Giada’s BBQ Chicken

Giada’s BBQ Chicken Ingredients: 1 cup Balsamic vinegar3/4 cups catsup1 T Worchestershire1/3 cup brown sugar1T Dijon mustard1 clove garlic, mincedpinch of salt and someblack pepper Chicken thighs and breasts Directions: Combine all ingredients except chicken in...

Chicken Vegetable Soup

Chicken Vegetable Soup I usually buy a couple of family-packs of leg quarters, boil up the chicken; debone the chicken; then make a stock from the bones. Then, after all that is done, I get around to putting together the pot of soup. Yesterday, though, I decided to...
Smothered Cornish Hens

Smothered Cornish Hens

Smothered Cornish Hens Ingredients 10 cloves garlic, finely minced 2 Cornish hens olive oil salt and pepper Directions Stuff garlic under skins of hens. Truss the hens and place in baking pan breast side up. Pre-heat oven to 375. Allow hens to come to room...

Quesadillas with Chicken and Kale

Quesadillas with Chicken and Kale Yes, I know it sounds strange, but trust me on this.  One of the fun things we do around here is play “stump the cook.” Sherry will say, “I’m getting a bit hungry; can you fix me up a little something?”...

More about Dumplings

More about Dumplings Growing up in the south in the home of one of the finest country cooks in west Tennessee, I acquired an early appreciation for a good dumpling. An old Kraft Foods rep I used to do business with years ago gave me a simple dumpling recipe that works...