It's been a busy week in the kitchen. Megan and I went to Costco on Monday and I decided to purchase 5 cooked chickens. They sell for $6.99 each which is a bargain compared to supermarket prices of $12.50.
With all this lovely chicken on hand Darren and I spent some time pulling all the meat off, portioning it then freezing most of it. I think I have enough chicken meat to see us through Summer. Then for the next two days I had both the slow cookers going with the bones in to make delicious rich chicken stock. This has been frozen too so I guess you could say that I'm all stocked up on stock.
Here's what else we've been up to -
* I made just over 2 jars of lemon butter using lemons from our tree ( the juice came from the freezer ).
* Every couple of days Darren emptied the kitchen compost bucket into the compost bin outside.
* We saved the shower warm up water each day and used it to water many plants outside.
* I picked silverbeet, sugar snap peas and lettuce from our garden.
* On Cup Day ( Tuesday ), we made a trip down to Phillip Island with Megan and our three grandchildren. We had fun at the beach climbing rocks and looking into rock pools. Luka made a little pool in the sand while Bryson had fun splashing in the water. We took my homemade wholemeal rolls and picked lettuce from the garden to add to the lunch ( salad rolls ). I took water bottles and ANZAC biscuits for everyone.
* I dried all the washing outside either on the line or clothes horses.
* I cleaned a couple of pairs of sneakers ( runners ) that were looking a little rough and soaked the laces in bleach. While the shoes don't look new, they certainly look much better and cleaner.
* I made about 8 litres of chicken stock. This has been portioned up and frozen for future soup making during the cooler months next year.
* I bulk cooked honey mustard chicken and chunky chicken soup. Both have been portioned up and frozen into single and double sizes.
* I baked ANZAC biscuits for morning teas and the day trip.
* I donated a bag of unwanted items to Savers and received a discount voucher. I then bought a few items of needed clothing and used the discount voucher to get them cheaper.
LINKS -
Chunky Chicken And Veggie Soup
Wholemeal Bread With Extra Goodness
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| Homemade lemon butter |
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| Portioning up the chicken meat |
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| ANZAC biscuits for morning teas and picnics |
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