Cinco de Mayo, a few days late

May 12

Cinco de Mayo, a few days late

Chef(s):Charo & Mike Charo had been saying she wanted to make quesadillas with the left over meat from the chicken stock I made the other day and we finally did. we made some salsa and guacamole earlier before we started the Spanish rice and quesadillas. It was very fun to make and we’re a great team! (Charo’s addition): The spanish rice was easily...

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Chicken Pot Pie

May 11

Chicken Pot Pie

Since we have all of that chicken meat after making the stock, I decided to try and make a pot pie. We picked up some frozen peas, carrots, celery, and generic pie crusts. It worked out wonderfully, and we both really enjoyed it. Definitely making this again...

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Chicken Stock

May 10

Chicken Stock

We decided to make some Chicken Stock today. It turned out to be a really fun process. It took  about 5 hours until it was all said and done, and produced a lot of meat for various recipes and 32 oz of stock.

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Our porch garden.

May 08

Our porch garden.

Our thumbs are definitely green this weekend! We were gifted a few tomato, potato, and cucumber plants earlier in the week and decided to grab a basil plant from the Farmer’s Market over the weekend. We picked up cilantro, another basil, and green onion at Lowe’s. With any luck these bad boys will start producing some awesome...

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Chili

May 05

Chili

Chef: Mike Ingredients: 1 lb. stew beef, various spices, extra dark chocolate powder, kidney beans, pinto beans, rice, beef bouillon, 1 box of cornbread. Verdict: Slightly salty, but delicious! We ate way too...

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Penne with Italian sausage, spinach, & parmesan.

May 03

Penne with Italian sausage, spinach, & parmesan.

Chef: Charo  & Mike Ingredients: Italian sausage, spinach, garlic, dash of salt, parmesan, Verdict: Wanted to go back for a third bowl, super yummy! Charo made this recipe up and I executed it while she worked. It worked out...

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Beef Stew

May 03

Beef Stew

Chef: Mike Ingredients: 1 lb. stew meat, 2 carrots, 3 potatoes, beef stock, and various spices. Verdict: Slightly spicy and...

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