Daily Unadventures in Cooking

I would be lying if I tried to pass this recipe off as authentically Chinese, however this orange chicken will definitely taste like your local take out.

This Asian noodle salad is a healthy meal in itself which is perfect for a potluck or a packed lunch. The crunchy fresh vegetables bring the vibrant colour and the chicken adds a dash of protein to these tangy peanut noodles.

A braised chicken recipe to help use my abundance of sage. The key is to fry up the chicken first so it stays nice and crispy.

A delicious healthy roasted mustard chicken recipe inspired by an old roommate. In this one pot meal the tangy chicken roasts on top of sweet sauteed cabbage.

After reading several rave reviews of Thomas Keller’s new book Ad Hoc at Home, I was trying to resists until Christmas but when I saw it for sale at Costco, I snatched it up.

Since it is the day after thanksgiving, I should mention that though I haven’t tested it I bet you could use this recipe to make some wicked turkey, barley and thyme soup…  if I had leftover chicken or turkey I think I would first make a simple stock with the carcass.  Before straining I would [...]

This sesame chicken is crunchy and juicy and tossed with the salad it is a lovely fresh recipe.

This recipe was inspired by an old crockpot cookbook. Those old cookbooks can be so funny. Like, seriously, who could possibly go through that much cream of mushroom soup? I have changed pretty much every ingredient to a more natural form, kept the ketchup, and added mushrooms. This is most definitely North American [...]

A Brazilian Beer Chicken recipe where the chicken marinates for days in a base of beer, garlic, onions and paprika.

Sometimes all you want is a simple piece of grilled chicken on a summer day. Well this is it, it uses up what you have in the garden as far as herbs go and is delicious hot off the grill or cold and served on a salad. My friend S made this for me a [...]

Happy April Fools! I am curled up inside because of both the snow outside and the stomach flu I am almost finally recovered from. I actually made this dish Sunday night but by Monday morning I couldn’t look or think about food, so it delayed the post a bit.

The rich flavors of salty bacon and pungent olives make an easy crockpot chicken recipe something extraordinary.

This chicken tortilla soup is comforting, tangy and easy to make if you have a slow cooker or crock pot. Although it is not necessarily authentic, it is delicious and perfect if you will be out of the house for a few hours.

I made this chili last week as the beginnings of my post-Christmas detox. Anybody else craving simple, light, healthy food yet? In actual fact, I made this between Christmas and New Years and am trying to start my detox over since it didn’t really stick. (In case you are curious in this house detoxing means [...]

This is like ratatouille with chicken. Except rather then fresh summer tomatoes I had to used a can of san marzanos. This was in an effort to use up what was in the cupboard and it worked quite well. I swear I could eat zucchini everyday and not be sick of it.

Try this. Try it, try it, try it. I love healthy food that tastes good and this is it! I dug into the freezer for the second half of that batch of enchilada sauce I made a few weeks back and it transformed into a really easy weeknight dinner. (Mental note, next [...]

One of the things that Rachael Ray does that I appreciate is her make-your-own-take-out meals. I have made a few of them with good success. (Before you stop reading Rachael Ray haters I did not do an RR recipe.) Here at the cabin we are very restricted by what can be cooked based [...]

I am not a very confident cook. So when I make a recipe for the first time I follow it. I might change flavours or do minor tweaks but generally I stick to it. So when I made the Tarragon Chicken from Laura Calder’s French Food at Home I followed the recipe exactly. It [...]

I still have chicken fear – that is fear of poisoning your loved ones. However this is such a good marinade that even if you are me and you overcook the chicken it still tastes good believe it or not. This recipe comes from the The Barbecue Bible.
Chile-Coriander Chicken (serves 2-4)
4 chicken legs, [...]

Chicken Thighs are my favorite and I love these quick chicken dishes that come together in 25 minutes.  The pan sauce is simple and tasty, plus I love it with the thighs because they are so affordable and hard to dry out.