This recipe can be described as one of the greatest hits in this house. Nathan’s a fan, I’m a fan and it reheats really well. It’s based on this recipe from Chow. It consists of chicken cooked in a pipérade. Ingredients: 2 strips of bacon, chopped 1 onion, peeled and sliced into thin strips 2…
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Chicken and bean tacos/rice
No exaggeration, I got a phone call from my coworker, demanding that I tell her what I was having for lunch, since it smelled so delicious. Let me tell you, it tastes as good as it smells. Ingredients 1 chicken leg (or big chicken breast, whatever), skin separated and reserved, meat diced 1/2 red onion,…
Easy pasta salad
My plan today was to buy sushi for lunch. This morning, my cheapness overcame my laziness and I made one of the laziest, but still satisfying, meals I had in my arsenal. Working Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: roughly 10 minutes Ingredients Pasta, cooked as per directions on package (also a great recipe for leftover…
Fish Tacos
If you were able to read that title without giggling, then you are a better person than I am. This is one of my favourite recipes ever because it’s easy, it’s tasty and I just plain love Mexican food. This recipe is based on this recipe on Epicurious. It’s totally worth it to the full Epicurious…
Quinoa and Other Stuff Salad
Otherwise known as the “Quinoa and whatever else I have laying around” salad. Quinoa is supposed to be super good for you, so I try to make it as often as I can. Ingredients 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa, rinsed well 3/4 cup water Any veggies, beans, etc. you have laying around 1 lemon or some…
Wild Rice Stuffed Turkey Roast – Dinner edition
Today’s lunch was leftovers from our Easter meal, so here’s the dinner I made for my family-in-law on Friday. Please note, I made WAY too much food. All this was enough for maybe 10-12 people. Also, this recipe is not for the lazy, you need to be ambitious for this! Working time: 1-1.5 hours Cooking…
Basic soup stock
Do you ever find yourself at home in the evenings with nothing to do? No? Well turn off the TV, then. NOW you have spare time, don’t you? Why not spend that time doing something really good for yourself, like making stock? (Don’t worry about missing the latest episode of House. Here’s the plot: Someone…
Crunchy Chicken Salad Sandwich with Raw Kale Salad
What do you do when you have one chicken thigh that you want to spread over two lunch servings without making some sort of stew thingie? Chicken salad sandwiches!! But first, let’s start with the kale salad, as I made that while the chicken was cooking. Raw Kale Salad I love this salad because it’s…
Simple pasta in tomato sauce
This is one of my standards since it’s reasonably easy to make, I usually have all the ingredients laying around in my kitchen and it’s quite versatile. Working time: 20 minutes Cooking time: At least 20 minutes Ingredients: 1-2 tbsp olive oil 1 yellow onion 3 cloves garlic (or more if you’re into that) 1…