Category: Main Dishes

  • Creamed Turkey with Cheese

    Creamed Turkey with Cheese

    Creamed turkey or chicken is an easy comforting meal that my kids really enjoy. Serve this over mashed potatoes, toast, English muffins, cornbread–whatever!

  • Leftover Chicken

    Leftover Chicken

    Earlier this week I had roasted a whole chicken for dinner. We had more left over than normal and events conspired such that it wasn’t eaten up at lunch either. I’ve done two quick dinners with some of it that were both big hits. Chicken Burritos I took some of the chicken and heated it…

  • Poor Man’s Gyro and Sauce

    Poor Man’s Gyro and Sauce

    I used to work in Alameda and the closest deli was a Greek one. Aside from awesome sandwiches and delicious salads of various kinds, they also had gyros. They’d slice that meat off the turning hunk of meat, top it with some tomatoes and onions, and ladle a bit of yogurt sauce on it and…

  • Worcestershire Shrimp and Coconut Rice

    Worcestershire Shrimp and Coconut Rice

    I think I’ve actually blogged about both of these before… Ah, the sign of old age for a blog. Do I repost the recipes or just include links? I think I’ll repost them and save you a few clicks. These are from Mark Bittman’s The Minimalist Cooks Dinner Shrimp, I’m discovering, is (are?) one of…

  • Real Fried Chicken

    Real Fried Chicken

    I don’t DO fried chicken very often. I do oven fried chicken, baked chicken, sauteed chicken, barbecued chicken, and who knows how many other variations. But fried? Yet, that was the eldest’s request for a Sunday night dinner. And I do try to accommodate requests for specific dishes. Of course, given my penchant for experimentation,…