Chicken clucks back into spotlight
Whether it's cooking for your immediate family or staging a full-fledged dinner extravaganza for friends, we can all use a new entertaining entree for the holidays. When we put our heads together to brainstorm, we suddenly realized that our answer this year - surprisingly enough - would be chicken.
Chicken breasts are sometimes overlooked as being a bit ordinary. But in this age of stretched budgets, special diets, allergies and general food phobias, chicken can be dressed up to become a delightful option for all-purpose entertaining.
Today's recipe for Cranberry-Pineapple Stuffed Chicken Breasts is elegant and yet easy - ready for the oven with just 15 minutes of preparation thanks to a "stuffing" of spreadable cheese, store-bought cranberry relish and crushed pineapple. We were so thrilled with the sophisticated flavors that we're planning some extra parties just to show it off!
Suggested menu: Cranberry-Pineapple Stuffed Chicken Breasts with wild rice and sauteed baby green beans (haricot verts).
• Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross write "Desperation Dinners." Contact them at Desperation Dinners, c/o United Media, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016, or tellus@kitchenscoop.com. Or visit the Desperation Dinners Web site at kitchenscoop.com.
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