Today we went apple picking. However, we didn't pick any apples because the line was huge to get on the hayride to get up to the trees:
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So instead, we played in the pumpkin patch:
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And they had a petting zoo, where Maya enjoyed giggling at many animals:
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While we were there, a chicken was cooking at home in the crockpot. For those interested in the prolific chicken recipes, I'm going to talk chicken . . . if you don't care about chicken, skip ahead. Anyway, I left it cooking all day and then separated the meat tonight. I have the bones, skin, etc still cooking now to make chicken broth overnight.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIrWPJt-y5jbtRVRfDboKWAmm-LfTRxNM-NFAO5cyQFqOxyu2OqM4Nn8mDXpjKD5_Drpy8XrHmWzPl1782C-zyZSqfaVvDk3x_jUAmCnwcCliTSM458oWzhQc3fZlMV9k-cyybD2dkPK81/s320/CIMG0121.jpg)
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So instead, we played in the pumpkin patch:
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While we were there, a chicken was cooking at home in the crockpot. For those interested in the prolific chicken recipes, I'm going to talk chicken . . . if you don't care about chicken, skip ahead. Anyway, I left it cooking all day and then separated the meat tonight. I have the bones, skin, etc still cooking now to make chicken broth overnight.
Broth: Chicken carcass, including a lot of skin, all of the juices that cooked out of the chicken during the day, 2 small onions, a few cloves of garlic, 2 or 3 carrots, 2 or 3 stalks of celery, 2 or 3 bay leaves, 8ish cups of water and 4 boullion cubes (maybe it's cheating but I like the saltiness). I let it cook for a long time, if it's too watery I add more spices, or if it's too salty I add more water.). Tomorrow I'll strain out the solids, throw away skin & bones, and I blend the veggies in a food processor and pour it back into the broth to add depth.
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In other news, Maya hasn't been sleeping well lately so we've asked her to move out:
1 comment:
Thanks for the broth recipie! Its on the list of slow cooker projects! We also just got a food dehydrator, I could see you being a whiz with those too, if you have any ideas for yet another kitchen tool - I'm all ears!
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