Traditional Hungarian flavors come together in these deliciously tender and succulent Hungarian Meatballs that are drenched in a lusciously rich and silky paprika sauce! Enjoy them over hot buttered noodles, rice, Spätzle, or potatoes. A great make ahead-meal and the … Continue reading →
Ultimate Chicken Noodle Soup
Nothing speaks comfort like a bowl of hot, homemade chicken noodle soup. And if you're looking for the BEST chicken noodle soup recipe, look no further. Low and slow-simmered chicken, fresh and wholesome vegetables, savory herbs, healing broth...this "ultimate" version … Continue reading →
Chicken Teriyaki
Saucy, succulent, and sure to satisfy, this Chicken Teriyaki recipe is sure to become a regular favorite! This chicken teriyaki rivals your favorite takeout or restaurant version and comes together so quickly, there's simply no good reason not to make it at home - not to … Continue reading →
Smothered Chicken
This Smothered Chicken recipe is sure to become a family favorite! Moist and tender chicken breasts are drenched in a luxuriously creamy bacon and mushroom sauce. Serve it over mashed potatoes, rice, or pasta and get ready to enjoy some ultimate comfort food! A few … Continue reading →
Moroccan Chicken Salad
The flavors of Morocco come together in this irresistibly delicious Moroccan Chicken Salad recipe! Â Perfect as a sandwich filling or served on a bed of lettuce leaves! Â Moroccan food is just downright delicious. Â It's considered among the most diverse cuisines in the … Continue reading →
BEST Chicken Salad
For a chicken salad recipe that's guaranteed to be a total winner, look no further! This homemade chicken salad is wonderfully creamy without being overly wet, it isn’t too sweet or too tangy, and incorporates the PERFECT balance of flavors! But don't take my word for it … Continue reading →
Chicken Piccata
This Chicken Piccata recipe is quick and easy to make and will absolutely WOW your taste buds! Featuring a lemon-wine-butter-caper sauce, this classic Italian dish is absolutely mouthwatering! Chicken Piccata is a prime example of a dish that's quick and easy to make … Continue reading →
Greek Meatballs
This Greek Meatballs recipe captures the exquisite flavors of sun-kissed Greece! Incredibly rich in flavor, these delicious meatballs will have you coming back for seconds! Our family loves meatballs.  For many of us they're linked to childhood memories of comfort … Continue reading →
Asian Chicken Soup
This Asian Chicken Soup recipe is sure to become a favorite! Bursting with layers of flavor, this warm and soul-satisfying chicken soup with Asian spices will mesmerize your taste buds! I don't think I could live without soup.  There are just those days when what I … Continue reading →
Curried Pumpkin and Coconut Meatballs
These pumpkin meatballs are simmered in a luxuriously creamy curry-coconut sauce. Featuring layer upon layer of delicious flavors, these meatballs will absolutely WOW your taste buds! If you like meatballs and enjoy Thai-inspired curry dishes, these pumpkin meatballs … Continue reading →
Popcorn Chicken (Buffalo-Style)
Who can resist perfectly crispy popcorn chicken? Not me! Now couple that with some hot sauce and a phenomenal homemade blue cheese dressing for some buffalo-style popcorn chicken and you're in heaven! Crispy on the outside and soft and tender on the inside, these … Continue reading →
Sesame Chicken
This Sesame Chicken recipe rivals your favorite Chinese takeout or restaurant version. Deliciously crispy breaded chicken is tossed in an exquisitely sweet-savory sauce that will "wow" your taste buds and have you coming back for seconds! Sesame Chicken Recipe Chinese … Continue reading →
Slow Cooker Greek Chicken
This Slow Cooker Greek Chicken recipe is super easy to throw together for a busy weeknight. Simply add the ingredients to your slow cooker and you'll be coming home to a delicious ready meal! It's meals like this Greek Chicken that remind me that I really need to … Continue reading →
Authentic Jambalaya
