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Holiday Chicken Salad
This festive Holiday Chicken Salad contains all the wonderful flavors of the season. Sweet, dried cranberries, crunchy pistachios and hints of orange and rosemary. It’s savory with a hint of sweet and oh soooo good! To make this yummy salad I started of by seasoning and roasting chicken breast. Once cooled, pull the chicken into small pieces. You can use rotisserie chicken from your supermarket deli if you like. Place chicken into the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend until well combined. The paddle will shred the chicken while mixing. I like to leave a bit of chunks to…
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Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki Sauce
Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatziki Sauce: Delicious grilled chicken skewers that have been marinated in lemon, garlic and herbs are served with a creamy yogurt cucumber sauce. Souvlaki Pita is a popular Greek fast food, consisting of grilled skewered pieces of meat or fish, that are served on pita bread and topped with Tzatziki sauce. It is very similar to a Gyro, the difference being how the meat is cooked. With the Gyro, the meat is placed on a spit (rotisserie), roasted and then thinly shaved onto the pita bread. Both are delicious but Souvlaki is definitely easier and faster to make. This recipe is perfect for weekend BBQ’s, camping, or even…
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Moroccan Spiced Chicken and Pineapple Kabobs
Happy Spring everyone! Ahhhh, It’s so nice to see the sun shining again. And with this warmer weather, I can finally get out and do some grilling! These Moroccan Spiced Chicken and Pineapple Kabobs are the perfect choice for a sunny afternoon BBQ. Not only are they simple to make, but they are totally delicious too! I started with tender bites of chicken that are marinated in a blend of sweet pineapple juice and aromatic spices with a touch of heat. Then placed on skewers with fresh pineapple, onions and peppers and grilled to perfection. Resulting in a wonderful, sweet/savory, delicious bite that just tastes like spring. When making the…
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Pok Pok Wing-Thai Street Food
These Pok Pok wings are totally amazing. They are a glistening, sticky, sweet and salty, crispy, tender, juicy, spicy, garlicky, flavor bomb of yum! If you Google the top ten foodie cities in America, Portland OR is number two on the list. Number one being San Francisco and number three is New York. Way to go Portland! Pok Pok is one of those restaurants that helped put Portland on the map of foodie cities. And definitely one to try if you are ever in the area. It is certainly not your typical Thai restaurant (no Phad Thai Noodles here!), this is strictly Thai street food (with a little Vietnamese in…
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Spicy Minced Chicken and Water Chestnut Lettuce Wraps
These Spicy Minced Chicken and Water Chestnut Lettuce Wraps are so delicious and packed with big flavor and so easy to make. Happy Chinese New Year! Looking for something yummy and healthy to celebrate? Instead of going out for Chinese or ordering take-out, make these simple and tasty Spicy Minced Chicken and Water Chestnut Lettuce Wraps. I found this recipe in The Oregonian Cookbook. One of the many cookbooks that I have found while out “treasure hunting” at Estate Sales. And what a treasure it is! This book is chock -full of so many delicious recipes. If you have never been “treasure hunting”, I highly recommend it. I think that I…
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Lemon Rosemary Grilled Chicken
Simple and delicious marinated then grilled chicken that goes with literally everything.
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Hawaiian Plate Lunch
This version of Hawaiian Plate Lunch consists of teriyaki grilled chicken, steamed rice and creamy macaroni salad. Yummy and Simple. I am so glad that spring is finally here after the crazy winter that we have had this year. It reminds me that Summer is right around the corner. And that means spending time with friends,outdoors, grilling. One of my summertime favorites is Hawaiian BBQ. A friend of mine ( Julie) and her husband E.T.(Samoan/Hawaiian) have a BBQ every year and there is never a shortage of yummy Hawaiian fare. Pans are overflowing with grilled chicken, beef ribs and kalua pork, grilled vegetables, bowls filled with Macaroni salad and potato…
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Crock-Pot Roasted Chicken
Nothing says comfort food like a yummy roasted chicken or the aroma of a meal slowly cooking in a crock-pot, especially on a cold winter’s day. This crock-pot roasted chicken is the best of both worlds. Roasting chicken in the crock-pot yields a juicy, flavorful, fall off the bone delicious result. And if you prefer a crispy skin on your roast chicken, then once chicken is fully cooked, place in an oven proof pan and place under the broiler for a few minutes until browned and crisp. I served mine with oven roasted vegetables but would also be great with mashed potatoes and gravy made with cooking juices or a…
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Kitchen Table Memiors: Thai Fried Rice
Oh, how I love Thai Cuisine! My very first experience with Thai food was in the second or third grade. I was at a Blue Birds/Camp Fire Girls meeting and this wonderful lady from Thailand came in as our guest speaker. She taught us how to make Kow Pad (Thai Fried Rice). I had never had anything like it before, it was so simple and yummy! I have since had many wonderful Thai dishes but there is nothing like that first experience as a child trying something exciting and new. I like to make this anytime I have some leftover cooked rice. Kow Pad (Thai Fried Rice) 1…
