They told me to bring it again. When my husband’s extended family gets together for holidays, everyone brings food and we eat until we can’t fit through the doorway. The Thanksgiving and Christmas menus are generally different, but this year, I was ordered to do a repeat. You know you’ve got a good recipe when [...]
Entries Tagged as 'chicken'
Game Day Real Food Appetizer: Spicy Cheesy Chicken Dip
January 31st, 2012 · 10 Comments · Recipes
Tags: appetizers·cheese·chicken·chicken stock·dip·Mexican·party food·yogurt cheese
Monday Mission: Do Something New with Stock
January 23rd, 2012 · 26 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to do something new with stock this month. It’s a Back to Basics for January, advanced level. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps We’ve often talked about making homemade stocks and bone broths (I’m using those terms interchangeably here, but they do have slightly different meanings [...]
Monday Mission: Grab Those Bones!
November 14th, 2011 · 67 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to call dibs on the turkey carcass this year, make stock…and then commit to using some sort of bone broth in your meal plan at least once a week until May. This mission, by the way, is really for me. But you’re invited to join in! You [...]
Recipe Connection: Slow Cooker Lentil Brown Rice Casserole
October 14th, 2010 · 24 Comments · Recipes
The first time I made this parent recipe, it was a total disaster. The rice and lentils didn’t get cooked, and I had to decide between crunchy rice or a very, very late dinner. We ended up with both, as I baked the dish twice as long as it called for and still had underdone [...]
Tags: chicken·fast meals·Frugality·lentils·main dishes·rice·slow cooker
Monday Mission: Got Meat? (Where does your meat come from?)
May 3rd, 2010 · 37 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to learn about where your meat comes from. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Baby Steps Perhaps you already know everything about your meat. Perhaps you’ve watched Food, Inc. and seek out local, grassfed or pastured, organic meats. Your job, then, is to find the balance. Keep on [...]
Tags: beef·CAFOs·chicken·factory farms·Food Inc.·meat·organic·Spring Cleaning: Get the Junk Out
Do You Know These 10 Tips for Even Better Homemade Chicken Stock?
January 21st, 2010 · 62 Comments · Do It Yourself
Chicken stock is one of the quintessential Kitchen Stewardship habits (you can see the other 9 here). I thought I had it down to a science, but still I have made some changes to the way I make chicken stock since I posted on it last year.
Tags: chicken·stock/broth·tips
