This week I have three recipes to post about. The only one I still need to make up is the cabbage bundles. I'm still on the fence about what to do with those. It will definitely need to be creative. I made the cure-all soup for dinner one night this week, along with cucumber, avocado, and cheese sandwiches. Paul and Charlotte both really loved this soup. I liked it, but did find it very rich. One issue that I have with parmesan cheese is that one cup can be a totally different amount depending on how you grate the cheese. I grated it in my food processor, so one cup was an awful lot of cheese. I have a feeling I would have enjoyed the soup more of I had cut down on the cheese. I really wish more recipes would give weight measurements for those types of ingredients.
I don't eat red meat, so I decided to use chicken in the veal marengo. It was a work day, so I followed Diane's lead and cooked this in the slow cooker. First I chopped the potatoes and put them in the bottom. I followed them with about half a bag of frozen pearl onions (so much easier than peeling!). Then, I coated the meat (three bone-in and skin-on chicken breast halves) in flour and browned it in a skillet. Once the chicken was brown, I added it to the slow cooker. In the same pan I melted the butter, cooked the onion for five minutes, and added the rest of the ingredients for the sauce. I scraped all of the brown bits from the pan, and added it all to the slow cooker along with the herbs. (I was too lazy for a bouquet garni, so they just got thrown in.) I cooked it for 10 hours on low, and came home to a warm dinner. I just had to steam some broccoli to go alongside. Every time I use my slow cooker I wonder why I don't use it more often.
Last, the Chicken Couscous. I really thought I already wrote this up, but I can't seem to find it. I feel like I'm losing my mind. We enjoyed this one a lot. Perfect comfort food for a cold winter night, and not too complicated.
Dear Jora, your Côte d’Azur Cure-all Soup looks rich and has such a lovely color - I found this soup rather thin and I could not agree with you more with respect to the weight measurements. To make the Chicken Marengo in the slow cooker sounds like a fabulous idea, nothing beats coming home after a busy day and smelling a stew that is ready to eat. The Chicken Couscous was also hit at our house, nice and easy family fare!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a lovely weekend, dear friend!
All of these recipes were delicious and a hit in our house. I am trying to do catch-up recipes now since we are so close to the end. So sad. You asked about my side with the soup, they are oyster & soup crackers from the Original Trenton
ReplyDeleteCrackers Co. Something we have eaten for many years in PA & NJ. They are great in soup, but unless they are softened, you may end up in the dentists office.
Have a wonderful weekend.
All three dishes turned out wonderfully. I especially loved reading about everyone's protein choices for the Marengo - that recipe seems to work well with everything. Hope you're having a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteWow! Three recipes in one week! I would like to catch up on some of mine! This week I made two that I will try to post about next week! Yours all turned out lovely! I really enjoyed the soup…and I was quite surprised by that. When I read the recipe, it did not appeal to me at all!
ReplyDeleteYou sure powered through a lot of recipes this week! I think I would have liked the Marengo even more with chicken. And if you find your mind, will you check if mine is there, too??? ;)
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on weight measurements. And I am surprised that Dorie doesn't use weight measurements since Europe cooks by weights. Great make-ups and you are steam rolling along. Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteAll three of your dishes look like they turned out well. I am with you on peeling the onions - a horrible task, but I have never seen frozen onions here. Of these three, I think the chicken cous cous was my favourite, but I liked them all.
ReplyDeleteOh, good, I am so glad that you younger gals think you are losing your minds also. Every so often I think I am losing mine but, if I know you are on the same page, it makes me feel better. I don't know why you would feel overwhelmed, Jora...a baby, a husband, a job.....hmmmm. I don't know why I don't use my slow cooker more often either. I appreciate Diane encouraging us and showing us how it can be done. Bravo to you for getting these three items posted. Thanks for all your explanations and ideas about shortcuts. I'm all over shortcuts.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great assortment of dishes. They were all good. I like knowing the marengo was good with chicken. And can be done in the slow cooker. I too forget to use mine. I love to make chicken stock in it. It cooks all day (or sometimes overnight) on low, unattended, with a pot of gold to be strained at the end of the day. Magic!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see people catching up :-)
ReplyDeleteI am with you on weights - sometimes, it just helps to know.