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Orange Chicken and R...

Orange Chicken & Rice This recipe is adapted from one that I found in The Omega Diet by Artemis Simopoulos and Jo Robinson. The focus of this book is healthy eating that creates a “smart” immune system and reduces your risk of heart disease and cancer. I have liked...

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April 22nd, 2010
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Grilled Balsamic Chi...

Grilled Balsamic Chicken This is a fabulous recipe just bursting with flavor and is a regular at our house during the summer. All you have to do is put everything into a zip-loc bag before you go to work. Let it marinate all day in the frig and throw it on the grill to cook. Ingredients 4...

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March 24th, 2010
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Pesto Tortellini and...

Pesto Tortellini & Chicken Soup Since we’re going to have a spring blizzard I thought I’d go ahead and post this soup! My daughter loves pesto and pasta so on a recent visit to her house I arrived with a package of Trader Joe’s pesto tortillini and made this...

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March 19th, 2010
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Oven Fried Chicken...

Oven Fried Chicken When my kids were growing up this was one of their favorite dinners. We’d have baked potatoes with sour cream and a vegetable along with this chicken and it was a most satisfying meal. Just last week one of my daughter’s neighborhood friends facebooked...

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February 17th, 2010
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Crockpot Salsa Chick...

Crockpot Salsa Chicken This recipe is ridiculously easy! Just throw three ingredients in the crockpot before you leave for work in the morning and it is ready to add the final touches for a great meal when you get home. It makes plenty of sauce so it’s great served over steamed...

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February 1st, 2010
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Beer and Rosemary Ro...

Beer & Rosemary Roasted Chicken My husband’s favorite meal is roasted chicken so I thought I would try basting the chicken in this mixture of beer and rosemary. I had dug up one of my rosemary plants and potted it before it got cold so I even had fresh rosemary but dried...

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January 17th, 2010
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Crockpot Creamed Chi...

Crockpot Creamed Chicken over Cheesy Biscuits This recipe is pure comfort food and so easy to make!! I threw this in the crockpot on a morning when it was zero outside and came home from work with the house smelling great and a wonderful hot dish on a day where the high temperature...

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January 8th, 2010
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Jamaican Jerk Grille...

This is another of my son, Matt’s, recipes. The jerk sauce is made ahead so the chicken can be marinaded. I marinaded the chicken tenders all afternoon but you can leave them overnight if you wish. Matt likes to use boneless chicken thighs with this sauce. When you taste the...

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November 8th, 2009
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Lemon Chicken Soup w...

Lemon Chicken Soup with Spinach and Dill With the cool weather arriving here in the midwest, this recipe provides a tasty twist on your basic comfort food – chicken soup! My first taste of this soup took me back to my childhood and a Greek restaurant my family used to frequent....

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October 1st, 2009
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Tomatillo Salsa &...

Tomatillos have been in abundance at the farmer’s market (even here in the heartland.) I bought a whole basket of them for $2 last week. Having the tomatillos so available made it a perfect time to make this salsa and have chicken tacos! I made a cheese quesadilla for dinner...

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September 1st, 2009
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