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Greek orzo chicken salad

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It’s the perfect dinner for those nights where you want something light and easy. It’s bright and tangy and delicious.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound chicken breast
  • 2 cups orzo
  • 1/2 cup feta cheese
  • 1/2 red onion, diced
  • 1/4 cup kalamata olives
  • 1 cucumber, diced
  • 1/2 cup spinach, chopped
  • 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 tbsp. Basil, chopped
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • Lemon juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced

Directions

  1. Cut your chicken breast into 1/2 inch to inch pieces. Cook on medium high heat with salt and pepper until browned.
  2. While chicken is cooking cook orzo according to package instructions. 9-12 minutes is the normal cooking time.
  3. When orzo is done stir spinach and basil into warm pasta so that it wilts slightly.
  4. Add your chicken, cheese, olives and veggies to a bowl.
  5. Add your orzo to the bowl and mix well to combine.
  6. In a separate smaller bowl ads oil, lemon juice and garlic. Whisk well to combine.
  7. Add dressing to salad bowl and mix to combine.

You can always add more feta if you like more cheese. More olives if you want more tang. More onion if you want more punch. It’s kind of a recipeless recipe.

Buffalo Chicken Bierocks

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On our trip through Germany on our culinary trek we found a recipe I’m quite fond of. I had never heard of Bierocks before this. It’s a fully contained sandwich that fits perfectly in a lunch box for adults or children. You don’t have to fill them with the spicy blue cheese chicken mixture. You could adapt them to be ham and cheese or cheese and tomato sauce with a little cubed pepperoni.

The traditional filling for these is ground beef and cabbage. I didn’t fill them this way mostly because my family doesn’t eat a lot of cabbage, but if yours does then going traditional might be a good option for you.

Soft pillowy bread

Ingredients

  • 1 cup warm milk
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 packet of active dry yeast
  • 4 cups of all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp. cool melted butter
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 can chicken
  • 3 tbsp. hot sauce (franks red hot)
  • 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp. milk for brushing dough

Directions

  1. Add warmed milk and sugar into the bowl of a mixer with a dough hook and mix until sugar dissolves. Add yeast and mix together. Wait till it starts to foam.
  2. Add 2 cups flour and mix to combine.
  3. Add butter, eggs and salt and mix.
  4. Add remaining 2 cups of flour about a 1/4 cup at a time until dough comes together.
  5. Knead dough either in the machine or by hand for about 10 minutes until a soft dough forms. You want in to spring back quickly when you poke it.
  6. Put dough in a greased mixing bowl and cover with a towel. Let rise for 45 minutes.
  7. In the last ten minutes or so of your first dough proof mix your filling together. Season to taste and set aside.
  8. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knock the air out. Divide into 8 equal pieces. Flatten it in the palm of your hand into about a 4 inch circle. Place 2 tbsp. of filling and roll into a bun shape. Continue until filling is gone.
  9. Let these rise for 45 minutes.
  10. During the last few minutes of this rise preheat oven to 375 degrees and brush bierocks with milk.
  11. Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown.