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Cooking With The Kids With Great Equipment

February 21, 2019 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

As an involved dad I always love being able to stay connected with my kids. I love to teach them and love cooking with them. Cooking with them I’m able to listen and talk with them and through this I am able to get to know them more, which is so important, especially as they get older.

In cooking, especially in baking, which is what we love doing equipment is SO important. We have been looking for a new oven lately and in a recent trip to Best Buy we found the brand new LG TurboCook™ Speed Oven. This new oven looks amazing and from what I can tell it would check off the requirements that I would be looking for my own home.

In talking to some of the great people at Best Buy I came to find that the new LG TurboCook™ Speed Oven give me the following benefits:

Cut Cook Time in Half

With LG’s TurboCook™ Speed Oven you get the hustle of a microwave with the quality you expect from a convection oven. Bake whole chickens, potatoes, pizzas and more—no preheating required. With speeds 2 to 4 times faster than a traditional oven, you’ll have more cooking flexibility and more time to enjoy your meal.

Cook with Confidence

True Convection delivers precise heat for crisp, delicious food. Bake with the greatest of ease with LG’s True Convection oven. LG’s convection technology evenly distributes continual precise heat so food is delicious on the inside, and crisp on the outside.

Style That Changes Everything

LG Black Stainless Steel Series brings luster to kitchen spaces. It elevates the traditional stainless steel look that has become the standard in today’s homes with a satin-smooth, warm and sophisticated finish unlike any other—for a timeless expression that pairs beautifully with any style or color of surrounding cabinetry.

Best of all you can get a pretty amazing deal on this remarkable oven for a few more weeks!

‘Save $500 with the purchase of a 5-piece LG Kitchen Package’

Offer valid: 12/6/18 – 3/6/19

I know that this Oven meets my family’s needs, how about you?

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Bring Family Dinner Back With Barilla Pasta! @barillaUS! #InTheKitchenWithDad #ad

September 6, 2017 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

“This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Barilla. The opinions and text are all mine. All opinions of apps and companies that help me complete DIY projects are my own.”

The end of the summer is always a crazy time. We seem to be running around all of the time and this gets even worse once school begins. Does this sound like your house? With schoolwork, soccer, music, and other activities all competing for equal time sometimes you think you will lose the ability to bring your family together. That’s why it is so important for my family to come together for a family dinner every night no matter what.

To have a family dinner though I need healthy food options that are easy to make, but also provide full nutrition so my kids can study, have energy for sports and more. As a family or partial Italians, a delicious semolina pasta is one of our favorite dishes and Barilla Pasta is our go to pasta!

Recently I was challenged to come up with a 30 minute recipe for dads to prepare with their kids, and I knew exactly what I would make. I decided to make some great Spaghetti and meatballs which may be simple, but let me tell you, it has ton of flavor!

I went to my local store where there were a ton of Barilla Pasta on hand to select from and picked up a few boxes for my meal! (I think I counted 38 different pasta cuts and 14 sauces just in the store I visited!). While I knew what I wanted this time, I knew that I could get a bit lost with all of the variety but this was also a great feeling as it allowed me to know that there would be something here for any type of meal that I was planning to prepare.

In preparing my meal I knew it would not take long. I found that in using the Barilla Tomato and Basil sauce with the Barilla Spaghetti that I purchased that I was quickly able to get things moving and within 10 minutes I had water boiling and sauce bubbling. I had pre-made the meat into the meatballs that I wanted to make and had my oven pre-heating as well to be able to start cooking the meatballs as quickly as I could too. Once the oven was up to 400 I placed them in for a 20 minute bake. Once completed I add the meatballs to the sauce for a few more minutes to let them cook and add in some additional flavor. The Barilla pasta took about 10 minutes after the water was boiling, so in all everything was completed (along with Garlic Bread) in about 30 minutes.

The dinner turned out great and we loved being able to spend some time together. We truly talked about our day and shared some funny stories about friends, family and more too. It was nice to set the phones down and have some uninterrupted time together and I have to say thank you to Barilla for allowing us to have this moment together!

Barilla Pasta truly does offer stress-free meal combinations, perfect for the busy back-to-school season, that put you at ease with their simplicity, and Barilla’s delicious taste and perfect texture will have the family coming back for seconds.

