Arroz con Pollo

This colourful chicken and rice dish from Latin America is cooked and served in one pot.

The recipe is adapted from 1000 Recipes by DK.

Chicken à la King

Chicken à la King is a dish consisting of diced chicken in a cream sauce, and often with sherry, mushrooms, and vegetables, served over rice, pasta, or bread.  It's a great way to use leftover chicken or turkey.

The recipe is adapted from 1000 Recipes cookbook.

Shrimp À la Basquaise

This is a very simple and delicious dish, quick and easy prawns in a tomato sauce with garlic and sweet peppers. The recipe is taken from 1000 Recipes cookbook.

Creamy Tarragon Chicken

Fresh tarragon and cream is a classic paring in French cuisine. Add the tender chicken meat, that just melts in your mouth, and you will get a fantastic dish, with creamy fragrant sauce, which is perfect with boiled rice, or with mashed potatoes with olive oil, black pepper and chopped pitted black olives.

The recipe is taken from "1000 Recipes" cookbook.

Chicken and Chickpea Pilaf

This one-pot rice dish is full of flavour and is easy to make. The recipe is taken from "1000 Recipes" cookbook.

Braised Lamb with Olives

This dish packs plenty of flavour with it's tomato, olive and herb sauce. Best with hot, fluffy couscous, but mixed grains work well here too. I adapted this recipe from "1000 recipes" cookbook.

Chicken and Mushroom Jalousie

Although it looks impressive, this pie is quick and easy to make with shop-bought puff pastry. The recipe is taken from the "1000 recipes" cookbook, with a couple of changes: I have added mushrooms instead of the leek, and used uncooked chicken meat.

Spiced Lentils with Chicken

This simple dish makes a healthy, satisfying winter main course. I adapted the recipe from "1000 recipes" cookbook, just substituted guinea fowl with the chicken.