Category: Main Dishes
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Basil Pesto Recipe
I am going to freeze some of this pesto, so I left out the cheese in the main batch, following my former mother-in-law’s rule as well as Mark Bittman’s advice in How To Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food, one of my favorite go-to cookbooks. I’ve added some as I used it (on some…
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Chicken and Dumplings Recipe
I never ate chicken and dumplings growing up so my experiments with trying different recipes aren’t based on trying to recreate anything from my childhood but just playing around with a dish my girls and I all liked the first time I made it. The first chicken and dumpling recipe I tried was good, but…
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Fried Tofu and Greens with Peanut Dressing
I made this pan-fried tofu and greens with peanut dressing from Cooking Light last night for dinner. Their picture is much better than mine so I’m just linking! However, there was no miso to be found at my local Safeway so I settled for a bottled Thai peanut dressing mix instead. It was good. We…
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Chicken Panini Sandwich from Leftover Chicken Cutlets
I really made too many chicken cutlets the other night. However, they are good simply reheated. Last night I used some up in a Chicken Divan casserole. For lunch today, my daughter took a simple salad with some chopped romaine lettuce mixed with Ranch dressing and a chopped chicken cutlet. She loved it. Today for…
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Chicken Divan Casserole from Leftover Chicken Cutlets
We had chicken cutlets last night for dinner, special request from college daughter that was home visiting a night. I had leftovers, because I tend to make too much. Leftover cutlets are good reheated if you’re careful. Or you can turn them into any number of good chicken sandwiches, like these Sort of Buffalo Chicken…