Blogs Posts on "Chicken And Turkey"

Greek yogurt (Recipe: turkey, cranberry and basil meatballs) by The Perfect Pantry on Nov 22, 2009If you're not planning to roast "the big bird" for Thanksgiving, you'll love this week's recipes. Welcome to Not Quite Turkey Week, Day One. Americans learned to love yogurt in the 1970s, when a major yogurt company ran a series of television ads fea...

Brazil food: Kitchens and cooktops (Recipe: chicken with ora pro nobis) by The Perfect Pantry on Nov 5, 2009The fourth in an occasional series of posts about Brazilian food and ingredients we discovered during our recent visit. On our first morning at the Pousada do Capão, we drank cashew juice and ate homemade granola and fresh, really fresh, mango and p...

Ground turkey (Recipe: Greektown turkey meatballs) by The Perfect Pantry on Oct 13, 2009Adapted in part from the archives, with a new recipe, photos and links. When I was a child, I thought I was one of a kind -- the kind of person who loves chicken, but doesn't love turkey. My mother indulged my taste in poultry, and instead of insisti...

Long grain white rice (Recipe: chicken and shrimp jambalaya) by The Perfect Pantry on Aug 20, 2009Who will be the next Chef de Riz? If you love rice, and you love to cook, and you get yourself to Crowley, Louisiana, in October, you could be crowned Chef de Riz at the 73rd Annual International Rice Festival. To earn the title, you'll have to wow t...

Miracle Whip (Recipe: chipotle chicken sandwich) by The Perfect Pantry on Jul 28, 2009Today I stand before you, unapologetic and unashamed, confessing, as I do every summer, my love for Miracle Whip®, the salad dressing that cannot, by law, be called mayonnaise. What can I say in my defense? That, when I was young, my father used to...

Red pepper flakes (Recipe: Laotian chicken and herb salad) by The Perfect Pantry on Jul 26, 2009REVELATION: Did you know you can make your own red pepper flakes? Have you ever thought of doing it? When it comes to peppers, the labels "mild" and "hot" don't really mean much. Is "mild" a NuMexico Naky (500 Scoville Units) or a NuMexico Big Jim (5...

Frozen chicken breasts (Recipe: chicken with mango barbecue sauce) by The Perfect Pantry on Jul 2, 2009Adapted, in part, from an archived post, with new recipe, photos and links. Today I'm planning to bare my breasts. Fear not, my breasts are absolutely G-rated, and they are an essential part of my culinary arsenal. More than any other food product, b...

Coconut milk (Recipe: chicken satay) by The Perfect Pantry on Jun 25, 2009Eight things I know about coconut milk (you'll be glad to know them, too): Coconut milk comes from coconuts, but it's not the liquid found inside the coconut. That's the coconut water. On the tree, young coconuts are green, often the size and shape o...

Sambal oelek (Recipe: Kartoom croquettes) by The Perfect Pantry on Jun 11, 2009A week of ingredients featured in kid-friendly recipes from the Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook by Georgeanne Brennan. Parts of this post come from our archives, with new photos, links and recipe. Welcome to Dr. Seuss Week, Day Three. In a former life, I...

Syrian spice, a Pantry Special (Recipe: chicken shish kabobs) by The Perfect Pantry on Apr 28, 2009Pantry Specials are great ingredients that find their way into my pantry from time to time, but not all the time. In this occasional series of short posts, you'll find information and recipes for foods that might not be on your local supermarket's sh...