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Comments (20)GD, we love Aidell's sausages! I usually get the chicken and apple, but recently found spicy mango with jalapeno at Target. Very good! Allison, here's how I make gumbo. Amounts are approximate. I buy bottled roux. For me it's just easier than stirring for 20 minutes. When I made gumbo last week I baked the thighs (brushed with a little olive oil, S&P) instead of frying. I'll be doing that from here on. Much less mess! The andouille I buy has enough seasoning in it that I don't bother with anything else. YMMV Chicken and Andouille Gumbo 6 boneless thighs Flour Salt, pepper, and cayenne⨠Vegetable oil for frying 1 cup chopped onions⨠1 cup chopped green bell peppers â¨1 cup chopped celery 4 - 5 heaping tablespoons of dark roux about 8 cups chicken stock, heated 1/2 - 2/3 pound andouille, cut into 1/4-inch slices â¨3 teaspoons minced garlic Hot cooked rice green onions, sliced Remove excess fat from the chicken pieces. Combine flour, salt, pepper, and cayenne in paper bag. Toss in thighs and shake to coat. â¨â¨In a large cast iron skillet heat about 1/2 inch of oil until very hot. Fry the chicken pieces until crust is brown on both sides, about 6-8 minutes per side; drain on paper towels. Let oil cool, then remove from skillet, leaving as many of the browned particles in the pan as possible. In a medium-size bowl combine the onions, bell peppers and celery. Place the stock in a 6-quart stockpot or large Dutch oven and let simmer while you cook the veggies. Add roux to skillet over low heat and stir while it melts down. Then add veggies and cook till soft, stirring constantly. Takes about 10 minutes or so. Bring stock to a slow boil, then add the roux mixture by spoonfuls, stirring until dissolved between additions. Add the garlic and sausage and let simmer for 40 minutes. While gumbo is simmering remove meat from chicken in bite size pieces. Last 5 minutes add chicken. Serve over rice and top with green onions. Here is a link that might be useful: Aidell's Spicy Mango with Jalapeno...See MoreSnow Day!
Comments (103)Did you get a LOT of snow, Amy??? Up here I have a few small white patches here and there--SMALL! I didn't cover anything this time. When things start getting big (unless it's a pot or box that can't collapse you're using--and when they're getting big that's rarely possible) covering them with fabric often does more harm than good. I have iris that are in bud too--not real close to opening yet, but fairly tall bud stems, and, maybe it's just that I haven't had enough snow to hurt them, but they're fine. Iris, especially, are "streamlined" and don't seem to me like they'd easily get flattened. I've never covered my iris for any reason at all. (I didn't even cover my bleeding heart this time, which is in bloom.) If you're determined to try to cover them again "next time," if you have any old window screens--or can find some cheap ones somewhere, they worked VERY well "tented" (tied the tops of two together, so it was a "V shelter") over my dafs in the last snow--when I did actually get a lot up here. The screen wire is too fine to let much snow in--and when it's wet it packs into the screen and virtually none gets to the plants--and the frames of the screens are sturdy enough to not collapse. Also, when they're set up in a "V" the angle is steep enough that much of the snow "slides off" anyway! Try it, you might like it! (I took some "heavy thread" and a BIG needle and "stitched" the top of them together to form a "hinge" to make my V-tent! You could post on Freecycle to see if somebody has some old damaged ones you could pick up!) Or, you might be better off next time to just go out and "shake" the snow off of the plant itself every now and then rather than trying to keep it off of the "cover." Or, if you really are getting a lot of snow, do what I've done with Baby Tree in my front yard a couple times, intentionally pack snow in around the plant to keep it upright. If you "put the snow in the right places" it's not gonna hurt anything. I'm sorry you lost some of your iris for this year, Amy! Skybird...See MoreSnow Day with the Monkey Princess - Frittata version
Comments (18)LOL, Ellen, I told her to call it "Monkey in the Kitchen", but she thinks not. (grin) Olychick, you could easily beat up all dozen eggs together, but she always does them one at a time. For some reason she gets bits of shell in the egg regularly and it's easier to fish them out of a bowl with one egg cracked in it, than out of a big bowl with a dozen eggs in it! gardengrlz, they are good. Since they are low in carbs, we make them into sandwiches with bagels or English Muffins. (grin) Gotta up that carb level, you know? Sally, it's just so much fun to cook with the kids, and they LOVE being on the Cooking Forum, they're always reminding me to take pictures of them doing something so they can "be on the forum". Annie...See MoreSnow Day with the Monkey Princess -Cupcake version
Comments (5)Jasdip, these two are my oldest daughter's kids, their Mom is Amanda. The pigtailed Princess belongs to my younger daughter, Ashley. Neither of her kids are old enough for school, so they didn't have a snow day. Plus, these two live about half a mile away, the two little ones live 35 miles away, so if they had a snow day, they wouldn't be able to get here! It's too bad, they love to play with "Kayda" and "Little Dave". Seems I'm the only one in the family who still calls him Bud.... Annie...See More- 8 years ago
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