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Williams Sonoma Debuts Limited Edition Beauty and the Beast Le Creuset Cookware!!!!

February 24, 2017 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Williams Sonoma, in partnership with Le Creuset, is announcing its first collaboration with The Walt Disney Studios. The kitchenware retailer is debuting an exclusive Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Soup Pot by Le Creuset to coincide with the release of the live-action adaptation of the 1991 Disney classic. The limited edition blue-enameled cast iron soup pot is decorated with the signature Beauty and the Beast rose with an oversized gold knob bearing the inscription, “Be Our Guest.” Starting today the limited quantity of five hundred pots is available for purchase at williams-sonoma.com, lecreuset.com and Le Creuset Signature Stores. Williams Sonoma stores nationwide will also host events celebrating the film’s release in partnership with Le Creuset.

“Disney is an iconic brand that brings nostalgia and delight to people of all ages,” said Janet Hayes, President of Williams Sonoma. “In partnership with Le Creuset, Williams Sonoma is pleased to offer this special edition pot to those who loved the original film and the next generation who gets to experience this legendary story for the first time. We are also thrilled to welcome Disney fans into our stores for one-of-a-kind experiences.”

The collaboration is part of Williams Sonoma’s continued partnership with one of the first cookware brands the 60-year-old kitchenware retailer imported. Faye Gooding, CEO of Le Creuset America commented: “Beauty and the Beast is an all-time classic and we’re proud to support this live-action adaptation with our exclusive ‘Be Our Guest’ soup pot. At Le Creuset, we strive to inspire and empower people everywhere to make joy through cooking and how better to accomplish this than with this magical collaboration with Disney and our great partners at Williams Sonoma.”

On Saturday, March 4th, Williams Sonoma stores across the country will host the Beauty and the Beast Junior Chef Cooking Class with movie-inspired kid friendly recipes created in collaboration with Le Creuset. To find out more details contact your local Williams Sonoma store or visit their website.

To learn more about this exclusive product, please visit the Williams Sonoma website.

ABOUT WILLIAMS SONOMA

Since its founding by Chuck Williams in 1956, the Williams Sonoma brand has been bringing people together around food. Williams Sonoma is a leading specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home, providing world-class service and an engaging customer experience. Products include cookware, cooks’ tools, cutlery, electrics, bakeware, food, tabletop and bar, outdoor, cookbooks, as well as furniture, lighting and decorative accessories. Each store offers cooking classes and tastings conducted by expert culinary staff. A comprehensive gift registry program for weddings and other special events is available in stores and online. On williams-sonoma.com and the Williams Sonoma blog, Taste, customers can find recipes, tips, and techniques that help them create delicious meals and wonderful memories. Williams Sonoma is also part of an active community on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+and YouTube.

ABOUT LE CREUSET

Since 1925, Le Creuset has focused on inspiring and empowering people everywhere to make joy through cooking. From the company’s original enameled cast iron cookware to stoneware, stainless, accessories and more, Le Creuset offers products across a range of materials and categories that guarantees the right tool for the right job. Le Creuset celebrates the role it has played in the lives and kitchens of cooks around the world, and looks forward to continuing to make memories with generations to come. For more information, please visit www.lecreuset.com/about.

ABOUT DISNEY’S “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”

The story and characters audiences know and love come to spectacular life in Disney’s live-action adaptation “Beauty and the Beast,” a stunning, cinematic event celebrating one of the most beloved tales ever told. “Beauty and the Beast” is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a Beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart of the true Prince within. The film stars: Emma Watson as Belle; Dan Stevens as the Beast; Luke Evans as Gaston, the handsome, but shallow villager who woos Belle; Kevin Kline as Maurice, Belle’s father; Josh Gad as LeFou, Gaston’s long-suffering aide-de-camp; Ewan McGregor as Lumière, the candelabra; Stanley Tucci as Maestro Cadenza, the harpsichord; Audra McDonald as Madame de Garderobe, the wardrobe; Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Plumette, the feather duster; Hattie Morahan as the enchantress; and Nathan Mack as Chip, the teacup; with Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, the mantel clock; and Emma Thompson as the teapot, Mrs. Potts.

