot cooking. There are several meals I like to make involving my crockpot. However, I wanted to make this on the stove in my new “every day…
Hey now. There’ll be naan o’that. Naan bread on a griddle.
Bread is life, so they say. When we want to communicate with others and have long meaningful conversations, we call it “breaking bread” with someone. Bread, for many of us, is a staple we would rather never do without. It makes us feel whole; it makes us feel at peace, at home; that all is…
Pepper Potts doesn’t just manage Tony Stark’s business; she’s also an excellent cook. Aka Spicy Ginger Chicken and jasmine rice.
And by Pepper Potts, I mean Gwyneth Paltrow, and by her being an excellent cook, I’m referring to the book she put together from recipes that her father taught her. The book is called My Father’s Daughter, which is an excellent cookbook for the Geek’s shelf. Especially the Geek who isn’t afraid of experimenting with…
Mouth too full to think of a clever title: Spicy Black Bean Chicken
Several months ago — and I’m talking probably somewhere at the tail-end of 2011 — my roommate decided that since she’d never eaten anything with Serrano peppers and I had never cooked with them, that we needed to buy some and I needed to work some kitchen-fu with them. So I went into the trusty AllRecipes.com and typed in…
Even an hour later, I’m still full: Mongolian beef with jasmine rice
I know. I know it’s been too damned long since I’ve posted anything new here. With school, I don’t get much time to cook, and lately, when I have cooked, I’ve done tried and true recipes that I can throw together without having to think much, so there hasn’t been anything to post here. Well, that’s…
The Weather Outside is Frightful…ly Hot — So I made Chili
Normally I wait until cold weather to make soup or stew or even chili, but for some reason, this morning when I woke up, homemade chili was exactly what I wanted to eat for dinner. Now, we all know that there are thousands upon thousands of recipes for chili, from meaty versions to vegetarian versions…
…we’ll grow feathers and cluck: Chicken Katsu and Rice
One of the first ‘new’ and easiest recipes I learned to make after my ex and I split up and I determined that I wanted to prove I could cook was chicken katsu. A friend of mine made it for me, and I was immediately hooked on it. INGREDIENTS 2-3 chicken breasts 2 cups Panku…
Not for the faint of stomach or tongue: Chipotle Lime Chicken with jasmine rice and corn
I’ll admit from time to time that my recipes come from my ex-husband. Of the two of us for 17 years, he preferred to do most of the cooking, and even though he encouraged me to cook, he was a perfectionist. The kitchen was his artist studio, the stove and oven his canvas. So…
Layer by Layer: Enchilada Casserole (aka the Lazy Enchilada)
This recipe is much like the King Ranch Chicken that I posted a few weeks back but with different sauce and with hamburger instead of chicken. It is equally as tasty, equally as easy to put together and it makes fantastic leftovers just like any casserole. INGREDIENTS 1-2 lbs ground beef 1-2 packets of McCormick (or…
Quick and Easy: Honey chicken (served with jasmine rice and Brussels sprouts)
I was looking online for something different to fix tonight with the two chicken breasts that I pulled down and thawed on the thawing tray (formerly called a Miracle Thaw). I didn’t want to do the same old same old, though honestly, some of those ‘same olds’ will need to be fixed so they can…
Namaste: Chicken Vindaloo
Look! A post that doesn’t involve cheese. This will make one of my cheese-intolerant friends very happy indeed. Over the last three days, my friend Jenn came down to visit. It was awesome, and I got to whip out my mad kitchen superpowers for her again (back when I graduated in 2009 with my BA,…
Comfort foods abound: King Ranch Chicken and jasmine rice
I started out my cooking career (hah) by making soups, stews and casseroles. There’s nothing wrong with the simple, and casseroles are very simple. They’re also comfort food, in part because they are simple, and if you’re not feeding a huge crowd, then the leftovers are fantastic, especially if you work and need a quick…
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