A finalist in the 2012 Just Bare Just 5 Cooking Challenge, this recipe comes from Debbie R. of Clearwater, FL. Greek in inspiration, the chunky sauce topping this chicken makes good use of jarred roasted bell peppers, salty feta cheese, and briny olives.
Shredded Brussels sprouts are the new coleslaw, teamed up here with sweet cranberries and tangy feta cheese. Earthy quinoa cooks up so quickly it’s easy to make a small amount for coating tender chicken breasts—a nice counterpoint to the crunch of the salad. Bake Your Day created this recipe from an ingredient list submitted by Tanah B., who was a finalist in the Just Bare Chicken +5 Ingredient Challenge.
For a speedy after-work dinner, get the chicken marinating before you leave the house in the morning. Fragrant jasmine rice rounds out a simple menu—freeze the leftover coconut milk in an ice cube tray to use in a future curry supper. Add a salad of thinly sliced cucumbers or a quick Napa cabbage slaw.
This 5-ingredient recipe was created by Eric G. and was selected as a runner-up in the Just Bare® Just 5 Cooking Challenge in 2011.
If you’d prefer to have chunks of chicken stirred into the macaroni, cut them into ½-inch pieces before cooking.
Look for corn masa flour in the baking aisle, where it usually sits next to coarser cornmeal. Masa, a finer grind of corn that is treated with lime, is used to make corn tortillas but also makes terrific dumplings. The ingredient list might look long, but most are in your pantry waiting to be transformed into this warming stew—a fun twist on a classic that reflects a new region of American cooking.
This is a perfect dish for a more intimate holiday supper. Enjoy with a lively rich chardonnay or Fume Blanc!
Serve this warming sweet-savory chicken dish with steamed Chinese gai lan (broccoli) and fragrant jasmine rice. Substitute other hard winter squash if you’d like, like Buttercup, Kabocha, or Butternut.
In the fall, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and squashes flood the farmers’ markets. Golden roasted cauliflower is especially delicious with this barbecue-coated chicken, but sub in your family’s favorite. If you’d prefer to grill the chicken, just roast the garlic and cauliflower in the oven.
When sun-kissed plums are at their peak, so are other luscious stone fruits, like apricots, nectarines, or pluots—a cross between plums and apricots.