Directed by Bill Condon based on the 1991 animated film, “Beauty and the Beast,” the screenplay is written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos and produced by Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman, p.g.a. and Todd Lieberman, p.g.a. with Jeffrey Silver, Thomas Schumacher and Don Hahn serving as executive producers. Alan Menken, who won two Academy Awards® (Best Original Score and Best Song) for the animated film, provides the score, which includes new recordings of the original songs written by Menken and Howard Ashman, as well as three new songs written by Menken and Tim Rice. “Beauty and the Beast” will be released in U.S. theaters on March 17, 2017.

Find out more about the film:

Like BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyBeautyAndTheBeast
Follow BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beourguest
Follow BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautyandthebeast/
Visit the official BEAUTY AND THE BEAST website here: http://movies.disney.com/beauty-and-the-beast-2017

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST opens in theatres everywhere on March 17th!

Christmas Traditions Start With Cookies In My Home With the Help of General Mills

December 12, 2016 by dadofdivas 2 Comments

Think back to the time when you were growing up. It’s the holidays and you are in the kitchen with your parents or your grandparents. I know for me one of the holiday traditions I remember more was that I would end up baking up a storm with my grandmother every Christmas and inevitably we would turn to our Betty Crocker Cookbook for help!

One of the favorite recipes we made every year were peanut butter cookies with chocolate kisses in the middle. While you see many people making these over the holidays, they were never the same as when I made them with my grandmother. This was especially true when you got to eat them right out of the oven when they were warm and the chocolate would melt in your mouth. Talk about good!

This year we are continuing the tradition. My youngest daughter finally has started to show some interest in baking with me, so we decided to pull out the big red Betty Crocker Cookbook to find the peanut butter cookie recipe. We had all of the ingredients at home already so it was not hard to start this. I also found with the extra help from her that we were able to get done in no time, even though I was not trying to rush in any sense.

While this is only one of the traditions that I hope to continue doing, not only at the holiday season, but all year long there are many others that we continue to do as well. These traditions are important as they will help to continue to offer my kids and more the opportunity to pass on not only family history but shared memories too.

I am so glad that General Mills, and its family of brands including, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker and Chex has been around for 150 years, touching the lives of so many by making food people love and inspiring holiday traditions year after year. You see, the holiday season is all about celebration and everyone has someone in their lives who inspires and keeps their traditions alive, just like I am trying to do with my own family!

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Unlikely Food Pairings On The Grill

September 16, 2016 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Unlikely food pairings are oftentimes surprisingly tasty. Chili powder on mango anyone? How about olives with orange rind? These flavor combinations, while seemingly nonsensical, are a treat to your palette and a testament to the endless ways in which you can be creative in the kitchen.

Since culinary innovation knows no bounds, why not take this to the grill? al fresco’s new Sweet & Smoky BBQ Chicken Sausage does just that, providing you with an unlikely new flavor that will perk up your meal. Savory with a hint of smoky flavor, you may just get carried away thinking about all the delicious dishes you can pair with your new summer staple.

I decided to take the new al fresco’s new Sweet & Smoky BBQ Chicken Sausage and put it to the test. I grilled up the sausage with the following to make a great new take on an old favorite stew and came up with a great tasting dish.

Recipe

1 Package al fresco’s new Sweet & Smoky BBQ Chicken Sausage (Grilled and sliced)
1 Package al fresco Turkey Bacon
1 Large Zucchini (Cubed)
4 carrots, peeled, cut into 1-inch slices
2 stalks celery, cut into 1-inch slices
3 large russet potatoes, peeled and cut in eighths
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup red wine
3 cups beef broth
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp dried thyme

How does this sound to you. I can tell you that it gave the stew a great flavor andit ended up being a great hit in the family too!

One of the things I really liked about this product was that not only do you get great tasting meat, but it is made with lean, skinless chicken meat, which means that it contains 70% less fat and 30% less sodium than average pork sausage which means it’s better for you. Better yet, all of al fresco’s chicken sausage flavors are gluten-free and are packaged fully cooked – meaning you can enjoy your delicious grilled sausage in minutes – talk about a time saver!

