Today was a totally lazy day for me, other than cooking and baking. I tried two new things today: Chicken Soup and Chocolate Chip Cookies (paleo style, obviously).
The soup turned out quite well except for the fact that I had to consult a YouTube video on how to quarter a whole chicken and then had to call my culinary genius friend,
+Austen Gage, because I couldn't figure out how to cut the wings off the chicken. My knife wasn't cutting through the bone like the guy's knife in the video was. Long story short, I didn't need to cut any bones anyway because the recipe is called Fall Off The Bone Chicken Soup...duh! After that the rest was easy, it just took some time...almost 2 hours from start to finish. Turns out I couldn't have chosen a better recipe to make today because it was cold and rainy all day and my throat was a little scratchy after karaokeing last night ;) Anyway, the soup was quite flavorful and I have tons left over, so I'll be having chicken soup for a while. Below are some pictures of the process and of course, the link to the recipe...enjoy!
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| Gracie Lou helping me pick out the correct cooking equipment! |
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| The Victim |
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| Waving Goodbye... |
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| Making the Chicken Stock |
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| The Final Product... |
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| Oh, and I made 2 ice cube trays full of chicken broth so I can use it in future recipes...score! |
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Later on in the evening I decided to try my hand at Paleo baking and made Chocolate Chip Cookies. Now, in case you haven't had the opportunity to try my pre-paleo chocolate chip cookies I'll just say that they're kind of my specialty, so I wasn't expecting much out of the paleo ones and I didn't want to get my hopes up. So I jumped in my car and headed to the grocery store to get all of the necessary ingredients...see below.
I will say that these are definitely the most expensive chocolate cookies I've ever made! That tiny bag of Almond Flour (about 4 cups worth) was almost $13 and I used 3 cups in the recipe! Good thing I won't be making these often, since they're still considered an indulgence even though they're healthier than my original chocolate chip cookies. The recipe ended up making 26 cookies, so that ends up being more than $2 a cookie when you add in the other ingredients...whoa! So were they worth it?
They were!! They came out looking like they were going to be hard and I wasn't sure about how the coconut oil would taste in them, but they were super soft and fluffy and you can only taste a hint of the coconut flavor. They also seem more filling than the traditional gluten-filled cookies, so I don't think I'll be as likely to snarf as many down as I normally would! Even if I do have one too many, I still won't feel as guilty ;) So here's the final product...
Well, that's all for now. Back to the grind tomorrow, but more cooking will be in store for me this week! My plan is to cook some salmon and use shrimp in my lunch salad one day (I'm stealing the idea from
+Rachel Romas)! I'm also trying to branch out as I get more comfortable with my cooking skills, so look for some more posts in the coming week.
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