Monthly Archives: September 2007

Slow Cooker Green Chili Chicken

Remember when everyone was into low-carb diets? Dana Carpender had the best recipes during the Atkins era. This is adapted from her 15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes. She uses weird ingredients like guar gum to thicken the sauce… but you really don’t need to do that.
Slow Cooker Green Chili Chicken
4 servings

3 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (I […]

5 Can’t-Do-Without Resources for Family Dinners

We have dinner together as a family almost every night. It’s one of the best times of the day — as long as I don’t get too frazzled by getting dinner onto the table. It’s important to me to do it reasonably inexpensively and quickly without making a huge number of dishes, and I turn […]

Conchiglie with Caramelized Onions, Blue Cheese, and Toasted Walnuts

I developed this recipe last week in conversation with my pantry and my refrigerator. I had pasta, chopped walnuts, a bunch of yellow onions, and some crumbled blue cheese. It was delicious… and so incredibly rich. It might be better as a primi piatti than as a main dish. Maybe have an austere piece of […]

Six Tricks for Making Your Own French Bread Pizza

I made French Bread Pizza from Cook’s Country the other day. I was wondering why anyone would need a recipe for French Bread Pizza, but I tried anyway, and I learned a bunch of things that might help you if you want to make it without a recipe.

Use supermarket French bread, not artisan-style. The supermarket […]