In the quest for using up food leftover from the holidays, I’m targeting a large container of mushrooms I bought. I made a small portion of chicken tetrazzini for dinner, trying not to create more than one portion of leftovers! I had some cooked chicken leftover from making this fantastic “cure-all chicken soup” with spicy…
Chicken & Turkey
Early Thanksgiving Menu
We had an early Thanksgiving yesterday as we are scattering in different directions on the actual day this year. My niece and nephew joined us so we had 8 for dinner. Here’s what was on the early Thanksgiving menu. I roasted a large turkey, a twenty-pounder, so everyone could have leftovers. The tricky part with…
How to Cook a Juicy Turkey – Use Cheesecloth
This is an older recipe but one that I forgot to move over when I redesigned the site. So even though it’s not turkey time, I’m publishing this now so I don’t forget later! Soaking cheesecloth in wine and butter and then keeping it on the turkey while you roast it helps keep the turkey…
How to Make Turkey or Chicken Gravy
So you’ve cooked the turkey and now you need to learn how to make turkey (or chicken) gravy. After you’ve let the big bird rest a bit on the rack in the pan, tilt it so that the juices run out of the cavity and into your roasting pan. Remove the bird to the cutting…
Chicken Tetrazzini from Leftover Chicken Cutlets
I made chicken cutlets for Sunday dinner and, as usual, I made spaghetti with oil and garlic (olio e aglio) as a side dish. I had some of each leftover and rather than just reheating the cutlets, I decided to make something different from them – chicken tetrazzini! This made use of the leftover spaghetti…