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Comfort Food: Chicken and Rice Casserole

23 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Baking, Chef Things, Chicken, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Food Photography, Homecooking, How To's, Musings, Personal Posts, Prep Work, Rice

For me, cold weather and comfort food go hand in hand. Autumn and Winter are the best seasons to enjoy more heavy and warming dishes. One of our favourites all year round is mum’s spaghetti and meatballs; it’s worth suffering through the heat to make in the summer, but absolutely enjoyable to come home to in the winter. The same can be said of my grandmother’s bisquick chicken. It’s an absolute favourite. In the summer, the kitchen turns into an oven, a place to avoid if you know what’s good for you. But in the winter, when you’re seeking warmth, the aroma of chicken baking lures you in and the warmth keeps you there. Not to mention there’s the promise of getting to try other cooking foods. But that’s another story. Then there are some dishes that were just made for autumn. To me, any meal that requires a long slow cooking process is perfect for the shorter colder days of fall and winter. Think of a pot roast for instance. While it simmers all day without heating up the kitchen, pairing it with stewed carrots and fluffy mashed potatoes with gravy makes it entirely too heavy of a meal to eat during the summer. The same could be said of casseroles. Casseroles are great and I’m partial to the holiday months because there are two casseroles that mum makes that I look forward to all year round. For years, I (like any other child who didn’t know what tasted good) wouldn’t go within a mile of mum’s green bean casserole at Thanksgiving. Why would I want to? Even though it smelled delicious, I would still wrinkle my nose at it. It was green and looked gross. What was that she put on top of it? Were the green beans held together by some kind of whitish sauce? A couple years ago, I took the dive and tried it. I couldn’t believe I had been missing that all these years and now I go back for seconds not for the turkey, but for the casserole. At Christmas mum makes this thing with sweet yams. Again, for years I wouldn’t go near the stuff. It smelled sweet like candy but they looked orange and were covered in a glaze. I finally got brave last year and asked mum to pass the sweet potatoes. They’re super delicious and now there’s one less box in the fridge for Christmas leftovers. Before Sunday, I hadn’t actually made a casserole myself and I’m happy I did. Though chicken and rice casserole is one of the more basic casseroles out there, it was slightly beyond my comfort zone in cooking and it sounded really good when I was reading through my behemoth cookbook at some ungodly hour of the morning.

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Balsamic Chicken

28 Friday Sep 2012

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Balsamic Vinegar, Chicken, Cooking, Food, Food Photography, Garlic, Onions, Pasta, Rice, Stovetop Cooking

Balsamic chicken is delicious. Chicken, tomatoes, onions, balsamic vinegar and some other things come together to make the ultimate meal. Whether you’re short on time, or have all afternoon it’s a breeze to make. The best part? If you’ve got a vegetarian in the family, you can just leave the chicken out, the sauce is that good. But we’ll get to that in a minute.  Continue reading →

Out To Dinner: Hibachi Buffet

23 Thursday Aug 2012

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Beef, Chicken, CT, Dining Out, Enfield, Food, Food Photography, Forgive My Ignorance, Hibachi Buffet, Noodles, Pork, Restaurant Review, Rice, Stir Fry, Sushi

Friday night dinner dates are the best. Especially if you’re a foodie. You can either go to the restaurant you and your sweetie have frequented a bunch (ours is Moe’s Southwest Grill. Burritoes are the best go-to), or you can try something new. It doesn’t really matter where you end up, so long as the food is delicious and you’re with good company. Continue reading →

Getting Creative

26 Tuesday Jun 2012

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Chef Things, Chicken, Cooking, Corn Tortillas, Dinner, Food, Food Photography, Garlic, Green Chilies, Homecooking, Hot Sauce, How To's, Ingredients, Photography, recipes, Red Beans and Rice, Rice, salsa, Sauces, Tomato Sauce, Zataran's

After dining out for a majority of the weekend, I made chicken with red beans and rice for dinner. This was a welcome change, as I wasn’t sure what we had in the house to facilitate any cooking. It was slightly cooler than it had been all week (it’s been hot and muggy here all week and that just makes any kind of cooking in an un air conditioned kitchen dreadful) so I had no problems going with a warm dish. At my disposal were a box of red beans and rice, a can of whole green chilies, canned tomato sauce, salsa, and garlic. Continue reading →

The Worst Meal That I Ever Did Make

16 Wednesday May 2012

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Chef Things, Chicken, Confessions, Cooking, Dinner, Food, Garlic, green bell peppers, orange bell peppers, Peppers, Personal Posts, Pictures, Prep Work, Red Bell Peppers, Rice, Stove top Cooking, What Not To Do, Worst Meal I've Made, Yellow Bell Peppers

The worst meal that I’ve cooked (to date) occurred this past weekend.  Continue reading →

A Quick Yet Wholesome Dinner

10 Thursday May 2012

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Bell Peppers, Chef Things, Chicken, Cooking, Dinner, Food, green bell peppers, orange bell peppers, Pictures, Red Bell Peppers, Rice, Sauteeing, Yellow Bell Peppers

Yesterday, I utilised some of the bell peppers that I have left to make a delicious, colourful scramble (that admittedly was more peppers than eggs). Tonight, I utilised some more peppers to add to some of the rice that my mother had made. Continue reading →

Rainy Day Cooking

01 Tuesday May 2012

Posted by A Budding Chef in Anecdotes, Dinner, Lunch, Meals, Pictures, Recipes

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bone in chicken, Cayenne Pepper, Chef Things, Chicken, Chili Powder, Cooking, Food, Garlic, green bell peppers, How To's, Lunch, Meals, olive oil, onion, orange bell peppers, Pictures, Prep Work, recipes, Red Bell Peppers, Rice, salsa, Tomatoes, Yellow Bell Peppers

Rainy days like today are the quintessential day for cooking. There’s nothing more peaceful than listening to music (my choice for today was Dave Matthews Band) with the backdrop of falling rain from the open windows. The air outside may be crisp and cold, but it is of no matter because of the time spent hovering between the warm stove top and the counter. The best bit, however, is that even though the windows are thrown open, there is still the divine aroma of things cooking; of my passion being wrought into food for people to enjoy.  Continue reading →

The Belated Easter Post

09 Monday Apr 2012

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Beans, breakfast, Brunch, Cheese, Chef Things, Chinese Food, Dining Out, Dinner, Easter, Eggs, Food, Ham, Homecooking, Personal Posts, Potatoes, Rice, Sausage, Tomatoes

This year, we did Easter brunch instead of Easter dinner.  Continue reading →

Sunday Cooking Part 1: Lunch

25 Sunday Mar 2012

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Cheese, Chicken, Chicken Quesadillas, Cookinh, Food, Hot Sauce, How To's, Lunch, Mexican, Prep Work, Rice, Spices

Since Josh and I couldn’t hang out yesterday, I’d mentioned that I’d gladly come over and make a big breakfast for us today. Some waffles, French toast, sausage, eggs, you get the idea.  Continue reading →

Thursday Night Dinner AKA, Even A Chef-To-Be Needs Good Food From Time to Time

15 Thursday Mar 2012

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Barbecue, broccoli, Chicken, Cooking, Dinner, egg noodles, Food, Rice

There is nothing like a sit down, home cooked dinner to warm the heart. Continue reading →

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