Monday-To-Friday Chicken

CHICKEN SAVES THE DAY Confetti Pasta Chicken Salad, to squeeze between the office and a PTA meeting. Chicken Reuben Sandwiches, for when the kids come home late from soceer. Or for an old-fashioned sit-down family dinner, Saffron Chicken over Creamy Rice. Chicken is quick, tasty, versatile, inexpensive, and nutritious. And now, in the hands of Michele Urvater, it's both delicious and a problem-solver as she applies her Monday-to-Friday system to America's favorite bird. Award-winning author of the Modnay-to-Friday Cookbook, "the consummate book for the harried cook" (Chicago Tribune), Ms. Urvater presents 180 recipes that really bring home the chicken. A SAMPLING Harried (30 minutes or so): Chicken Satay-Style with Couscous Curried Braised Wings Pan-Roasted Herbed Potatoes and Chicken More Harried (20 to 30 minutes); Chicken Sausages over Red Lentils Puree Hoisen-Glazed Chicken in Tortillas Lemon Chicken Soup with Rice The Big Easy Chicken Salad Extremely Harried (20 minutes or less): Chicken, Tomatoes, and Portobellos over Penne Peppered Stir Fry Pecan Chicken Patties Chinese Chicken Salad Harried with Children: Italian-Style Griled Cheese and Chicken French Turkey Salad Chicken Pizza Pockets