winner, winner, chicken dinner !!
Posted By: XanaX on 2009-05-14
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I am so beaming with pride over my dear 8yo son. He entered a story for the PBS sponsored Reading Rainbow contest and won second place out of over 250 entries. We'll take that strong second. The story is absolutely adorable, based on true events. One day at school, after a set of pretty bad circumstances, he had to tell a lie to his teacher. He was so tore up about it that he couldn't tell me. He had never told a lie before in his entire life. The story he wrote is called "Owl's First Lie." It is really, really cute, sweet and heartwarming.
So, if anyone wants to view his amazing work, go to www.wgvu.com Then click on clubhouse, then reading rainbow, then winners.... Third Grade, second place. Just beaming with pride here, wanted to share with my friends!!
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winner, winner, chicken dinner !!
I am so beaming with pride over my dear 8yo son. He entered a story for the PBS sponsored Reading Rainbow contest and won second place out of over 250 entries. We'll take that strong second. The story is absolutely adorable, based on true events. One day at school, after a set of pretty bad circumstances, he had to tell a lie to his teacher. He was so tore up about it that he couldn't tell me. He had never told a lie before in his entire life. The story he wrote is called "Owl's First Lie." It is really, really cute, sweet and heartwarming.
I know we're all quite busy, but if you have a quick minute and want to read this 350-word story, go to www.wgvu.org Then click on clubhouse, then reading rainbow, then winners.... Third Grade, second place. Just beaming with pride here, wanted to share with my friends!!
Does anyone have a fav winner?
I hated Richard Hatch (this has nothing to do with his sexuality) and was shocked when he won. Couldn't stand Rob and Amber and was so glad when they lost on the Amazing Race. I have only watched on and off this year, but from last years shows I really liked James. I was very suprised about what Eric did last night. Very gullible!
That's a $10,000 winner if ever I saw one! - nm
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Yep, David A has to be the winner. He was last night.
I like David C also, but he just sounded like he was struggling. Just did not seem like he wants to win.
Who do you want to win? Winner announced tonight!! SM
There is no way I could make that decision. This season has just been amazing. I must say that Joshua is outstanding and jumps higher than I can believe. They are all so wonderful. 
That's a Pulitzer Prize winner if I ever saw one.... sm
Prayers for all the folks in California who have lost homes or had to evacuate and didn't know if they had a home to come back to.
Winner and runner up for DWTS nm
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A Lottery winner so we can be happily unemployed.
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Here is another unlikey winner. A mobile phone salesman. sm
This guy will knock your socks off also. He is from the Britain's Got Talent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA
smegma is the winner for me...makes me cringe every time...ewwww
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We play bingo and give out mystery gifts to the winner. Very simple..
Every person who attends the party, bring 1 gift..they are all put under a little table tree and when someone wins a round of bingo, they select gift from under the tree. It can be a lot of fun if you get fun qwirky gifts. We all have a laugh at some of the gifts.
My dad told me that I got the chicken pox from playing in the chicken coop. I believed him for years
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Thank you! Actually, the fried chicken is chicken strips sm
breaded and fried that I make from scratch. Yes, I buy the 5 pound bag from Sam's club, fry it up and then toss is with my mom's famous teriyaki sauce cut into small, bite sized pieces. With 5 pounds cut up I can make well over 120 pieces. No big deal! Thanks for your suggestions!
What about chicken; so much you can do with it.
And if you buy the large packages, it's fairly inexpensive. Also, eggs are inexpensive, quiche or omelets. Grilled cheese with tomato. Baked macaroni and cheese casserole. There is really so much.
Do try Zatarain's meals in a box, very cheap and we love them. You just add the meat or seafood. Here is a website.
http://www.zatarain.com/products/products.php/1/1/Rice_Dinner_Mixes
And their rices are by far the best as side dishes, much better than Rice a Roni or Uncle Ben's I think. Cooks up fluffy, not sticky and a large amount.
http://www.zatarain.com/products/products.php/1/4/Side_Dishes
Here's one of my chicken recipes:
Easy parmesan chicken
Dip chicken breast in melted butter/garlic mix (1 stick butter and 1/2 tsp minced garlic)
Coat with breadcrumb mix (I used flavored/seasoned with about 1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese and pinch of garlic powder added).
