Spaghetti in a Rose Sauce with Grilled Chicken I love recipes that use previous recipes and come together as something completely different. Here the addition of a little Alfredo sauce transforms the Tomato Sauce into a Rose Sauce, yum! There is less pasta here and more grilled lean protein; this will help support any healthy New Year’s resolution ...
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Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup This is the perfect time of year for this recipe; it’s cold and everyone is rundown and best of all? Even though this is chicken noodle soup, you can use left over turkey in place of chicken and it will be equally delicious! Most importantly though, Merry Christmas! Serves up to 8 1 Batch of my Chicken Stock (about 6 ...
Chicken in a Grainy Dijon and Cremini Mushroom Sauce
Chicken in a Grainy Dijon and Cremini Mushroom Sauce With the holidays here and everyone having way too much to do with little to no extra time, I am finding myself desperate for fast cooking, easy prepping dishes that taste incredible and won’t leave me weighed down; this is one of those! The depth of flavour you get with the cremini mushrooms ...
Pasta al Forno with Chicken and Cremini Mushrooms
This pasta dish is so easy but by looking at it you’d expect it was so time consuming. You’d also expect this to be totally weighed down with cheese; it’s not! By adding a little bit of cream to the sauce you are adding some richness but by doing this you get away with not adding cheese to the actual pasta and sauce. The mushrooms and chicken add ...
Balsamic Chicken Pasta with Asparagus
Balsamic Chicken Pasta with Asparagus The flavours of this dish could be described as Italian sweet and sour but a lot milder and subtler then you’re probably imagining. The sauce is not at all tart, just lightly flavoured with the balsamic vinegar. Have I mentioned the best part? This dish comes together by the time the pasta is cooked! Serves ...
Spiced Chicken Rub
Spiced Chicken Rub We’ve all been there; too many dried herbs and nothing really to do with them. For some bizarre reason I love Cajun spice. I say bizarre because I can’t handle spicy foods but I make it work here. To get a little creative, I add other herbs to the Cajun mix. Here I combined oregano with the Cajun. The result was an incredible ...
Chicken and Broccoli Stir fry with Tomatoes
Chicken and Broccoli Stir fry with Tomatoes This is based on the take out favourite, Beef and Broccoli. I added tomato sauce for a touch red! Add fresh tomatoes in place jarred; simply throw them in and mix just before you turn off the heat. This recipe calls for rice; I used white because it’s what I had on hand. Brown rice is always the ...
Panko Crusted Oven Fried Chicken
Panko Crusted Oven Fried Chicken Now, I must start this by stating that this recipe calls for a whole chicken broken down, meaning cut into pieces. This is not easy! I watched a video on youtube and I still made a mess! My best advice; get a sharp knife and a stable cutting board and take your time! You may not be a butcher but you’ve eaten ...
Slow Cooker Chicken
Slow Cooker Chicken I love this recipe because it’s so easy. There are so many things I was tempted to add but then I decided I wanted as few ingredients as possible. Because this is being cooked slowly in a moist environment there is leeway for the cooking time. For a 3 to 4 pound chicken I set the temperature to low and cook it for 8 hours or ...
Chicken Quesadilla
Chicken Quesadilla Easy-peasy restaurant food made healthy and quickly… and cheaply! Oh yeah and it’s Mike approved! If this is one of the dishes you like to order at a restaurant then I warn you, you may kick yourself when you realize how simple this really is. Serves 4 (as an appetizer) 2 large whole wheat tortilla shells 2 tsp extra ...
Lemon-Garlic Marinated Grilled Chicken
Lemon-Garlic Marinated Grilled Chicken This is one of those ridicuously easy dishes that always seems to impress. This is a great summer dish but can also be made year round thanks to one trusty lemon. This recipe works best if you have a microplane, like a zester. Trust me; you’re going to love this dish! Serves 4 The zest of a ...
Chicken Chow Mein
Chicken Chow Mein I had an insane craving for some sort of Asian stir-fry and this is what I came up with. I must say I know less then nothing about Asian cooking but this is really good. We ordered take out the other night and I ordered “Shanghai Stir Fry”, Mike tasted it and said mine is better! Serves 4-6 Sauce: 4 tbsp hoisin ...