Growing up, this was one of my favourite meals. If my grandparents or mom said they were making tiganisur, I would get so happy! This dish is nostalgic and comforting. If you come from an Albanian family, you know exactly what I mean. Something simple yet so delicious, I find that sometimes the most simplest recipes are the best. …
Chicken recipes
Chicken and Rice
This is my mom’s go-to meal. Growing up, this was what she made on her days off. In Albanian, it is called pul me oriz, which translates to chicken and rice. This is my twist to her original recipe which I find to be a little bland, sorry mom. She boils the chicken and doesn’t use all the seasonings I use; she doesn’t add mushrooms or peppers either. …
Sriracha Yogurt Marinated Chicken
Marinating chicken or meat with yogurt tenderizes and makes your meat or chicken moist, been doing it for years, what I haven’t done till now was add sriracha. Oh boy have I been missing out! I am a little late on joining the sriracha train, but I am here now and am loving it! I add it to mayo, stir fry, marinades, it’s full of flavour and adds a little heat. …
Veggie Chow Mein and Chicken Balls
This is the first time in a couple weeks that I cooked this much! It’s been two weeks since my gallbladder surgery and I am introducing regular foods into my diet, still very low fat and no meat yet, I didn’t get to enjoy my favourite chicken balls, but the rice and noodles were good enough to keep me satisfied! …
Pineapple Chicken
Since I have been on this lighter, less fat diet I have become a little creative with my dinners lately.
I have always enjoyed pineapple with chicken and I usually make this sauce for my chicken balls. I also love my stir fry with chicken, so I combined both dishes into one fabulous dish! …
Barbecue Chicken Kabobs
I love my barbecue chicken, and I make it the same way mama always did, I even use the same BBQ sauce! I didn’t have much chicken on hand, and when that happens I turn the meat or chicken in this case into kabobs!…
Leftover Chicken and Peppers
Got leftover chicken and not sure what to do with it? I got just the recipe for you! This taste best if its leftover rotisserie or barbecue chicken. Its simple to make and it really is tasty….
Orzo with Veggies
This is just one of those dishes that is easy to make and tastes great! I use frozen organic broccoli for this as the fresh broccoli is too expensive, $5 for one bunch! Sometimes its $3.99 but even that costs too much for one small bunch of broccoli, the frozen is convenient as well, I can use how much I want and when ever I need it. You can use fresh if you have it. Another good thing about using frozen broccoli is you can grate it, and it will be hidden, the kids will never know!…
Chicken Pita Sandwich
I love Chicken Shawarma sandwiches, but if your buying them for a family it can get expensive! My son will get a sandwich once and a while at his favourite Shawarma shop in town. Making it home isn’t quite the same, but its still good!
When you go to a shawarma place, you notice the meat being sliced off like Doner kebab or Gyros meat. You can get beef, lamb or chicken. I love all three, but prefer the chicken. Some places will add french fries in the sandwich while others don’t.
When I was a kid I had a friend who was Lebanese and her mom always added fries in her sandwiches…so I do the same. …
Turkey Pot Pie
Tis the season of turkey dinners…with that comes left over turkey! We had a lovely dinner, 8 dinner guests including our family of 5, and even with second servings we still ended up with leftovers! One whole side of the turkey breast untouched and a bit of dark meat mixed in with some gravy….yum:)…