When Chris first approached me about writing for From Scratch Club (over a year ago! woot!) we were both excited for me to write about meals and recipes that were a bit more meat-centric. I’m not a “Meatless Monday” kind of gal. I’m more of a “oh you aren’t eating meat on Monday? MORE MEAT…
Tag: chicken
{Kitchen Confessions} Quick Chicken Enchiladas
I have a confession to make. Brace yourselves. Sometimes I cheat… …sometimes I cheat and I buy a pre-roasted chicken from the grocery store! Oh man, does it feel good to get that off my chest. Let’s get real. I mean, I work all day.. I have a regular J.O.B. and there are times it…
{FSC TIME MACHINE} Backyard Chickens Part 2
We’re spending this weekend talking chicken… …backyard chickens! Yesterday we had part one of the two-part series, with links to incubating & candling chick eggs, hatching chicks, sexing chicks and general ‘how to’ get started. Today, Liz shares her experience, tips & tricks all about the after-chick stage… Liz talks chicken coops Why bother…
{Grain Brains} Parmigianino Millet Chicken Soup
A recipe challenge to help you get whole grains into your mouth, not just your kitchen. +++ It’s winter, this old house is cold, and my bones need a bowl of chicken soup. Nothing warms the soul like an elixir of pullet. I usually make chunky veggie chicken-soup, skipping rice or noodles. I don’t like…
{recipe} Chicken Salad: Cool Food for Hot Nights
Sunlit, muggy evenings late in June are the time to introduce chilled foods for dinner. Some of my favorites are green beans, plain potatoes and soba noodles, all delicious when eaten straight out of the refrigerator. Cold artichokes and roasted vegetables are good too. On days when you can’t bare to turn on the stove…
{soup swap} Chickpea Miso Soup
Editor’s Note: This is a post contains TWO recipes: how to make dashi, traditional Japanese Sea Broth and non-traditional miso soup. I must admit this post was hard to write with all the different processes happening; poaching chicken, making dashi, adding miso. I’m not a professional recipe writer. So if you have a question or…
{Meals in Busytown} Greek Chicken & Chickpea Stew
Meals in a hurry… Isn’t that what we all wish for? I know I do. I’m tired when I get home from work and the last question that I want to try an answer is what are we having for dinner. Nevermind trying to create something from nothing on the days that I forgot to…
{weekend reading} national edition
LOCAL NEWS Although local news, it speaks to our industrial food system, Albany County Jail will now have a privatized kitchen. CT based Aramark, has won the 3-year contract to feed staff and inmates. Another local story on All Over Albany discusses Albany County’s plan to change the chicken coop laws. Lastly, there is an…
{Leftover Magic} Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
The very first time I made my own chicken stock and soup, I was pregnant with my first daughter. I simmered my beautiful, delicious soup all day, and therefore got to smell it’s amazing aromas all day. Sadly, by the time evening rolled around, my morning sickness got the best of me, and I couldn’t…
Beer Can Chicken {oh so juicy! oh so fancy!}
One of our weekly staples is one, 4 pound roasted chicken. Beer Can Style. In the oven. So juicy. So fancy. My farm-to-table schedule: I buy a chicken from Dick & Peg (and sometime their grandchildren) of Brookside Farm (farmers of the egg share for Denison Farm CSA package) at the Saturday Saratoga Farmers Market….
