Grilled Buffalo Chicken
I’ve been testing out different chicken marinades for the last few months and here is another one! Alex really loves spicy anything so I thought I’d try out a buffalo chicken. I made something like this in the crockpot a while ago but wanted to make a grilled version for summer nights when even a crockpot is too hot to have going inside. You will want to let this dish marinade for at least 12 hours. The longer the better though. By the time we ended up grilling ours they had been sitting in the marinade for about 24 hours. If you begin with frozen chicken breasts you’ll want to marinade/defrost for about 36 hours. [amd-yrecipe-recipe:236]
This is one of our favorite grill meals to make. Not only is it really easy with just two ingredients, it is super tasty too. It is also a great meal for summer nights since you use the grill instead of the oven! I typically start with frozen chicken breasts, cover them with the dressing then let it marinate for about 24 hours. If you start with unfrozen chicken breasts you can marinate for about 4 hours before they’re ready.You need to make sure to use Zesty Italian Dressing. I’ve tried both types of dressing and the zesty really just kicks the recipe up a notch. If you use regular Italian Dressing the flavor isn’t quite as good. Don’t worry though, the zesty doesn’t make it spicy, it just give the flavor a more complex note.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:199]
Alex has been wanting to try different types of pizza recently. We’ve both grown sick of our typical pepperoni and mozzarella pies so I thought this would be a great way to spice up a pizza without really going too crazy.One thing I discovered while making this, was that it really is better if you coat the chicken with buffalo sauce before you put it on the pizza. It would also be fantastic if you could cook the chicken with the buffalo sauce and really get the flavor to bond with the chicken. I often make buffalo chicken in the crockpot so I decided just to set some aside in the freezer next time we want this dish.You can use any type of crust you’d like on this pizza. We used a semi-thick crust. I think it would actually be the best if you were to use a super thin crust and just lighten up when adding the toppings. This would really give you a chance to experience all the flavors and provide another texture in the finished product.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:196]
Alex and I love to have tacos for dinner. With this being such an easy recipe, I can set it in the crockpot and forget all about it and we have a fantastic dinner ready at the end of the day!I typically use my own 
Soup is a staple in our house during the cold winter months. I’ve been stuck in a proverbial soup rut though, making the exact same rotation of soups for the last month or two. I decided to break out of this rut by making a hearty chicken noodle soup.This soup is wonderful. It is chock full of veggies, chicken and spices. Alex even complimented the combination of spices in this dish. This soup is also very easy to make and will take you no time at all if you’ve already cooked the chicken. I like to make a little extra chicken in my crockpot whenever I have a dish like this coming up, then have the chicken on hand to just throw in the recipe.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:178]Source: Adapted from 
Every once in a while Alex and I start talking about making a certain dish and it takes us forever to get around to actually make it. This is one of those dishes. We’ve been talking about making it work several months, I even had the cashews hidden away in the pantry (we both LOVE cashews and would have eaten them quickly) but I still just never found the time to actually sit down and make this recipe. Well I finally had time and this recipe is better than we even expected!While this is easy to make you’ll need some interesting ingredients that you might not typically have on hand. This is also a gluten free recipe! You just need to make sure that the oyster sauce you have is gluten free. You can easily search online and find out which brands offer gluten free options.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:177]Source: Adapted from 
This recipe has been a favorite of mine for many years. It is one that my Mom would make while I was growing up and that I still continue to make. Funny story, I haven’t ruined many recipes in my time cooking, but this is the one I have the most trouble with. When adding the garlic salt you need to have a light hand, and there has been a couple of times when I’ve accidently added too much! So be careful, doing this will absolutely ruin the recipe.If you eat gluten free you can simply substitute gluten free spaghetti or penne noodles into the recipe. Either will work and the recipe is then gluten free! The chicken is also optional. I personally like to serve it on the side so people can add as much chicken as they like on their individual plates.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:165]
Alex has been asking me to figure out how to make Chicken Pot Pie for ages now. I figured it was finally time to make his “dream” become reality. However, I wanted to be able to eat too so I decided to make some minor alterations to make this recipe gluten free.This recipe is WAY easy! As long as you have cooked the chicken before you go to make this recipe you can go from nothing to dinner in less than 45 minutes. I would highly suggest using shredded chicken instead of cubed. The shredded would give a better consistency in my opinion.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:151]Source: Adapted from 
Last week I was a very bad blogger. We were in Tech for The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, a Community Theatre show I am directing. I’ve barely been home in the last few weeks so last week I had to go awol as a blogger since I didn’t have time to post anything! Well, we’ve made it through the first weekend of shows, and I finally have time to do other things.Today’s recipe is actually something Alex found and adapted. Since I haven’t been home much in the last couple weeks he’s been having to make his own dinner most nights. This is one of the recipes he came up with! I asked if I could steal it and post since it was SO easy!While Alex paired this with a spice rice you can definitely serve it over plain white rice if you prefer. Alex really loves spicy food, so he created this amped up rice recipe. He said it was the absolute best part of the dinner![amd-yrecipe-recipe:144]
