Almost a week with no posts?! I’m sorry!

Since we got snowed in my cooking quests have been minimal.  With roads a mess, keeping us from going shopping, and people losing power all around us, I didn’t care to get caught in the middle of a recipe and be stuck unable to finish without power.

I got lucky though, I didn’t lose my power.  It’s not that I didn’t cook at all, I did *gasp* bake a treat for Valentines Day, and I did recently re-attempt the French Chicken in a Pot which was much more successful than the last time!

That said, I do have some update-stories and pictures to share!  More coming soon! I Promise!

By the way… The picture of the icicles I posted on Feb 9th? Now? It’s *MASSIVE!*  It’s HUGE.  It’s a freaking tree trunk. You’ll see… Pictures of that coming soon, too.

Beans, dip, football and herbs…

Saturday night Eric and I weren’t feeling too hungry for dinner since we were snowed in and weren’t to active all day.  I made greenbeans amandine again, which I think I added a little too much lemon juice this time, though Eric appreciated it.  I like just a little more than what is called for in the recipe.

almonds and lemon butter waiting for be beans to finish

steaming hot

buffalo chicken dip for the SuperBowl party and leftovers

Last night for the Colts vs Saints Superbowl game, we went to a friend’s place in Fishtown. I made a double recipe of the buffalo chicken dip to bring, and between that and pizza, we had the perfect makings for a Superbowl Sunday!

(Congrats to the Saints!!)

Also It’s been a while since I’ve checked on the Aerogarden, and it’s always a surprise to see how much bigger it was since I last saw! The chives are starting to get out of control, and everything is starting to get pretty big and bushy! *Still* not ready to be used for cooking, but we’re definitely getting close!

Aerogarden around week 5

This coming week will be a busy one, I think tonight will be our only real “down-time.”  Tomorrow I’ll be having a few friends over for the evening, and I’ll be making the chicken in a pot again!  What a nice and easy thing to make and share ^_^  I might be hunting for a different side dish other than rice and beans… These friends were at the Poconos and had the big chicken kiev dinner!  Some variety would be nice!

Chicken in a pot, finished!

So, as expected when pulling it out of the oven, it smelled heavenly.  I was amazed by how much ju was in the bottom!  The chicken was practically swimming!

mouthwatering goodness

Ju w/o the veggies

finished chicken! yum!

I don’t have a fat strainer [yet, it's in the mail. Seriously.] so it was a little more work to skim the fat off, but it was worth it.  It was definitely sad to see the stewed celery and onion go, but what was left behind was perfect!

The chicken wasn’t as neat looking after the second flip, but it was definitely moist, and the legs and wings were just falling off the bone.

I was happy to find that most of the juices were in the meat or in the pot, not much left behind on the cutting board, so little mess and little loss!

Both of our plates

mine with the ju... *drool!*

Also the left overs will go into the casserole tomorrow, and I had about 2 1/5 cups of meat left over from half of the chicken.  The remaining ju is freezing in the ice cube tray for a rainy day, and the kitchen is pretty much clean thanks to Eric! Definitely good comfort food, helped me feel a little better.  Mmm, g’night!