Yummy soup simmering on the stove
I know that you all will be shocked by this, but it rains very often in Seattle.
Yesterday at church someone said to me that we'd had our eight days of summer, and they all happened in the past two weeks.
Well, fall is most definitely here. What does that mean? Not much. It means we'll be getting some rain!
My tagline when I do our International calls is "I'm coming to you live from Seattle, Washington, where the seasons just don't matter!"
In honor of fall, and to help my daughter and hubby have convenient healthy food, I decided to make a huge pot of chicken stew today. I say "soup" in the subject line and "stew" here because I always throw in so much stuff it's too thick to be soup.
I plopped a nice big bird into my stainless steel pot in fresh water. Two little frozen basil squares (love that; so easy!), 3 cloves of garlic, smashed, sliced celery root, sliced carrot, and seasonings are in there. It's already smelling heavenly.
When clucky is done, I will bring her out and skin her, take the meat off the bones and remove all the fat I can, plus skim the fat from the water. I'll temporarily transfer the stock to a big bowl while I saute the onion, more celery root, two large carrots, and a bit more garlic. Then all the wonderful stock, plus the de-boned chicken, goes back in the pot with the sauteed veggies. I'll add diced potatoes, shredded cabbage, mushrooms, and enough organic free range chicken broth to make the pot nearly overflow! I may leave enough room for some quinoa and maybe lentils. This is an all-day effort, however most of that is done just in simmering! I consider the soup done when the chicken is in shreds, and the potatoes are smooshy. If I feel like it, I may toss in frozen peas. Actually, that sounds good... The seasonings are 'Spike', a natural seasoning blend, the basil I mentioned, garlic of course, freshly ground pepper, and Trader Joe's 21-seasoning Salute! There is a bit of sea salt in now, but I'll let each person salt to taste with the sea salt later. I don't saute the vegetables in any fat, as I believe it changes molecular structure with heat. I may put a bit of coconut oil in once the soup is done, or each can add that or olive oil to taste at serving time.
For hubby, who is NOT having to watch his weight other than to keep from losing it - we may get a nice heavy whole grain bread. Daughter can have that, as well, since she's not gaining much weight during this pregnancy.
And that's my "hello to fall" recipe for the day! Stay warm, everyone.
Ruth
aka Mom Shap
maker of soup and kisser of owies
Yesterday at church someone said to me that we'd had our eight days of summer, and they all happened in the past two weeks.
Well, fall is most definitely here. What does that mean? Not much. It means we'll be getting some rain!
My tagline when I do our International calls is "I'm coming to you live from Seattle, Washington, where the seasons just don't matter!" In honor of fall, and to help my daughter and hubby have convenient healthy food, I decided to make a huge pot of chicken stew today. I say "soup" in the subject line and "stew" here because I always throw in so much stuff it's too thick to be soup.
I plopped a nice big bird into my stainless steel pot in fresh water. Two little frozen basil squares (love that; so easy!), 3 cloves of garlic, smashed, sliced celery root, sliced carrot, and seasonings are in there. It's already smelling heavenly.
When clucky is done, I will bring her out and skin her, take the meat off the bones and remove all the fat I can, plus skim the fat from the water. I'll temporarily transfer the stock to a big bowl while I saute the onion, more celery root, two large carrots, and a bit more garlic. Then all the wonderful stock, plus the de-boned chicken, goes back in the pot with the sauteed veggies. I'll add diced potatoes, shredded cabbage, mushrooms, and enough organic free range chicken broth to make the pot nearly overflow! I may leave enough room for some quinoa and maybe lentils. This is an all-day effort, however most of that is done just in simmering! I consider the soup done when the chicken is in shreds, and the potatoes are smooshy. If I feel like it, I may toss in frozen peas. Actually, that sounds good... The seasonings are 'Spike', a natural seasoning blend, the basil I mentioned, garlic of course, freshly ground pepper, and Trader Joe's 21-seasoning Salute! There is a bit of sea salt in now, but I'll let each person salt to taste with the sea salt later. I don't saute the vegetables in any fat, as I believe it changes molecular structure with heat. I may put a bit of coconut oil in once the soup is done, or each can add that or olive oil to taste at serving time.
