One-Pot Chicken and Rice

This one-pot chicken and rice meal is pretty interesting. The cooking process is somewhat similar to making a paella, but the outcomes are totally different. In both, you simmer vegetables, protein, rice, and stock together until everything is cooked. But this chicken meal is distinctly less Spanish and full of more cold-weather comfort. It’s also filled with vitamin-rich vegetables to make you feel really good and healthy. Start off by browning one chicken hindquarter (thigh and leg) per person in … Continue reading

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Happiest Pasta and Cheese Moment

I ate one of the best Italian meals of my life (at that point) at a restaurant in Amsterdam called Italia Oggi. We moseyed on over after the restaurant we were trying to go to was booked, what luck! I ordered parmesan pasta, and the next thing I knew, the waiter wheeled over a cart with an enormous wheel of parmesan cheese on it. He dumped my noodles onto the cheese, ignited them, and began mixing them around. Then, he … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Pasta

This pasta dish is festive, healthy, seasonal, and delicious. The pumpkin sauce is so good that I gave my bowl a little lick. I can’t wait to make this pasta again… likely on Halloween! You’ve got to give it a try. Pumpkin lovers will be obsessed and non-pumpkin lovers will like it anyway. To make this tasty meal, cook some pasta until it is al dente. I made 8 ounces. Also prepare whatever add-ons you want to include in the pasta. I … Continue reading

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