Showing posts with label Chicken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicken. Show all posts

Friday, June 28, 2013

Light Minestrone with Chicken Meatballs

Yes, you're right my dear friends. It's the end of June. The temperatures are squelchingly hot. My windows literally sweat with condensation during the day because of the temperature differences between my cool, comfortable house inside in comparison with the sauna/steam room that is the Okinawa summer. Egads, it's freaking hot. So why on Earth would you want to make soup in the middle of summer? 

Friday, May 17, 2013

Thai Peanut Sauce Noodles with Veggies and Chicken

I don't know why I have waited so long to make this recipe. It is SO freaking good. I guess I thought that using spaghetti for anything other than Italian style recipes was kind of sacrilegious, but that was just crazy talk. I am hereby a complete convert in using semolina/durum flour pastas for everything... you know, because I really needed another excuse to eat more carbs. NOT. 

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Chicken à la King (A Clean Recipe)


Are there any dishes that you enjoy nowadays that started out as a "what the heck is on my plate" type of thoughts? For me, Chicken à la King was one of those dishes, and I can distinctly remember that It was in the galley (Navy speak for cafeteria) on base in Pensacola, Florida when I first experienced the dish. I had gone through the line, not knowing what Chicken à la King was, but excited to try something new. Clearly, I was new to the Navy since the words "galley" and "excited to try something new" were in the same thought.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Back to Basics : Chicken Fried Rice


Happy Chinese New Year! Are you a snake? I don't mean that as an insult, I mean that as your birth year- 2013 is the year of the snake. I wasn't trying to imply that you're manipulative or sly... I assume that since you're here sharing in my kitchen adventures you're nothing less than marvelous!

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Back to Basics : 30 Minute Chicken Noodle Soup

If you believe that delicious, healthy, and homemade soup requires tons of skill and hours upon hours of simmering time on the stove- listen up! You. Are. Wrong.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Back to Basics : Lighter Basil Pesto

It's been a while since we've done a Back to Basics, hasn't it? For that, I apologize. I have been waiting rather impatiently for my kitchen garden to grow in order to do this post for you. The fact that my kitchen garden has actually produced living, edible things is a mini-miracle in itself.... I certainly did not inherit my mother's impeccable green thumb. This pesto is certainly a sauce you want to have in your recipe arsenal, especially when the spring basil starts hitting the grocery stores in a few weeks!

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Chicken Lettuce Cups

It's been so long since I've actually been to a P.F. Changs I can't really remember what their famous appetizer tastes like. But if my faint memory serves me right, this is pretty darn close. Even if my mind is playing tricks on me and I am completely off my rocker, which- let's be honest here- is completely possible probable, they're still so good that I don't even care how close they are to the real thing and might even write to the president of P.F. Changs and ask him/her to change their recipe. 'Cause these are rockin'.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Japanese Gyoza with Spicy Dipping Sauce

I have about 5 other recipes I've been needing to write about on here, but I just can't wait another day before posting this one. Y'all, this is by far the BEST gyoza I have ever tasted.... and I've lived in Japan for 2 years. Crazy, right? Isn't it supposed to be that the local foods are better than what I make in my kitchen for the first time?

Sunday, August 26, 2012

No Guilt Caesar Dressing & Wraps

Hi, y'all, I am back! Not by choice, of course. Vacations are never as long as you'd like them to be, right? We got back from Sydney and I went straight back into a duty day followed by 2 night shifts. I also caught a cold the last day or so of the trip, so my taste buds have been hibernating waiting for this annoying virus to go away. So, in combination with my diet of tea and orange juice for the cold and complete confusion my body is going through because of the switch back to night shift, I honestly haven't made anything beyond a turkey sandwich in the week we've been back.

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Pasta Primavera with a Light Mozzarella Garlic Sauce


"Hmm... what to have for lunch. No, don't want that, or that. Made that last week. That would be too heavy for lunch. What's in the fridge? Ugh, no not that. I do have those.... and those.... and that! And I need to use this before it goes bad... what about.... yes! Yes, that'd be perfect for today!"

Monday, July 23, 2012

Baked Chicken and Spinach Flautas



If you've read some of my blog posts, you know that if a dish has chicken and spinach in it, more than likely I will make, devour, love and rave about it. These baked chicken flautas are no exception. And they're baked, not fried! Bonus!

Monday, June 18, 2012

Fancy Macaroni and Cheese



Today I will share with you a secret.                    
Shhhhhhhh.

Are you ready?                                                
Are you?


.....I hate measuring ingredients.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Crock Pot BBQ Pulled Chicken

 I only have a couple pictures for you today. And not a lot else to say about it.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Chicken BBQ Pizza


Travis and I are having a major "I miss America" phase. We've not really been into the local culture much these days, maybe since it was just Memorial day and now summer in Okinawa is in full swing, minus the smell of freshly cut grass, ice cream trucks, and weekend trips to the lake with plenty of cookouts, friends and family.

Sorry to be depressing, but it works out well for you in the end!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Handmade Ravioli

Oh my I love pasta. I mean, who doesn't?? When we were living in the States some of the grocery stores had fresh pasta made in house available for purchase. Now that we live in Japan and the starch of choice is, of course, rice.... not so much. Naturally the solution to that problem is to make your own! It's been something I've wanted to do for a while now, anyway, and not having it available is just the kick in the motivational pants I needed. 

Monday, April 30, 2012

Chicken and Dumplings

It seems like everyone and their mamma is either pregnant or having babies recently. I may be slightly biased since I work as a nurse in Labor and Delivery and the birth rate amongst military seems to be higher than the moon. Still, I've reached the age where people are actually trying to get pregnant- planning families, buying homes, starting LIFE. When did we grow up? When did things get so.... real?

Friday, April 27, 2012

Cashew Chicken

Well people I am back to the land of the living zombies.... aka night shift. Some of my co-workers actually enjoy and prefer night shift, and I say- more power to you, you crazy people. I don't know how they function long term on nights, because I feel awful, exhausted and blah the entire 6 weeks we rotate through vampire land.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Chicken Rollatini


It rained today in Okinawa. Not that rain here is any kind of novelty, but I mean- IT RAINED. Cats and dogs rained. The kind of pelting rain that stings your skin when it hits you- and man oh man it was windy! If I hadn't already checked the weather report I would have worried a typhoon was rolling in. Needless to say, I started my to-do list quite a bit later in the day than I had originally intended, but that's ok. I watched an episode on Hulu and enjoyed some "morning tea" my husband brought back for me from Sasebo. He brought me morning tea and peach flavored tea. Both seem scrumptious, but I had to try the morning tea as it is loose leaf, and I have limited experience with those types- and well, I wanted to experiment. I must say, it was quite tasty! I am looking forward to trying out the peach tea.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Chicken Pot Pie Pockets


Chicken pot pie is one of my very most favorite foods. Comfort, veggies, bread-y crust, creamy sauce- what's not to love?? My only qualm with traditional pot pies is that there is never enough crust. Blame it on my inherent need to dip breads into soups if you must. A higher crust to filling ratio is essential for pot pie nirvana. .....Too radical you say? Do not judge my zealous views about pot pie until you have tried these.

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