Before our favorite li’l grocery shut down because the owners moved to Florida, we bought a package of Amish-raised chickens’ breasts. Yeah, to my vegan/vegetarian friends, that does sound pretty ghoulish. ANYWAY, I decided I’d better cook them before the freezer burned them, so I…

So I scored some organic chicken thighs, and I had some leftover Jasmine rice and some leftover sauteed mushrooms and some fresh asparagus, and this happened: I thawed the chicken and washed it. Seasoned it with plain salt. Browned it slightly on both sides in…

In case you didn’t know, I love cooking with leftovers. I love it when the fridge is crowded with the tag ends of things, and I can clean all that out AND make something delicious, all in one fell swoop ( or “in one swell…