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Chicken and Veggie Stir-Fry on new plates!
Lisa made a stir-fry tonight — no particular recipe, she just used all the vegetables we had on hand — and we finally got to put Jenn’s fantastic plates to use! Lisa marinated the chicken in soy sauce, garlic and sesame oil, and shallots, and then stir-fried with carrots, onions, tomatoes, spinach, chard, water chestnuts, […]
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Tomatillo-Sauced Enchiladas with Spinach, Mushrooms, and Chicken
We’re back from our honeymoon and have been looking forward to cooking at home again, especially after receiving so many cooking related gifts at our wedding reception! Tonight, from Mexican Everyday, (thanks, Tabors!), and sitting on a new platter (thanks, Amy!) we made these delicious enchiladas filled with spinach, mushrooms, and chicken, and topped with […]
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Jalapeño Chicken Salad
We had a grilled chicken breast left over from last night’s pasta, and I’m a huge fan of chicken salad [shredded chicken, not cubed, please!], so I looked up recipes for a version that sounded a little different than the norm. I found this one on RecipeZaar; one bonus is that we had all the […]
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Warm Chicken and Pasta Salad
Tonight Lisa made this recipe, the first from a new cookbook we recently spotted in the Bargain Books section: Fitness Food. This cookbook presents recipes that have been “specially developed for active people”; to us it just looks like a nice collection of well-balanced, healthy recipes. I’m sure we’ll be making more from this book […]
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Orange-Marinated Grilled Chicken with Smoky Tomato Salsa and Green Rice
Tonight we tag-teamed dinner, with Lisa making a cilantro-tomatillo rice while I took care of the chicken and salsa. The recipes were from two different sources, but went really, really well with each other. We loved the smoky tomato salsa, it was excellent with both the chicken and the rice. The grilled chicken recipe is […]