Today I have been quite busy in the kitchen, organizing and cooking. I have been organizing the pantry shelves with the help of Hannah and Rachel, and when we get finished, I’ll post some pictures of it. I also cooked and de-boned 20 lbs of leg quarters, with the help of Rachel and Caroline. I then bagged it into quart bags with 2 cups in each bag. I have found that to be the perfect amount for soups, casseroles, or quesadillas for the whole family. After I de-boned it, I used the water I had saved from boiling the chicken, and added the big bones back in, along with onions, carrots, celery, salt, pepper, organic all-purpose seasoning and poultry seasoning. I cooked this for about 2 hours on a high simmer. I then strained it and put it into containers for the refrigerator and freezer. I put up about 3 gallons of stock, which I will use for soups. Our weather here is cold and wet, so tomorrow I will make a chicken soup, which the girls love. When they are feeling under the weather due to their asthma, and don’t feel like eating anything; they will always eat my soup… in massive quantities.
I hope that you are staying safe and warm this weekend, it seems as if bad weather is everywhere. If you need to warm yourself up, try making this version of hot chocolate. I love Starbuck’s hot chocolate! I don’t drink coffee, but their Peppermint hot chocolate is awesome. Since I can’t afford to go to Starbuck’s all the time, I set out to find out how to copy their hot chocolate. It is so simple, it’s silly. Take 1 cup of milk (I use 1% and it still tastes great) and add 3 Tablespoons of Hershey’s chocolate syrup to it. Heat it in a sauce pan on medium heat. When it reaches about 110 degrees I use a stick blender (you could use a hand mixer) to make it frothy. When it’s about 125 degrees, it’s finished. Pour into your mug, add whipped cream and sprinkles for that special touch. Then sit back and warm yourself up.
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