From the category archives:

poultry

crisp duck breast on a shaved winter salad

This ain’t no Skagit Valley mud flat duck! My first experience with duck was when some friends of mine from high school went hunting then baked it in a loaf pan. It looked like meat loaf and had ketchup poured over the top. It tasted like yuck, therefore I thought that I hated duck. Come [...]

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Liquid Gold and breaking it down

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The gold price is going higher and higher in a hurry. It is believed that it will reach $1200 an ounce before the end of the year. With only one more trading day this month it might happen before December, we will have to see. I remember just a few years ago it was $400 [...]

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Skipping the dry turkey this year?

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You’ve got yourself a turkey defrosting for the big day? Are you worried about serving up a dry bird to your friends and family? Have you considered brining it? That is the key to a juicy bird and raves from your guests. Even if you are planning to deep fry the bird, I would use [...]

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Chilaquiles [chee-lah-KEE-lehs] mmm

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Chilaquiles is a Mexican dish created out of the necessity to use up stale tortillas and left over meats and vegetables. I think that it is the ultimate one dish meal for leftovers that I know of. It goes over well at our house. I have made a few different varieties of [...]

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Petite Turkey with Quick Cranberry Compote

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Grubby little fingers are stealing the food as I try to take a picture. Greedy little buggers!
Diestel Family Turkey Ranch raises a bird they call a petite turkey. This is the turkey I made for Sunday dinner. It was only 6 1/2 pounds, the size of a large chicken. We ate [...]

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brown rice salad with chicken and avos

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This is a really great dish that can be enjoyed warm, room temp, or even cold the next day. Now, I am a huge lover of fresh herbs. They add such a lively flavor to your food then you need much less salt. Lemon juice and zest also work well in most dishes, [...]

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Thai inspired chicken noodle soup

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This is our favorite chicken noodle soup. Today it feels like February so I am going to make some soup. I am craving a lively comfort food today. This is a lovely, creamy, one pot meal. The kids love it in their thermoses the next day.
Also good with squash or pumpkin. I used about a [...]

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