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Overnight Chicken Broth

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One large carrot peeled and diced. One stalk of celery diced. One quarter to one third of a white onion cut into strips. 3 baked bone in skin on chicken breasts.

Earlier in the evening I baked the chicken. I sprayed the glass baking dish with avocado oil spray. I added the chicken and sprayed the top of each chicken breast before I sprinkled approximately 1 1/2 tsp of Fresco Spice Blends Penney’s Little Italy over the tops. Baked uncovered at 375 for 35 minutes

Back to the stock. Add water to cover about 8 cups. A splash of Reisling leftover from our son’s wedding weekend ❤️ probably 1/4 cup or less. If you are doing dry January skip the wine. Cover and cook on low for 10 hours overnight or whenever you have 10 hours to spare. Wake up to chicken broth and the beginning of a nice chicken soup.

I’m going to take the skin off and debone the chicken later today and dump it all (minus the bones and skin) in a stock pot on the stove to simmer and smell nice until dinner! I will also add in more carrots that are peeled and diced, diced celery, and some minced garlic and maybe ginger briefly sautéed in a little olive oil or butter.

Add more water throughout the day when you think it needs more.

Add the noodles at in the last 10 minutes of cooking when you’ve brought the soup to a boil. Follow the package directions for the noodles that you choose. That’s dinner!

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Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Posted on by carrienotcary

Roasted pumpkin seeds are one of my favorite things about Halloween. A little bit of work will give you something to snack on for days.

  • These pumpkins are gutted and ready to be carved.
    These pumpkins are gutted and ready to be carved.

Before you carve a pumpkin you have to take it’s guts out. Take the top off, scoop out all the goo inside, and pick out the seeds. Pro tip, do this messy stuff on top of a layer of newspaper. When you are done just throw the newspaper away. If you are very handy in the garden maybe you could use this newspaper under a layer of mulch to keep weeds away. Our growing season is over so this mess went straight to the garbage.

I keep this really simple. I put the seeds just as they are in a bowl and season them with a tablespoon of what ever sounds good from my spices.

Then I put them on a baking sheet, trying to spread them out into a single layer, and then bake them in a 250 degree oven for 90 minutes or longer.

The chosen spices this year are my go to garlic powder, onion powder, and chili powder

then Everything but…from Fresco Spice Blends. This is basically an everything bagel seasoning

and finally Ranch seasoning also from Fresco Spice Blends.

The winner this year is the Everything but…. seasoning. I guess it’s true, you really can use everything bagel seasoning on well, everything. Or at least pumpkin seeds. Enjoy!