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Chicken Pot Un-pie

Chicken Pot Un-pie

This is a great way to make another dinner from a Three Dinner Roast Chicken using pantry items and veggies that are easy to have on hand. It is a recipe inspired by Ina Garten’s Chicken Pot Pie recipe but much lightened up and extended with additional vegetables like carrots and frozen peas that are easy to keep around. 3-4 cups chicken pieces 4 tablespoons olive oil Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 5 cups chicken stock 2 chicken bouillon…

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Curried Coconut Chicken Salad

Curried Coconut Chicken Salad

  So the leftover roasted chicken that everyone turned their nose up at when is was cold and pale, is fought over when mixed with savory and sweet flavors and a little bit of heat. 1-2 cups of chicken pieces (light and/or dark is fine and add more chicken if you have it) 1-2 stalks celery chopped into small pieces 1/4 cup sweetened coconut flakes 1/2 cup raisins lightly chopped 1/4 to 1/2 cup mayonaise (adjust this to your liking!)…

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Three Dinner Roasted Chicken

Three Dinner Roasted Chicken

My family loves roasted chicken.  It’s all warm and golden with crisp skin sitting atop some veggies that roasted along with it in the pan.  It’s great and not difficult.  I just rub the entire chicken with a schmear of garlic powder, salt and olive oil–just enough to make a paste-and then 2 hours at 350 in the oven and ta da!  The problem is the next night.  What nobody in my house seems to like is the left over…

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Odds & Ends Frittata

Odds & Ends Frittata

6 eggs, beaten 2 ounce-ish Monterey Jack cheese diced small 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Pinch salt 1 teaspoon butter or olive oil 2-3 slices of cooked bacon, chopped 1/2 cup chopped red pepper 1/2 cup chopped scallions 4 sprigs chopped cilantro or parsley leaves Preheat your oven to broil. Mix eggs, green pieces of the scallions, pepper, and salt. Heat up an oven safe saute pan over medium high heat adding oil or butter to warm.  Saute the red pepper…

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Compost Soup

Compost Soup

Basic Compost Soup: This is vegan but if you’d like, just add any leftover meat, chicken or fish to it and simmer away! 2 onions roughly chopped 2 cloves garlic minced 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme or 2 sprigs fresh 3 cups chopped (or more), soggy or fresh veggies 8 cups water or veggie stock 2 teaspoons salt (more to taste) 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 bay leaf Oil for sauteing   Optional Ideas to make it your own: Any…

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