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Recipe: Chicken with Lemon-Leek Linguine

This dish is a great weeknight meal. Pounding the chicken creates a much wider surface for the saute step, reducing cooking time significantly. I would recommend adding a bit more chicken broth and juice. If you want a bit more salty-tang, add some capers. This is basically a twist on chicken piccata.

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Recipe: Butter Chicken

Don’t buy a packet version of this dish.  YOU can make it.  I promise you!  The only thing missing in this recipe is the naan bread.  Though naan is very difficult to make authentically in your home kitchen, there are several great recipe sources for do-it-yourself versions.

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Recipe: Chicken Souvlaki in Pita

After a day of yard- and house-work, I didn’t want to make anything too strenuous.  With a set of meals planned for the next week, this quick meal would be perfect for a weeknight family meal.  As garlic can be quite strong in raw form, I would recommend using less for your more sensitive

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Roast Chicken with Mushroom Stuffing and Sauce

On Sundays, I like to spend a bit more time cooking.  This provides me with great satisfaction and comfort going into our busy work week.  This morning I made two soups for during the week.  This afternoon, I started on the chicken dish.  Having finished another Julia Child biography recently, this particular recipe was

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Tandoori chicken

Last weekend, we stopped at one of our favorite Indian restaurants in Milwaukee, Tandoor.  We love to go at lunch time and try a variety of dishes on their buffet.  It’s a great way to familiarize yourself with Indian cuisine as you don’t have to commit to a single dish and risk not liking

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Quick Chicken Curry

The Cooking Light Magazine team has been putting together its “The Enlightened Cook” segment for some time now.  I find that these dishes can be quite easy to make.  Sometimes, they present a really great meal.  This sauteed chicken dish is one of those great dishes.  I served mine with long-grain Basmati rice.

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Apricot Chicken over Quinoa

Just finished our first meal of the year.  Though earlier in the day than we normally eat, it was a good idea for us to continue our goal of food normalcy.  I have been thinking about what to do with our dried apricot surplus from the holidays.  Chicken breast in the freezer reminded me

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