chicken

Not all chicken nuggets come in those micro-dinosaur-shaped, easy-for-your-kids-to-digest sizes.

Garden Fresh Foods, a Milwaukee, WI. establishment, is recalling approximately 103,080 additional pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and ham products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The company is recalling these products in addition to the 25,748 pounds of similar products that w

I am guilty and a little miffed.  I didn't USE to wash my chicken before I cooked it, but I saw the benefits of rinsing it before cooking it.  After all, it's sitting in that chicken juice goo after thawing from the freezer and getting rid of that always made me feel better.  But, experts are now saying washing/rinsing my chicken can now be a BAD thing!

I recently tried the BK Italian Chicken Sandwich out after seeing it featured on their drive thru menu.  I like to try new things, and it looked appetizing.  It was crispy chicken, on a hoagie style bun, with melted mozzarella cheese, topped with marinara sauce.  This could be good!  So I dug in and used my scoring system to see how it turned out.

When you have chicken, some potato chips and a Pepsi you have a meal. Certainly not a square meal, but one most folks could imagine themselves eating at a designated meal time. What if we were to tell you you could get the taste of all three of these fine flavors in one single food product. Would that be something you'd be interested in?

During the Vikings game yesterday I saw a commercial for KFC's new Chicken Littles.  In a testament to advertising, I immediately wanted one, so I drove to the KFC. I think it could have been the pickles that perked my interest.  I love pickles, and the combination of fried chicken, pickles, and mayonaisse is delightful.  However, there is one draw back to this sandwhich:

I guess I can see that cooking with the dark meat is more flavorful and allows for a better texture.  However, I'm still a white meat guy, especially in dishes that feature chicken.  If I get fried chicken, I'll eat dark meat but I don't think I'll jump fully on this bandwagon.  I think for me is a texture thing more than anything.  Which do you prefer?

It's a wet, cold, rainy Monday.  Surround your family in the delicious comfort of Taste of Home's Chicken-N-Hash Brown Bake Recipe.  Easy, tasty and perfect for a comfy family meal!

What a perfect recipe for a snowy day, which, we are suppose to be experiencing again this week.  Have the ingredients on hand, so you can treat those sliders and snow shovelers when they come in from outside and need a little TLC warmth and comfort!

Trying to save some money, but want to celebrate Valentine's Day with your honey in style?  Grab a bag salad, french bread and set up a romantic table with the fine china (ok, just don't use the paper plates this time), here's an easy recipe from Taste of Home that is sure to please!

Need to feed a crowd?  Want to make it super easy, super delicious and have them asking for the recipe?  Then make Taste of Home's Chicken & Sausage Manicotti Recipe.  Let me know what you think!