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Chicken Stew

This recipe serves six and has delicious cornmeal dumplings, again, all with only one breast of chicken.
Serves: 6

Skinless chicken is the basis of this delicious stew; cornmeal dumplings are made with low-fat milk.

INGREDIENTS
Stew

1 lb. skinless, boneless chicken meat, cut into 1″ cubes
1/2 cup onion, coarsely chopped
1 medium carrot, peeled and thinly sliced
1 stalk celery, thinly sliced
1/4 teaspoon salt
Black pepper to taste
1 pinch ground cloves
1 bay leaf
3 cups water
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 package frozen peas

Dumplings

1 cup yellow cornmeal
3/4 cup sifted whole wheat flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup low-fat (1%) milk
1 tablespoon olive oil

DIRECTIONS
Stew
1. Place chicken, onion, carrot, celery, salt, pepper, cloves, bay leaf, and water in a large saucepan. Heat to boiling; cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook about 1/2 hour or until chicken is tender.
2. Remove chicken and vegetables from broth. Strain broth.
3. Skim fat from broth; measure and, if necessary, add water to make 3 cups liquid.
4. Mix cornstarch with 1 cup cooled broth by shaking vigorously in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. 5. Pour into saucepan with remaining broth; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil and is thickened.
6. Add basil, peas, and reserved vegetables to sauce; stir to combine.
7. Add chicken and heat slowly to boiling while preparing cornmeal dumplings.

Dumplings
1. Sift together cornmeal, flour, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
2. Mix together milk and oil. Add milk mixture all at once to dry ingredients; stir just enough to moisten flour and evenly distribute liquid. Dough will be soft.
3. Drop full tablespoons of dough on top of braised meat or stew. Cover tightly; heat to boiling. Reduce heat (do not lift cover) to simmering and steam about 20 minutes.

NUTRITION INFO (per 1.25-cups stew & 2-dumpling serving)
Calories: 299.9
Fat: 4.5 g
Carbohydrates: 41.3 g
Protein: 23.6 g

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Seattle Bag Wars

Seattle wants to charge twenty cents for each plastic bag used. Big buisness who create the bags are waging all out war on the initiative.for more information see;

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In the 1960’s airline pilot Richard Johnson flew to Japan and saw Mushikamados or steam rice cookers being used to make superb rice. He took the idea and developed the Kamado, a large ceramic barbeque outdoor cooker. He promises “it’s the best barbecue in the world.” It also appears to be the most beautiful.

World Wide Ceramic Cooking

Most countries in the world use some kind of ceramic cooking, and ceramic cooked food is universally more delicious. Hawaii and Oceania have luau pits; we have Dutch ovens, Crock pots, Pizza ovens, and Southwest Indian Beehive ovens. India has tandoori ovens and they are common in the Mideast and many parts of Europe as well.

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Posole is a delicious mexican stew. It is often made with pork instead. Enjoy.

1. In a large pot over medium heat, combine oil, onion, garlic, oregano and cumin. Cook, covered, 5 minutes, until onions are tender.
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