Any recipe that takes very long to produce tends to get made once, maybe twice, and then usually falls into the pile with the dust bunnies, never to see the light of day again. We eat a lot of chicken at the Hectic Household, and after a while all the common and easy methods of chicken preparation get kind of old. So, over the past few weeks, we've been talking about … [Read more...]
Pounding chicken breasts
I've run across several recipes lately that have called for "beaten" or "thin" chicken breasts. I've even had a number of stuffed chicken breast recipes, but have avoided them because pounding chicken breasts is such a messy, loud, and icky business. I was talking to one of my daughters about this, and she came up with a unique solution that uses gallon zippered storage … [Read more...]
Keeping a ham from drying out while cooking
The biggest trick to keeping a ham from drying out is to keep it securely covered in foil for the majority of the cooking. I prefer to cook my ham on a roasting pan that separates the meet from the drippings in the pan. Most recipes call for the ham to sit directly on the pan, but I've found that this creates a situation where part of the ham is too moist and part of it is too … [Read more...]
Christmas Day 2013
We're having a different kind of Christmas at the Hectic Household this year. Instead of having our big family meal (60-120 folks depending on the year), we're only going to have our immediate family here for the meal on Christmas day (10 of us this year, including Hectic Grandma). We'll have the larger meal on Saturday the 28th. This modification in our annual routine made … [Read more...]
French Cheese Puffs
Light and tasty these are a great replacement for bread at any meal! [amd-zlrecipe-recipe:44] … [Read more...]