So I have been missing from this blog for a little while and I am not really sure why. In fact, I am not sure what I have been doing with my time for the past couple of weeks. I guess that is the bliss of a break from school, you can waste time doing absolutely nothing. That is also the bummer of it, after a few weeks off from school I have nothing to show for it.
Well, not nothing exactly… I managed to beat the Legend of Zelda game that I borrowed from a friend. I know that killed some time. And, as an added bonus, if weird lizard-like monsters ever attack Castlewood I know exactly how to defeat them.
I think I spent the bulk of my time hibernating in my house, away from the snow and cold. That is the best part about winter, hiding from it under warm blankets with hot cocoa. It is also the perfect time for comfort food, the type that makes the whole house smell yummy. Last night I experimented with a new recipe, one that I call Chicken and Dumplings for Cheaters. It is pretty easy since the dumplings are made from refrigerated biscuit dough.
Chicken and Dumplings for Cheaters:
Ingredients
3 tablespoons butter
3 large potatoes, peeled and diced
1 medium onion, diced
2 carrots, peeled and diced
3 tablespoons of flour
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, chopped into chunks
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 cup of dry white wine
1 box of chicken broth (32oz.)
1 package of bacon bits
2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
3 cups half-and-half
1 package of refrigerated biscuit dough
Directions
Sauté potatoes, onions, garlic and carrots in butter for 10 minutes until onions are translucent. Add flour and mix thoroughly, coating the vegetables until there are no lumps. Add the chicken, wine and chicken broth with poultry seasoning and simmer for 30 minutes. The broth should thicken and the alcohol will cook off in this time. Add half and half and bacon bits and simmer for an additional ten minutes. Tear the biscuits in half and drop into pot; be careful not to crowd the dumplings, they will expand as they cook. Too many dumplings in the pot and they won’t cook properly. Cover the pot and simmer for 15 minutes, uncover and cook for another 15 minutes until the dumplings are cooked all the way through.
This recipe can also work in the crock-pot. Dump all of the ingredients in the crockpot except the half-and-half, bacon and dumplings. Cook on low all day and add the final three ingredients in the last 30 minutes of cooking.
Either way, try not to stir the mixture after the dumplings go in the pot or they will tear and break up. I recommend eating this in an old pair of sweatpants and a big pair of slipper socks. Comfy clothes always make comfort food taste a little bit better.
a life just ordinary 