For hubby, who is NOT having to watch his weight other than to keep from losing it - we may get a nice heavy whole grain bread. Daughter can have that, as well, since she's not gaining much weight during this pregnancy.
And that's my "hello to fall" recipe for the day! Stay warm, everyone.
Ruth
aka Mom Shap
maker of soup and kisser of owies
mmmm, cannot go wrong with chicken stew! I tend to prefer to roast my chicken (bone in always!), de-bone, then saute veggies in the chicken fat, then add the broth/seasoning. I always buy organic too...wonderful roasty flavor in that.
I am going to steal your basil cubes idea! My yard is full of it, and we do not have too much luck storing it and preserving that unmatched flavor of fresh basil! I will once in a while make butter-cubes of fresh thyme + basil + italian parsely from my yard. mash with butter, then make small logs to freeze. We put this in noodles later, or under our Thanksgiving turkey skin....so that does work!
DH and I are absolutely fiending for beef stew - I may snap this week and get that going. I am also hungry for pork paprikash stew.
I don't need rain to eat this stuff! I love Seattle!!!!! My DH was stationed up at Whidbey during the Vietnam war. He took me around - loved that island, the restaurants were to die for. I also enjoyed Deception Pass. Do you go out there????
I am going to steal your basil cubes idea! My yard is full of it, and we do not have too much luck storing it and preserving that unmatched flavor of fresh basil! I will once in a while make butter-cubes of fresh thyme + basil + italian parsely from my yard. mash with butter, then make small logs to freeze. We put this in noodles later, or under our Thanksgiving turkey skin....so that does work!
DH and I are absolutely fiending for beef stew - I may snap this week and get that going. I am also hungry for pork paprikash stew.
I don't need rain to eat this stuff! I love Seattle!!!!! My DH was stationed up at Whidbey during the Vietnam war. He took me around - loved that island, the restaurants were to die for. I also enjoyed Deception Pass. Do you go out there????
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." ~Mark Twain
Deception Pass is beautiful!!!
And the chicken stew is done, and very tasty! I added frozen peas just because. GREAT idea - silly me never did it - I'm going to plant basil next year. It's soooooooooooooo good. The chopped, frozen is very easy, so why not make your own!!!
The squirrels are out. We call one 'Radar' because he has an ear that was split, and healed, so it looks like a wide V He came to the front door asking for peanuts this morning. :-) DH gave him his usual two. Not one. Two.
And the chicken stew is done, and very tasty! I added frozen peas just because. GREAT idea - silly me never did it - I'm going to plant basil next year. It's soooooooooooooo good. The chopped, frozen is very easy, so why not make your own!!!
The squirrels are out. We call one 'Radar' because he has an ear that was split, and healed, so it looks like a wide V He came to the front door asking for peanuts this morning. :-) DH gave him his usual two. Not one. Two.
That sounds good... I did a simple chickie soup last night. I was really feeling bad and was dying for soup.
I boiled a whole chicken/cut up ........ when it was really done.. and the broth was nice, I threw in some celery, zucchini, tomatoes, oregano, garlic and a few bay leaves....
Picked the chickie off the bone and threw it back in and let it all cook a little more... took out my bay leaves..... and topped it with parmesan..... wow... it's been so long and it tasted so good even without the carrots and noodles.
Soup.. sometimes nothing hits the spot quite like it.
I boiled a whole chicken/cut up ........ when it was really done.. and the broth was nice, I threw in some celery, zucchini, tomatoes, oregano, garlic and a few bay leaves....
Picked the chickie off the bone and threw it back in and let it all cook a little more... took out my bay leaves..... and topped it with parmesan..... wow... it's been so long and it tasted so good even without the carrots and noodles.
Soup.. sometimes nothing hits the spot quite like it.
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