Mexican Chicken and Rice

Such things are not left overs; they are planned overs. We make more than enough, freeze it and use it instead of retail frozen dinners.
Here’s what you do with those drumsticks.
You thaw them out.
Boil some rice
Put the drumsticks with plenty of the salsa that you saved with them in the microwave and warm them up.
You [...]

Hot Chicks

OK, I am risking the wrath of the politically correct and all for a joke or, yeah, I admit it, a little attention.
Hopefully, most blog readers have outgrown political correctness and will accuse me only of being a shameless attention seeker with an obvious and substandard chicken recipe. But beat the drums if you [...]

“For I was hungry and you gave Me food…” Matthew 25v35.

I visited the nearest food bank to me today. It is 35 miles away. They treated my son and I with dignity and friendship.. They gave us some great food, including homemade bread and fresh produce. They gave my son a few toys.
Please help people in need. They did not chose their plight. They have [...]

More Stuff for Chickens

With the remaining three pieces of bones chicken breast, I made a very, very simple but delicious recipe my friend gave to me.
This is so simple that absolutely ANYONE can do it.
Take the boneless chicken breast and put it is a pot that you can cover and put in the oven. Preheat oven to 350 [...]

The Chicken Crossed the Road

Thanks to your suggestions, talking with friends and engaging my mind, I cooked my first chicken. Well, chicken breast anyway.
So, here is my easy to cook, even old dumb guys can do it, chicken recipe.
Take some boneless chicken breast. Cover it with flour on both sides. (I just put the flour on a plate and [...]

Frugal Electricity

My electric bill last month was $20. That is the highest it has been for ages. Normally, it is around 13 to 15 dollars.
People ask me how I do that. I get jokes about living by candle light.
I don’t.
It’s easy. If you want to be frugal or use less electricity for whatever reason, here is [...]

Spaghetti Sauce Question

This blog is pretty much a question and request for advice. You have been so kind in the past and for that, I thank you very much. My question is this; What is cheaper, to make your own spaghetti sauce or to buy it? I would imagine that making one’s own is cheaper, but [...]

Refried Legumes

OK, so I had a lot of legumes left over. I moved on to a third use. Legume burritos.
Here’s what I did and, even if I do say so myself, they were the best legume burritos I have ever had.
Cook some rice.
Mash up your legumes. In my case they were pinto legumes. I imagine any [...]

I Confess I am Chicken

OK, this is the truth.
I have never cooked chicken in my life. The major reason for this is that I was a vegetarian for over 30 years. One day, a couple of years ago when I was still in Thailand and still mending my broken heart, my body said something to me.
“Hey you!” my body [...]

Beans, the Final Chapter

Well, actually, there may be another bit on beans at some time, but we will wrap it up for now by saying that they were a great success. Didn’t do much beyond what I said I said yesterday, but will try some of your great suggestions next time.
One thing I did do, near the end, [...]