Chicken Soup with Dumplings
Had Joseph start this off, as I ran off to the grocery store and then finished it over time. This was more of a clean out the fridge type of dish. A little of this, a little of that. As I remember it has: Carrots, celery, leeks, onions, garlic, a red pepper, chicken and the butter and flour to make dumplings. I turned out pretty well and I was able to check off the chicken and dumpling soup that Shannon wants. Another great use of an older hen.
Pepperoni Pizza (playing with spice levels)
GAH! I am tempted to try another thing of oregano, cause this is frustrating. I'll try again this week.
Turkish Carrots and Lentils and Herbs
Shannon wasn't the biggest fan. I thought it was kinda of bright. I may have added a bit to much lemon juice. We both agreed that it'd be better with chicken in it (though that would defeat the purpose of having a vegetarian dish). I also love dill, which is the top of it.
Chicken Tinga Tacos (p158 Food & Wine December 2011)
The first comment I have to make is that the Cotija is a surprisingly salty. Which added quite a bit saltiness to it. However, this still tasted pretty good. I changed the recipe because I thought it was a bit silly to use a non-stick pan, when you are going to sort of deglaze the pan later. I added another chipotle pepper and it had a nice mild bite, but wasn't overwhelming. Good meal, though perhaps a bit to time consuming for a weeknight meal.
Moravian Chicken Pie (p21 Cook's Country December 2011 / January 2012)
This was dreadfully time consuming. I started around 3:30 PM and we didn't eat until much later. Though a good chunk of of that is wait time (bake high temp, bake lower temp, then cooling). Even with that, it was a very simple recipe, with very simple and straight forward flavors. Joseph also helped a bit on this one. While I was making gravy / sauce for the chicken he deboned it. Was it worth the time? I'm still debating that, but as a pie with actual crust, my lack of trying that my come to an end.
For a small bonus this week I went all out and stopped by 2 stores to make some burger deliciousness. Yom combine some good bread, some corse ground beef (George's Grind), Prairie Breeze cheese and added on top some heaven on a plate La Quercia Tamworth Country Cured Bacon. *drool*