Place in pan. Pour the remaining butter on top, or not. I do! :)
Bake in oven at 325 for around 30 minutes.
Yum.
Chicken leg
We played this at a friend's for Thanksgiving. It was fun. There may be a limit on how many people, I am not sure. You take regular dominos. Each draw 7. Before you give out the tiles put the highest domino that is the double number or the lowest number like 1 dot 1 dot. Then, everyone takes turns around the table and puts 1 tile only to match one of the ends. In this case it would be 1 dot of course. If someone has a double number again they put that tile diagonal next to the tile they are matching sticking out like a leg. Then the group has to keep going to match that other side to make the other leg. If you can't match it you keep drawing from bone yard (again one each time then onto the next person). All other times than doubles you keep matching the dots and if after you draw you don't have it next person goes. You do this until a person has only 1 tile left, they say 1. And when the first person has all tiles gone, the game is over and the people add up their dots and that is their high score. I got the highest score ever, which meant I was the biggest loser ever LOL. There are many strategies like cards, but mostly try to get rid of the high number dots first. The difference between this and dominos is the chicken leg part which is tough, and of course the fact you only draw 1 tile instead of keeping going and each person only puts 1 tile then the next person goes. You'd be surprised how the time flies when you play this. BTW: We were all from 46 to 56 in age range there. Hope that if anyone plays this the time flies by as much as it did for me. Happy Holidays!
Raw chicken??
I wouldn't give raw chicken to a dog for the same reasons I wouldn't give it to a person. Dogs can get salmonella poisoning, too.
& ditto what the poster below says about chicken bones. Except neck bones.
I buy chicken thighs once in awhile & boil it until it falls off the bones & add some broth to my dogs' food every day. They eat the *cooked* meat & skin as well, but I throw away the bones.
Andy is a picky eater. It took awhile to find a food he liked. WorriedMom (OP) may just have to keep experimenting.
Chicken
Crustless Chicken Pot Pie Skillet.
Boneless chicken breasts cut in to 1-inch pieces.
Chicken boullion (cubes or powder)
1 can sliced mushrooms, drained.
Onion (to taste) diced small.
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
1 can diced peas and carrots.
Egg noodles, cooked and drained.
Saute chicken, mushrooms, and onion with chicken boullion and low fat spread chicken is cooked through and onions are tender. Deglaze pan with a little milk (basically use milk to loosen any browned bits stuck to pan). Add Cream of mushroom soup, peas and carrots, and egg noodles. Season to taste with salt, pepper, garlic, etc. Simmer until heated through and serve.
Cooking chicken
I wound be reluctant to cook chicken on an indoor grill. Pounding the chicken will help, but you really need to be careful about cross contamination. Until you get a feel for it, I would cook it on the grill to mark it, but finish it in the oven. I also would marinate your chicken. I love Soy Vey teriyaki marinade. There are some excellent crock pot recipies that incorporate chicken breast. I got a panni sandwich maker and those are excellent and easy. Start off slowly, look at recipies and do what tastes good. Eating out is definately not a habit you want to get your kids into. Just really be careful with raw chicken. When I pound chicken I use a plastic grocery bag. I put the chicken in there and then pound it. It saves on cleanup of splattered chicken and is more sanitary. All Recipies is a great site, as well as BHG.com. Good luck and have fun. 
Chicken and biscuits?
When I bake a whole chicken at the beginning of the week, later in the week I cut up the leftovers into a casserole dish with a can of cream of potato soup, cream of celery soup and peas and carrots. Top with Pillsbury biscuits. If you want the complete recipe, feel free to e-mail me.
