Chicken Salad… eh.

With the roasted chicken I made yesterday, I made a chicken salad. I usually do the usual salad with chopped apples, grapes, walnuts, etc… but wanted to try something different. I found this recipe at Allrecipes.com. It was okay – nothing that wowed me. It did make for a nice light meal though… Here’s the [...]

Simple Roast Chicken

The following recipe was made and shared at my Chef Spotlight dinner, highlighting Julia Child. You can read and view links to the other recipes HERE.
Joelen’s Simple Roast Chickenrecipe from Food Network:
1 (3 1/2 to 4 pound) chicken1 small yellow onion, quartered1 lemon, thinly sliced1/2 cup celery leavesSalt and black pepperButter1 small onion, chopped1 carrot, [...]

Braisin’ Beef

Tonight I was in the mood for a rich fall meal… and had some leftover port wine to use. So to hit the spot, I made braised beef shanks in a port wine sauce. Here’s my recipe for port braised beef shanks…
4 beef shankssalt, pepper, italian seasoning to tasteolive oil2 cloves garlic, mincedmiripoix: 1/2 cup [...]