Fall Chicken Stew with Quinoa and Butternut Squash

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Fall Chicken Stew with Quinoa and Butternut Squash

a photo of a bowl full of fall chicken stew including quinoa, chunks of butternut squash, chicken, and kale.

This “New American Heartland” fall chicken stew recipe is bulked up with quinoa and butternut squash. The dish is hearty and filling, and a perfect fall or winter dinner recipe.

When the cold weather sets in, I always want to make cozy, warm comfort food, but those are often not the most healthy recipes (i.e. beef stew, I love you forever, but you’re not healthy haha!). This seasonal dish is healthy, full of vegetables, protein and nutritious grains and it will warm you up from the inside out.

I’m making a loaf of easy herbed focaccia bread to dip in this scrumptious fall chicken stew!

What Do I Need to Make Fall Chicken Stew?

You’ve heard of kitchen sink cookies, and I seriously thought about naming this kitchen sink stew because you seriously add almost everything but the kitchen sink! Ha! But kitchen sink stew doesn’t sound appetizing at all. Here are the ingredients you will need:

  • Chicken Broth
  • Rotisserie Chicken: I like to use rotisserie chicken just to keep things quick and simple, but you can definitely cook your own chicken if you want. Grilled chicken breasts or left over roasted chicken would work great. I prefer to include for chicken breast and chicken thigh meat if I can for the most flavor.
  • Vegetables and Herbs: Butternut Squash, Yellow Onion, Diced Tomatoes, Kale, and Flat-Leaf Parsley
  • Flavor, Seasonings & Spices: Garlic, Kosher Salt, Dried Oregano, Ground Cumin, Nutmeg, Orange Zest and Black Pepper
  • Grains: Quinoa (Trader Joe’s Harvest Grains Blend)
  • Olive Oil

The measurements for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card down below. Keep scrolling for all the details!

Substitutions and Variations

One of the things I love about stew recipes is how customizable they are! This recipe is perfect for adding to or swapping out. Here are a few ideas:

  • You can add cubed potatoes (red potatoes or yukon gold) or sweet potatoes or swap them for the butternut squash.
  • Use couscous or orzo instead of the quinoa.
  • If you aren’t a kale fan, try spinach instead!
  • Of course the veggies are totally up to you – peas, carrots, celery, etc.
  • If you want to make this stew vegetarian, omit the chicken and use vegetable broth instead of chicken stock.

How to Make This Chicken Stew Recipe

To get the depth of flavor you crave in a good stew, it takes a couple of steps starting with r

Andes Mint Ice Cream

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Creamy, rich, dark chocolate mint ice cream is generously filled with Andes Mints to create this scrumptious Andes Mint Ice Cream.

chocolate mint ice cream with Andes mints in small white bowl

Mint Chocolate Ice Cream

If you’ve been churning ice cream with me for long, you know that I love a great mint ice cream. Peppermint Candy Cane Ice Cream is a Christmas-time proof of that.

However, this Fresh Mint Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream is a softer, fresher mint flavor that just might blow your mind. It reminds me of a dressed-up version of the Andes mint that comes with the check at a restaurant.

Designed to mimic store-bought varieties of Classic Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, this flavor captures the timeless combination of refreshingly cool mint and indulgent chocolate chunks with that vivid green hue we all know and love.

chocolate ice cream with chopped up Andes mints on wooden table in white dish

Andes Mint Ice Cream

You’ll need the following ingredients for this recipe:

  • milk
  • dutch process cocoa powder
  • sugar
  • kosher salt
  • semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • heavy cream
  • vanilla extract
  • peppermint extract *
  • finely chopped Andes Mints

Copycat Chick-Fil-A Nuggets and Sauce [+Video]

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Copycat Chick-Fil-A Nuggets and Sauce [+Video]

a photo of several homemade chick fil a nuggets sitting on a wire cooling rack with a small bowl of a dipping sauce sitting next to them

Craving the signature taste of Chick fil A nuggets? Skip the drive-thru and the price tag and try this easy homemade recipe with a delicious homemade sauce for the perfect copycat dish.

When our girls were little, Cade would take them on daddy daughter date nights periodically and the girls always picked Chick-fil-A as the place the wanted to eat dinner. I used to love Dairy Queen as a kiddo so I get it. Plus it’s a daddy date so I’m not invited.

When I was little I guess I used to get out of bed a lot and wake up super early. Which is funny because I HATE, DESPISE, DETEST, and VEHEMENTLY PROTEST waking up. I looooove to sleep and take naps. Love it. Anyway, my parents made me a chart when I was like 3 I think. Every day I didn’t get out of bed I got a whale stamp (remember how stamps weren’t all cool yet? It was just an old black ink pad and whale) on the date and after a week I got to go to Dairy Queen. What a treat!

