mains–chicken & turkey

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slow-cooker chicken and mushroom pot pie

February 1, 2012

 I am a fan of my slow-cooker. I like using it a few times a month. It’s so nice when Sophie is having a hard time (like teething or trouble sleeping) to be able to minimize my dinner preparation and not have to worry about it. I’ve never really cooked anything like this in a [...]

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chicken florentine puffs

December 14, 2011

Did you catch the crock pot rotisserie-style chicken I posted about Monday? It was truly a game-changer. I’ll be using that method over and over. With the leftovers, I decided to try something new. I had some puff pastry in the freezer and decided to cobble together a recipe for a chicken and spinach puff. [...]

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crock pot rotisserie-style chicken (gf, df)

December 12, 2011

I know I’m not the only person who feels the time crunch around Christmas. One of the easiest things it to do on a busy night is pick up a rotisserie chicken from the market to use for a meal. While I’m totally not opposed to doing this in a pinch, Michael and I are [...]

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chicken with herbed cherry tomato sauce

September 26, 2011

Lots of people balk when I tell them that I like making my own birthday dinner. Michael’s even been heckled a bit for it (“why don’t you make her something?!”) Well, he would gladly make me something, anything, but I love cooking so much, the greater gift is giving me the perfect time and excuse [...]

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drumsticks with peach barbecue sauce (gf, df)

August 10, 2011

Do you have a favorite celebrity chef? I tend to love the idea of someone like Ina Garten. She’s got this amazing, effortless style of entertaining that makes it seem so easy. I suppose I could achieve similar results if I lived in the Hamptons and had huge financial resources. So, although I really think [...]

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paprika roasted chicken (gf, df)

March 9, 2011

Raise your hand if roasting an entire chicken or turkey is intimidating to you. I don’t know if you can see it through the screen, but I actually have both hands and a foot raised. At almost 9 months pregnant, I’m quite a spectacle. For some reason, roasting a chicken seems so much harder than [...]

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chicken cacciatore (df)

February 14, 2011

Although I’ve loved cooking from a young age, I really didn’t start experimenting with new recipes until I went away to college. I was fortunate to happen upon the cookbook section of my university library one afternoon while looking for a secluded place to study. Needing to stretch my legs and take a short break, [...]

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chicken cordon bleu

January 4, 2011

Last night marked the very end of our winter break. Michael’s employer gives an incredibly generous winter break to its employees. We’ve basically been on break since the 22nd of December. And he had yesterday off in observation of New Year’s Day, which we thought was an incredibly generous added bonus. We took advantage of [...]

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