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Easy Baked Chicken Parmesan
Mar26

Easy Baked Chicken Parmesan

Lately my life has been going at the speed of ‘AHHHHHHHH!!!” I work three part-time jobs, go to school two nights a week, I blog,I belly dance, and I have family obligations.  Any way you look at it, I keep really busy.  So, on those nights when I feel completely knackered this recipe makes it all better!  Not only can I get a home cooked meal on the table within 45 minutes, I can do it with minimal stress, mess or any...

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5-Spice Roast Chicken
Mar15

5-Spice Roast Chicken

I love roast chicken, and I love Asian food.   I also love food that is easy to prepare and REALLY flavorful.  The chicken pictured above fits that bill.  Interested in the recipe?  Then head on over to How To: Simplify and check out my guest post!

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Pan Seared Chicken with Creamy Polenta and Bacon
Mar09

Pan Seared Chicken with Creamy Polenta and Bacon

I love one pot dishes.    Anything I can do to save washing up dishes after dinner is always welcome.  Aside from making the washing up easier, building the dish in one pan gives you a unique opportunity to develop some pretty robust flavors.  You never lose any fond, the caramelized bits that get stuck to the bottom of the pan, so all that flavor makes its way into the polenta.   This dish starts with some automatic flavor in the...

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Honey Lime Grilled Chicken Salad
Mar03

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...

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Sweet and Sour Chicken
Feb22

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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Sliders
Feb03

Sliders

  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. ...

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