Pork chile verde is a delicious dish made with tender cubes of pork, slow cooked in a delicious chile verde sauce. You can serve this dish with rice, or my favorite way is to serve with some corn tortillas, onion, cilantro and sour cream. This recipe is a quicker version of chile verde using jarredContinue reading “Easy Pork Chile Verde”
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Peruvian Chicken Salad with Aji Verde
Do you guys have Alpaca where you live? They have the best Peruvian chicken and we love eating there. I also love making any variant of the dish at home. The Aji Verde (green sauce) is really the star, but the chicken is amazing too. This recipe turns the dish into a salad with theContinue reading “Peruvian Chicken Salad with Aji Verde”
Fire Roasted Tomato Soup with Kielbasa and Tortellini
This soup is another quick and easy meal that is tasty, nutritious and satisfying to eat. The broth is made from chicken broth and fire roasted tomatoes for a slightly sweet, slightly smoky tomato flavor. The addition of kielbasa add another level of smokiness that goes great with the tomato. You could also use chickenContinue reading “Fire Roasted Tomato Soup with Kielbasa and Tortellini”
Open Faced Bacon and Egg Sandwiches on Rye
Using eggs for dinner is really economical and since we have chickens and always have extra eggs, finding ways to use them for dinner is a fun challenge. These open faced bacon and egg sandwiches are super fast and easy, and SO good. You could use egg salad or fried eggs here too, but IContinue reading “Open Faced Bacon and Egg Sandwiches on Rye”
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
Chicken soup from scratch is one of the cheapest, but most satisfying meals to make. If you start with a whole chicken, you get tons of meat as well as tasty homemade broth for your soup. I have been making homemade chicken noodle soup for years, and decided to do a variation with some addedContinue reading “Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup”
Smoked Turkey and Cheddar Sliders with Honey Mustard
As I posted a few days ago, I made these yummy rolls that are a cross between a pretzel bun and sandwich roll. I made them in order to make these tasty toasted smoked turkey and cheddar sliders. These warm, baked sandwiches have smoked turkey, aged cheddar, some sweet pickled Vidalia onions, and a sauceContinue reading “Smoked Turkey and Cheddar Sliders with Honey Mustard”
Pesto Chicken Sandwiches
This sandwich is way more delicious than it has a right to be for how easy it was to make. My family loves pesto and I usually make a few batches of homemade pesto each summer. I used Wegman’s pesto here though to save time, and we loved it, so I may just buy thatContinue reading “Pesto Chicken Sandwiches”
Bang Bang Salmon
Bang bang sauce is a simple, creamy sauce made by combining mayo, sweet Thai chili sauce, garlic, ginger, rice vinegar and sriracha. It is really addicting. This recipe is SUPER easy because you use the sauce both as a glaze for the salmon, and as a sauce when you eat the dish. This meal tookContinue reading “Bang Bang Salmon”
Double Lemon Chicken
This recipe comes from Ottolenghi’s Test Kitchen and it is a take on Chinese takeout lemon chicken, but lightened up and with a much deeper flavored sauce, achieved using preserved lemon paste. I had bought a jar of the above preserved lemon paste to make these Preserved Lemon Chicken Skewers and I had a quiteContinue reading “Double Lemon Chicken”
Bucatini with Mushrooms, Spinach and Toasted Garlic
I was lucky enough to receive this amazing pasta gift basket from Gusta Pasta. I couldn’t wait to try some of it out. For this recipe I used the bucatini, olive oil and the Sugo alla Siciliana. This pasta is SO good. A huge step up from grocery store dried pasta. I loved the chewinessContinue reading “Bucatini with Mushrooms, Spinach and Toasted Garlic”