Chicken Noodle Noodle
It’s a late springtime cold, gross. I hate being sick, but I also can’t stand canned soup, well, except tomato soup. I don’t have a standard recipe or way for making chicken noodle soup, which is why I just make it up everytime I cook it. Through baking and slow cooking chicken noodle soup, I learned that I like it better sauteed and fused with spices.
Instead of using chicken breast, I went with thigh meat — fattier and darker. This didn’t turn out to be a soup, because I didn’t add any additional water to make broth (hence chicken noodle noodle), but the hearty ingreadients that make chicken noodle soup so good are there. I suggest boiling chicken gizzards to make a rich broth or add water in the pan towards the end of cook time.
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 pounds of bone-in-thigh or boneless thigh chicken
- 3 carrots, chopped
- 5 stalks of celery hearts, chopped
- 1 sweet onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon chipotle chile pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander seed
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 2 tablespoons of lite olive oil
- Sea salt to taste
Directions
- Blend spices and salt and season chicken
- Sauté chicken in olive oil for about 5 minutes, boneless, or 10 minutes bone-in
- Remove chicken from pan, leave drippings in pan and add vegetables. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add chicken back to pan, add 1/2-cup of water, and cook on low; bone-in chicken at least an hour, boneless chicken 20 to 30 minutes.
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USAID Administrator says Food Security is an ‘Achievable’ Goal
President Obama outlined Friday a private-public partnership to work on global poverty issues ahead of the Group of Eight summit in Camp David this weekend. Ray Suarez and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah discuss the initiative to lift millions out of poverty and hunger through farming partnerships.
5 Foods that Reduce Inflammation
Inflamation can cause many problems — skin sensitivities, allergies and joint pain. Consume these foods regularly to reduce inflamation: salmon, beans, berries, oats and green tea.
5 Foods that Reduce Inflammation – 6 – MSN Health – Healthy Living Slide Show.
Another Reason Why You Should Sign Up for Google+
As much as I hate to admit, I cannot avoid the nudge from Google to sign up for a Google plus account. I mean, I really had no intentions because to me having a Google+ account means that you are offically given Google all permissions to further invade your life. I mean after all, my email account with them is not really all that private when I see customized ads and Google Calendar and Maps integrated seemlessly in my email. However, Google+ “Sharing” is a game changer.
Google recently added a share button for Google+ users, signalling to Facebook that it is coming after the social network giant and is ready to take them on. Early adopters of Google Plus will benefit very early from this new tweak from Google. As a blogger, I see the value of Google Plus: establishing your brand, building your circles and getting higher Google+ ratings by getting others to favor your content. After all, didn’t The Muppets Google+ commercial during the Oscars make you want a Plus account?
Tweak By Google Signals Content is King.
A Guide To Riesling (It Ain’t All Sweet) | Food Republic
One of my favorite wines. Riesling can range from sweet to dry, so use this guide to determine the sugar, acid and pH of your next bottle of Riesling.
A Guide To Riesling (It Ain’t All Sweet) | Food Republic.
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My Review of the HTC Titan 2
I’m so in love with this phone. Here’s why. This phone is amazingly simple, I really do not have to think. Just like how the Android OS has streamlined operations, so has the Windows phone. All of the trusted apps I was using on my Android I have access to on the Titan. Although I did not have access to a WordPress app, which I do now. And that to me is peachy. I can snap quality photos and upload them to the WordPress app on my phone and blog. I love the WordPress app, but it’s a little buggy!
The screen is huge, 4.7 inches. My husband (IPhone user) is so jealous. He calls my phone a computer, and I’ve even caught him downloading apps on my phone to test it out. Although the screen is huge, this phone is not very thick or heavy.
I love the Zune radio because I like listening to local radio stations. I use my Beats headphones to talk on the phone and as a tuner for the Zune radio.
I love that I have access to Skydrive, which makes it super easy for me to store and make changes to Microsoft documents from my phone.
Call time is the biggest disappointment. I’ve managed 2-1/2 hours of talk time, exasperating when it’s your only phone. I do like the voicemail feature, being that I do not have to dial in to voicemail to listen, filter, and delete voicemail messages.
The social features are underwhelming. All social networking accounts, including LinkedIn & Twitter, are linked in the people’s feature. I don’t like streamlined social networking status updates because my circles are separate, I don’t mix them. I’ve opted to use the Facebook and Twitter apps instead of the Windows People feature.
The storage is okay; however, only 13 GB is available.
A few pics I took with the camera.
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