Comfort Food For Warm Weather Summer Roast Chicken is here because we deserve easy comfort food for summer too! All you need is a whole chicken, some seasoning and herbs, just a few potatoes, an onion, a lemon and a few garlic cloves for good measure. We recently moved from a condo in the heart of Chicago to a home on the outskirts of the city that is a lot more like the suburbs. The good news is that we are closer to my Mom so she is able to just pop over when she wants to. This past Sunday…
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Continue ReadingEasy and Delicious Sheet Pan Crispy Chicken is such a simple recipe, I almost feel silly even typing it up for the blog. I know many are new cooks, however, and this can be helpful for people who are not as confident in the kitchen. We all need to start somewhere and this crispy chicken is a simple, and tasty, place to start. My Mom used to make chicken like this when I was growing up, although Mom did not put sugar on her chicken. The sugar was something I learned from a Chef I worked for back in the…
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The Best Medicine This Easy Chicken Noodle Soup is perfect to make during the long days of late winter. I find that a lot of people in my life seem to feel a little under the weather this time of year. This soup is a good one to take a sick friend or family member to bring them back to life. This Easy Chicken Noodle Soup is made with simple ingredients like a whole chicken, carrots, celery, and onions. The soup cooks low and slow, adding every bit of the nutrients and vitamins from the chicken and veggies to the…
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As a life long city girl, I used to think the suburban food scene was a mix of TGI Friday’s (are those still around?), mall food courts, and pick-up joints for over 50 divorced people. I am humble enough to admit that I was dead wrong. A couple of weeks ago, my older Golden Retriever tore his ACL and we had to temporarily move in with my parents while he prepared for and then recovered from surgery. Not the best situation, but I used the opportunity to explore the food scene of the Western Burbs. I was pleasantly surprised at…
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