Authentic Jambalaya Recipe. This quintessential dish from New Orleans is a spicy one-pot rice dish featuring chicken, andouille sausage, shrimp, and a whole host of Southern flavors. Let the feast begin! Most of us won't be going down to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, … Continue reading →
Ultimate Greek Burgers
The amount of flavor these Greek Burgers pack is simply out of this world! Juicy, succulent and mega flavorful, these burgers are a total showstopper! Downright swoon-worthy, we refer to these burgers as "ultimate" because the amount of flavor they pack is dizzyingly … Continue reading →
Kung Pao Chicken
Authentic and thoroughly delicious, this Kung Pao Chicken rivals your favorite takeout or restaurant version and is super quick to make! And get ready to brace yourself because this dish packs a PUNCH! Kung Pao Chicken originated in the Szechuan province of China and … Continue reading →
Wonton Soup
One of the most popular of all Chinese soups, with its rich and aromatic broth and its plump, flavor-packed wontons, this wonton soup recipe is a guaranteed showstopper! For more Asian-inspired soups be sure to also try my Asian Chicken Soup, Chinese Hot and Sour Soup, … Continue reading →
Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup
A creamy, flavor-packed chicken soup infused with Mexican spices and topped with crunchy tortilla chips, sour cream and shredded cheese - it's the ultimate comfort soup! There must be a million and one recipes out there for Chicken Tortilla Soup. Â Some are creamy, … Continue reading →
Cheesy Dijon Chicken Rolls with Balsamic Glaze
Here is something healthy, wholesome and delicious that combines your serving of meat, vegetables and dairy all in one! A variety of flavorful vegetables are sauteed and tucked inside thinly sliced chicken filets that have been slathered with Dijon mustard and seasoned … Continue reading →
Creamy Turkey Dinner Soup
Use your Thanksgiving leftovers to make this deliciously flavorful Turkey Dinner Soup! Just add the ingredients to your slow cooker and you'll soon have a ready meal that is guaranteed to please! Made in the slow cooker (or stovetop if you prefer), this hearty soup … Continue reading →
Honey Peach Cardamom Sauce
Peaches are in season here in Washington State and I picked up a bulk load of 75 pounds of them last week! Â I've been busy chopping and freezing them for smoothies, canning them, making fruit leather, peach cobbler and peach crisp, and thought I'd try something new - this … Continue reading →
Slow Cooker Pineapple Orange BBQ Chicken
Sweet, tangy and juicy with a touch of kick, this Pineapple Orange BBQ Chicken takes less than 10 minutes of prep time and the slow cooker does the rest. This dish features a fun interplay of flavors that compete for attention just long enough to be noticed and then blend … Continue reading →
Chicken Barley Soup
Incredibly flavorful and packed with nutrients, this wonderful Chicken Barley Soup recipe is sure to become a family favorite! Make double batch while you're at it because it's great for leftovers or freezing! The weather here is crazy today!  A total downpour of … Continue reading →
Chinese Chicken Fried Quinoa
I love cooking with a variety of grains and quinoa is one that I particularly enjoy experimenting with. Â Not because it's my favorite tasting grain, but because it's the healthiest grain on the planet, the only grain that is a complete protein. Â I like to use quinoa in … Continue reading →
Greek Lemon Chicken
Capers are one of those ingredients you come across occasionally but may have never cooked with or even tried. Â But they're an integral part of Mediterranean cuisine. Â Their use dates way back to ancient Greece. Â They come from a perennial plant that bears edible flower buds … Continue reading →
Fiesta Meatballs
Mexican Fiesta Meatballs. Â Vibrantly colorful and boldly flavorful with a touch of kick...let's get this party started! Another impromptu creation. Â I seriously had about 8 bell peppers stuffed in my two crisper drawers in the fridge screaming to be used. Â That's what … Continue reading →
Teriyaki Pineapple Chicken Kabobs
