Author: The Whitney

Denny’s: Choose your favorite dish

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Denny’s is a 24 hour diner chain that serves anything from breakfast food to dinner food at any given time. If you want scrambled eggs with bacon at 2 a.m in the morning or a bacon cheeseburger at 11 a.m., then Denny’s is the place for you. Starting out as a 24 hour donut chain in 1953, Denny’s has managed to stay on the map with its variety of dishes to choose from and delicious food. Denny’s is located on 180 N Genesee St Utica, NY 13501. Click here for a survey to share what your favorite Denny’s dishes are.

Baked Mac N Cheese Recipe Podcast

There are many variations on baked macaroni and cheese. Why not try Alliyah McClellan’s, aspiring chef, recipe this year for your thanksgiving dinner. Click here for the live podcast of the recipe.

Breaking Tradition

With Thanksgiving nearring in closer and closer, each day, there’s no denying that some of us like to break tradition and eat out on Thanksgiving Day. (My family can attest to this) Who wants to be stuck washing the dishes and cleaning after a great dinner, every Thanksgiving?

For those of you who prefer eating out on Thanksgiving or simply want to try it for the first time, here are a list of restaurants opened in the Utica area and serving Thanksgiving-themed meals on Thanksgiving day that you may want to consider:

Dominique’s Chesterfield Restaurant- 1713 Bleecker St. Utica, NY

Garden Grille Restaurant at Radisson Hotel- Utica Centre – 200 Genessee St., Downtown Utica

The Beeches of Rome- 7900 Turn Road, Rome, NY

You may call for reservations at each one of these locations.

Cranberry Stuffed Turkey Breasts

With Thanksgiving soon approaching, there are a ton of recipes out there that we all can’t wait to try. Click here to find a recipe for cranberry stuffed turkey breasts.

Also, for more inquiry on where I find my recipes, visit allrecipes.com.

Homemade Pizza

Here at Utica College, the Resident Assistants (RA’s) host fun events for the students that live in their assigned dormitory. These events can be arts & crafts related, educational-based, but most importantly, they can also be food related. The RA of my floor hosted a “Make Your Own Pizza” event. I was slightly skeptical to try it at first because I’ve never done something like this before, but it’s actually really simple and when it comes out of the oven, it tastes great. I made one plain pizza and a pepperoni pizza. But, we all know that there are an endless amount of pizza toppings.

The ingredients include:

Pre-made pizza dough (there are numerous brands available in any supermarket)

Mozzarella cheese

Any other topping of your choice

How To Make it:

Spread the tomato sauce onto the pre-made pizza dough, put your toppings on and preheat the oven to 350 and bake for about 15 minutes. This is really easy to make and is great for lunchtime.

Bacon-Wrapped Barbeque Chicken

This dish made by a Utica College student, Alliyah McClellan, has bacon wrapped baked chicken, smothered with honey barbeque sauce. The side of cheddar & bacon mashed potatoes adds even more bacon flavor to the plate and the more bacon, the merrier. With simple ingredients and a reasonable cooking time of about 2 hours (at most), this dish is very simple to make and comes out tasting great. Though it was her first time making this dish, Alliyah mixed the perfect amount of seasonings together to make a delicious dish.

The ingredients she used a very simple and are as follows:

Purdue chicken breast (using chicken breast makes it easier to wrap the bacon)

Idahoan Applewood Smoked Bacon Flavored Mashed Potatoes (available in any supermarket)

Larry’s Seasoning Salt

Goya Adobe

Oscar Mayer Naturally Hardwood Smoked bacon

Honey barbeque sauce (or any bbq sauce of your preference)

How to make bacon wrapped chicken:

Preheat your oven to 400

Cook the bacon about mid-way, on the stove top

While chicken is baking, take the half-cooked bacon and wrap it around the chicken and let it bake together until both are fully cooked

This dish is simple and fun to make, so why not give it a try at home.

Watch Nyokha Denner Try A New Take On Baked Chicken

Watch aspiring chef, Nyokha Denner, share with us her new take on baked chicken. With a number a different seasonings and sauces, Nyokha makes a nicely seasoned savory baked chicken dish.