Archive for the ‘Poultry’ Category

Cassie’s Turkey Chili

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

This is a variant of my chili that uses ground turkey instead of ground beef. It's a little bit healthier without sacrificing any flavor or heartiness. It was a great meal for a chilly November evening. Cassie’s Turkey Chili Makes about 8 servings 1 tbsp canola oil 20 oz ground turkey kosher salt ...

Chicken and Dumplings

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

This is a take on my chicken noodle soup, replacing the noodles with some simple dumplings. It's a nice change of pace :-) Chicken and Dumplings Serves 4 1 tbsp olive oil 10 baby carrots, or 4 regular carrots, cut into coins 1 lb leftover cooked chicken 3 cloves garlic 1 tbsp ...

Stracciatella with Turkey Meatballs

Friday, October 21st, 2011

This is me winging it with my meatball recipe while feeling like soup on this foggy evening. Stracciatella is a classic Italian soup, traditionally made with just chicken broth, eggs, and some sort of green (spinach, arugula or kale). I added my meatballs and a little pasta to ...

Product Review – Wildtree Garlic Galore Seasoning

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

A friend of mine, Shannon, recently started selling Wildtree food products. I purchased a few items from her starting party, the Texas corn bread mix, the pumpkin quick bread mix, and the "garlic galore" seasoning mix. I tried the garlic mix on some chicken thighs tonight, just drizzling ...

Chicken and Sausage Gumbo

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

This gumbo concoction is a conglomeration of many recipes out there on the web. It's a great use for leftover chicken, and could easily be adapted to use fresh chicken as well. We really enjoyed this and will be repeating it many times in the coming fall and ...

Italian Stuffed Zucchini, Redux

Monday, September 12th, 2011

This is the latest iteration on my Italian Stuffed Zucchini, which I made this weekend. I'm finally really happy with the balance of tomato flavor in the filling :-) Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats Serves 4 4 medium or 2 huge zucchini, about 4 lbs For the filling: 2 tsp olive oil 20 ...

My Chicken Spice Blend

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

We picked up a big pack of skinless boneless chicken thighs at Costco and have been working our way through them. Saturday night, I made some stir fry with shiitake mushrooms, zucchini, and yellow bell pepper, very similar to this one. Monday night I made some chicken noodle ...

Asian Turkey Meatballs, Redux

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

This is another take on Asian turkey meatballs. The additions of hoisin, soy sauce, and ginger really made them even more flavorful and delicious. I roasted about a pound of shiitake mushrooms that I'd wiped clean and stemmed right alongside the meatballs and warmed up some roasted summer ...

Chicken with Artichokes and Lemon

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Tonight's recipe is strongly inspired by the wonderful blogger Krista of Everyday Mom's Meals. Go check her out! I won a drawing on her Facebook page the other day and got 5 hand written recipe cards chosen by me from recipes on her blog. They arrived today, ...

Shaker Smoked Chicken Thighs

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Inspired by this recipe from Eating Well via cooking.com, tonight's dinner was quick smoked chicken thighs. I was pleasantly surprised that the smoke did indeed flavor the meat, even with such a short cooking time. I only marinated for 20 minutes as my grill heated up, and this ...