I'm roasting a chicken
probably broccoli from the garden, not sure what else yet.
Chicken Salad
I agree with keeping it simple . . . just wanted to add that I love to use leftover grilled chicken, and don't forget the garlic. Love the garlic!
mix chicken with various marinades...
Use any salad dressing or marinade. Example: steamed/boiled chicken cooled then stir Caribbean mango marinade. Eat as is or mix in some fresh dill, shredded lettuce, fruit, whatever. Have on crackers, toasted pita chips, in a roll, etc. Use any salad dressing or marinade. I never use mayo - too blah, need that zing!
chicken sphagetti (sp). nm
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chicken soup does!
and if you make it thicker and put a pie crust lid on it you can make home-made (much healthier in my book) pot pies easily. i would just advise rice instead of pasta...the pasta can lose its texture during thawing sometimes. a beef roast with potatoes and all freezes well too. I usually make a double batch of both of these and put one in the freezer. Same with lasagne. :)
me too and chicken mcnuggets in
chicken soup
Good ol' "Jewish penicillin" - chicken soup. Use leftover chicken or steamed chicken thighs or breasts if no leftovers are available. Use Swansons natural chicken broth (no sodium) but can use bullion, but it contains a lot of sodium. Use about a quart or more of natural chicken broth. I like to use baby carrots whole, but can certainly use sliced carrots. Season with lots of minced garlic and a little dill weed (maybe a teaspoon). I slice in a couple of things of celery or sliced celery hearts with leaves. I sometimes add noodles, or rice, sometimes I use a package of frozen mixed vegetables which are really terrific, depending on what I have available and what type of soup my family wants. Add some white pepper, not black pepper. Simmer until carrots and celery are soft. If using pasta or rice, add that last, otherwise it soaks up too much broth and gets soggy. My family would eat this even if they were sick and nothing else appealed to them, that is why I call it "Jewish penicillin." This is a Jewish mama's recipe. Enjoy - it is so simple and so delicious not to mention nutritious and healthy. Note: Never let your chicken leftovers go to waste - make a pot of chicken soup!
Chicken in foil - sm
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts pounded a bit thin, place in tin foil, season with Italian spices/herbs, garlic, cover with sliced onion, zucchini, green pepper, a jar of sliced mushrooms, a bit more seasoning, dot with margarine, fold foil tightly, place in a pan, over 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Juices are good on rice.
Can also place all in a 9 x 13 pan, covered tightly with tin foil and baked.
Can vary toppings to your taste - can add shredded mozzarella.
Chicken teriyaki
Is there a reason you can't do it in a skillet? You might be thinking you can't "grill" it over an open grill, which I can understand, but I'm not grasping why you can't use a skillet. A flat or kind-of-flat skillet will work just fine. Brush it lightly with oil to keep the goo from sticking too badly and to provide a bit of something for the meat to brown on. You need the kind of high heat/hot metal of a skillet or grill in order to caramelize the sugar in the sauce. Otherwise, you'll just have baked chicken in goo. (Voice of experience, here!)
A skillet will cook the meat quickly without drying it out. The oven is going to dry it out too much, I think, and you won't get the nice brown glaze outside. The goal is just done, moist chicken inside and a nicely browned crust outside.
Either way, marinate the chicken ahead of time. You can use some dilute sauce for this. Also soak the skewers a few hours in water so that they don't burn as readily.
I guess you can do this in the oven, but if you do, how about cooking the chicken and THEN skewering it? Nobody will know! It will be a lot easier to turn the meat and get good contact with the pan. If you choose to do it in the oven, you might line a heavy pan with aluminum foil, shiny side up, and coat it with a very thin layer of oil. Arrange the marinated chicken so that one side of every piece is flat on the foil. Every so often, turn the meat so another side is down and brush with sauce. When it's done, skewer it with the soaked skewers, add some more sauce, and finish in the oven until the sauce gets like you want it.
