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A delicious stew recipe from Mom
Posted on January 28th, 2009 3 comments
My mom is very health-conscious, and has become an ultimate soup master. For Christmas, she prepared 9 scrumptious, super healthy, individually portioned frozen soups. I’m still waiting to get the recipes from her, but in the meantime, I’ll share this tasty recipe with you. She occasionally passes recipes my way, and this time even took a photos so I could share it on my blog!
Here is my Mom’s recipe for a frugal chicken stew straight from a recent email.
I have a wonderful chicken stew simmering on the stove right now.TONS of veggies..onions, carrots, white turnip, sweet potato, celery, leek, with a bunch of boneless, skinless chicken thighs. Add a carton of chicken broth, some nice coarse sea salt, 1/2 tsp or more of sage, thyme and a couple bay leaves and let simmer. Later I added some frozen peas and my own touches..some quinoa, frozen kale crumbled up, fresh parsley and a piece of kombu seaweed broken up (which is a very nice subtle flavour in soups by the way). I tasted it a few minutes ago and it is divine! I let it simmer for a really long time (at least 2 hours) and this really releases the flavours and gets everything nice and soft.
You can do a dumpling on top too:1 cup all purpose flour , 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley, 2 tbsp butter, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt znd 1/2 cup milk. In a food processor, or by hand combine everything but the milk..stir it in last and drop in stew by tablespoons.. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes until dumplings have risen. Don’t think I’ll do this, as it doesn’t add any nutrition, but it would be very stew like!
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Tips from the author to frugalize this soup further:
- Make your own chicken or veggie stock. To learn how, see my earlier post, My Day in the Kitchen, or visit Fighting Forclosure to read How to Make Your Own Vegetable or Meat Stock.
- Pick and choose your veggies depending on what is on sale this week, or what you have the fridge. Not all ingredients are required, and on the same token, lots of other veggies could be included.
- Freeze your kale when it’s about to turn. It will come out nice and crispy, making it easy to just flake off into the soup
I hope you enjoy!
3 responses to “A delicious stew recipe from Mom”
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I love stew! And I also enjoy making my own stock. OK, now you’ve made me hungry.
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michelle January 29th, 2009 at 12:29
Hi, I’m just wondering…you seem to have sooo many ideas for saving when it comes to food…I have to get groceries tonight, what are some things that freeze well that are easy to make (besides soup and spaghetti)? I did some baking and cooking on Sunday this week and it made life easier when stuff was done already. Love your blog!!
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Saver Queen January 30th, 2009 at 16:33
michelle - good question. Thanks for your comment. Sorry that I didn’t get to your question in time for your grocery shopping, but here are a couple of ideas. I love getting whole chickens when they are on sale. You can freeze it and then defrost it when you’re ready and either serve it with roasted veggies or shred it and make chicken salad. Another really frugal idea is to get some stewed tomatoes, lentils, and onions - mix with spices like curry and ginger and then serve over rice - it’s is a delicious, healthy and very cheap dish. You could easily refreeze leftover portions. Another thing you can do is buy frozen fish (those fillets can be very cheap) and make a simple breading out of the breadcrumb recipe I had here - or simply rub with s&p and cook over a lemon slice - you can cook this in a variety of ways, including baking in the oven, although I’ve used a frying pan too, and added a little white wine. Excellent. Also check out my suggestions for homemade pizzas - either buy frozen or fresh dough, or make your own, add your favourite toppings and freeze. Presto, it’s the easiest meal in the world to slide a pizza into the oven but healthier and way cheaper than most frozen or take-away alternatives. Hope that helps. You can also check out Martha Stewart, Canadian Living, Homemakers or the Food Network, all online, for more ideas.
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