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Category Archives: Poultry
Cranberry Raisin Mustard Chicken – Easy and Delicious
Last night I made this dish. The only change I would make is to use Chicken thighs as well as breasts – we like dark meat – but other than that – it was delicious. Ingredients: 1 lb skinless chicken … Continue reading
Slow cooker chicken with sesame and ginger – it is that time of year!
Sesame and Ginger Chicken in the Slow Cooker This slow cooker recipe has minimal effort ( a bit more than usual due to the browning of the chicken and thickening of the sauce – but I must admit on my … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker
Tagged chicken thighs, cooking with kids, ginger, Grandma, healthy, Poultry, quick meals, Sesame
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Chicken Yams and Ratatouille – Cooking with kids and a good year-round dish
I love this dish – because it keeps for days – although you won’t have much left since it is particularly yummy! You can use exactly the same amount of each vegetable if that is easier for you – I … Continue reading
Tagine Cooking – Middle Eastern Chicken – Cooking with Kids – this is an easy one
I bought some Tagine’s from World Market ( Cost Plus) recently to decorate an outdoor table -since I needed something that could take extreme heat, cold, water and sunshine – and Tagines which are middle eastern Dutch ovens do exactly … Continue reading
Posted in Fruit, Little farm products, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged chicken, cooking with kids, dried fruit, organic, Tagine cooking
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Leftover Dinner Wraps – great when cooking with kids or for fast easy meals
Leftovers can make the most creative ( and easiest) meals. We always seem to have some chicken left over from whatever we make for dinner. And I have goat cheese galore in my home – you probably keep some in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Gluten Free, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Snacks, Vegetables
Tagged chicken, cooking with kids, leftovers, low fat mayo, pickles, sun dried tomatoes, tomatoes, Wraps
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Slow cooker for all seasons – had no time today – so threw this together in 10 minutes!
Above is one of my favorite places to eat at our Little Farm – it’s just outside the main house kitchn – and under the shade of an amazing Chinese Oak tree. We eat here summer and winter ( its … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes, Slow Cooker
Tagged beans, chicken in slow cooker, cooking with kids, Easy recipes, Fast recipes, slow cooker
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Favorite Easiest Recipes when cooking with kids – Breaded Chicken Cutlets
Kids LOVE my breaded chicken. I made some the other day and they ate and ate and ate! And my husband loved it too. It was fast and easy and so good that you could serve it for a … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Vegetables
Tagged Breaded Chicken Cutlets, broccoli, cooking with kids, Easy recipes, Fast recipes, Kale
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Camp Grandma – what my grandkids call our Little Farm – how I love that! Broiled Broccoli and Kale too!
We try to make our Little Farm the most wonderful place for kids – especially our grandkids and their friends. Certainly there are lots of jobs to do here – picking up the eggs from the quails ( 30 of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Fruit, Jams, Little farm products, Other wonderful treats, Poultry, Raising Children, Salad, Vegetables
Tagged Camp Grandma, cooking with kids, family, fruit, grandkids, Little farm, urban farming, vegetables
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Fast way to make chicken – cook up veggies when they are in season, freeze, then add chicken pieces in a skillet for a quick midweek meal! Cooking with kids!
We have SOOOO many peppers, onions, tomatoes, zucchini and garlic in the farm right now that I am overwhelmed. So I fry it all up with salt ( sometimes Lawry’s seasoned salt) and olive oil (garlic in the heated oil … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Vegetables
Tagged basil, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, cooking with kids, garlic, herbs, mid week meal, olive oil, onions, oregano, quick meal, tomatoes, vegetables, zucchini
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Slow cooker in Summer? Absolutely! It is quick and easy and fun! Cooking with kids made easy too
Most of us think that slow cookers are only for winter months. But they work for fast easy during-the-week dinners too. And leftovers are yummy. Cooking with kids when using a slow cooker is easy – you can let them … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Little farm products, Poultry, Raising Children, Recipes to Make with Children, Slow Cooker
Tagged chicken, ginger, jam, slow cooker, summer recipes
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Service Hades – have you ever been messed around by service providers? Especially a company called Sureway Inc for Sears? Avoid them like the plague!