Nothing beats a sizzling hot skewer from the grill that's slathered down with a luscious, sticky finger-lickin' sauce. Â These Teriyaki Pineapple Chicken Kabobs are fast and easy to make and are a guaranteed hit at your dinner table! … Continue reading →
Bacon Pineapple Chicken Kabobs with Hawaiian Sauce
Bacon Pineapple Chicken Kabobs with a sweet and sticky Hawaiian sauce. Â The perfect Summer grilling recipe! … Continue reading →
Chicken & Asparagus Chowder with Bacon & Roasted Peppers
A creamy chowder packed with chicken, asparagus, bacon, roasted red peppers, potatoes and corn...chowder just doesn't get any better than this! Your next family favorite! … Continue reading →
Spiced Chicken Kabobs with Tahini Yogurt Sauce
Juicy chicken breast is marinated in a potpourri of savory spices, grilled with a variety of vegetables, and then slathered with a mouthwatering yogurt tahini sauce that is accented with preserved lemon and mint. Â Heavenly! … Continue reading →
Balti Chicken with Tomatoes and Coconut
Here is an Indian dish I developed several years ago, have perfected over time, and it's been one of my favorite Indian dishes since.  My family loves it and it's always a hit with our dinner guests.  The flavor is out of this world delicious. Multiple layers of flavor … Continue reading →
Moroccan Chicken (Djej Makalli)
This famous and authentic Moroccan Chicken known as Djej Makalli is packed so full of amazing flavors, it will make your taste buds sing! How to Make Moroccan Chicken One of the most renowned and popular dishes in Morocco, Djej Makalli combines two staple ingredients … Continue reading →
Pan-Seared Chicken With Creamy Orange Sauce
Ready in 30 minutes, this dish is quick and easy to prepare, looks elegant and tastes delicious! … Continue reading →
Doro Wat (Spicy Ethiopian Chicken Stew)
There is a reason why Doro Wat is the national dish of Ethiopia and one of the most famous of all African dishes - it's fabulous!  This authentic Doro Wat recipe captures the very best of Ethiopian cooking! Doro Wat is one of the most famous of all African dishes. … Continue reading →
Grilled Chicken and Roasted Cherry Tomato Salad with Herbed Champagne Dijon Vinaigrette
This past Friday was the first official day of Summer! Â Salads are one of my favorite things to eat on hot days. Â Not that the weather's been hot here in WA, in fact right now it's pouring rain, but it was a beautiful weekend for the most part and that called for a yummy … Continue reading →
Ultimate Chicken Chow Mein
Good food is therapeutic. Â It adds spice to life, offers comfort for the "blah's", provides warmth on a cold evening, coolth on a hot day...and helps unravel and unfrazzle you after having spent two hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the cursed I-5 headed south of Seattle … Continue reading →
Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)
Two years ago CNN conducted a poll among 35,000 individuals to determine the world's 50 most beloved foods.  The results were unexpected.  Guess what ranked #2?  You got it, Nasi Goreng! Nasi Goreng, the national dish of Indonesia, translates as "fried rice."  A few weeks … Continue reading →
Honey Mustard Dilly Cheese Chops
Sometimes in life good things happen by what seems like a sheer stroke of luck. Â Like spontaneously throwing together a recipe without any pre-meditation and having it turn out perfectly. Â Like this pork chop recipe. I didn't know what to make for dinner last night. Â And … Continue reading →
Chicken Teriyaki Noodles
In the mood for Asian? Â Not in the mood to cook, or at least nothing that's going to take more than 15 minutes? Â Well you've come to the right place! Â This meets all your criteria for quick, Asian, and delicious! Remember that luscious Homemade Teriyaki Sauce recipe I … Continue reading →
Creamy Pasta with Chicken and Sun-dried Tomato Pesto
Pasta is often my go-to food when I'm in a hurry and need to churn out something quickly. Â Like "10-15 minutes" quickly. Â Pasta is one of those things that requires very little effort to make taste good. Â Take my Lemon-Garlic Shrimp Scampi, for example. Â Within 10 minutes … Continue reading →