Stir Fry
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
I always forget about stir fry – its so easy and beautiful and a great way to get many vegetables into your meal. This one was from last week sometime and I am re-creating it tonight, but with tofu instead of chicken.
saute the chicken (or tofu) in spicy sauce
remove chicken and [...]
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dinner
Originally uploaded by All Things Mimi
This dinner was good. I mean really good.
I’ll start with the roasted cauliflower cuz it was the easiest.
I defrosted a bag of frozen cauliflower florets. Yes- I said frozen. I was skeptical about the outcome, but it was fine. Actually, it was better than fine. After it was completely defrosted, [...]
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Chicken with Peanut sauce
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
The fun thing about this dinner was the peanut sauce. I love it, but have never thought to make it before. It was pretty simple.
In a sauce pan add:
1 can of coconut milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tsps of soy sauce
1 tsp of red pepper flakes
Bring to a boil – [...]
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Posted in Poultry on June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Barbecued Chicken. It sounds so simple. Google it. You will be amazed at the number of recipes for sauces and methods you will find.
Chicken is one of my favorite things to roast and grill. And BBQ chicken is all that much better.
So I began to look around for a sweet, spicy sauce to slather all [...]
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Chicken wing frenzy
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
My sister had a craving for chicken wings so we went to store and picked up a bag. I made three sauces – one was a chipotle based sweet sauce, one was taco flavored, one was garlic and onion (smelly but good). I didn’t have any celery and it is [...]
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Lemon Chicken with capers, red quinoa and zuchinni
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
This was an alternation of something I saw on the food network. I sauteed some chicken breasts in olive oil seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic. When the chicken was almost done I de-glazed the pan with sherry and lemon juice. When the chicken was [...]
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Posted in Poultry, Vegetables on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So – this is hard to believe since I am a born and raised southern girl..but this was my first attempt at fried chicken. I don’t know why, but I had a craving for it. I soaked the chicken for a few hours in milk and when I was ready to cook it – I [...]
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Posted in Poultry on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I decided the other day I wanted to make a big pot of chicken and dumplings for dinner. The problem being, I haven’t had them in years (probably since the last time my Daddy made them while I was still living at home).
I scoured my sizable cook book collection for a recipe. I only found [...]
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Coral Red Jasmine Rice
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
For Christmas, I got lots of good food stuff which will take me a while to get through to blog about, but this is the first of those things. My parents gave me a box of red coral jasmine rise from Thailand. It was really delicious and for those [...]
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turkey poblano corn chowder
Originally uploaded by All Things Mimi
What do you do with leftover turkey???
I’m figuring that out as I try to use up the gallon zip lock bag of turkey Dev’s Mom sent us home with after Christmas.
I don’t really like turkey. But so far I’ve found ways to use it that have turned [...]
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