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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Sunshine, Rainbows and Snow

Snow!
Snow day two for kids.
No school.
Two days ago was snow
Today it is brutally cold.

What better way to brighten a day than
with pancakes.
Not just any pancakes.


This idea came from here. I have to admit
that mine did not turn out perfectly.
I was juggling my 10 month
old and
mixing colors.
They were something fun for the
kids none the less.

I had used a mix since I was limited with
time. You could easily use
a recipe from here as well
if you don't want to
go through the trouble
of making it from scrap and prefer
to be a bit more frugal and make
your own dry mix so that
all you need to do is add wet ingredients in
the morning.


Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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Dont Be a Chicken!

Roasting a whole chicken can be intimidating. It is worth it for the money though. Left over chicken can be used in other recipes. Locally I can find a whole roasting chicken on sale for 69 cents a pound. Thats a pretty good deal I think.

I added flavored butter under the skin.
Here are a few pointers when roasting your own. Im gonna be honest - I dont like the thought of shoveing my hand in the chicken to get the gizzards out. This past time I dumped them out of the chicken and used a knife to assist me. Stuff the chicken with a lemon and onion. Prior to doing that  be sure to salt and pepper the cavity. Finally, you will need to trusse the chicken. This ensures that it will roast evenly. I have never bought butcher twine. Im to cheap frugal. I use the skin to keep the legs from flopping all over.

I cut a whole through the skin for trussing. You can see my finger slightly peaking through.


This is what it will look like once you have used the skin for trussing. Skin from the opposite side is used to hold the leg in for even roasting.  

Roast the chicken at 400 degrees for about an 1 1/2 or until the juices run clear when
you cut between the leg and thigh.