chicken

gluten-free pasta primavera

Posted on Mar 8, 2013

Half soup, half pasta — all hearty and fill­ing. I love one pot meals espe­cially when it’s cold, and believe it or not, it’s COLD in San Diego. Hail greeted me in the back­yard when I came home from errands … more →




chicken and mushrooms

Posted on Jan 28, 2013

My Hun­gar­ian hus­band is always ask­ing me to make him a good “szaft-y” dish — that’s Hun­gar­ian for a dish in a good sauce. When I watched Ina Garten take a Napa, CA vaca­tion where she show­cased this won­der­ful recipe, … more →




chicken caesar salad

Posted on Mar 9, 2012

The tuna indus­try will tell you that tuna salad is America’s favorite salad. I even found a coleslaw blog, also “America’s favorite salad”. The point is, we like our sal­ads. Chef, 3-bean, jello (if you want to go way back), … more →




simply roasted chicken breasts

Posted on Mar 7, 2012

I love to roast chicken. Whole or in pieces, but always with the bone in, which makes for much moister meat. I like to roast four breasts at a time so that I have it at my dis­posal for a … more →




chicken strips

Posted on Mar 17, 2011

Who knew that a whole gen­er­a­tion of chil­dren would best iden­tify chicken as a strip or nugget? If they’re gonna eat ‘em, best to make them home­made. When I do make these, I dou­ble the recipe because the kids love … more →




chicken wrap

Posted on Nov 2, 2010

This also works great with deli turkey. This is my kid’s sec­ond lunch after school. Total time: 5 min­utes Yield: 1 wrap 1 brown rice tor­tilla (I buy Trader Joe’s brand) lots of may­on­naise (Best Foods is GFCF) or hum­mus 1/2 … more →




indian chicken pilaf

Posted on Nov 2, 2010

I per­son­ally like to spice my Indian food until my nose runs and I require three glasses of water just to get through the meal. But my kids are a dif­fer­ent mat­ter. This is a recipe I’ve adapted to their … more →




garlic rosemary chicken

Posted on Oct 6, 2010

One of the great things about liv­ing in south­ern Cal­i­for­nia is that you have access to the out­door grill pretty much all year around. If you don’t how­ever, a grill pan (and a good over­head vent) will do the trick. … more →




no fail roasted chicken

Posted on Sep 20, 2010

Noth­ing smells like home more than a roast­ing chicken. I usu­ally roast two at a time. One for din­ner and one for any num­ber of other dishes, like Chi­nese Chicken Salad, Chicken Tor­tilla Soup, Chicken Wraps… This is from Ina … more →




chinese chicken salad

Posted on Sep 20, 2010

This is my most requested recipe. It’s changed lots over the years, but I’m pretty sure it came from the source of many great recipes — the church potluck. There is a ton of chicken in here and we eat … more →