If you have a spray bottle, put some water in it. If the skewers do catch on fire, just spritz them out.
buffalo chicken dip -- always a hit!
I got it from allrecipes.com
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
- 2 (10 ounce) cans chunk chicken, drained
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup Ranch dressing
- 3/4 cup pepper sauce, such as Franks® Red Hot®
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 bunch celery, cleaned and cut into 4 inch pieces
- 1 (8 ounce) box chicken-flavored crackers or any crackers you like
DIRECTIONS
- Heat chicken and hot sauce in a skillet over medium heat, until heated through. Stir in cream cheese and ranch dressing. Cook, stirring until well blended and warm. Mix in half of the shredded cheese, and transfer the mixture to a slow cooker. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top, cover, and cook on Low setting until hot and bubbly. Serve with celery sticks and crackers.
how do you cook your chicken?
are you baking it or on the stove?
my sister used to make us rice and teriyaki chicken and i loved it. im not so much a cook, but would like to do this as it seems so simple
fiesta chicken
4 boneless chicken breasts cut into bite size pieces.
8 oz sliced mushrooms
1 cup shredded swiss cheese
1 can cream of chicken soup and mix with 1/2 can white wine or chicken broth
1 cup pepperidge farm stuffing
1/2 stick butter melted
place chicken in bottom of 9 x 13 pan, layer with mushrooms, then swiss cheese..
pour soup mix over
SPrinkle stuffing overtop and then pour melted butter on top.
Baker 350 for 45 minutes
Easy and good!!
chicken w/stuffing
Use Italian dressing to rub on boneless chicken for flavor, prepare corn bread stuffing or instant from mix, either put under each breast or serve separately, peel and wash small potatoes, coat w/the same Italian dressing or non-saturated fat oil, bake at 375 for about 45 min. depending on thickness of chicken, until chicken is well cooked, sometimes you can just put this in a large baking dish and you don't have to do anything but check the chicken to be sure it's "done" and I find it pretty simple and serve a vegetable on the side if available.
Chicken paprikash
I am Hungarian and that is our favorite meal. I figured if he did not like it, he was not worth marrying!!! Luckily he loved it as does our 4 kids now; 2 out of 4 ask for it for their birthday dinner. I do remember the first time I cooked breakfast for him as a married couple and it was an electric stove and I had grown up with a gas stove. I burned EVERYTHING! But, he still ate it and did not complain. 20 years later I'd bet he'd complain if I did it now! LOL
Beer can chicken
Has anyoe ever made this on the grill? How did it turn out, says to cook over one side and have the other side lit, Did you use and special rub on it?
Beer Can chicken
Hi, Just bought a beer can chicken roaster at Big Lots for $3 and you season the chicken and then put over the beer can and place on roaster -- for charcoal grills you use indirect cooking method which is arrange the coals away from the food so that juices from food do not reach the coals. Place a foil drip pan in the middle of the fire box and mound the coals around the pan, making sure the pan is large enough to cover the surface below the food.
For gas or electric follow directions for indirect cooking for units with 2 or more burners, one burner should be turned off after preheating and food should be placed over the unlit or off burner. For units with 1 burner, set burner to lowest available setting cooking times range between 1-2 hours depending on heat source and size of chicken use a meat thermometer to check for doneness.
Hope this helps
Dinner Out
Usually once or twice a week with friends and/or the children.
What's for dinner??
Dinner
London broil on the grill with fried potatoes and onions and corn on the cob.
Dinner
I'm cooking up a pot of vegetable stew with Italian sausage. We top it with pesto and parm. I'm making cheddar buns to go along.
Dinner
Grilled cheese and turkey sandwich with a ceasar salad.
Probably just dinner
Either by ourselves or with our best friends, maybe rent a movie.
