02 Sunday Oct 2016
Posted in Chicken, Comfort Food, Gluten Free, Make Ahead, Marinade, Skillet Dinner
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This was fantastic fried chicken. Not only does this taste fantastic, but you can use up leftover pickle juice. Yeah, I know. Most people simply pour it down the sink, but The Goddess hates waste, so this was the perfect solution. And it brings back a wonderful childhood memory…my mother’s fried chicken. Continue reading
30 Thursday Jun 2016
Posted in Chicken, Gluten Free, Main Course, Make Ahead, Marinade, Spanish
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black pepper, chicken, cumin, garlic, honey, lime juice, salt
This is perhaps one of The Goddess’s favorite recipes. She could live on this. Originally she marinated whole chickens, then she grilled them over indirect heat. It doesn’t get much better than that. Continue reading
10 Sunday Apr 2016
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carrot, celery, chicken, citrus, dried cranberries, dried fruit, fruit, mayonnaise, mustard, onion, orange zest, scallions, yogurt
First, let’s get something straight. The Goddess loves chicken salad. She’s never met one she didn’t like, except for that one with chocolate chips in it. It turns out that chocolate doesn’t make everything taste better! Continue reading
26 Saturday Dec 2015
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broth, cheese, chicken, chiles, cilantro, cocoa powder, garlic, honey, limes, onion, peanut butter, soy sauce, spices, tortilla chips
I just ran across a recipe for Chicken Mole Casserole on the Food & Wine website. And I do mean I “just” found it. It sounded great; I liked the idea of it. It just seemed like the perfect thing for dinner, so I made it, or rather my version of it. And it was on the table in 20 minutes! What a great weeknight or Friday-night-after-work-instead-of-pizza dinner! Continue reading
20 Sunday Dec 2015
Posted in Appetizers, Brazilian, Buffet Food, Vegetarian
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bread crumbs, butter, cheese, chicken, eggs, flour, hearts of palm, lemon juice, onion, seasoning, shrimp
Risoles (risole is the singular) are one of our best food memories from out time in Brazil. That’s saying something, because there was no shortage of spectacularly good food. Risoles are a form of croquette. They are deep-fried, crispy little bites of heaven. Or about 2-3 bites, usually with a creamy filling; shrimp, hearts of palm, cheese, etc. But they are the stuff of dreams. Continue reading
12 Saturday Dec 2015
Posted in Brazilian, Chicken, Comfort Food, Gluten Free, Main Course, potatoes, Vegetables
Almost every Sunday, when we lived in São Paulo, we would walk over to the bakery just down the hill from our apartment, and buy 2 chickens. Even today, I can almost smell the aroma wafting up from the bakery, more than 15 years later. They were a memory that was worth trying to recreate. Continue reading
28 Saturday Nov 2015
Posted in Appetizers, Buffet Food, Chicken, Cuban, Make Ahead
Cuban Chicken Pie is totally different from what we non-Cubans think of as chicken pie…there’s no cream, no carrots and celery and the crust is totally different, more cake-like, than short and flaky. This is for The Honorary Gal-Pal and did I mention that it’s delicioso? Continue reading
10 Saturday Oct 2015
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This is it! The chicken you won’t be able to stop eating. You may abandon supermarket-roasted chickens forever! The flavors are very similar to Lechon Asado from a much earlier post, but it’s the Honey-Lime Drizzle that will make you weak in knees. Continue reading
26 Saturday Sep 2015
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cheese, chicken, cream, ground chicken, herbs, lemon, mushrooms, white wine
This is a lovely entrée for family or a dinner party. I’ve haven’t done this in years and decided it was thyme…er…time. The thigh-drumstick combo can be stuffed with a bread stuffing, but I’m using ground chicken with herbs and other good things. Continue reading
31 Sunday May 2015
Posted in Gluten Free, Salads, Vinaigrettes
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asparagus, blueberries, chicken, green beans, greens, lavender, lemon, mustard, olive oil
View of Saintes-Maries, 1888, by Vincent Van Gogh, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Lavender is much more than a flower and a scent for soap and potpourri. It grows freely and wildly in France, (in my garden and yours, too) and was a subject the Impressionists returned frequently. And lavender is a lovely spice to grace your table, too. Continue reading
