As usual, here's the recipe, followed by my comments. This recipe is adapted from Cravings by Chrissy Teigen. Tools (I'm only listing the ones I'm assuming are slightly unusual) Baster Meat thermometer Dutch oven or roasting pan Ingredients 5-6 pound whole chicken (make sure you're not buying one that's pre-brined or pre-seasoned) 1 lemon (zest and the lemon) 2 whole bulbs of garlic 1 stick unsalted butter 1 package poultry seasoning (in the ... Read the Post...
Wine Club
Since tonight is February's wine club I thought I'd share a little about the event! One of my goals for myself for 2019 was to host a monthly get-together. Last year I (briefly) led a book club but it fizzled out pretty quickly as we realized that people didn't have the time to find the same book and read it on the same timeline--especially because so many of us were trying to be economical and borrow the same one book from the library. But as ... Read the Post...
Goals
One of the most helpful parts of bullet journaling for me has been using it to set goals for myself and being about to track my progress and re-asses my goals as time progresses. I used to think that goal-setting was intimidating and that I was just setting myself up to fail or be disappointed. And to a certain extent I was, but only because I would write down my goals for the year and then set them aside and not look at them again until the next ... Read the Post...
Homemade Chicken Broth
As promised, here's the recipe first. My comments and how I got the recipe are below. Ingredients 4 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken (I used chicken breasts but I'm sure you could use darker meat too) salt and pepper vegetable oil 1 sprig of rosemary 2 springs thyme 1 spring sage (I bought a poultry blend pack of fresh herbs that had rosemary, thyme, & sage so I used them all) 1 bay leaf 3 whole garlic cloves Recipe Pat the chicken dry ... Read the Post...