Honey Lime Grilled Chicken Salad
I am ready for Spring. Seriously ready. I am ready for warm weather, rain showers, and packing up the winter clothes. With that in mind, I decided to treat myself to an early taste of Spring a few nights ago. It was cold outside and I was feeling a little blue, but this salad perked me right up! Just looking at it, with its cool greens and bright yellows, made me feel that I could hold out a few more weeks. What I like best...
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Sometimes it is all about the sauce. The best part of this meal is really the sauce. It is the right combination of tangy and sweet, unlike the neon red sauces served by most Chinese carry-out places. Not to say my mixture of chicken and vegetables in this dish are not fantastic, because they are, but it is the sauce that makes this dish such a superstar. Aside from being really good, it is really easy and fairly quick to put...
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Do you want to know the secret to super juicy burgers? Would you believe that these juicy burgers have only two ingredients?? I am going to share the secret to the most juicy burgers you have ever eaten. It is so simple. It also goes against everything I have ever read about making juicy hamburgers. I was a sceptic, I admit, until I tired it. Now, I am sold and if you try it I think you will be, too! The secret is salt. ...
Creamy Chicken and Orzo Salad
I know a lot of people are looking for clever ways to stretch a dollar while eating well. It is a topic near to my heart. Just because I am saving money, however, does not mean I want to stop entertaining or enjoying foods I love. It just means I have to find clever ways to make the most of what I have. Using pasta to stretch meals an excellent way to feed a crowd with out breaking the bank. My Creamy Chicken Salad with Orzo...
Orange Chicken with Fried Rice
Growing up I despised what I knew as Chinese food. What we always got was greasy, over breaded, over sauced American take-out Chinese food. It was terrible. This aversion became a fairly serious problem for me when I was first invited over to my future mother-in-law’s house for dinner. She is from Taiwan and was going to make us home-cooked Chinese food for dinner. I was distraught. I hated Chinese food, but I did not want...
Pasta with Zinfandel Tomato Sauce and Ricotta
Don’t you just love meals you can make in the snap, but taste like you cooked all day? I work three part-time jobs at the moment (long story) and I also attend culinary school at night, so I understand and adore quick meals that do not taste quick. What makes this pasta sauce so tasty is the addition of a little zinfandel. Now, we are not talking that prissy white zinfandel (and if you like that wine, sorry!), we are talking a...
