Seasonal Sundays: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

This week's "Seasonal Seven" recipe collection points the light on chicken, America's favorite protein. Can a home cook ever have too many chicken recipes? LOL maybe so but that doesn't mean we don't need just one more. Here's hoping that one of today's recipes grabs you so much that you think, Yeah, just one more.

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So why is it that eggs are in short supply with rising prices and chicken itself seems to be a stable supply with flat if not slighter lower prices?

We all know that the cause of egg shortages is the bird flu but I must admit, after that, this was all news to me:

• ... egg-laying hens are raised to (duh) lay eggs where "broiler" chickens are raised for meat, there's little to no crossover
• ... egg-producing facilities may house a million chickens, a broiler facility maybe 10,000 so the flu impact, one hit, is huge for egg-layers, less with broilers where risk is more diversified
• ... even more, it just takes longer for egg facilities to recover because it takes a hen nine months to mature enough to lay eggs where broilers are born and butchered in a mere 30-60 days
• ... there's a human factor too, that demand for eggs is less price-sensitive than demand for other foods, we still want to buy eggs, even at higher cost

So. Let's cook some chicken, shall we?!

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In Praise Of ...

• ... Trader Joe's humor, putting plump purple egg ... plant on the empty shelves once the real eggs sell out


• ... the little yearling whitetail who peered into a window from just a few feet away for the longest time at dusk this week, curious, only half-heartedly stomping to make me declare my intentions


• ... avocado toast made with avocados leftover from Super Bowl festivities


• ... YourAttentionPlease.com, which was teased the morning of the Super Bowl, it offers a reminder email for breast cancer screenings, screening locations and more

Democracy Matters

The country needs calm, thoughtful and assertive voices amid the chaos inflicted by a minority hellbent on taking/retaining generational power by strangling democratic principles and equal rights. None of us have to personally change the world. We just have to do our part. Pick one thing for the top of your To Do List this week.

I wish I could find the source but a few words from this week haunt me.

"The urgency for citizens to act is NOW. Because a year from now, all this will be normalized."

Yep. We're the frogs in the big ol' bucket of swamp water and Trump and his crony Republicans are stoking the fire below.

So please, please. Act now. Do all you can. Don't wait for an invitation or a friend. Use the app 5Calls or the topics / scripts provided almost daily via Chop Wood Carry Water. Show up at protests on Presidents Day, tomorrow. Boycott all except very local businesses on February 28th.

Made Me Think ...

• READ Letters from an American: February 9th, 2025 by historian Heather Cox Richardson
• TAKEAWAY "Musk and Trump appear to be concentrating the extraordinary wealth of the American people, along with the power that wealth brings, into their own hands, for their own ends. Trump has championed further tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, while Musk seems to want to make sure his companies, especially SpaceX, win as many government contracts as possible to fund his plan to colonize Mars. But the mission of the United States of America is not, and has never been, to return huge profits to a few leaders."


• READ There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing: How Regime Change Happens in America by journalist and historian Anne Applebaum.
• TAKEAWAY "Despite its name, the Department of Government Efficiency is not, so far, primarily interested in efficiency. DOGE and its boss, Elon Musk, have instead focused their activity on the eradication of the federal civil service, along with its culture and values, and its replacement with something different. In other words: regime change."


• READ Crossing a Line by historian Timothy Snyder on his Substack, written on a night train to the Russian front in Ukraine
• TAKEAWAY "As I close my tablet and go to sleep, I am safer than every single one of you reading this in the United States, and indeed safer than I would be in the United States. My train will stop in five hours. But America will keep hurtling."

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THE SEASONAL SEVEN: Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner

For this week's recipes, I aimed for recipes with late-winter flavors and combinations that ...

• ... are mostly weeknight or meal prep friendly
• ... lean on both fresh chicken and cooked chicken, including rotisserie chickens
• ... usually include vegetables for one-pot meals

• THE RECIPE Honey Mustard Chicken Just five ingredients, fast and simple.
• ANOTHER TAKE Italian Lemon Chicken Italian-style baked chicken, lemon-y and garlick-y. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Easy Margarita Chicken A Quick Supper from a surprising source.
• ANOTHER TAKE Chicken Sybil My favorite Quick Supper, multiple personality chicken. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Rainbow Chicken Chicken (no browning required) and vegetables baked in the oven. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE One-Pot Chicken with Beans & Vegetables A healthy stew, packed with cooked beans and vegetables. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Easy Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas Quick way to get a green chile fix. (PIN This)
• THE RECIPE Southwestern Chicken Taco Salad Plates A summery Quick Supper, no cooking required, just assembly. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Baked Chicken with Herb-Roasted Potatoes A simple, satisfying supper.
• ANOTHER TAKE Fast Roast Chicken with Hasselback Potatoes My signature recipe, just three ingredients and an hour. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Chicken Curry Reminiscent of London's curbside curry take-away.
• ANOTHER TAKE Chicken Cacciatore The classic Italian stew, chicken slow-cooked in a rich tomato sauce. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Black Beans & Rice Skillet Casserole with Smoked Chicken Simple comfort food with smoky flavors.
• ANOTHER TAKE Afghan Chicken & Rice Casserole (Kabeli Palau) Unusual, amazing combination of ingredients. (PIN This)

What's Brand-Spankin' New?!

