caterina cacciatore

when the weather whips up some rain and cold wind Caterina heads for La Cucina

shall the leftover roast chicken become a wonderful chicken/noodle soup ?

or a scrumtious chicken/white rice soup ?

leftover coconut milk can be added to either with some ginger thrown in and myriad spices like cinnamon cayenne cardomon and cumin

i drool / i do love chicken soup

shall the chicken be married to Gregg's homegrown green chiles ? and then what ? have the chicken green chile in a spelt tortilla or over the brown rice (yes, there is both white rice and brown rice) or most exciting of all turned into chicken/green chile Tamales ?

oc there is a chicken salad sandwich with homegrown lettuce freshly picked from the garden

oh but wait ! the brown rice can become a tasty vegetable laden pilaf kind of dish with a lot of crispy crunchy nitrate free bacon bits scattered on the top and a handful of fresh parsley from the garden

or that parsley of which there is a vast amount can be made into a delicious alkalizing parsley soup / all the necessary ingredients are on hand : onion garlic celery zucchini broth plus the ubiquitous parsley

another way for the brown rice (soaked over night) is Hunza Rice :

saute onions (alot of them if you like onions) in the usual butter/oliveoil combo / then add the already cooked rice with generous handfuls of razens, currants, and whatever kind of nuts you have on hand

lots of fiber !

a classic recipe left over from Hippie Daze

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