This recipe is for 6 chicken breast halves, which will make good planned-overs, but you can scale it back for 2-4 breasts. 6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves Stuffing:1 large onion, minced2 ribs celery, minced2 medium carrots, minced3 c. cooked wild rice10 mushrooms, chopped (optional)1/4 c. roasted sunflower seeds (optional)4 Tbsp. butter1 Tbsp. salt1 tsp. […]
baked entrees
Shepherd’s Pie
What would our family’s cool-weather menu line-up be without Shepherd’s Pie? Thank you, Tina! Over the years I’ve found that it turns out best if you use a combination of ground beef and lamb and make sure to use lots of meat, so you don’t wind up with too much potato on top. I like […]
Thin Crust Pizza
Edit: I just re-tested this recipe 9 (!) years later and made a few changes: There’s a time for thick, doughy pizzas and a time for thin, crispy pizzas. This is for when you have a hankering for the latter. It takes some forethought, since the dough rises overnight in the fridge, but is well […]
Meatloaf
This is mostly just an illustration of Lillian’s (adapted) meatloaf recipe, which is indeed pretty awesome. Whats interesting about the recipe is mostly the cooking technique, which involved forming the loaf on a rack wrapped in tinfoil, with a sheet underneath to catch the grease. A picture is worth a thousand words:As for the contents […]
Roasted pork ribs
I braise meat all the time and have posted an example of it, so I decided to do a dry heat method. This is essentially very similar to my jerk ribs, but in the oven rather than digging my grill out of a snowbank. When it comes to roasting, there are a couple basic rules. […]
Skinless Roasted Chicken with Sweet & Spicy Rub
Hold the phones (or drumsticks) ladies and gents, because I have ‘discovered’ an amazing new way to cook chicken. Despite my efforts at creating the crispiest and tastiest exterior, Dan invariably pulls the skin off of the chicken I make. I can deal with that (it’s his loss) but I knew that there must be […]
Chicken in a Clay Pot دجاج بالفخار
This dish is sort of the Levantine equivalent of a tajine – you’ll note it’s slightly different than a Moroccan tajine, though generally cooked in the same sort of container. We were lucky to have a clay pot at mom’s house, but frankly you could use a ceramic casserole dish as long as it has […]
Leftover pot-pie
This is how I used up some of my thanksgiving leftovers (weeks ago, of course), while simultaneously testing out a new kind of pastry crust I had read about: hot-water pastry. Wikipedia describes this form of pastry. In short, the process of making it is exactly the opposite of proper pie crust: melt fat in […]
Kufta Hotdish لحم بالصينية
So I realize that this is very similar to Lillian’s previously posted Lamb Kibbeh Hotdish, however, this it is different enough that I figured it warranted a new entry. The Arabic name actually, literally means, “Meat in a Pan.” It’s relatively easy, but needs about an hour or more to cook. I originally learned this […]
Turkey Pot Pie
So, I was looking for a way to get rid of some Thanksgiving leftovers (including some pie crust), and I hit on the idea of a pot pie. I made it in a slapdash way since I didn’t have too much time for cooking, so given more time it’d be more delicious: Ingredients:Leftover turkey drumstick […]