Category Archive: Mains

Slow Roast Chicken with Vegetables

  Roasting chickens is awesome – so much deliciousness from the bird, and then so much chicken stock potential! But I wanted to do one that would be a full meal because I didn’t… Continue reading

Beef and Chicken Liver Burger with Homemade Mustard

  I was with friends at the butcher and seeing ground beef made me abandon my plans of eating the chicken and broccoli that I already had at home. And then I thought about… Continue reading

Simple Roast Chicken

 All I really wanted to make was chicken stock, but this recipe from Kitchn called for the bones from a roast chicken, so I thought I might as well do that first. I found… Continue reading

Kimchi Fried Rice

  This is all I want to eat for then next I-don’t-know-how-long. First of all, I’m entering into a super laggart obsession with fermented foods, and how they’re so good for you. So why… Continue reading

Sweet Potato Curry

  I’ve been getting really into one-pot meals, mainly to appease a certain someone who has the impression that any time I say I want to cook, it will be a 3 hour ordeal…… Continue reading

Tomato Basil Soup and Grilled Cheese!

  Apparently it’s National Grilled Cheese Day??? Which is amazing because I was already craving and planning to make tomato soup and grilled cheese. So exciting!! (P.S. – What’s with all the Days for… Continue reading

Slowcooker Red Curry Lentils

  I wanted to make something hearty (in my slowcooker) that didn’t have meat. This recipe from Pinch of Yum is great. And it’s a lot! I cut the recipe in half, and it’s still… Continue reading

Spicy Lime Jalapeño Chicken Soup with (or without) Beans

  Here’s another in the set-it-and-forget-it category. This one from Heather Christo. Basically you cook the onions, garlic, and jalapeños for a bit in the bottom of a big pot (I used olive oil,… Continue reading

Slow Cooker Mushroom “Risotto” with Brown Rice and Quinoa

  I’m exhausted and I just want comfort food – and I don’t really want to have to cook it! Compromise: slow cooker!!  I basically followed this recipe from The Cooking Jar, except I used… Continue reading

Slow Cooker Mexican Quinoa with Black Beans and Butternut Squash

  Planning to start eating well again (…next week) so in preparation I decided to make a bunch of slow cooker stuff that (I hope!) freezes well!  I got this recipe from Chelsea’s Messy Apron and… Continue reading