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I am very grateful to have worked with the most amazing publicist over the past few years. She has provided me with a fantastic array of recipe books to review. And allowed me to publish so many of the recipes contained therein. This one for summer chicken with olives and capers is especially for her, … Continue reading Summer Chicken With Olives And Capers
You will rush back for second, and even third helpings of this Greek Chicken Pie. It takes a fair amount of time to cook, but the low effort is well rewarded with great taste. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Greek Chicken Pie ♥ To butcher: to slaughter animals for food. Or in … Continue reading Greek Chicken Pie
Like anything in life, things are simple if you know how. This recipe for chicken Kiev is really easy and so rewarding when you get it right. Head straight on to the Recipe For ♥ Chicken Kiev ♥ The evening that I published my recipe for white chocolate cake, James called Dave to ask for … Continue reading Chicken Kiev | Côtelette De Volaille
You can use any firm vegetable when making this yellow chicken curry. I think potatoes would work just as well as butternut. Skip ahead to the recipe for Yellow Chicken Curry My wardrobe consists mainly of dresses in various lengths. They are designed to wear with pants which means I can wear them both winter … Continue reading Yellow Chicken Curry
Aysha Bora says of her Kuku Paka (coconut chicken curry) that when she was growing up she hated cooking. Her family is from India and preparing big meals for the extended family was part of their culture, but she used to beg for any job other than cooking. Then she got married and moved to … Continue reading Coconut Chicken Curry
When I do not have time to spare I make use of my sous vide cooker. I am guaranteed a perfect result each and every time. I made chicken ballotine for lunch on a busy day. Once the chicken was stuffed and rolled I placed them into the sous vide and got on with the … Continue reading Chicken Ballotine
Sous vide chicken fillets are my go to meal during the week. Dave works late every Thursday night and I can just pop these into the sous vide cooker and leave them. When he gets home we pop them into the pan to finish off and add colour. Head straight on to the Recipe For … Continue reading Sous Vide Chicken Fillets
To make an authentic chicken and shellfish paella you need a paellera. This is the dish it is cooked and served in. Originating in Valencia, there are three basic ingredients. Rice, saffron and olive oil. Other essential ingredients include chorizo, mussels, chicken, langoustines and peas. Head straight on to the Recipe For Chicken And Shellfish … Continue reading Chicken And Shellfish Paella
Chicken soup has been known for decades, if not centuries, as Jewish penicillin. It is the bowl of comfort served up by bobbas (grand mothers) all over the world when we are sick. It has been discovered that chicken bones contain natural antibiotics which is why I would recommend using bone broth when making this … Continue reading Chicken Soup
Chicken And Corn Soup must be one of those recipes where everyone has a version that they make at home. Mine is really simple and not too fancy. But that is what it should be. Skip ahead to the recipe for Chicken And Corn Soup Engaging with people should always be done with consideration. I … Continue reading Chicken And Corn Soup
A lot can be said for the health benefits of bone broth but that is not why I made it. I decided that a decent stock was always a good thing to have in the freezer and if it is good for you then all the better! Skip ahead to the recipe for Bone Broth … Continue reading Bone Broth | Enriched Chicken Stock
Katmer pastry is thin and flaky and traditionally would be made totally by hand, stretching the dough until the sheets are thin. This is a flaky pastry that can be used for both sweet and savoury dishes. Here I have taken this Byzantine pastry and combined it with chicken and leeks to make a pie. … Continue reading Chicken And Leek Katmer Pie
Sarah calls this her idea springtime Spanish-style roast chicken as it holds the delightful promise of chilled sangria and sunny days with time on your hands and food on the go. I made it on an evening where I did not have much time on my hands, but knew that a one dish meal would … Continue reading Spanish Style Chicken
I made my own spice blend for this Chicken And Paneer Stir Fry recipe, as part of the Daring Cooks challenge. The Kadhai Sauce is a wet spice blend, essential to this dish. The other morning I woke up to over 100 emails in my inbox. For me this means they landed on my tablet … Continue reading Chicken And Paneer Stir Fry
Gooi & Enjoy™ is a Meal Dice Challenge created by PaperKutz and I was one of the lucky recipients of a set of these dice, together with a R100 Pick N Pay gift card voucher, a wooden spoon and a spoon rest. From this post here you can read in the comments that the spoon holder is by far the … Continue reading Chicken Cous Cous Salad
When Dave's sono was younger he showed very little interest in food, other than eating it. One holiday we encouraged the boys to choose a vegetable to eat with the meals I was preparing and the vote went to sweet potatoes. We ate so many sweet potatoes that weekend I could not face them for … Continue reading Chicken Curry With Sweet Potatoes | Cari Ga
I have recipes that I want to try saved all over the place. Recently I have taken to securing them to the side of the fridge, and out of site, with my Yuppiechef magnets. Sadly, I didn't think of this when I started getting the magnets and so my first, second and third lots of … Continue reading Creamy Chicken Pasta
Alex and I often take it in turns to cater for the Formula 1 events. The arrangement is very loose as there is no ways I am doing breakfast on a Sunday for anyone but Dave and I, and some of the races are late at night. But when we feel like it we get … Continue reading Nonya Pot Braised Chicken
For challenge 8 of Freshly Blogged we were tasked with creating a recipe using art or an artist as our inspiration. Unlike the contestants I did not look to a world famous artist for my inspiration, instead I turned to my late gran who inspires me every day. She was a commercial artist and taught … Continue reading Chicken And Chorizo Gnocchi
This chicken and kiwi salad was made for the Zespri Kiwi Fruit Challenge. Chicken And Kiwi Salad For the next 14 days I will be competing in South Africa's Zespri Kiwi Fruit Challenge. Together with 8 other bloggers I will be bringing you tips, ideas and recipes. These will feature here on the blog as well … Continue reading Chicken And Kiwi Salad