I like to keep my blog happy and full of fun things to do. As someone who loves to cook and makes multiple dinner and lunch parties for family and friends, I depend on my double oven to work reliably. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Rice
Tagged A&E Factory Service, complaints, con game, Kitchen Aid Oven, poor service, Self cleaning, Sureway Inc
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Omelets – I never really liked them – but the kids do! And they are pretty easy to make – give them a try!
Omelets can be tricky. Some folks love them. My husband is one of them. I personally could live without them. Using only egg whites is a great way of getting the protein without the fat – lower in calories and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children, Starters, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged children, cooking with kids, eggs, jams, Omelets, scrambled eggs
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A new way with Chicken – throw in some strawberries and arugula – and YUM a great salad for lunch or dinner
I adapted this recipe from COOKING LIGHT – my favorite magazine – to accommodate those who do not like eating cheese and chicken together. And my grandkids will eat this – but tend to eat the strawberries first, then the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Little farm products, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged arugula, cheese, chicken, cooking with kids, salad, strawberries
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Pocket Sandwiches – cooking with kids – easy for them or you to make for lunches!
Call them hot pocket sandwiches, pastries, piroshki, or calzones (though calzones are pizzas in a pocket, made with Italian spices and red sauce). They are very good and easier than you may think. There are three ways to make hot … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Family, Meat, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged calzones, cheese, cooking with kids, meat, pies, pita, Pocket sandwiches, sandwiches, turkey
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Chicken and Leek Stew – Cooking with kids and using my favorite kitchen appliance – the Slow Cooker! Great for cooking with kids!
I know I am like a broken record – but slow cookers are SOOOOO easy! Especially when cooking with kids – you can throw everything in – turn it on and go play with the children until its done and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged Brown rice, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, cooking with kids, crockpot, leeks, onions, slow cooker
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Mexican Meal in One Dish Stew – so easy and quick – using either ground chicken or ground beef – easy when cooking with kids
Making a meal in one dish is so appealing – less to clean up and easy to serve too. Using ground chicken in this dish with the spices makes the rather bland taste of ground chicken pop!This is a Mexican … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged black beans, chicken, chili, cooking with kids, Corn, grandma meals, ground beef, one dish meals, taco seasoning, tomatoes
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Happy New Year! What are YOUR resolutions this year? Here are some of mine….and a great recipe for Indian Chicken
2013 – hard to believe! It seems like just yesterday we were entering the new Millennium. And here it is into the second decade. Time to do something different with your life? Or more of the same? My life is just … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice
Tagged chicken curry, cooking with kids, Indian food, rice cooker, white rice
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Crockpot Chicken, Figs, Olives, Capers and Sun Dried Tomatoes – easy for cooking with kids – great for a wintry night!
This cooked in the crockpot all day and the house smelled amazing! It is also ideal when cooking with kids as they can add all the ingredients to the frying pan while you add the hot stuff to the crockpot. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker, Tips, Uncategorized
Tagged capers, chicken, chicken stock, cooking with kids, crockpot, figs, slow cooker, sun dried tomatoes, white wine
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Cooking with kids – holiday season means lots of cakes, cookies and treats – how about a healthy meal? Chicken Cilantro Lemon Tortilla Sandwiches!
I love grilled chicken. So do our grandchildren, Jack and Jonah, Noah and Gabriel, our twins. Here the twins are in prison garb just before their first birthdays – cute eh? We make cooking this dish into a special event by … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Poultry, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged chicken breasts, cilantro, flour tortilla, healthy eating, healthy food, lemon, tortillas
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Winter is Crockpot time! Here is a perfect recipe for a cold evening – and for cooking with kids! Put on opera and sing along ( no one can hear you!)
I love the smell of good food – and I have waxed poetic in the past talking about my crockpot. This recipe is a good one for chicken breasts and thighs – along with ratatouille – cooks up into a … Continue reading
