Recipe Fridays: Chipotle Lime Crusted Chicken

As I mentioned in my post about the Hellmann’s Chicken Challenge (and if you haven’t entered their contest yet, why not?), I made their recipe for chipotle lime encrusted chicken.  This time, I remembered to take pictures so you can see what it looks like.  I started off with the Perdue perfect portions – 5 individually vacuum-sealed boneless-skinless chicken breasts.  When I picked up the chicken, I threw the whole package in the freezer immediately.  So I took two out to defrost in the morning and by the time I was ready to cook, they were both fully defrosted and [...]

Recipe Fridays: Fresh Corn Salsa

I realize corn season is quickly coming to an end, so I must post this before you can’t make it anymore.  I mean – you could – you could probably use frozen corn, thawed, but though I like frozen vegetables just fine, I’m not sure how that would stack up to this… In any case, I recently received 5 ears of corn in my CSA.  Long time readers will remember that my CSA is local & organic, which meant… there were worms in my corn.  After I’d taken care of those (shudder) and cut what kernels I could off the [...]

Recipe Fridays: Homemade Nachos

I’ve been Tweeting recently a lot about the love that dare not say its name: liquid cheese.  I love liquid cheese.  I’m not really ashamed of it, because I’ve always said if it tastes good, eat it.  And to me, a jar of Tostitos salsa con queso along with a bag of Tostitos hint of lime chips… tastes really good.  (This isn’t even a sponsored post… I just really like their products.)  A night in with a DVD or just some TV, chips and dip, I’m happy.  But… as much as I like it, I know that it’s not that [...]

Recipe Fridays: Bulgogi Lettuce Wraps

As I mentioned yesterday, I had lettuce coming out of my ears at one point.  Hungry made the comment that she’s used lettuce leaves as “taco shells” so I set out to do just that.    I had a ton of scallions from my CSA as well, so that was the topping.  BeerBoor gifted me a large jar of almond butter, so I doctored that to make a sauce as well.  But you want to know what the protein was… it’s so simple, I almost shouldn’t even mention this.  A package of Trader Joe’s “bool kogi” (bulgogi, marinated meat slices).  [...]

Recipe Fridays: Kale & Tortellini Soup

I’ve mentioned before my propensity towards soup-making, and of course that I’m part of a CSA.  One of the easiest ways to use up lots of leafy greens, aside from sauteeing, is putting them in soup.  There are so many different kinds of soup you can make, but this is one of my favorite, one of the easiest in my opinion, and one of the most versatile.  The addition of tortellini makes it a complete meal.  You can use fresh, frozen, you can make your own; I chose to use Buitoni, which I find easily in my local Stop&Shop refrigerated [...]

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