Everyday Food for Busy People
This dish is full of flavor – garlic, red onion, black olives, basil, parsley and Parmesan all in white wine sauce. It pairs up beautifully with grilled chicken, although the chicken didn’t make it into the photo.
Best of all, it is quick to fix.
Here’s what you’ll need:
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Soccer season is presenting a real challenge to dinnertime. We’ve been picnicking on the field while we watch the games. But sandwiches can get old, especially if you’ve packed one for lunch too. I created this easy pasta salad to take with us one night. It’s creamy and flavorful with homemade ranch dressing.
Here’s what you’ll need:
5:30pm and I still didn’t know what I was going to make for dinner. I piled all the likely ingredients from my fridge on the counter – bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, onions, garlic and parsley. My first thought was an omelet, but when I went rummaging for eggs I found only 5. Not enough for my family.
Boneless chicken tenders and a box of couscous came to the rescue. Everyone in the family loved this, even the kids who aren’t crazy about veggies. In fact, my pickiest eater tried and liked the bell peppers.
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I wanted to make a chicken casserole the other day, but I wanted one that I’d never made before. After pondering for a while, I decided to alter Chicken and Cheesy Rice Casserole and give it an Italian spin. Everyone liked it. We had leftovers for lunch the next day and I thought it was even better leftover. [Read more…] about Italian Chicken and Rice Casserole
By “Southern”, I mean south of the Mason-Dixon Line, not southern Asia. By “Fusion”, I mean let’s mix some soy sauce with some mayo.
This stuff is good and slightly addictive the way dip is supposed to be. I adapted the recipe from Polynesian Dip, which I found on Tasty Kitchen. I had to rename it though, because Polynesian kept reminding me of Chick-fil-A’s Polynesian sauce and this is nothing like that. [Read more…] about Southern-Asian Fusion Dip