Sorry, no food in the house.
I've been sick lately. It's not influenza, but it's a nasty upper respiratory thing that's just knocked me out cold. I haven't been eating, so I haven't been thinking about posting a recipe, either. My only "meals" have been chicken soup, crackers, and scrambled eggs. I haven't even been drinking coffee.
Stumble It!
Yes, it's that serious.
So instead of leaving you with nothing, I'll leave you with an old favorite comfort food: Chicken soup.
Chicken Soup with Rice
It's the ultimate comfort food; keep chicken stock and chicken scraps in the freezer for soups or stews, and it'll be easy to put together a soup when you're not feeling well. Here are the ingredients that went into mine.
6 cups chicken stock
2 cups chicken scraps (from freezer, labelled "chicken for soup")
1/4 cup onion, diced
1/4 cup red pepper and yellow pepper, also from the freezer: last summer's garden yield
1/4 cup frozen corn
1 potato, diced
1 carrot, diced (bunnies enjoyed the leftover peelings)
1 stalk of celery, diced (see above: bunnies handled the ends)
The entire mix simmers in the crockpot most of the day while I rest and heal. About 4:00, I add 1/2 cup wild rice and 1/2 cup barley.
It's the ultimate comfort food; keep chicken stock and chicken scraps in the freezer for soups or stews, and it'll be easy to put together a soup when you're not feeling well. Here are the ingredients that went into mine.
6 cups chicken stock
2 cups chicken scraps (from freezer, labelled "chicken for soup")
1/4 cup onion, diced
1/4 cup red pepper and yellow pepper, also from the freezer: last summer's garden yield
1/4 cup frozen corn
1 potato, diced
1 carrot, diced (bunnies enjoyed the leftover peelings)
1 stalk of celery, diced (see above: bunnies handled the ends)
The entire mix simmers in the crockpot most of the day while I rest and heal. About 4:00, I add 1/2 cup wild rice and 1/2 cup barley.
By the way - "eating the opponent" takes Green Bay to Minnesota. We're considering, in honor of Brett Favre, serving turnovers for breakfast.
Labels: kitchen stories, pandemic ahead
Stumble It!
posted @2:56 PM
4 Comments:
We had the nasty cold stuff here last week and I made some tasty soup using chicken, broth, and other things I had in the freezer. Yum.
Hope you feel better soon.
Mr. T was home 2 days this week sick with the crud going around. It is soup weather.
Love the "turnovers for breakfast" idea. We might do it at our house, too, in honor of Grandpa Brett.
I forget the germ infested classroom you are in. Is there anything you escape?
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