chicken

Double Dutch

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 24, 2011

in dinner out, friends, Photo Gigs, photography

You are all AMAZING! Thanks to all of your generosity, and the promise that the last few donations will come in the next couple of days, the Online Flea Market for Pancreatic Cancer raised…. **Drumroll Please*** $566!!!!!!!!!! I kind of can’t believe it! The 5K Run/Walk is next weekend, and my donation page is open [...]

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Well, This Is Random…

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 7, 2011

in Baking, chicken/turkey, random

Dinner was a plate of random: Oven-roasted black pepper and garlic potato slices with… A butterflied and pounded and lightly breaded and pan “fried” chicken breast with… Cucumbers in tzatziki sauce. Redundant? Yes. Delicious? Also yes. Why the random dinner? Well, it’s Adam’s birthday tomorrow, and I have a project to complete… You all know [...]

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Grecian Delight

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on April 4, 2011

in chicken/turkey, family recipe, simple recipe

Hanging out with my friend Ericka for the last week brought back some hilarious memories from college, most of which caused ridiculous bouts of giggles even now. We reminisced about how, even back in those days, I hated to do dishes. I always loved to cook and make messes, but the cleaning up? No thank [...]

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Power of Suggestion

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on March 16, 2011

in chicken/turkey, Italian, simple recipe

If you’re here from my guest post on The Fitnessista, welcome! I hope you stay a while! So, there’s this message board I frequent. Some of you know what it is, some of you don’t… I’ll leave you guessing. In any case, someone brought up goulash today. Goulash. It sounds like golashes, but more edible. [...]

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Mission Number 1: Eat More Veggies

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on March 13, 2011

in chicken/turkey, Italian, simple recipe, vegetables, weight loss

One of the easiest things I can do to help myself be healthier is to eat more veggies. It seems simple enough, but in the winter months in Chicago, truly flavorful vegetables tend to lurk in the cruciferous and tuberous families. Ok, really what I mean is that there’s broccoli and potatoes. Today, on an [...]

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Jewish Penicillin

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on January 24, 2011

in chicken/turkey, family recipe

There is one thing and one thing ONLY that can make a cold go away quickly. It can’t be purchased at any normal store, nor is it a quick fix… but I promise. It works. It’s something that goes back generations, and I can guarantee you that most Jewish women have a pot that’s specifically [...]

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