Chicken Pot Pie

All recipes posted here are a composite of random recipes found online, in various cookbooks, taken from family, friends, neighbors and dishes/creations I have tried and/or made myself. Any similarity to people's personal or unique family recipes is purely coincidental, and no one actually owns the rights to any food combinations if you think about it. No matter how unique. Food for thought?!





INGREDIENTS


Several Chicken Breasts

This is a pretty basic recipe for homemade Chicken Pot Pie. All you need is some Chicken, mixed vegetables of your choice, fresh creme or creme fraise, chives, white wine, a touch of whole grain mustard, and you can use a store bought pie crust or dough if you like.
This tastes so good, you won’t believe how quick and easy it is to make.

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cup instant biscuit mix
1 cup milk
1 stick melted butter
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of chicken soup
Salt and pepper, optional
1/2 cup frozen green peas
1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots
2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
2 cup chopped cooked chicken breast
1 cup chicken broth

Directions




Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In a greased 2-quart casserole, layer the chicken, eggs, carrots, and peas. Mix the soup, chicken broth, and season with salt and pepper, if desired. Pour over the layers. Stir together the biscuit mix and milk, and pour this over the casserole. Drizzle butter over the topping. Bake until the topping is golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes.

Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen

Servings: 4-6 servings
Prep Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 45 min
Difficulty: Easy

Turkey Yakitori Burgers

All recipes posted here are a composite of random recipes found online, in various cookbooks, taken from family, friends, neighbors and dishes/creations I have tried and/or made myself. Any similarity to people's personal or unique family recipes is purely coincidental, and no one actually owns the rights to any food combinations if you think about it. No matter how unique. Food for thought?!






INGREDIENTS
1/2 - 3/4 lb ground turkey
1/2 t garlic, minced
1 t fresh ginger, minced
1 T chopped spring onion (or scallion), white part only (we chopped the greens & put them in with roasting potatoes
1/2 t honey
1/2 T soy sauce
2 T well-beaten egg
1 t corn starch
1/2 t salt
1/4 t black pepper

Sweet Soy Glaze

1/4 c Mirin wine or sweet sherry (I used regular sherry & a teaspoon of sugar)
1/4 c soy sauce
1 T maple syrup
1 T brown sugar
2 t fresh ginger, minced
2 T lemon juice
1 t cornstarch
1 T cold water

6 spring onions, trimmed & cut to about 8-inches long
1/4 c mayonnaise

In a small saucepan bring the Mirin, soy sauce, maple syrup, brown sugar, ginger & lemon juice to a boil. Mix the cornstarch & water together to dissolve the cornstarch. Stir into the boiling mixture. Let boil for about 15 minutes until thickened. Set aside to cool. Once cooled mix 1 T of the glaze into the mayonnaise & set aside to top the burgers.

Mix all the burger ingredients together with your hands & form into two patties. Grill over medium-high heat for 3 minutes per side. Brush with glaze & flip. Grill 2 more minutes. Brush with glaze & flip again cooking 2 more minutes.

When the burgers have about 5 minutes left put the onions on the grill & brush them with the glaze. Grill until they are soft.

Brush both the burgers & onions with glaze once more before serving.

Serve the burgers on rolls (sesame would be good) topped with the mayonnaise & lettuce. The onions can be eaten on the side or on the burgers.

Romeo and Juliet's Balcony: Verona, Italy

It has been over 10 years since I was first and last in Italy. I went to visit a friend in a very small village-esque part of Italy and have never returned since. Despite the fact that for years I lived only 20 minutes away from the Italian borders. So this summer I made it a point to see something I had always wanted to see, Romeo and Juliet's balcony.