Roswell Adventures

Let me start by stating that if you are looking for an orange chicken recipe that involves coating and frying the chicken, this may not be the one for you.  However, if you are looking for a quick, easy versatile meal that can easily adapt to feed everyone in your family, you may have hit pay dirt! Setting the stage...we were looking for an easy way to bake up some chicken thighs. I remembered seeing a recipe of interest, so I gravitated that direction - finding at least a half-dozen that were pretty much identical. It was the leftover chicken from that meal that launched this one. I am not joking when I saw this is an easy dish. In fact, if you do some prep work ahead of time, this can be finished in the time it takes to make rice. And if your rice just needs to be heated...well, be ready to set the table when you throw the first veggies in the skillet. I start the sauce first. Not because it is difficult or takes a lot of time, but because it is quick and easy ...

You might be finding yourself with some leftover holiday ham about now. Or, if you are like me, you purposely purchased a larger-than-life ham with visions of leftovers dancing in your head. I shared my version of black eyed peas in my last blogpost . Another recipe I recently found and fell in love with is  Cream Cheese Potato Ham Soup . Amazing barely describes this soup (and I have the appropriate amount of ham tucked away in the freezer to make this again when Chuck returns from his work travels). Years ago I had devised my version of deviled ham, but it has been a while since we bought a ham, so we probably haven't had any since before I moved here. It was time to break it out, update it a bit and whip some up. This is a super-easy recipe that makes enough for a few meals. Deviled Ham 1 ½ cup ham, chopped 1/2'” thick slice of red onion roughly chopped (or 2 green onions, chopped) ¼ c mayonnaise 1 tsp mustard 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce ab...

For years I have heard about how eating black eyed peas on New Year's Day was supposed to bring luck. Thinking back, however, I couldn't remember having ever tried black eyed peas. We usually go on a just-us getaway for our New Year's celebration, so I hadn't really thought about making them. Out of the blue about a month ago, I decided to buy a bag of dried black eyed peas, not really being sure when I would use them. Then, right before we left for our Christmas trip to Tucson, we learned that bone-in hams were on sale. We rushed out to pick one up to eat...whenever. Fast forward from there to the day after Christmas, when we arrived home and prepared to face the coming blizzard - still certain we'd be leaving to catch a train on Thursday. Even when we saw this... However, as Wednesday dawned and we hard the stories about how bad the roads in town still were - and since our street hadn't been plowed and would be an icy mess at the morning hour we would ha...