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Most people who are having guests for Thanksgiving start cooking at the crack of dawn, work in the kitchen while friends and family are visiting and enjoying the h’or doeurves you slaved over, and then jovially sit at the table waiting for the piece de resistance to arrive. I prefer to organize my Thanksgiving preparations. I [...] Do you remember that nice pile of chicken breast cubes that you set aside after making your chicken soup?Well we are going to make a wonderful stir fry, lo mein, fried rice, or chow mein from that leftover chicken. Of course, it is even nicer if you start with raw chicken for these dishes, but [...]
Stretching a Chicken (part 2). If you read my recipe for turkey croquettes, consider that the first of the three recipes I promised you. All you have to do is substitute some of the soup chicken for turkey. That chicken you had scooped out of the pot is now cooled and ready to be divided into [...] This week large whole chickens were on sale, so I naturally bought one. Generally, since I am cooking for one, I buy a bunch of skinless and boneless chicken breasts when they are on sale for under $1.50 per pound, wrap them individually, and freeze them. You would not believe how far you can stretch [...] I’ve gotten into the habit of looking through my refrigerator to see what’s growing in there before I go to the grocery store. I take it all out, reorganize the foods that can stay, and then go do my shopping. After I get home with my bags full of groceries, and put them all away, [...] |
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