Good morning. It was 56° this morning .. now 65°. It's been foggy and drizzling rain on and off since about 5 a.m. and the heaviest rain is east of us. With the cold front coming thru we'll be in the 30's next couple of mornings and high 20's Wednesday morning.
It was cold and foggy yesterday morning I seasoned up (course salt, black pepper, garlic powder) about 2# of boneless chicken breasts, before daybreak yesterday .. then into the Instant Pot, with a cup of chicken broth, for 10 minutes / NPR for 20 minutes, then vent. Set the aside to cool then bagged them and put them and the broth from the put in the refrigerator.
Last evening, once it got dark, I seasoned up a 5# Turkey breast (bone-in) and into the Instant Pot with some stalks of celery, a quartered onion, a package of dry onion soup mix, and a cup of the chicken broth (from the a.m. chicken breasts ) and 30 minutes at pressure and NPR for 30 minutes. It came out tender and very juicy.
This morning I chopped up a sweet onion and several stalks of celery the sautéed them in my big soup pot, in some butter. Once the celery / onion were sautéed I added all the left over broth (from Saturday) to the pot along with the previously cooked chicken breasts (cubed) 1 1/2 cups of cut up baby carrots, a full package of egg noodles, basil, oregano, and pepper. I had to augment the broth I had, with two more 48oz. containers of store bought chicken broth. This .. will be lunch.
Kyle is correct about Weikel's Bakery in La Grange. I stopped there, on Friday morning, for some sweet cheese kolaches and some sausage, jalapeño, and cheese.
Texas Toast. Many ways to make it but .. we've found the quick way is the "frozen" toasted in the air fryer at 400° for about 5 minutes. GD Maddie prefers Texas Toast .. over regular toast / jelly.
There's another brand of frozen but "New York Bakery Texas Toast" .. just seems wrong. (No offense Lou).
Good to see first COVID vaccine distribution starting. It will go well if they get the politics out of it.
With the damp cold weather today .. I'm thinking this afternoon will be in the shop. I need to get parts in order to add some lights, switches, relays to our new Polaris Rangers. I need to do some rearranging to bring the Ranger into the shop and close the overhead door.
Hope everyone has a pleasant Sunday.
Prayers to all.
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