If you love food and love a contest, you also have the ability to enter a great contest! Visit here and vote for your favorite grilling recipes using sweet and smoky BBQ. When you vote, you will be entered to win $500 AND a high quality grill ($500 value).

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A carrot cake for children hating vegies

January 25, 2016 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

The question ‘How to feed children’ concerns all parents. Very often feeding your kids can be challenging. Children can utterly refuse eating healthy foods you try to serve them at times and you can be left pulling your hair out trying to be a great parent and keeping your kids healthy too.

Kids do not normally want to think of nutrition value. For them food’s main function is to taste great. I gave up explaining how important for well-doing is to get enough fiber, protein, vitamins, microelements and so on a long time ago and I am sure that you have too. After numerous failed attempts at feeding my kids with foods that were healthy but vapid in their opinion, I made up my mind to use some tricks. (Yes, raising children requires much ingenuity!) I guess most parents use them on a regular basis. My favorite one is to disguise foods they do not want to eat (Do you do this too?).

A carrot cake is a wonderful example how vegetable, particularly carrots, can be hid and not recognized at all. I recently found a great carrot cake recipe that was typical of what I mean here. The recipe I found from someone that I know that works for uk.cupid.com. One thing that I liked about the recipe was not only all of the healthy things that were included but also that it was gluten-free. This recipe is a real godsend for parents whose children suffer gluten intolerance or the Celiac disease.

But before heating the oven and prepare all of the ingredients I recommend all parents get tuned-in to cooking. It means to get rid of all worries, bad thoughts and frustration. I have definitely noticed that a good mood is a secret of delicious baking.

The equipment you’ll need is as follows

An oven heated up to 350 degrees
A mixer
A 2LB loaf pan
A parchment

The set of products is unpretentious too.

1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup grated carrots
1/2 cup sultanas (soak in hot water)
2 eggs
1/4 cup chopped nuts
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp gluten free baking powder
3/4 cup gluten-free self-raising four

Heat the oven, line a loaf tin with parchment and grease it with some amount of butter. Beat butter and sugar to achieve creamy and soft texture. Grate carrots and add them to the initial texture. The next step will be to stir in the eggs and sultanas soaked in hot water. Chop nuts and mix them with cinnamon, gluten free baking powder and gluten free self- raising powder. Marry the mixture comprising of liquid ingredients and dry-goods mixture. Tip it into the pan and bake for 50 minutes. The carrot cake is ready when the toothpick is clean after being poked into the highest part of the cake. Take out a pan, let it cool for a 25 minutes and remove your work of culinary art.

There you go! Call your kids over and let them enjoy the fruits of your labor. Make sure not to mention that it is made of carrot. I bet they never guess!

Excited To Have Stouffer’s #FitKitchen As My Wingman In Eating Right

June 3, 2015 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Disclosure: I have partnered with Life of Dad and STOUFFER’S ® for this promotion. I have received compensation and product for my participation, but my opinions are my own.

Excited to have @stouffers #fitkitchen as my wingman in eating right
A photo posted by Christopher Lewis (@dadofdivas) on Jun 3, 2015 at 2:11pm PDT

I am the type of person that likes to be healthy. I try and eat right and exercise, though not as much as I would hope. Why do I do this? I do this to not only keep me active, but also energetic, as I am a father of two girls and that necessitates energy. When it comes to food, I try and find meals for lunch that I can take on the go with me, that are healthy and give me things that I need in my diet. Recently, I was talking to a nutritionist about my diet and some of the choices that I make and one of the take home points that I left the meeting with was that I was missing a lot of protein in my diet. I get protein at dinner, but usually my breakfast and lunch is lacking.

