This Kung Pao Chicken recipe, featured in next week’s Busy Mom Menu, is delicious with its easy to make chili-flavored oil. Be sure to start the night before so your chicken has time to marinate for the fullest flavor.
Sandy’s Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe
This quick and easy recipe is a great way to use cooked chicken from the freezer (for more on this way of cutting down prep time, see the Menus4Moms Primer: Cooking for the Freezer). Prep is minimal and since everything is already cooked, it only takes 25-30 minutes from start to finish. The recipe is [...]
Easy Mexican Slow Cooker Chicken
Like almost everyone else, I look for cooking inspiration on Pinterest. When I saw this post with the title “The Easiest Dinner Ever” with some of my favorite ingredients listed, I knew I had to try it. While it isn’t the prettiest meal I’ve ever made, it was delicious and couldn’t be easier. We will [...]
Sweet Garlic Chicken
This quick and easy chicken dish can be made in one pan, minimizing mess. Its simple flavors go well with steamed or sauted green vegetables and a side of pasta or rice. Inspired by Easy Garlic Chicken from Food.com
Chicken Barley Vegetable Soup with Herbs
This simple, hearty, and flavorful soup has a delicious combination of herbs and vegetables that is perfect for a fall or winter meal. For a vegetarian version, omit the chicken and use vegetable stock or water instead of chicken stock. This recipe, like most soup recipes, is flexible and can be adapted to use what [...]
Veggie Rice Salad
My friend Cheryl shared this recipe with me this week and I just loved it it. Like most of the recipes I use, it can be adjusted based on what you have on hand. You could change the seasonings or the vegetables used or make it vegetarian by omitting the meat to make a completely [...]
Creole Chicken in Green Chili Cream Sauce
Chicken is quick and easy to prepare and with the availability of individually flash frozen chicken breasts, cooking is simplified because you can choose the amount you want to cook. Many producers also make available “quick cooking, “even cooking” or “thin” breasts which are perfect for stove top meals. This somewhat spicy stove top chicken [...]
Stovetop Chicken
This easy chicken dish is featured in our Planned Leftovers: Roast Chicken resource, which is a free bonus with either of our two dinner menu subscriptions (see links on the left). Learning how to make the best use of leftovers prevents waste and saves money. Whenever you have had chicken, particularly a rotisserie or roast [...]
Grilled Marinated Chicken
One of the basics of Menus4Moms menus is having food prep already done before dinner time. One way we accomplish this is by bulk cooking meat and freezing it in meal-sized portions. Here is a wonderful recipe for cooking chicken in bulk. Have grilled chicken for dinner the night you cook it, then chop and [...]
Crockpot Orange Chicken
“This was a big hit, definitely making again!” That is the typical response from moms who have served this dish. This crockpot recipe is not only tasty but makes a beautiful dish. Give it a try and see for yourself!
