Category: main dish

Penne Rustica

I told you I loved What’s Cooking in the Orange Kitchen! This is my 3rd update in a row from her blog 🙂 This pasta was heavy but fantastic. And incidentally, it made fantastic leftovers for lunch the next day too. I was a little heavy handed with the pepper...

Chicken Marsala

This is, quite possibly, my husband’s favorite thing I’ve made. He LOVED it. I can’t say I disagree with him. Yum! Ingredients: 4-6 thin chicken breast pounded out to 1/8 inch thickness1/2 cup flour1/3-1/2 cup buttersalt and pepper to taste2 cups mushrooms, sliced (We left these out)1-2 cloves garlic minced3/4...

Bourbon chicken

Ingredients: 2 lbs Boneless Chicken Breasts, cut into bite size pieces2T Olive Oil1 Garlic Clove, crushed1/4t Ginger (I used 1/2t)3/4t Crushed Red Pepper Flakes (I used 1/2t)1/4C Apple Juice1/3C Light Brown Sugar2T Ketchup1T Cider Vinegar1/2C Water1/3C Soy Sauce 1T Corn Starch Directions: Heat oil in a large skillet. Add chicken...

Chicken Pot Pie

This recipe is so delicious and so simple! My dear friend Dana has had this on her blog for several months and I can say with great emphasisim, it is fantastic! I made a few changes to how I usually make it this time, including making it mile-high style (this...

Herb Chicken with Creamy Orzo

This is one of the very first recipes I tried in my adventures into non-sucky cooking. In reality, I think successfully making this for dinner is what finally made me realize that I could actually improve my culinary skills and made me want to try. So kudos to Annie from...

Buffalo Chicken Strips

Boneless buffalo wings are one of my favorite foods- that’s saying a lot. We’ve been making boneless wings with our fryer for a couple of years now but 1) it’s so bad for you with all of that fried food and 2) the oil is oh so expensive. I came...

Apple-Stuffed Pork Loin with Cider Sauce

Ingredients: For the stuffing: 2 Tbs. olive oil1 1/2 cups chopped Golden Delicious or other  baking apple (I used Northern Spy apples)1 cup chopped yellow onion1 garlic clove, finely chopped (I used 3 smallish cloves)1/2 cup finely chopped dried apples or 1/2 cup finely chopped dried apricots (I used apricots)1/4...

Spinach lasagna

I have to admit, I feel a touch silly for posting a lasagna recipe. I mean, it’s actually fairly simple, no-brainer recipe. But since Brian swears he doesn’t like lasagna, then inhaled the largest piece of lasagna I’ve ever seen, I figured aw, heck. I may as well.  I know...