Mar 6, 2012

Creamy Chicken Peperonata

There aren’t a lot of real easy recipes out there I like better than chicken peperonata. Simple, too. You cut up some chicken, add onion, garlic, tomatoes and a boatload of peppers, simmer the whole shebang and voila… peperonata. That’s the recipe in a nutshell, mind you. Anyway, the flavor this simple combination of ingredients gives your poultry or meat is astonishing. Especially grilled meats. But I’ll be more than…

    Feb 29, 2012

    Perfect Roast Chicken

    This is, without a shadow of a doubt, the best roast chicken I’ve had in quite some time. I received the recipe from a friend of mine who was kind enough to attach a photo to her email. It looked phenomenal. Hunger-inducing. Had me running out the door collecting ingredients that same afternoon. And then I tried it for the first time and let me tell you; this is paradisiacal!…

      Jan 12, 2012

      Crockpot Chicken a l’Orange

      Here’s one you must try, provided you have a slow cooker. I’ve gone crazy with my crock-pot this past week, and this recipe—along with a gazillion other ones—turned out to be a real keeper. Crazy simple, hardly any prepping involved, but so tasty you’ll want to lick the plate clean. The scent alone had me drooling all day long. It’s a recipe that came with the crock-pot … but since I…

        Dec 12, 2011

        Country Club Chicken

        It wasn’t until a friend of mine casually asked me what I had put into the chicken casserole that made it so creamy without making it greasy, that it dawned on me this is more an American than a European way of cooking. Using a concentrated soup as the basis of your casserole—turning it into a sauce like that—isn’t really common in Dutch cooking. Actually, it’s really uncommon. I love it,…

          Sep 26, 2011

          Asian Chicken Strips

          I desperately wanted to do something: cook, shoot a posting, do anything but lie on the couch or in bed with my foot propped up a stack of pillows feeling sorry for myself. Best way is to distract myself so I started jotting down recipe ideas. But as much as I wanted to, I just couldn’t prep the food and shoot the photos all by myself. My guy, who has…

            Sep 8, 2011

            Chicken & Onion Tagine

            The Kefta Mkouara wasn’t all I cooked in the tagine this week. I still had a few chicken breasts that needed to be used up. Now one of my favorite foods is curried chicken, so I knew I would add a fair amount of curry powder for starters and take it from there. Then it dawned on me: I had to try to combine the chicken with a more low-key…