Chicken Noodle Soup

This was one of my second chance dishes.  I roasted a chicken on Saturday, made chicken soup on Sunday for dinner Monday night.  This also works with a store bought rotisserie chicken. I love making chicken noodle soup because it is so much better than any canned soup.  Having a gluten-free/soy-free son it is hard…

White Bean Chicken Chili

For dinner last night I started with Paula Dean’s White Been Chili from Foodnetwork.com. Ingredients 3 cans of navy beans, rinsed 4 cups chicken stock 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter 1 tablespoon minced garlic 3/4 cup diced onion 1 1/2 cups chopped green chiles (fresh or canned) 1 pound boneless, skinless cooked chicken breasts, finely…

Roast Chicken

I roasted a chicken for dinner on Saturday.  It was really good and easy. All I did was baste a chicken with butter, salt and pepper and baked it.  The skin was crispy and flavorful.  The chicken meat was moist and flavorful. I saved the carcass and leftover meat to make chicken soup for another…

Moo Goo Gai Pan – Chinese New Year

The first day of our new game was a rousing success.   To celebrate the Chinese New Year I found a recipe for Moo Goo Gai Pan at Allrecipes.com. The recipe itself was fairly simple to make: Ingredients 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms 2 cups chopped broccoli florets 1 (8 ounce) can…