The tally so far?
- Meal No. 1: Roast chicken for two
- Meal No. 2: Chicken Pot Pie for two
- Two quarts of stock
- Breakfast for three cats and two dogs (leftover bits from making stock)
- Meal No. 3: Chicken Pot Pie (lunch) for two
I chopped half an onion and a handful of cherry tomatoes from the garden and sauteed them in olive oil. Then I added the meat from the chicken legs, a can of Cuban style black beans, the last of the salsa, and the tail end of a bag of frozen corn. I seasoned liberally with chives, cilantro, cumin and chipotle chile flakes...Are you beginning to sense a trend here?
I had already put some rice on to cook, using some of the chicken stock and a few more spices, like chili powder and cumin and...(no, not coriander!) a few threads of saffron, which even though it doesn't start with a "C", is very tasty.
Then I fried up a batch of corn tortilla chips in canola oil...
Then I fried up a batch of corn tortilla chips in canola oil...
Meal No. 4
It was pretty tasty and...colorful. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
And here's the latest tally:
- Meal No. 1: Roast chicken (dinner) for two
- Meal No. 2: Chicken Pot Pie (dinner) for two
- Two quarts of stock
- Breakfast for three cats and two dogs (leftover bits from making stock)
- Meal No. 3: Chicken Pot Pie (lunch) for two
- Meal No. 4: Cuban Chicken & Rice (dinner) for two
- Meal No. 5: Cuban Chicken & Rice (lunch) for two
- Meal No. 6: Chicken Pot Pie (dinner) for two
I'll let you know what I do with the rest of the stock, but not for awhile-I promise.
2 comments:
This is superb - but Bossy is distracted by the notion: YOU STILL HAVE THINGS IN YOUR GARDEN???!!!
It's been a ridiculously warm autumn, but don't worry, the cold rains will be setting in any day now.
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