This is THE BEST curried chicken salad I’ve ever made! The inspiration was the version from Alon’s Bakery, which has dried apricots and red bell pepper and is DELICIOUS. Roasting the chicken with the skin on helps keep it moist, and while using a store-bought rotisserie chicken is perfectly acceptable, your chicken salad will be…
Chicken salad is an easy dish to make, especially if the chicken is already cooked for you! In this recipe, I take a bit of help from the supermarket in the form of a ready-to-eat rotisserie chicken. The chicken is already seasoned, the meat is very tender, and best of all, it saves me the…
This Japanese curry is delicious and easy to make (and as a bonus, you only have to wash 1 pot afterwards!). Most grocery stores now carry boxes of Japanese curry blocks – popular brands are Vermont Curry and Golden Curry. Both are good, though I think Vermont Curry is a bit sweeter because their sauce…
Here’s an easy one-pot dish that is flavorful and also full of vegetables! I remember when my mom used to make the canned sauce version of “Sloppy Joe” burgers when I was little – messy sandwiches that required a handful of napkins. I like the nostalgia associated with this dish, but have made it a…
Summer is lobster season! Probably my favorite seafood, beside salmon. When we were on vacation in Maine, we had the BEST lobster rolls from a little place called Red’s Eats. Nothing compares to the fresh lobster up there, straight off the boats. But since I don’t have access to that kind of freshness here, I’ll…
Continuing the salad mini-series – and the contrasting colors theme – here’s a “green-and-orange” salad. I wasn’t sure what else to call it…. Salads are one of those wonderfully easy summertime dishes that don’t necessarily need a recipe. They are totally flexible for whatever ingredients you want to include (or exclude). This one is made…
Wonderfully Made 