I am starting to become a big, huge fan of my KitchenAid slow cooker. It took me awhile to appreciate the time saving value it could have in my life, but now that I know, I’m sold. You can make everything, practically, in a slow cooker! Breakfast, lunch and dinner… and even a snack in [...]
Category Archives: Chicken
Windows Phone Guide to the 2012 Olympic Games {Recipe: Zesty Peach Glazed Chicken Wings}
As many of you are aware, the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games airs tonight. We are a big Olympic family and always look forward to gathering around the TV each day to watch our favorite Olympians compete for the gold. The issue with the 2012 Olympics is it falls right, smack dab [...]
Earth Day 2012 Picnic for the Planet {Recipe: Picnic Chicken}
It’s that time of year again… the Earth Day and Picnic for the Planet 2012! Last year, a group of bloggers partnered with The Nature’s Conservacy to encourage you to celebrate this great earth by heading out for a lunch or dinner picnic. This year, we’ve gathered together with giveaways at each blog to help [...]
It’s a Wrap {Recipe: Buffalo Chicken and Black Bean Wrap}
Swanson’s chicken challenged me to create a recipe to solve the 5 o’clock dinner dilemma. My biggest challenge with dinnertime is to remember to set out the meat from the freezer. Nine times out of ten I have a plan, but if that plan requires simply removing the meat from the freezer, my mama brain [...]
Oven Baked Chicken Wings with Sweet BBQ Sauce
I used to not like chicken on the bone. In fact, was quite grossed out when it came to anything you had to pick up and gnaw off the bone. My world consisted of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and that was it. A door opened up for me when I eventually tried what are now [...]
A Pasta Discovery {Recipe: Rustic Baked Rigatoni}
I know… I know… stop talking about the darn homemade pasta, right? I’m sorry! I just can’t help it. When I made homemade pasta for the first time last week, it was kind of a moment for me. I looked back at my Hamburger Helper days many moons ago and marveled at how far I [...]
Old Habits {Recipe: Oven Baked Teriyaki Chicken Thighs}
Old habits die hard… like my past habit of only eating boneless skinless chicken breasts. I never even considered using any other kind of chicken…EVER. Then, as I explained in a previous post, I made an accidental purchase that changed my chicken loving ways for good. Through one fateful mishap in my shopping cart, I [...]
Eat. Live. Be. Week 2 Update (Recipe: Crispy Oven Roast Chicken)
One of my very first posts many moons ago on Dine & Dish was about how I don’t “do” snow. I’m not a fan. I think it’s pretty and all, but I’d rather sit in by the fire, snuggled up with a good book, looking out on it falling gently on the trees rather than [...]