So, I started researching Chick fil-A chicken copycat recipes and experimenting with recipes. Every recipe I saw had pickle juice so I was intrigued. This is a perfect copycat recipe! And my favorite part, it’s a fraction of the cost! Eating out has gotten so dang expensive!

How to Make Copycat Chick Fil A Chicken Nuggets Video

Ingredients for Copycat Chick Fil A Nuggets

There are few surprise ingredients in this list, but you’re just going to have to trust me! From pickle juice to powdered sugar, there’s a little of everything in these recipes, but each ingredients gets us the flavors we are after. Here is everything you will need:

Chick Fil A Nuggets

  • Chicken Breasts: cut into bite-sized pieces
  • Dill Pickle Juice
  • Water

Breading

  • Flour
  • Powdered Sugar
  • Paprika
  • Chili Powder
  • Black Pepper
  • Salt
  • Baking Powder
  • Peanut Oil

Dredging Liquid

  • Egg
  • Milk

Chick-Fil-A Sauce

  • Honey
  • Yellow Mustard
  • Dijon Mustard
  • Hickory BBQ Sauce
  • Lemon

Lasagna Soup

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With spicy sausage, tender noodles, and a melty cheese topping, this Lasagna Soup recipe has all your favorite Italian ingredients simmered together in one pot.

Lasagna Soup is a cold weather favorite - get the recipe at barefeetinthekitchen.com

A steaming hot bowl of Lasagna Soup makes everybody happy at dinnertime.

Soup season is in full swing and I couldn’t be more excited. Since we moved to Ohio, I’ve been looking forward to meals full of all my favorite Soups and Stews as the temperatures drop.

I already have a feeling we’ll be eating many more bowls of this tasty soup on cold nights all winter long!

Easy Lasagna Soup

Lasagna soup is everything you love about a classic Italian lasagna simmered in soup form. My family loves lasagna with lots of meat in it, so I used both hot sausage and ground beef in this soup.

After browning the meat, I added onions, garlic, and tomatoes along with Italian Seasoning. After simmering everything in chicken broth and adding curly mafalda noodles, the soup finishes with the best ingredient of all: lots of cheese.

For the cheese topping, I use a blend of three different kinds of Italian cheeses. The mix of Ricotta, Parmesan, and Mozzarella cheese adds rich, creamy flavors to this soup.

A big scoop of the cheese topping on my bowl of soup made me very happy indeed. Every spoonful of soup was full of tangy tomato, hot sausage, perfectly cooked noodles, and gooey cheese.

Everyone in my family loves this Lasagna Soup. Most of us went back for a second bowl!

Apple Pecan Brie Mini Appetizers [+Video]

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Apple Pecan Brie Mini Appetizers [+Video]

Apple Pecan Brie Mini Appetizers [+Video]

This apple pecan brie cheese appetizer takes the classic combination of flavors to a sweet new level. So easy to make and everyone will love them.

When you throw out words like “brie”, “roasted apples”, and “puff pastry”, you automatically start to think that this is mega fancy. Secretly, it’s so dang easy, which makes it perfect for holiday parties!

The melty brie fills the crunchy puff pastry with savory creaminess while the apple adds sweetness. It’s the perfect combination of flavors and textures!

What is Brie?

Brie is a soft, buttery and creamy cheese that originated in France. It is off-white in color and made from cow’s milk. It is rich, fruity and earthy in flavor.

How to Make Brie Appetizers Video

Ingredients for Baked Brie Bites

Most of the ingredients for this baked brie appetizer are items that you buy ahead of time and just assemble. So easy! Here is everything you will need:

  • Apple: Honeycrisp, Envy, Braeburn or any apple you love works great
  • Olive Oil: helps roast the apples
  • Salt: enhances the apple flavor
  • Puff Pastry: just buy it pre-made at the store
  • Brie: grab is in your deli section, you can buy a large wheel of brie or small wheels because they will get cubed
    • You can leave the rind on or remove it.
  • Fig Jam: buy a small jar, I love Trader Joe’s, but any brand works great
    • If you can’t find fig jam, apricot would be a good substitute.
  • Egg and Water: makes an egg wash to help the puff pastry get crispy and golden
  • Cinnamon Pecans: you can make your own or buy them already made at the store
  • Rosemary: fresh is preferred and chop it up little

The details for all the ingredients can be found in the recipe card at the end of this post.

Where Do I Find Brie Cheese?

You will want to head to the deli section to find brie. It will usually be sitting out in the cheese display area, near the feta and other cheeses.

Where Do I Find Puff Pastry?

Puff pastry is found in the freezer section of the grocery store near the pie crusts. The most common brand that I see is Pepperidge Farm.

How to Make Apple

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