Time Travel

I feel like I have travelled back in time to 1959 - or at least taken a few pages from my mother's battered copy of the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook from the same era. This week's dinners have been those old comfort food recipes.


On Monday, I had the day off from work, so I took the extra time to boil a whole chicken. When the meat was falling off the bone, I shredded it and used half to make some homemade chicken and dumplings. They were pretty fantastic. The dumplings came out beautifully. Though - it seems I could have used more room in my pan (even though this one is pretty big). Next time, I will make sure I don't reduce the sauce as much either - there's not really enough broth to dumpling ratio here...




I used the other half of the chicken to put together a Chicken Tetrazzini, which is sitting in the freezer now, waiting patiently until next week to be cooked. I used fresh penne pasta from the farmers market in the casserole, and think it's going to be pretty great.

I am trying to use up some of the meat that I have had frozen for awhile, so I used half of a beef chuck roast in Beef Stroganoff. If you ask me, there is nothing like a recipe that calls for over one stick of butter. I am thinking we're going to be in desperate need of some healthy meals next week.

Tonight, the MP is on his own in the kitchen while I head off to an evening yoga class. Luckily, (or maybe he doesn't think so...) there are lots of leftovers.