Visited new baby grandson in NJ,

[elleng]

Last edited Sat Jan 11, 2014, 06:22 PM - Edit history (1)

from MD, brought roasted chix for dinner, + made 2 more dinners before I left. Pleased with myself (as daughter, son in law + friend enjoyed,) so sharing! Really no big deal, but it kind of is for me.

1. Grocery roasted/rotisserie chix, salad + potatoes traveled with me, I sliced potatoes into discs, laid out on cookie sheet, drizzled w olive oil, sprinkled w salt, garlic powder, paprika, placed potatoes into 450 degree oven for about 40 minutes, so some partly browned. Served dinner.

2. Easily available left over chix meat used for chix curry, James Beard recipe (as I recall it. Cook book still missing.) Saute onion + garlic + celery w salt, add 1 16 ? oz can tomatoes/stewed, add 1+ TBlespn curry powder or to taste, keep sauteeing as long as feel like, covered and partially covered, add water to maintain some juice, add Bay leaf if available, and add cut up apple (I used Granny Smith), saute to soften, before adding left over chix meat to warm. Serve over rice with plain yogurt, chutney, raisins, seeds.

3. LAST dinner, Chicken Soup! Chicken carcass in pot, with skin if still available (per DU C+B folks' advice!), 6+ cups water, cut up onion, celery, garlic cloves, 2-3+ large carrots cut up, salt (kosher if available,) bring to boil, lower + cover/partially cover for 1+ hours, add cut up potatoes, adjust salt to taste. Remove bones from pot, pick chix meat off w fingers, return meat to pot, and near end, when pots 'soft,' add FRESH DILL!!! From my grandma, I so love this touch!

Was very pleased that family enjoyed these 3 'me being grandma' dinners!!!

[cbayer]

1. What, no pictures!? I am so happy for you.

I hope to have grandchildren within the next 1 - 2 years and am really looking forward to it.

Great recipes and I am sure everyone really appreciated it. I love the way you can make these chickens into three meals.

[elleng]

3. Eddie playing!

Sorry, no pics of me playing with chicken!!!

[cbayer]

5. How precious.

Being a grandmother has to be one of the best things in the world.

I hope I remember how to hold them!

Thanks for the picture. It's wonderful.

[elleng]

6. You'll remember, cbayer!

Recall, it wasn't 'learned' to begin with; we 'improvised!!!'

[angstlessk]

8. Being a grandma means picking then up when they are laughing...

and giving them back to mom when they cry.....

Not really, but we get the best of a grandchild...we get to spoil them without repercussions

[angstlessk]

7. He looks interested in everything..and cannot figure out what to do next

grab it or just enjoy the sight of it...what a precious baby boy

I bet they were IMPRESSED you could stretch out a chicken for three days...

[elleng]

11. They were pleased that I made 3 dinners for them, I think, angstlessk!

Yes, he's interested in stuff, and as their home is among the 'pine barrens,' back yard contains trees (and occasional deer,) so while at the moment he enjoys looking out, down the road he'll enjoy being out and about in it, I expect.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. He's beautiful!

[elleng]

12. Thanks!

[elleng]

10. P.S., cbayer,

ONE chicken = 3 meals! I love that too!!!

actually more than 3 meals, as there were leftovers from the chix curry, and don't know how much chix soup left after last night as I left before dinner!

[cbayer]

13. Guests always look at me strangely when I say, "Don't throw away any of those bones!".

I throw it all in my soup.

[elleng]

14. HA!

"That a bone? I'll take that, thank you very much!!!"

May do this again soon, go to cottage tomorrow, rumors have it that the sun will shine, so I'll start with a new chicken!!!

[Warpy]

2. Cooking and cleaning are the best things grandma or even friends can do

I know too many new moms who said taking care of a new baby was so demanding they had to try to steal time to shower.

Newborns seemed rather easier to deal with than that in the hospital, but I'll take their word for it and I've tidied houses and brought over food and kept my trap shut.

[elleng]

4. Its true, Warpy,

finding moments to shower is difficult. Glad I was able to help with this, even for only 2+ days. I recall similar challenges when I was a new mother.

[MyNameGoesHere]

15. Ok I have no idea what a chix is but I am guessing Chicken?

When I see chix i think of this

http://www.chixdc.com/menu.html

A must eat if you're in the U street area.

[elleng]

16. Yes, MyName,

'chix' = chicken! ChixDC looks interesting!. Used to cross U St. every day on way to/from work, but a long time ago. Will remember it!