Sunday, June 12, 2011

Smores, S'mores, S'mores! Yum!

S'mores? But wait I'm not camping... You can have s'mores at home and are fun for sleepovers.

Ingredients
  • Graham crackers
  • Marshmallows
  • Chocolate bar
 
1. Break graham cracker into square. Place 1 square of chocolate and marsh mellow on each graham cracker.
 
2. Broil in oven or toaster oven. I like making in the toaster oven so I can keep an eye on the marsh mellows. I'm allergic to chocolate so I made traditional s'mores for my husband and mine are just marsh mellow. You want to roast them to the post that you would if you were cooking them in a camp fire.

3. Place a graham cracker on top of each creating a cracker sandwich.
4. Enjoy!


Friday, June 3, 2011

Homemade Chicken Soup

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
1 onion
1 whole garlic
1/2 cup carrots
1/2 cup broccoli
1 zucchini
1 yellow squash
2 cups whole wheat noodles
all measurements are estimates
1 teaspoon kosher sea salt
1 teaspoon black pepper (I use a grinder for fresh)
bay leaves
1 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
2 Tablespoon Sweet Paprika

Steps
1. Clean the chicken. (Now would be the time time do a dance number with it. lol)
2. Put insides aside to cook for the cats and dogs. Fry up these with some salt and pepper add to pet food. They love you for it.
3. Cut the chicken apart at the joints.
4. Remove the skin, and bones. Since there is not much meat on the wings just pull skin down to elbow, don't worry about the back bone skin.
5. Cut onion into 8ths. 
6. Peel and cut root off garlic, leave whole. Smash with knife to release garlic juice.
7. Place in crock pot with 4 cups of water, all spice, onions, and cloves.
8. Stew this on high for 4 hours.
9. Separate chicken mix and broth by straining mixture. The broth should go into large cooking pot.
10.  Chicken mix goes into bowl able to withstand high heat. Salvage meat that u can from wings, and throw away wings and back bone. DO NOT GIVE ANY CHICKEN BONES TO YOUR DOGS/CATS THESE BONES ARE TO SHARP FOR THEIR INSIDES!!!
11. Cover and let cool in fridge for a day.
12. The broth have fat film on top of it. Use a slotted spoon to take out the fat.
13. Chop chicken, onions, and broccoli.
14. Slice carrots, zucchini, and yellow squash.
15. Pour broth, chicken, onions, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, and yellow squash in medium size pot. (stretch for more servings add water)
16. Bring to boil.
17. Cook noodles to al dente, add to soup. Al dente means to cook till barely done. Cook little longer for softer soup ingredients.
 18. Enjoy.
This is the first time I have made chicken soup from scratch and my husband loved it. I will be making it again. I hope you love it too.