Friday, March 1, 2013

Pinteresting

Dear Readers, I have a confession:

I love pinterest. I'm pretty sure if they ever start hiring professional pinners, I would be the perfect candidate. I would be AWESOME at that job.

My new favorite pinterest recipe is this gem I made last night:
http://www.ladybehindthecurtain.com/slow-cooker-mediterranean-chicken/

Oh my dear readers, it was SO delicious. I tweaked the recipe a little. Also, I don't eat rice so Mr. McHusband roasted some brussels sprouts (just olive oil, salt, and lemon pepper) and we ate it on top of those.
  • Instead of 2 TBS brown sugar I put in about a teaspoon of agave, put next time I'd just leave it out. The prunes are sweet enough.
  • I didn't measure the prunes or the olives, I just threw 'em all in. Classic me. 
  • I used 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs instead of what the recipe calls for.
I added a half cup of (homemade! what!) chicken stock because it needed a little more liquid. We had seconds!

This brings me to my new favorite thing: Homemade Chicken Stock!

Don't be scared, dear readers, it was SO easy (and you know I love easy). I made a roast chicken for dinner on Monday and really wanted to try making stock BUT it was late, I was tired, etc. So what did I do? Give up? No way suckaz! I put that carcass in the crockpot with pretty much all the veggies I  had some carrots, onion, garlic, salt, and pepper, covered it with water, and turned that sucker on low. In the morning BOOM DONE! 

Now, if I hadn't been late to get moving I would have used my handy-dandy fat separator, but I was so I put it all in a big tupperware. When I got home that night and it was cold I scooped that fat right off. For dinner that night I roasted some brocolini, warmed up the leftover chicken, and put it in the broth. Simple, delicious, and healthy!

With that, dear readers, I leave you. But not before sharing a really lovely song with y'all.

http://youtu.be/w0CdXaOS5_o

Happy weekending!

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