So I said I wasn't doing anything exciting this week in our cooking. And for the most part that was fairly true, had some dijon salmon, but I've cooked that before, so no surprises there... the big hit for me was the slowcooker Chicken and Rice.
It started off fairly normal, a few cups of chopped mushrooms, a large onion, roughly chopped, some paprika, chicken thighs (with bone, but skinned), broth and a can of cream of chicken soup. cooked it on low for about 4 hours, then added some pre-cooked brown rice (from earlier in the day), kicked it up to high, and cooked it another hour.
Turned out fairly well, decent flavor, I was happy with it.. at the end we had 2 thighs left and bunch of the fixins with it, and Elizabeth suggested something genius, let's make soup!
So the next day I pulled the chicken meat off the bone, chopped it up, and threw it all into a pot, including the two bones. I added an equal part water, a teaspoon of salt, basil, sage and rosemary, and one bay leaf.
I brought it all to a boil, then dropped the temp, covered, and let it simmer for a solid 2 hours. Made an absolutely fabulous chicken/mushroom/rice soup! Will be having that all week at lunch, methinks.
This Weekend went by pretty quickly, I spent Saturday fixing up the car and reading more in my A+ manual, and Sunday poor Elizabeth got herself a bug and was sick all day and night... :( and I read a couple more chapters in the book. Unfortunately folks, I will have to rescind my former vow to complete the book before the end of this month, and reapply it to the end of the year.
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