First dinner
I don't remember the first dinner I prepared for my then boyfriend, now husband...but I do remember the first dinner he ate at my house. It was butter beans, meatloaf, and fried potatos and cornbread! I was mortified when my mom asked him to stay then proceeded to give him the menu for the night. Well, to my disbelief, he absolutely loved butter beans...this was his favorite meal. I about died, being a 16 YO girl, but he loved it!
dinner
I'm making up a big pot of BBQ. You can usually get a pork loin on sale anywhere. I throw it in the slow cooker, cover it with water, and cook it for 24 hours. After that, I dump the water, pick out the fat, and shred the pork. I like to use sweet baby ray's original BBQ sauce.
This is inexpensive if you buy the pork loin on sale. I'm making some for a party tomorrow.
Usually 3-4 pounds of pork feeds 3 of us for about 3 days, unless one of us is really hungry. lol
Dinner
I will either have leftover vegetarian chili with cornbread, or leftover penne with cheese. I always cook enough to have leftovers because I hate cooking, especially everyday. The kids (13 and 20 year old girls) will probably have fast food. My 13 year old is a vegetarian like me so she will probably get cheese pizza or a veggie patty sandwich at Subway. My oldest with probably have McDonald's.
Nuggets, turkey or chicken...nm
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Best Chicken Wings I have ever made myself (sm)
Go to www.bettycrocker.com and do a search for the recipe called "Engine-revving Chicken Wings". I have substituted bottled Chili Sauce for the cayenne pepper sauce (hot sauce), and I have also substituted pancake mix for the Bisquick, and both come out wonderful especially if you prefer "hot wings" that are not soaking in a lot of grease. My only other tip is when you place your foil-lined baking sheet in the oven initially to melt the butter or margarine, when taking it out before loading it with the coated wings, make sure the you spread the butter around because they may stick. Another tip: You do not have to let these marinade the entire four hours. Sometimes, I have only marinated them for two hours, and they come out great. I also have excluded the onion salt that it calls for - still awesome.
couple more chicken recipies.
CHICKEN RUEBEN
Recipe for 4 boneless chicken breast so go from there. You can dice the chicken. If you boil the chicken and debone, cut back cooking time some, just to melt. Place raw chicken in pan, Drain 1 15 oz can saur Kraut, spread on top, Pour 1 small bottle thousand island dressing over top, cover, bake @ 350 x 30 min, uncover, cover with slices swiss cheese (or other), bake uncovered an additional 5-10 minutes. Dressing takes away sour taste.
CHICKEN NANCY (?) Don't recall who the heck nancy was.
6-7 boneless skinless chicken breasts (or chopped)in the bottom of a sprayed casserole pan. (Season with poultry seas. option) 1 slice of swiss cheese on top of each breast. Mix 1 can cream chick & herb soup mixed mixed w/ 1/2 cup dry sherry OR Milk (I use milk) pur over chicken. Spread pack "peppridge" ?SP farm stuffing mix (dry) or Stovetop Cornbread Stuffing…and put a little of the seasoning packet on the chicken as well)drizzle one stick of melted butter over top and bake at 350 for 35-45 min or until chicken is done.
Hot chicken salad
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Bettys-Best-Hot-Chicken-Salad/Detail.aspx
recipe for chicken salad
 Anyone have a good one?
it's' chicken, when in doubt, throw it out!!!
Toss it........chicken needs to be refrigerated after cooking and leaving it all night in the oven is not a good thing, I have done it myself and thrown the chicken out.
When in doubt, throw it out! 
Grilled boneless chicken - sm
marinated in low fat italian dressing. Slap it on the George Foreman grill and done in minutes. Sometimes cut them up and toss in a salad. Other times just the chicken, stealing a bite here and there as I work.
When I feel like a change of pace, I dip the chicken in milk and dust it with powdered ranch dressing mix, then grill.
And what I do is add a can of Cream of Chicken about an hour before sm
serving to give you a good, thick gravy - it combines the juices of the turkey plus the good taste of the soup. No one can ever tell how I got the gravy so thick and tasty (over home-made mashed potatoes) but the trick is that instead of flour or corn starch!
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