The Kitchen

I am making chicken stock.  Something about September does that to me; the air smells different and the desire wells within me to put the stove to work.
Chicken Stock:
A Stock Pot, 3/4 filled with water
Chicken (whatever you have will do) including bones and skin, about 2 lbs
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Pepper
3 Sprigs of Green Onion
1/4 Lemon
1 Clove Garlic
Cover pot and bring to a slow boil, then reduce to simmering, cook 4-5 hours
When chicken is tender, remove and discard bones and skin; set aside.  The chicken can be used for soup, sandwiches, chicken salad, etc.
Strain stock, then return to pot, bring to slow boil, and cook, uncovered, until reduced by half.  Cool in refrigerator over night, then remove crust of fat if desired.  Store in jars in freezer for later use.

Chicken Salad
Large Bowl
Chop Chicken into coarse chunks
finely chop:
     2 Stalks Celery
     1 Sprig of Green Onion
any other veggies/seeds/nuts you desire
approx. 3 TBSP Mayonnaise/Sour Cream/Plain Yogurt (enough for it to be moist, but not sticky)
1/4 tsp Black Pepper
1 TBSP Dijon Mustard
Place everything in bowl, mix together, and enjoy on a bed of Lettuce

mmm!  Now I'm hungry.

and so it begins

We are a family of three, trying to figure out how to live a right life.  A life right with God, right with fellow man, and right with the world.  Some things we understand how to do, some make sense in theory, some are just confusing.  We know how to live right with God, but the dad-to-day right living is not as easy as it seems.  Living right with fellow man sounds great, but there are too many people to try to please them all, so I'll go with, "If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men" (Romans 12:18 NASB).  As for living right with the world, and understanding that those who live right with God are called to be stewards of the world, we are trying to figure this out, one cloth diaper, one recycled container at a time.