Posts Tagged ‘Chicken’

When I look back on the many great things in life, I always reflect on meals and the good times that are shared around them. There are so many cultures and things to eat that I sometimes wonder,” How does a person eat the same thing everyday?” I rarely eat the same dish in a year because there are so many tasty things to eat. I can attest that I have eaten with people of other religions and political philosophies. We do not agree on anything regarding those topics, but when we sit down to eat awesome food, there is nothing but smiles. God gives us food as a blessing for our hearts, mind, body, and soul. Some want to fight and wage war, I want to eat and enjoy the many great people and things in life. It is much easier to smile than frown. For those who share the same vision. Thank you for the joy you spread around the world. Here are a few of the meals I cooked this year that brought many smiles. If some of them puzzle you? Message me and I will tell you what they are or share a recipe. Bon Appetite!

 

Corporate producers of food want you to believe there is no difference between what they create, grow, or fatten up, and super size, versus what is happening naturally when an animal is on its own. Here are some photos that show there are differences. Often there is color and size differences. People are being super-sized by the chemicals added to their food. Buy and eat organic! Don’t be misled by those who want your money, but will let your health fall apart.

Wild Salmon deep coloration vs. Farmed Salmon with Dye Coloring added

Notice the farmed salmon is much fattier

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Pastured Organic Free-Range Egg vs. Caged Up Commercial Farmed Bird Fed Man-Made Feed

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Farm Raised Caged Chicken vs. Free Range Organic Chicken

Farmed chicken loaded with fat

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Fertilized with man-made chemicals vs. Organic natural Strawberry

Almost all produce has been super-sized like this with fertilizer that harms you and the environment

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Farmed-caged Feed Lot Beef (Fatty) vs. Free Range Beef (Where cows roam and eat grass)

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Farmed Salmon top Vs. Wild Salmon bottom

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Cajun Chicken and Angel Hair Pasta

Recipe for Cajun Chicken and Angel Hair Pasta

1 Fryer or about 4 lbs of chicken bone-in

1 lb of Angel hair pasta

1 onion chopped

1/2 bell pepper chopped

6 garlic cloves crushed

2 16 oz cans of  tomatoes

1 16 oz can of stewed tomatoes

4 bay leaves

1/2 teaspoon of dry thyme

Non-Stick Spray

Slap Ya Mama Cajun Season

Season chicken with Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning. Spray a non-stick baking pan and bake chicken until juices run clear about 30 minutes. In another pan, add three tsp of oil and saute onion for two minutes. Add bell pepper and saute for four minutes. Add tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, crushed garlic, bay leaves, thyme, and simmer 20 minutes. Boil pasta according to package directions. Drain Pasta, top with sauce, and then baked chicken, and mix together. Enjoy!

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Tonight, I went back to my new cookbook by Wendy Sweetser called Asian Flavors to cook up this beautiful dish, Fragrant Ginger Chicken with Noodles. It made my insides dance with happiness and delight. It could easily be named YUM!

 

Some of the most common foods in Central America are Yucca Root, Plantains, Black Beans, and Chicken. Whether you are in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, or across the sea in Cuba you will find these foods flavored to the particular country. These foods are tasty, healthy, loaded with fiber, and relatively simple to cook.

Today, I took advantage of that simplicity. Here I prepared roasted chicken, boiled yucca root, platanos, and frijoles negros (AKA Black Beans).

For more information check  out Central American Food at http://gocentralamerica.about.com/od/restaurantsrecipes/tp/Central-America_Food-and-Drink.htm

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The Rooster- A Haiku

Posted: April 25, 2013 in Poetry
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The Rooster

The sun rises high

Perching on a wooden fence

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2013 Albert Moyer, Jr.

To start, gather your ingredients. Which are 2 lbs chicken breast, one onion, one jalapeno, four zucchini or calabacita, a bag of carrots, 15 cloves of garlic crushed, soy sauce, oyster sauce (Lee Kum Kee preferred to avoid MSG), and black pepper. This meal will feed eight people easily(I like leftovers), and takes about 40 minutes to prepare. For the Vegetarians and Vegans, add some soy based meat product or stick with veggies and rice.

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Chop zucchini, onion, and chicken breast. Slice jalapeno and carrots with a mandolin or food processor. I prefer a mandolin. It’s great hand exercise. Watch your fingers!

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Stir fry meat first with half the crushed garlic and about one tablespoon canola oil, because you will not have room for 2 lbs of chicken, and all the vegetables in a wok. Add about a tablespoon of soy sauce and two tablespoons of oyster sauce to meat. Also, season liberally with black pepper. Cook, drain, and add to large bowl. Then stir fry vegetables separately with other half crushed garlic, one tablespoon canola oil, and two tablespoons of soy sauce, and liberally add crushed black pepper. Cook the vegetables long enough to be warm and crunchy. Mix chicken and vegetables together. Cook two cups of white rice following package instructions.  Serve up and enjoy!

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Chicken Vegetable Stir Fry with Oyster Sauce

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