Chicken

I baked a whole chicken.  Stuffed it with half a small Gala apple, half an onion, and half a lemon.  Rubbed it with olive oil, salt, pepper, and fresh rosemary.  Baked it in the oven at 425? until the thermometer read 165 degrees.  Best chicken I've ever baked!  I baked it uncovered and there was no "steam" from another pan of water underneath.  The skin really kept the chicken tender.

Super moist piece of flavorful chicken!

I used the carcass to make stock.  Simmered the carcass with carrots, celery, onion, for about 4 hours.  All the chicken from the baked chicken disappeared fast.  I needed more chicken for the soup so I poached two chicken breasts in some chicken stock and then shredded it for my Chicken Noodle Soup.  Delicious with parmesan.

Turkey Soup

Turkey Soup

In the past when I've had fresh stock I like a simple soup of ground turkey, spinach, and cannelini beans.  I also like a Pistou soup with vegetables, pasta, and beans with a tomato-basil broth.  I had pesto on hand and no homemade stock so I decided to combine the recipes for a hearty and tasty stew.

1.  Cook ground turkey with onion and garlic.

2.  Boil stock.

3.  Add ingredients, giving each some time to cook:
potato, carrot, leek, whole wheat orzo, kidney and garbanzo beans, yellow squash, corn, spinach, ground turkey mixture.

4.  Stir in pesto and tomato sauce.