Category: Chicken & Turkey

  • Cold Sesame Noodles with Chicken and Cucumbers

    Cold Sesame Noodles with Chicken and Cucumbers

    I pretty much followed Mark Bittman’s recipe here for Cold Noodles with Sesame Sauce, Chicken and Cucumers. I had simmered a whole chicken the other night to make King Ranch Chicken Casserole, which we had for dinner and then my daughter took for lunch a few times and I had for lunch as well.  It…

  • Chicken, Rice and Artichoke Salad

    Chicken, Rice and Artichoke Salad

    My mom gave me this recipe. Things always taste better when she makes them but this still came out good!   I was missing one ingredient so did a substitution but I don’t think that was the critical piece. Not sure what she did different but I will try to figure it out.  For the record,…

  • Sort-of Buffalo Chicken Sandwich

    Sort-of Buffalo Chicken Sandwich

    Since neither of us were starving tonight but we still needed to eat dinner, I opted for a sandwich. One of us had had a chicken taco salad for lunch so I didn’t want to do another “salad with meat” thing.  I had these fantastic breaded chicken cutlets from the other night so went for…

  • Chicken Tacos Tonight, Chicken Salad for Lunch Tomorrow

    Chicken Tacos Tonight, Chicken Salad for Lunch Tomorrow

    I cooked up a couple of boneless skinless chicken breasts to make chicken tacos tonight. I started with the recipe here despite the mix of reviews. I was intrigued by the idea of lemonade somehow…but I would definitely classify the chicken as bland.  When I tasted some partway through the simmering to reduce the sauce…

  • Turkey, Spinach and Carrot Wraps

    Turkey, Spinach and Carrot Wraps

    My eldest packed this for lunch for her first day of school. We bought some wraps and spread flavored cream cheese (chive and onion in this case but we often just use the “veggie” one), baby spinach leaves, grated carrots, chopped olives and turkey. Spread the cream cheese on the wrap first, then lay out…