Wondering about a recipe from the last while? Check Recent Recipes from Kitchen Parade and Recent Vegetable Recipes from A Veggie Venture.

• THE RECIPE Easy Shrimp & Noodles Slurpy-good comfort food in 30 minutes with just five ingredients. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Buffalo Chicken Dip Just five ingredients, lightened up with a hidden secret ingredient, spaghetti squash. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Chicken Nachos with Homemade Pickled Jalapeño Rings Party food in a flash.

• THE RECIPE Winter Tomato Salad (Lightly Pickled Vegetables) Lightly pickled, great color and crunch. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Refrigerator Pickled Beets No canning required! (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Easy-Easy Daikon & Pepper Salad On the table in just 10 minutes! (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Carrot & Daikon Refrigerator Pickle Great to keep on hand for a quick salad or sandwich.

• THE RECIPE How to Cook Quinoa for Meal Prep Just minutes, so handy to have on hand. PIN This
• ANOTHER TAKE How to Cook White Rice Basics done well, for dinner, for the freezer. (PIN This)

February: Reader Favorites

• THE RECIPE Chimichurri How to make chimichurri, the Argentinian parsley sauce. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE Green Chile Sauce (Salsa Verde) New Mexico-style salsa verde. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Kalamata Tuna Salad Bok Choy Wraps Homemade tuna salad made with kalamata olives wrapped in pepper leaves of bok choy.
• ANOTHER TAKE Farmgirl's Swiss Chard Tuna Salad Just take tuna salad, add Swiss chard and olives!

Trending NOW ...

• THE TIP How to Freeze Stock in Canning Jars Thrifty practice for green kitchens. (PIN This)
• CHICKEN STOCK No-Big-Deal Homemade Chicken Stock How to turn making chicken stock from a production into No-Big-Deal. (PIN This)
• VEGETABLE STOCK No-Big-Deal Vegetable Stock for the Slow Cooker Just 4 common vegetables, just 3 hours. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE (Sloooow) Baked Potatoes (How Long to Bake a Baked Potato) One Hour Is Just Not Enough.
• ANOTHER TAKE Microwave Baked Potato Good! Frankly, way better than expected.

February: Recipes Lookin' for a Little Love

• THE RECIPE Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs Perfect every time for meal prep, deviled eggs, egg salad and more. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE How to Poach a Perfect Egg Step-by-step using Cook's Illustrated technique. (PIN This)

• THE RECIPE Maple-Glazed Chicken with Easy Skillet Creamed Carrots & Onions Oven-baked with a maple syrup and rosemary glaze.
• ANOTHER TAKE Rainbow Chicken Chicken and vegetables baked in the oven.

The Kitchen Parade Almanac: Looking Ahead ...

• February 17th (Monday) - President's Day
• February 28th (Friday) - 24 Hour Economic Boycott
• March 1st (Saturday) - Alanna's Unofficial First Day of Spring &
• March 2nd (Sunday) - Academy Awards
• March 4th (Tuesday) - Mardi Gras / Shrove Tuesday / Pancake Night
• March 5th (Wednesday) - Ash Wednesday / Beginning of Lent
• Fridays During Lent - Friday Fish
• March 8th (Saturday) - International Women's Day (IWD)
• March 9th (Sunday) - "spring forward" time change
• March 14th (Friday) - Three-One-Four Day, a Celebration of All Thing St. Louis (314 is our area code!)
• March 14th (Friday) - Pi Day
• March 16th (Sunday) - St. Urho's Day
• March 17th (Monday) - St. Patrick's Day
• March 20th (Thursday) - First Official Day of Spring
• March 22nd (Saturday, 8:30pm your local time) - Earth Hour
• March 25th - Equal Pay Day (2024 was March 12th, way to go, ladies!)
• March 27th (Thursday) - Baseball Opening Day!
get other April date from Extras
• April 1 (Tuesday) - April Fool's Day
• April 12 (Saturday) - 20th - Beginning of Passover
• April 20th - Easter (yikes! so late!)

Looking Back ...

THIS WEEK, YEARS PAST
• 2020 Mid February (Week 8)
• 2021 Mid February (Week 8)
• 2022 Mid February (Week 8)
• 2023 Breakfast Occasions (Week 8)
• 2024 Shrimp Fest! (Week 8) (PIN This)

RECENT WEEKS
• Sweet Little Somethings (Week 7) (PIN This)
• Super Bowl Spread (Week 6) (PIN This)
• Spinach for Any Occasion (Week 5) (PIN This)
• Project Cooking (Week 4) (PIN This)
• Snow-Day Suppers (Week 3) (PIN This)
• Feeding Our Vegetable Cravings (Week 2) (PIN This)
• Best of 2024 (PIN This)

Soups & Salads Especially for February

• THE COLLECTION Seasonal Soup & Salad Recipes for February (PIN This)
• BUT REALLY, DON'T MISS Kale Salad To-Go with Avocado & Apple Make it ahead of time, then take to work or activities. (PIN This)
• & ESPECIALLY THIS Spicy Cauliflower Soup Not pretty but another healthy flavor-packed soup.

