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Basil Chicken Stir Fry

September 26, 2012
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Well I have now been in Japan for a little over 10 days and have already seen Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Kanazawa, Shirakawa-go, Takayma and have just started my time in Tokyo. Next up is Hiroshima and Miyajima and then the ferry over to South Korea. Time has been flying by and the impressions and time [...]

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Daring Cooks January 2012 – Green Chile Chicken Tamales

January 17, 2012
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Another interesting daring cooks challenge. I had never made tamales before this, and had really only tried them a couple of times – when my college roommate K steamed her Trader Joe’s bought vegetarian tamales and shared them with me. Kind of a strange meal. Soft dough flattened in a corn husk, rolled up with [...]

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Chicken with Cherry Tomato Cream Sauce

October 6, 2011
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Since one of my favorite ways to waste valuable time is by scrolling through the gorgeous food pictures accepted by Food Gawker (none of which are mine, tear tear), I do get a lot of my cooking ideas from there. This dish being no exception. Strangely enough though, I saw numerous bloggers all making this one [...]

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Chicken Thighs in Red Wine Vinegar Sauce

August 4, 2011
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I used to only cook with chicken breasts. All the other parts used to freak me out – the different colors of the meat, the globs of fat, eeek. Chicken thighs specifically used to really gross me out — considering I was trying to cut them up into little pieces (for stir fry) and was [...]

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Daring Cooks May 2011 – Gumbo

May 14, 2011
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This was another great daring cooks challenge. A lot of firsts with this one. Let’s see. It was the first time I had ever used a dutch oven, first time I ever made and even tried gumbo, first time I made a roux, made creole spices, butterflied a chicken, cooked with smoked sausage, and cooked [...]

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Cashew Chicken Stir Fry

March 30, 2011
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I haven’t made anything with chicken in a while so last night for dinner I decided to give this cashew chicken stir fry a shot. Growing up, I used to love chicken, but then college came along and I really over did it. Sophomore year (when I moved out of the kitchen-less dorms) – I cannot even [...]

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Oven Roasted Chicken

March 2, 2011
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One of the problems with making oven roasted chicken is that it (sometimes) comes out super dry. And that’s always a huge disappointment. Thankfully my mom has come up with the ultimate solution. Marinating the chicken in mayonnaise or mustard helps keep it moist.  It’s best to marinate it overnight or for at least 8 hours. I was [...]

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Baked Chicken Fingers

February 22, 2011
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I recently bought a new camera – the Canon Rebel XS (a huge upgrade from my dinky 10 year old canon powershot). And over the course of this long weekend (just love having Mondays off) I finally got a chance to sit down and look through the manual, to start to get an understanding of [...]

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Chicken Lo Mein

February 11, 2011
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This was the first time I had ever made chicken lo mein at home. And I was pretty happy with the results.  What I love about this dish is that it’s as delicious cold as when it’s hot. And that really makes for easy snacking. I had 3 servings of this (hot) for dinner and [...]

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Chicken Quesadillas

December 15, 2010
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Quesadillas are great because they’re incredibly easy to make. And you can make them better (and cheaper) at home than at your local TGIF, Applebees, UNO’s, you name it. These I made with chicken, cheese and green onions.  But, you can really add whatever you want or have on hand. This is a great dish [...]

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