Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Not your average Chicken & Rice!

Another great recipe from FatFree Vegan Kitchen, this Turkish Pilaf did not disappoint! Instead of cooking my own rice, I took a shortcut with a brown and wild rice pouch. I also took Susan's suggestion and made it ahead of time. My parents and I went back for seconds!



To go with this, I served up Crispy Panko Mustard Chicken, and somehow forgot to take a picture--oops! I doubled the mustard and used a combo of regular yellow mustard and whole grain dijon. Quick, easy, and tasty!! Although next time I'd probably cut back on the butter... but that's just me :) While the two dishes don't necessarily go "together," I was going for speed and we all enjoyed the party of flavors!


More contests!! Chances to win Mix My Granola at Soap & Chocolate and Missy Maintains. Remember how I joked about looking for a YouBar giveaway? My prayers were answered at Run to the Finish :) And don't forget about Jenn's giveaway for her 1st Blogiversary.

30 comments:

  1. Where is the chicken???? LOL
    Sounds really delicious, sometimes I like to take a short cut too. It's practical indeed.
    Cheers,
    elra

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  2. mmm. that crispy manko and mustard chicken sounds amazing! and the pilaf looks mighty tasty, too :)

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  3. Great food- I want that rice! There are so many fun giveaways going on, its crazy!

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  4. This looks really delicious, and I sure like the sound of that panko chicken too!

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  5. They both sound super-good! Especially the chicken!

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  6. That looks so delish!!
    :)

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  7. Looks really healthy and delicious.

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  8. Thanks for the shout-out! Dinner looks delish. :)

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  9. That looks SO GOOD! I'm doing Meatless in March, but maybe I could try your same idea with tofu???

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  10. Abbie- My guess is that the panko chix recipe would work well for tofu, too! Maybe bake it for a bit, flip, then spread with mustard mix, top w/panko, and bake until nice and toasty! :)

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  11. This rice pilaf does look yummy!

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  12. I love the quick brown and wild rice pouches - what a great side dish!

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  13. I love the you bars too...did you see they have YOU SHAKES now?!

    Miz.

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  14. That chicken and rice looks so delicious!! I think I would have definitely gone back for seconds, too!!

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  15. Ooh delicious!! So colorful too.

    Also I noticed on MizFit you mentioned about eating homemade poptarts... do you have any idea what the recipe would be like? :D

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  16. The turkish pilaf looks fantastic! I love nuts in my rice :)
    Glad you're enjoying yummy meals with the rents ;)

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  17. I love simple dishes like this! I want to try your chicken with some couscous!

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  18. That looks great. I love rice dishes.

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  19. Yum! Everything from her website is golden, isn't it? And I love how it's organized into categories and everything too!

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  20. sucha perfect dinner!

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  21. Fabulous pilaf! And this is what I get for being behind on blog reading--I'm too late for the one contest I really would have liked to enter (Barney Butter--boo hoo!)

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  23. That dish looks great!

    Thanks for wishing me and my sister a Happy Birthday yesterday!

    I'm new to your blog, and I'll be back!

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  24. I love a good rice dish. I have the smell of ginger (a sauce is reducing) cooking on stove and I want this rice so bad to serve with dinner.

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