Oh, the fragrance of something -green? Odors of protein as well. While I was away, this is what happened:
Sauteed boneless, skinless chicken breasts (only one for the two of us) on a bed of pureed swiss chard.
Roasted beets
Corn on the cob
Mixed green salad with Italian tomatoes and avocado. Oil and vinegar dressing - none of that gooey commercial salad dressing, just pure olive oil, rice vinegar, herbs, salt and pepper.
Decent red wine.
No dessert.
About the chicken. He had purchased organic bone in, skin on chicken breasts. He sliced the breasts off the bone and skin so he had two nice cutlets, one for this meal and the other to be frozen for another time. He threw the bones and skin into a pan with some water and a bay leaf and boiled it while he prepared the beets and put them on to roast in a hot oven. Then, with the resulting broth, he whirred it up in the blender with the cooked swiss chard left over from the night before. What broth was left and the bits from the bones went into the dog's supper dish.
Chicken can be hard to do. Often it is tough and fatty (and I know!) Andy is very careful to cook such chicken as this we had tonight for dinner, only for a very short time. It isn't pink or bloody at all. He uses a timer and his nose. He knows.
He always cooks with organically raised chicken and if the whole chicken is to be roasted he marinates this in a blend of kosher salt with a pinch of sugar. He keeps careful track of the doneness. (Roast chicken is for another discussion.)
But however you cook your chicken, respect it. Use everything but the clucking. Always make broth from the bones and skin. This is your ticket to marvelous soups and sauces. Have you ever looked at what is in commercial broth? Makes my skin crawl. And it is so easy to make your own!
My job is cleaning up the kitchen. There were a few of the roasted beets left over. I put them in a baggie and in a few days they will become borscht!
It's not hard to cook from scratch - and even easier when our vegetable garden gets going in the fall.
We believe that eating well- organically, locally, from scratch as much as possible, is key to maintaining health.
Also, it is so fun to cook and eat well!
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