Well I started out with a completely frozen chicken, which I know is a big no, no, but I thought for sure would be done in time for dinner….. It wasn't and started a domino effect.
First going out to dinner last minute, missing church, meeting our new neighbors etc.(the neighbor thing was great)
It also really made it hard for me to make 3 meals out of the chicken, for a couple of reasons, number one being time temperature abuse. You can only reheat something so many times before its no longer healthy to do so. Since we didn't eat the chicken that night, once it was done, it was refrigerated and then reheated the next night for dinner. Soooo good and limey by the way.
In any case, I said in my blog intro, that I wanted to be a mom you could approach on the playground and this kind of stuff, it just happens to all of us. So I am going to share my recipe and then show you things I did accomplish, even though I didn't accomplish sharing "the evolution of a roast chicken"
Recipe
1 whole (local pastured non-GMO recommended) chicken NOT fully frozen, ha, ha!
1 lemon sliced into round 1/2 inch thick
2 diced peppers any would work ( I used seeded jalapeños)
cumin
taco seasoning
crushed garlic at least 3 cloves
2 limes (if large, more if not) 1 lime sliced in rounds same as lemon
1 lime in wedges
Take chicken put in crockpot
rub cumin all over bird
put crushed garlic inside of chicken ( giblets should be removed)
add slices of lemon to top of chicken
add rounds of lime
add diced peppers
shake taco seasoning onto bird
an hour or so before ready to eat squeeze lime wedges over chicken and throw in crockpot
Cook until done
Serve with warm rice and cold avocado
So good together!
Voila!
Perfect for tacos the next day, chicken tortilla soup, or a spicier lime chicken salad, or for taco salad! Possibilities are endless!
Yum!
Other things accomplished, lots of fun with my family!
Cow Appreciation Day at Chik-fil-A!
He was trying to shake his ears off and I was laughing!
If you aren't familiar you dress like a cow and get a free meal!
The back of his shirt said Eat More Chikin
(it looked spookily similar to the way the motto looks)
Playing with sticker books
Reading with Dad
The night the chicken didn't cook and we missed church, but he got a free baby cone and we got to meet our new neighbors!
Eating watermelon on the back patio.
Having a picnic lunch in the beautiful weather we have been having.
So recipe week didn't happen. At a different time in my life this would have devastated me, I said I was going to do this, and I didn't.(which I'm not justifying) The thing is my family still ate, and made wonderful memories. I don't want to always focus on what I didn't do and you shouldn't either.
Enjoy that chicken from scratch!
Ven
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