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Lighten Up > King Ranch Casserole

king ranch casserole | dailywaffle

You don't have to buy canned cream of chicken soup.  I'm embarrassed to say this notion only just occurred to me. Instead, I've generally avoided any and all casseroles that call for either cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup.  Chalk it up to the childhood trauma that is tuna casserole (and the extreme amounts of sodium). Continuing that lightning bolt,  you can make what is basically cream of chicken soup – a béchamel with part chicken broth, part milk.  That’s exactly what went down with this King Ranch Casserole.

February 10, 20140Comments

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Cooking Recipes

Ginger Chicken Hot Pot w/ Rice Cakes

  There’s a critical step that often gets missed in this whole reading food blogs thing. Observe: Step 1: Ooh, I really want to make something with potatoes. Step 2: Google potato recipes Step 3: Scroll past the text and ogle hasselbeck potatoes, stuffed potato skins, potato salad, tater tots, hash browns, etc. Step 4: Read recipes Step 5: Possibly comment “Ooh, looks yummy.” Alternatively, pin recipes to your “Yummy Potatoes” Pinterest board. Step 6: The End. What’s missing here?
January 11, 20142Comments

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Don’t Fear the Pho

chicken pho ga |dailywaffle

Is it possible to fear chicken soup? If it wasn’t fear holding me back from making pho at home, it must have been laziness, or the sheer number of pho shops in Seattle. Yeah, that’s it, there was no reason to make pho at home, when you can get it anywhere, even out here in the ‘burbs. Pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup, most often made with beef broth, has always seemed like a dish to leave to the experts.  You char the spices and ginger and the broth needs to simmer for hours to fully develop its flavor. Then Taylor Hoang of Pho Cyclo made pho ga, chicken pho, at TDCamp and it was so easy and so delicious I knew I had to make it at home.
August 9, 20131Comment

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Main Course Pasta Recipes Salads Side Dishes

Grill Power: Halloumi & Grilled Vegetable Pasta Salad

mediterreanean grilled vegetable pasta salad | dailywaffle

Just a quick hit today as Canada is finishing its long weekend celebrating Canada Day and the US is gearing up for Independence Day. Like a lot of the West Coast we're in the midst of a heatwave, so stretching one night of cooking over a couple of meals sounds like a good plan to me.  Over the weekend, we fired up the grill and threw on some halloumi and vegetable skewers inspired by Joshua Bousel's version on Serious Eats a couple of weeks ago. We doubled up the skewers and had half the veg for dinner with the other half headed for this pasta salad the next day.
July 1, 20133Comments

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Fruit Main Course Recipes Travel

Grill Power > Pineapple Passion Fruit Grilled Chicken

  As soon as it gets gorgeous out, the first thing you want to do is whip the cover off the grill and throw on some burgers and dogs.  But what about after that? With a stretch of nice days its easy to run through your usual grilling repertoire and run out of ideas.  So why don't we do a little island-inspired grilled chicken?  Pineapple Passion Fruit Glazed Chicken we first made during our trip to Kaua'i in February.
May 21, 20131Comment

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