Good to Know!

• ONE QUICK TIP My Most-Used Kitchen Tool, a Garbage Bowl or Compost Bowl (PIN This)
• TEN THINGS I Love About Our New Kitchen (PIN This)

Silly (But Fun?!) Food Holidays

• February 16 — National Almond Day (Black Pepper Almonds)
• February 17 — National Cabbage Day (recipes using cabbage)
• February 17 — Indian Pudding Day (Apple Cider Indian Pudding)
• February 20 — National Cherry Pie Day (Cherry Cheesecake Pie )
• February 20 — National Muffin Day (muffin recipes)
• February 22 — National Cook a Sweet Potato Day (recipes using sweet potatoes)

The Best No-Recipe Recipe I Made This Week

Leftovers + Roasted Salmon & Broccoli + Meal Prep Salad Dressing = a Wonderful "Bowl"

Leftover Cauliflower Cream warmed in the microwave, topped with a piece of salmon brushed with sesame oil, surrounded with broccoli roasted with a little more sesame oil, drizzled with some My Everyday Creamy Herb Salad Dressing.

Honestly? This is how dinner comes together in my kitchen most nights ... cooking one/maybe two things, then just picking and choosing from what's on hand and needs using up. It's my personal trick: cooking often to cook less, rarely cooking an entire meal in the same stint.

Trader Joe's Test Kitchen

This week we tried the Chicken Gyoza Potstickers and found them ... meh ... especially compared to the Thai Gyoza right next to them in the freezer section. We love-love the Thai ones, a bargain at $.80 more. Both cook in the skillet in under 10 minutes, I usually serve with roasted vegetables and a salad so we don't eat the whole dang package! (Which, honestly, would be the worst binge in the world.)

A Quick Peek Into a Real-Life Kitchen

Just so you know, everything's not all pretty pictures around here, in the background is a pile of dirty dishes. And just like many (all?) of us, come five o'clock, I too draw a blank about what to make for supper, despite so many recipes I so dearly love. Here's a quick peek from this week.

• THIS WEEK With an abundance of avocados (on sale after the Super Bowl) and oranges (tis February, after all ... ), I made this salad 3x!. Twice I skipped the Lime Vinaigrette and instead used a very dill-bright version of My Everyday Creamy Herb Salad Dressing. Man. So good.
• THE RECIPE Orange & Avocado Salad Simple but sumptuous. (PIN This)

• FOR VALENTINES AT HOME I was pretty proud of myself for cooking the whole meal without a grocery store run, including two dishes that don't get made often enough which paired really well not only with steaks cooked using the reverse-sear method (I think I like it!) but also with one another. They're special but not over the top. They're unusual but not weird. I definitely recommend this combo for a special-occasion meal at home.
• RECIPE #1 Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole) Thin ribbons of onion with rice and a little cream and cheese. (PIN This)
• RECIPE #2 Creamy Carrot Purée A show-stopping side dish, just carrots, cream and fresh rosemary.

Just Updated!

• THE RECIPE No-Big-Deal Homemade Chicken Stock How to turn making chicken stock from a production into No-Big-Deal. (PIN This)
• ANOTHER TAKE No-Big-Deal Vegetable Stock for the Slow Cooker Just 4 common vegetables, just 3 hours. (PIN This)

• ONE QUICK TIP How to Freeze Tomato Paste in Convenient Portions Freeze straight from the can to use later straight from the freezer. (PIN This)
• & ANOTHER How to Freeze Stock in Canning Jars Thrifty practice for green kitchens. (PIN This)
• & MANY MORE Freezer Surprises Surprising Foods That Freeze Well.

• THE RECIPE Spiced Honey Cake Sweetened with honey, warm with fall- and cold-weather spices.
• ANOTHER TAKE Banana Nut Cake with Caramel Frosting My mom's famous (and famously versatile) cake, so banana-y, stays moist for days. (PIN This)

Something to Read

I've been on a ‭Colm Tóibín tear of late, loving Brooklyn and then Long Island, though snoozing through about half of Nora Webster before giving up.

These are intriguing looks into the lives of immigrants, those who leave, those who're left behind from the mid 1950s into the mid 1970s, so within the lifetimes of most of us here reading, I suspect.

One thing I just don't get (perhaps because I read Book #2 before #1) is how Tony moved from a young patient loving suitor to a middle-aged controlling philandering cad. What happened to him?

• BOOK #1 (affiliate link) Brooklyn by Irish author Colm Tóibín
• BOOK #2 Brooklyn (affiliate link) by Irish author Colm Tóibín


• NO TIME TO READ? How I Read 4X More This Year Than Last What I gave up, how I read so much, what I read.

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• Any advice for Seasonal Sundays?
• Just one thing that would make it more useful for you?
• Anything else? Chime in, chat away.

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