chicken

This is now my favorite way to use any leftover grilled steak or chicken - and we grill a lot - and there is always a little leftover. Every time I make this I am always surprised at how quickly dinner is ready - which is a little ridiculous since it i...

I love, love, love crepes, but today instead of heading over to the popular crepe restaurant in town, I decided to make some of my own. Crepes by definition, are classified as being a very thin pancake. These crepe's are so delicious and contrary to p...

I have to preface this post by saying, I'm sorry, there is a key ingredient in this dish that may be hard for some of you to find. It is the semi-homemade portion of my dish, Nob Hill Co. distributed Sacratomato Soup, available (where I am) in Raleys,...

Brunswick StewThis week I am featuring a recipe from my friend, Ann, over at Sacatomato. Ann has a cookbook out called Hand-off Cooking. Now if you are following these crockpot posts then you are probably looking for easy recipes that require the least...

Life can be so crazy at my house from the time my children get home from school until dinner time.  Snacks, homework, playtime, errands, who knows what the afternoon will bring?  Lately, I have been making things that I can prep during the day so that when it is time for homework, I can...

This is the first slow cooker dish I’ve made with meat where the meat doesn’t need to be browned first. That’s a big plus for me, because if I’m putting dinner together at 6 or 7am, I don’t want to take the extra time to cook the meat first and I also don’t want...

I was spending an afternoon with my family in Napa and we made a pit stop on the way home at Nut Tree Farm to get an ice cream at Fenton’s.  We were walking around and stopped into Border’s and I was leafing through Where Women Cook.  It is a beautiful (albeit expensive) magazine...

I wasn’t kidding when I said Pizza WEEK, dudes. All seven days. I’m not breaking any sonic barriers with this one but you can’t really have a “big game” without the wings.  Those football types like the wings.  I just had to do a take on a buffalo chicken pizza. I have to admit,...

I am sitting here writing this post watching the Oscars.  They just started and I am already bored.  I guess they are not hitting the new demographic they are going for.  But can I just say that I have a girl crush on Gwyneth Paltrow?  Moving on… My mom makes the best chicken curry...

Chicken TetrazziniI was reading through some online crockpot recipes recently and stumbled on one where people were writing in the comments, "Why does this recipe call for cooked chicken? The point of using a crockpot is to throw everything in and let ...