Chicken Salad with Parsley Walnut Pesto

By Angelika Hanna Prep Time: 25 min Cook Time: 15 min (for grilling the chicken) Total Time: 40 min Yield: 4 servings Cuisine: North American/Canadian Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, grilled, skinless, cooled off 2 cup Italian parsley leaves, packed down 1/2 cup toasted walnuts, chopped 1 – 2 garlic cloves, smashed 1/4 cup extra…

Chicken Cacciatore

By Angelika Hanna Recipe: Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 35 min (plus cook time for the pasta) Total Time: 50 min Yield: 4 servings Cuisine: Italian Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients Any pasta of your choice (I used red & white quinoa macaroni) 4 chicken thighs Kosher salt, to taste Freshly ground black pepper, to taste…

Ina’s Chicken Thighs & Creamy Mustard Sauce

By Angelika Hanna Recipe: Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 35 min Total Time: 45 min Yield: 4 servings Cuisine: North American/Canadian Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients: 4 medium chicken thighs, bone in, skin on (the skin prevents the chicken from drying out; remove it after the chicken is cooked if you don’t like to…

Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Casserole

By Angelika Hanna Recipe: Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 50 min Total Time: 60 min Yield: 3-4 servings Cuisine: North American/Canadian Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts and 2 chicken thighs, boneless, skinless, cut in bite-sized chunks (or any equivalent amount of chicken) 3 cups broccoli florets 1 cup of chicken stock…

Hearty Chicken Soup

By Angelika Hanna This simple and easy-to-make chicken soup is one of my favorite soups on a cold winter day. An old saying tells that chicken soup is Penicillin. The legend says that our ancestors apparently healed their colds and flues through eating chicken soups. I believe that there is some truth in this adage.…

Chicken & Kimchi Ramen Soup

By Angelika Hanna It was years ago when I visited New York City that I had Ramen soup in a Japanese restaurant. Normally, I don’t cook Asian meals for various reasons. One of them is that I am not confident in cooking oriental meals. Another reason is that I have to purchase exotic ingredients which…

Jamie Oliver’s Perfect Roast Chicken

By Angelika Hanna ‘There is something romantic about roasted chicken,’ stated celebrity cook Ina Garten in one of her interviews. And Prince Harry and Meghan confirmed Ina’s statement publicly before their wedding. The legend goes even further. It tells that girls who know how to make a tasty roasted chicken for their boyfriend or fiancee,…

Chicken on Spinach-Mushroom-Tomato

By Angelika Hanna Recipe: Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 25 min Total Time: 40 min Yield: 4 servings Cuisine: North American/Canadian Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients: 4 medium chicken breasts (or 2 chicken breasts, sliced horizontally; or 4 thighs, boneless) 1 cooking onion 2 cloves garlic, minced (optional) 5 Roma or Marzano tomatoes, cubed…

Cabbage & Chicken Pan

By Angelika Hanna Recipe: Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 35 min Total Time: 45 min Yield: 4 servings Cuisine: North American/Canadian/European Author: Angelika Hanna / Zest4Food Ingredients: 4 chicken thighs, skinless, cut in bite-sized cubes Extra virgin cold-pressed olive oil 1 tbsp plus butter 1 cooking onion, diced 1/4 red onion, sliced 4 cups green cabbage, shredded…

Paprika Roast Chicken

By Angelika Hanna One memory of my childhood in Germany is the roasted paprika chicken. Lucia, a Polish woman in my small hometown made the best chicken I have ever tasted in her little butcher shop, and there was never anybody else who roasted chicken like Lucia: her chicken were crispy and juicy, spicy and…