Feel Like a Spring Chicken — and Feast on One, Too


Updated 04/30/12 8:44 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Roast Chicken With Spring Vegetables Recipe

A whole roast chicken is one the easiest weekend meals to prepare; it's pretty hands-off, requires minimal cleanup, and usually yields plenty of leftovers for the rest of the work week. During the Winter, I keep this recipe pretty simple with potatoes and onions but once Spring has sprung, I love to add carrots, radishes, bell pepper, and even asparagus. To season the chicken, coat it in a Read more

1 Roasted Chicken, 5 Healthy Recipes


Updated 04/02/12 1:20 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

What to Do With Leftover Roasted Chicken

Besides being delicious on its own, roasted chicken is the meal that keeps on giving. First, start with YumSugar's delectable recipe for roasted engagement chicken (or if you're feeling lazy, buy a rotisserie chicken). After enjoying some of that for tonight's dinner, use the roasted meat to make any (or all) of these healthy recipes that rely on leftover roasted chicken. Read more

Rainy Day Roast Chicken With Sweet Potatoes and Onions


Updated 03/19/12 4:30 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 9 comments

Tyler Florence Roast Chicken

This weekend was nothing but rain and the perfect time for comfort food. Browsing through Tyler Florence's Dinner at My Place, I found myself drooling over a whole roasted chicken recipe. Since the weather was bad, I didn't want to leave the house, thus I improvised his recipe with items I already had on hand. Rather than Meyer lemons and fingerling potatoes, I substituted regular lemons and Read more

Quick Chicken Dinners For Any Night


Updated 03/13/12 9:10 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Fast and Easy Chicken Dinner Recipes

If there's one protein that should always be in your freezer, make it chicken. It's delicious, healthy, affordable, filling, easy to defrost, and incredibly versatile. From soups to stuffed peppers to sandwiches, there isn't much you can't do with it. Don't have a lot of time to spare for most meals? That's OK: slender chicken tenders can be ready in a flash, and even a whole bird is small enough Read more

7 Wing Recipes to Make Your Game Day Spread a High-Flying Success


Updated 02/08/12 11:05 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Best Chicken Wing Recipes

Just like the halftime show and cheerleaders, wings are considered to be a great component on game day, but who says they can't be the main event? If you're willing to travel beyond the buffalo, the poultry possibilities are boundless, and prepping a wing buffet is easy to boot. Just fry up enough wing parts to feed your crowd, and toss them in a variety of make-ahead sauces to keep palates Read more

The Wide World of Wings: Lemon Pepper With Cucumber-Feta Yogurt Sauce


Updated 02/08/12 11:06 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Greek Chicken Wings Recipe

We close out our week of worldly wings with a recipe . . . with an accessory. While I love this classic finger food on its own, sometimes a cooling dipping sauce is just what the tailgater ordered to complement a piping hot and/or fiery chicken wing. Think about it: buffalo wings are divine, but when that Frank's RedHot sauce becomes too hot to handle, nothing quenches a mouth inferno quite like Read more

Buffalo Chicken Pizza With Shaved Celery Salad


Updated 02/17/12 12:31 PM · Posted by · 3 comments

Buffalo Chicken Pizza Recipe

Buffalo chicken is one of my favorite game-time indulgences, and I love to transform its flavors into something new, like a buffalo chicken dip and now a pizza with all of the same flavors. This tasty pie is topped with buffalo chicken, mozzarella, and Gorgonzola cheese, but it doesn't end there: the whole pizza gets topped with a shaved celery and parsley salad. If you've never shaved your Read more

The Wide World of Wings: Salsa Verde


Updated 02/08/12 11:13 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Salsa Verde Chicken Wings Recipe

Wings are a game day mainstay, but before you grab that bottle of Frank's RedHot, consider a version or two that journey beyond buffalo. This week, we tread the less-beaten path through wing-dom with a look at five recipes that shed new light on our favorite chicken part. Today, our wings get a south of the border kick with tomatillo-based salsa verde. Taking a page from the popular Mexican dish Read more