What Else?
So, really … what ELSE would you expect me to do on a cold, cold winter Saturday, right after a haircut?
Of course! Do some baking!
And this is a recipe I’ve been meaning to try for a long time.
Red, white, and blue “Presidential Muffins” from Espresso Love. They used to have the recipe on the website, but now it’s in the new cookbook. The author created the recipe when President Clinton was vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard–the full name, incidentally, is “Presidential Muffins: Patriotic, but Non-Partisan”). I figured that–even though it’s not exactly blueberry and strawberry season, it was an appropriate weekend to make them, since we’re ushering one President out and a new one in on Tuesday.
But, that’s not all!
I made soup, too!
That’s Spinach-Tortellini soup, from the same cookbook. It’s not really the prettiest soup, but it sure tasted good! (You can get the recipe from the author’s blog, too.)
And wait! There’s more!
Amy’s been swearing up and down that this is the best chicken broth recipe in the world.
You may not have noticed, but I’m chicken-stock-impaired (right along with pie-crust-impaired). Those are two kitchen things that I really want to be able to do well, but can’t. Whenever I try chicken stock, it comes out like chicken-flavored water, not SOUP. Very frustrating. But, I decided to give it a try and bought a chicken at the grocery store this morning. It’s on the stove now and is supposed to simmer for 12-14 hours … or, you know, until I get up in the morning.
Meanwhile, Chappy has been enjoying being my taster, and a big help cleaning the dishes.
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isn’t that a fabulous cookbook!! i so love it! was just looking at those muffins as well….hmmm, may have to go raid the freezer of the gardens bounty tomorrow morning!
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Hi to another Deb,
I follow you at Twitter (Lakedreamer at Twitter) and see some one else has been in the kitchen tonight. Your dishes look delicious! I’m going to bookmark your post and try some of these recipes. I’ve tried to make chicken stock, and like you, it comes out like blah, bland water. Maybe this will work for me. I’ll be curious as to what you think of your chicken soup after using this recipe.
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Go! Go! Go!
And as Bezzie suggested on my blog, you could cut up the tasteless chicken meat (and carrot bits, for that matter) and give them to Chappy.
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[...] all that lovely cold, cold air out there … what better way to swiftly cool a pot full of the chicken broth I made last night? Because, of course, there are all sorts of bacterial rules to follow–you have to cool it [...]
I love the thought of those muffins for Tuesday!
Off to the store for the red and blue.
How’s the haircut? Have an appointment later this week and am looking forward to that ‘free’ feeling I get after a cut.
Those muffins sound very tasty!
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