Tag: chicken

  • (Insert Protein Here) Lettuce Wraps!

    (Insert Protein Here) Lettuce Wraps!

    These days, my household tries to eat less carb-heavy things on a regular basis, and I’ve taken to making lettuce wraps regularly. One of the first google search results will give you a copycat of the P.F. Chang’s recipe, so that was my jumping off point. Frankly, that is where I’ve eaten most of the lettuce…

  • Braised Celery

    Braised Celery

    My “roommate” sent me this recipe in an email, a pretty direct hint to try making it. Recipe from A Girl DeFloured Total Time: 15 minutes Serves 2-3 Ingredients 4 stalks of celery, scrubbed and ends trimmed (chop and reserve leaves) 2 tsp butter Pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup of…

  • Guest Blog: General Tso’s Chicken!

    I was inspired by a documentary and couldn’t shake my need to visit the General. Fairly quick, kinda tasty, really fried, and sweet. Je suis Tso. -Kris J. The General Ingredients: 1 pound of chicken (I prefer thighs) Some mayonnaise for coating chicken* Dry Coating (inspired/copied from Serious Eats): ½ cup of flour ½ cup…

  • Guest Blog:
    Parm-Crusted Chicken, Asparagus & 3 Bonus Recipes!

    So first I must say I first had this from my sis Y_________. It was so good when she made it twice for me. So I had to ask her for the recipe because I needed a good main dish for a dinner/date I was making. Need something good to impress lol. The Parmesan Crusted…

  • Celery Chicken Saute

    What to do when your homegrown celery threatens to grow into a small, unchewable forest? Chop it all down, make celery chicken, (and take the rest to work). This is a combination I started around 2006 on one of those days when there wasn’t much left in the fridge and I thought, “what goes good…

  • Sunday Recipe: Chicken Pot Pie

    Sunday Recipe: Chicken Pot Pie

    Update note from the author: as you shop for Thanksgiving, grab some puff pastry for this delicious recipe for your leftover turkey! Make sure to read to the end for the full wait time and pro-tips on cooling steps. As a child growing up in the Midwest with home-cooked Chinese food for dinner, microwave dinners…

  • Yay for Family Time, too! Charred Green Beans

    Last week also saw my spouse and I visiting my parents. I was raised on a relatively mellow-tasting, healthy diet, similar to what I helped my mama make below. Lots of steamed stuff, and delicious tofu. The next night, I made dinner in honor of my father’s birthday. Fell a little short on supplies cooking…