This is one reason that I was so excited to find out about STOUFFER’S® Fit Kitchen meals. These meals were packed with nutrients and protein and were the perfect amount of food for one person for lunch or dinner. It only took about six or seven minutes to get a meal that was perfectly made. I tried out two of the meals, the Steak Fajita and Rotisserie Seasoned Turkey. First and foremost I have to talk about the Steak Fajita. This meal had a bit of kick, but also tasted great consistency. After eating this I was completely filled up and best of all – no heart burn even though there was a bit of heat! Second, the Rotisserie Seasoned Turkey, this meal was down-to-earth and down-home and reminded me a lot of recipes my grandmother used to make. Both meals were packed with veggies, complex carbs and protein that left me filled up and completely satisfied. On top of the meals that I tried four other meals that look amazing and are ones that I will be stocking up on in the near future. They included:

CILANTRO LIME CHICKEN white meat chicken with a black bean & corn mix, seasoned brown rice and a verde tomatillo sauce

MONTEREY CHICKEN with diced red skin & sweet potatoes, lightly buttered green beans with BBQ style sauce

BOURBON STEAK with chipotle mashed sweet potatoes, seasoned broccoli & red peppers

OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN with diced red skin potatoes, seasoned broccoli and a savory wine sauce

To be honest, not only were these meals ones that I would eat but I shared it with my wife and she agreed that she too would eat these without any reservation. Seeing that my wife has been my wingman for the past 20+ years, I trust her judgement implicitly and her tacit approval really showed me that having these new STOUFFER’S® Fit Kitchen meals as another wingman simply made sense. Also, while the kids did not try these, with the amount of amazing ingredients packed in this, all that deliver delicious, modern flavors, I believe, would be a big hit with my girls. With 25 grams of protein in every meal, I know that I, and my family are getting the protein that they need, even when we don’t have time to make a home-cooked meal. As a dad I know that I will have many days in the future when I will be too busy to prepare a meal or when I will be home alone, but with these STOUFFER’S® Fit Kitchen meals I now know that I always have a delicious protein packed meal at hand.

These meals were the perfect size and the right amount for me. Also, with both being under 400 calories, I was able to eat well without feeling that I was sacrificing flavor, taste or anything. Instead, I was getting amazing taste and in my opinion having the perfect wingman with me as I continued my own journey in trying to eat healthy.

This @stouffers #fitkitchen #steak #fajitas meal was simply amazing #nxmini A photo posted by Christopher Lewis (@dadofdivas) on Jun 3, 2015 at 2:15pm PDT

So I highly encourage you to try new STOUFFER’S® Fit Kitchen meals. As you can tell, I believe that these meals are delicious and after you try them, I believe that you will too!

Find STOUFFER’S® Fit Kitchen in the frozen aisle at your local Walmart, Target or grocery store; visit www.stouffers.com to find a store near you

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Taste of Home Dream Kitchen Makeover & Course Giveaway

May 28, 2015 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Thanks to Taste of Home—America’s largest cooking magazine—you can turn this vision into a reality. Enter the Dream Kitchen Sweepstakes for a chance to win:

One lucky winner will receive the Grand Prize of a $50,000 kitchen makeover
Five Monthly 1^st Prize winners will receive $500 gift cards to spend on groceries, new kitchenware or whatever you dream up

Every course you purchase from the Taste of Home Online Cooking School is another chance to win. The Taste of Home Cooking School Online is a convenient at-home experience where home cooks can learn new recipes, perfect their kitchen techniques and get the inside scoop on tricks of the trade. You can also enter without purchase by visiting the site.

About Taste of Home Cooking School

Cooking School is America’s leading cooking school program, inspiring more than 250,000 passionate home chefs each year at 250 events across the country. At a Cooking School show, Culinary Specialists demonstrate step-by-step instructions to create satisfying and flavorful dishes. The jam-packed program offers tips on easy-to-prepare recipes with step-by-step instructions to create dishes that feature familiar, everyday ingredients. Taste of Home Cooking School Online is a convenient at-home experience that delivers the same blend of energy and expertise that those who attend the live Cooking School shows enjoy.

Giveaway

How would you like to win this for yourself or for your family? All you need to do is fill out the below form to be entered. The contest will run for one week and will end on June 5, 2015.

Taste of Home Online Cooking School Course Giveaway

Winner must be a resident of the U.S.

Winners are chosen at random, if you want all your chances counted, make sure you leave individual comments, not all of them in one!

Winner has 48 hours to contact me or another name will be chosen.

