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Meal #3 from chickens

Jan 6, 2012 by pearsonsprogress

Posted under: Blogroll, food, Grocery Challenge, recipes, saving money

Stewing Chicken Backs

Meal #3 is made from the backs of the chicken. I usually make rolled tacos with this meat but this time I’m trying out a recipe from this OLD cookbook I bought at a yard sale about 35 years ago. It was originally published in 1948 with a revision in 1965. It doesn’t use ingredients one would often find in today’s cookbooks; like: chocolate chips or canned soups and they are generally simpler. This is exactly how the recipe reads and in red font I will add my changes

Tamale Pie

1 cup cornmeal~I will use polenta

4 cups water

1 teaspoon salt

1 medium onion

1 green or chili pepper

3 tablespoons olive oil

2 ½ cups of cooked tomatoes~I will use canned tomatoes

2 cups ground cooked fowl~I’ll leave my chicken in bits…not ground

1 teaspoon salt

Dash cayenne or chili pepper.

Cook cornmeal, water & salt in top of double boiler 45 minutes. ~I’ll cook mine on the stove not double boiler.

Chop onion and pepper and fry in hot oil.

Add tomatoes, meat, salt and cayenne or chili and cook until thickened.

Line a greased baking dish with half the mush, pour in the meat mixture, cover with the remaining mush and bake in a moderately hot oven (375°F) about 30 minutes or until the top is lightly browned.

Serves 6-8~ this we’ll be eating for several meals. John will find this for breakfast with an egg on top!

I’ll use ½ of the chicken broth from the cooking of the backs to make a cream of broccoli soup which is made with the broccoli stocks in the fridge (I throw away as little as possible) + some water I used to cook broccoli. I added a potato to thicken it, seasonings and will finish with whole fat cream.

The old FABULOUS cookbook

3 chicken backs = this amount

Getting the most out of 3 whole chickens~Meals #1&2

Jan 5, 2012 by pearsonsprogress

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Today I started out with 3 whole chickens for a dinner party/committee meeting I will host tomorrow and you can see some of what I’m going to do with them.

Today’s meal is fried chicken with the 6 wings + 1 thigh (John likes thighs): with pasta & green beans.

My menu tomorrow will be:

Starter: Shrimp Appetizer Spread with baguette

1st plate: Broccoli Swiss Cheese Casserole

2nd plate: Honey Baked Chicken From a really good cookbook (Dining on a Dime) my friend Judy gave me. I have made many of the recipes in this book. With white & wild rice, dried cranberries & toasted pine nuts. A friend will bring the salad.

Dessert: Cherry Clafoutis

This is just one of the meals I will get out of these 3 whole chickens.

I’ll use 8 quarter breasts, 4 legs & 4 thighs; allotting 2 pieces per person. Cutting up these 3 whole chickens took me all of 10 mins!! In the coming days, I’ll show you what I’m doing with the rest. I’ve calculated that I will get 7 meals (& one is a dinner party for eight) out of these 3 chickens and that is NOT including the left overs, which will be substantial.

It Pays to Plan

Mar 16, 2011 by pearsonsprogress

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Posted under: blessings, Blogroll, Grocery Challenge, recipes, saving money, Spain

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Planning meals is one of the most effective ways I can cut waste and Read more »

Todays Menu

Mar 9, 2011 by pearsonsprogress

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saving my pennies

At the beginning of each month I make an internet order for groceries to be delivered to me at the house. It saves me several hours of my time and only costs 6€ for the delivery, which is what I would spend on gas to go to the same market. Time & money… I’m all about saving both.

I mentioned at the beginning of the week… Read more »

Todays Menu~ using what I have

Mar 8, 2011 by pearsonsprogress

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… and I have good stuff! Today’s menu looks like this:

Breakfast:

love the fresh eggs!

John: Baked oatmeal

Bobbie: Baked oatmeal Read more »

Moving on to the Chicken Breasts…

Nov 13, 2010 by pearsonsprogress

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I really like chicken! There are just hundreds of tasty meals using this low fat, low cost protein. When I buy the 5 chickens, I cut them up and divide all the pieces according to what I plan to serve and to whom. Chicken breasts are super fun because they can be dressed up or down.

Option #1- Chicken ‘Filetes’. These are very easy to make and really yummy. I can get 4 fillets out of 1 whole (both sides) after taken off the bone, butterflied and pounded flat. After that is done, Read more »