Chicken Soup

Nothing is better than real good homemade chicken soup :) and today I did just that, made myself some good chicken soup :))

Everyone cook soup but soup comes in many consistency when you ask some individuals, but my thing is a soup can not be a soup without dumplings :)) that is the best ingredient of the soup :)

As I was saying; some individuals do broth and call it soup which it is not, broth is just water in a pan with ingredients cook a few minutes to get a taste.

Soup on the other hand is sweet, mellow, creamy, tasty, it's filled with ingredients and that is boiled down to a semi-thick consistency that makes it not only look but taste like soup.

I did chicken soup and the ingredients I used were vegetable ground provisions and chicken, these ingredients gave me five servings.

Ingredients for Soup...

Half of a chicken is cut into small pieces.

Four English Potatoes.

1 Medium Sweet Potatoe.

Half Cup of Split Peas.

1/2 lb of Pumpkin.

8 Medium Okras Slice.

1 Onion Slice.

1 Sweet Pepper Slice.

5 Garlic Pods finely dice.

Marjoram

Basil.

Chives.

Thyme.

Salt to taste.

For the Dumplings.

Whole Wheat or all-purpose flour can be used.

1/2 Cup of flour.

Pinch of salt

1/4 teaspoon of baking powder.

1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon.

1/4 teaspoon of spice.

1Tsp of sugar.

Water to mix.

Mix all ingredients in a bowl add water to get dough, make sure that the dough is not too wet if it just adds a bit of flour to dry it out to maintain the thick dough texture.

You can the dumplings however you want, I like to do little dumpling balls as it's easier to handle in the soup as to eat, and presentation-wise they look good :)

For the soup, all ingredients are added to a saucepan with medium water, place on the heat, and let it cook for 15 minutes.

 After 15 minutes the soup's consistency should be a semi-thick fusion consisting of all the ingredients which by now you will see soften and break away to make up the soup.

At this stage, you can add the dumplings and leave them to cook for another 10 minutes that will allow the dumplings to cook through and fuse with the ingredient's taste.

Serve Hot. 

Banana Cinnamon Oats Ice Shaker

Banana Cinnamon Oats Ice Shaker.

This is my breakfast that I just did, I really felt like using something different this morning instead of the usual breakfast regime of eggs, toast etc.

This recipe is so tasty and as long as you have the ingredients it will be a blast :)) meaning a good treat of course :))

Ingredients consists of...

2 Bananas

Oats ( powder or whole )

Milk (of your preference)

Sesame Seeds ( seeds or nuts of your preference)

Cinnamon

Ice Cubes.

Little Or No Sweetener as the Bananas already maintains the sweetner.

Method...

In a blender place two bananas, milk, cinnamon, sesame seeds, icecubes, oats and blend , you can add more ice cubes to get the right consistancy if more is needed and serve :)

Add a pinch of Cinnamon and Sesame Seeds or grated nuts on the top.

Enjoy !  :) 

Boat Potatoes Sailing In Chicken Stew :)

This recipe was fun :)) it even had a little sail :))

This of course is such an easy recipe, the main aspect of it is the stew and you can use any stew you want to add as the contents of the boat.

You need to get some large potatoes about four will do for four individuals as one can be very fulfilling.

Cut out the middle of the potatoe in a boat like way leaving enough room for the stew to hold.

With this method you can cook the potatoes first and then scoop it out or you can remove the inside and then cook the potatoes either way will be your preference to do.

Adding the stew is as easy as it gets, place the finish potatoes in a plate and serve.

This recipe you can also play along with in terms of doing more with it.

You can put the potatoes in the oven for a few minutes to get a golden crust, then you can add the stew.

Well for me any method works out great as you can see this recipe was and is another favourite of mine and it taste very good :))

Split Peas And Rice ,Chicken Stew ,Plaintain And Okra

This is a yummy recipe :)) I like to use split peas when I'm doing any kind of stew, I find that the split peas adds an extra superior taste to the entire recipe.

This I just cooked and Yes! I ate, actually this is my share :)).

And you know before I sit down and make myself comfortable with this so good tasting meal I have to do my picture bit to share to all :)

This recipe is very easy to do,and as I said in the beginning it's the amount of time on the heat and the ingredient's fusion that gives the stew it's taste and consistency to be considered a stew.

Not everyone do stews the stew was,some individuals like to skip some finishing methods and base with flour which on my part is a no,no.

Stews are not supposed to look like broth or soup,there is a different consistency when it comes to making real stews.

Stew Lamb Chops With Stew Potatoes.

This recipe is so mouth watering and it taste so good, I always have  to watch myself when I'm cooking it, or I may end up eating all myself :))

As always this is a very easy recipe and it consist of very little effort or energy I must say.

The only energy you will be using is consuming this delicious food :))

With this recipe you need some...
Lamb Chops
Thyme.
Black pepper.
Curry.
Onion Sliced
Garlic Grater,sliced or diced
Marjaram Shredded
Carrots Diced or sliced
Sweet pepper Diced or sliced
Salt to taste.
Ketchup.

And of course you can add any other seasonings as choice,as the more seasonings the better the fusion and taste.

All ingredients are cleaned,peel, chopped,diced and added to a saucepan with water that just covers the meat,try not to put to much water as the gravy will take a while to simmer down to it's consistancy.
As always when you're making stews, the longer it stays on the heat to boil down the better the consistancy and taste.

Never tried the easy out method of basing your stews or gravy with flour, that is a big no, no as it just makes the gravy so milky and the taste is never the same.

As all ingredients cook along together they always fuse perfectly,you can add a pinch of salt if it needs more taste which in fact most of the time it does'nt because the ingredients with the meat creates it's own salt.

Making this recipe you will be sure that everyone will want seconds and thirds etc :))  Enjoy :)