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It’s Time to Make Some Wicked Good Burgers

April 25, 2015 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

About the Book

Wicked Good Burger ain’t your daddy’s patty on a bun. The upstart Yankee team that revolutionized barbecue with their upset win at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational turns their talents to burgers. Wicked Good Burgers fearlessly incorporates new techniques, inspirations, and ingredients to take the burger to the next level – whether it’s the Meatloaf Burger on Pretzel Bread with Cabernet Mustard or the Island Creek Burger with Oysters and homemade cocktail sauce. You’ll learn the art and science of freshly grinding meats – from beef to lamb to goat – for the ultimate juicy burger as well as cooking methods such as smoking, grilling, griddling, and sous vide that impart distinctive flavor.

My Take on the Book

So what is your favorite kind of burger to prepare and serve? Do you like beef, pork, turkey, duck, goat, beet, salmon, or portabello burgers? What kind of sauce or bun do you use? Have you ever enjoyed a dessert burger?

This cookbook is full of delicious looking burgers of all kinds. You will receive information on shaping and cooking burgers. There are all kinds of sauces you can make using the recipes in this book. Do you like toppings too? Well, one topping was called “pig candy”. “Pig candy” is bacon that is cooked in maple syrup, brown sugar and cayenne pepper.

There are entries for different kinds of fries, onion rings, and potato chips. The reader can also make the perfect frappe, smoothie, or ice cream float. And the recipe for the dessert burger is a pistachio -gelato burger on a brioche bun.

The authors included excellent directions with each recipe and mouthwatering photographs of the finished product. This is a very creative book on burgers!

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Quick and Easy Chicken by Linda Gassenheimer

April 22, 2015 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

About the Book
Looking for hearty, healthy meals in a hurry? Chicken is easy to cook, incredibly versatile, and a wonderful choice for health-conscious home chefs. Grilled, sautéed, roasted or poached, chicken dishes range from All-American comfort foods like pecan-crusted, honey-glazed chicken to the savory flavors of North Africa and Moroccan spiced chicken.

To keep up with the popular appetite for all things poultry, the American Diabetes Association has teamed up with best-selling author Linda Gassenheimer to cook up QUICK AND EASY CHICKEN [April 2015, $9.95 US / $12.50 CAN], an affordable, easy-to-follow collection of chicken recipes designed for people with diabetes or prediabetes. With dozens upon dozens of recipes based on flavors and traditions from around the world, this handy little volume is stuffed with quick, easy, flavorful recipes everyone will love. Inside you’ll find recipes for every taste, including:

Oven-Fried Chicken with Creamed Corn and Lima Beans
Brazilian-Style Chicken and Quinoa
Italian Meat Loaf with Hot Pepper Lentils
Mu Shu Chicken Wrap with Chinese Egg Noodles
Chicken Pita Pocket with Greek Salad
Gorgonzola Chicken Scaloppini with Fresh Linguine and Sweet Pimentos
Sangria-Braised Pulled Chicken Sliders with Quick Slaw
Fresh Herbed Chicken with Red Potatoes and Green Beans

All of the recipes are complete meals based on ingredients you can easily find in any local supermarket. There’s even a “Shop Smart” section to help you choose the right ingredients to ensure a healthier meal. Whether you are pulling together a quick dinner for the family or planning to impress your friends with your new, healthier chicken lifestyle, QUICK AND EASY CHICKEN will help you make a diabetes-friendly meal that is both quick AND delicious!

My Take on the Book

There is a “shop smart” and another section with facts about chicken. The cookbook has 6 different sections with corresponding recipes. Some of the sections are All-American, Latin and Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Asian / Indian.

Each recipe is written with attention to details for the reader. . There is the basic recipe for the chicken. The step – by – step instructions for preparing the chicken are well written and easy to follow. Linda includes a side dish recipe on the next page. She has included a “shopping list” so the reader knows what needs to be bought or found in one’s pantry. Helpful hints and nutrition facts are included for each recipe.

I chose two different recipes to prepare for my family. One was the Lemon-Pepper Chicken with Carrot and Zucchini Cannellini Beans.. The other one was Chicken Ragout with Mushroom Rice. Both recipes were easy to prepare. The recipes were tasty , however for my taste, I added additional herbs to flavor the dishes.

I believe if you are searching for a new chicken cookbook, you may find this one a new resource for your family meals.

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