Chicken and Dumplings
Quick, easy, yummy.
Ingredients: Chicken carcess
May have been boiled, baked, electrocuted, gassed, and grilled. (Refer to above list - Chicken Recipe From Hell)
Put in pot with a couple of inches water.
Add chopped onion.
Cover and boil until meat falls off bone and a rich stock is formed.
Cool and remove skin, bones and skim off fat.
Add can of cream of mushroom soup
Add extra can of broth
chopped fresh carrots
frozen peas
Cover and boil until carrots are done.
Make dumplings
Mix 2 cups flour with 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 t. salt (?)
Stir in 1/4 cup olive oil and 1 cup milk
(better if you use buttermilk and add an additional 1/2 t. baking soda)
Drop spoonfuls of dough into boiling chicken stew.
Cover and Cook 15 minutes.
Serve with a salad.
Follow with dessert.
Saturday was my niece's birthday. Birthday cake always makes a nice dessert.
Remember presentation is an important part of the culinary experience.
Be open to new methods.
Save the scraps for the raccoons.
And then we celebrated the blessings of family, food and togetherness.
