I had made my own chicken broth from a whole chicken carcass I broke down the week before and chicken spines I had frozen previously with leek tops, carrot, garlic, onion, lemon, salt, pepper, parmisean rind, thyme and basil, simmered for 3 hours then strained it and set aside

For the veggies I just did whatever I had on hand for the soup

- sweet potato

- carrot

- garlic

- onion

- corn

- Swiss chard

- grape tomatoes

For the chicken it was what I had in the freezer which was 1 chicken breast and 7 drumsticks, I took the skin off the drumsticks and put them in a pot with just enough water to cover the meat, salted the water and brought it to a boil, then turn it down to low and simmer for 20ish mins then remove and shred chicken

Then build your soup as you normally would!

Yesterdays dinner. Dieting is hard.

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The bechamel for the Mac was made of the rendered pork fat and butter.

The carrots were heritage varieties

Pretty easy dinner tonight, but it was good nonetheless!

Yayyy. Second time!

Best burger yet. It had onion, pickles and cheese. It felt like the most American tasting burger ever.

Chicken wontons in pho broth with sauteed carrots and baby bok choy. Basil shrimp spring for a bit of crunch.

I got a little greedy and took a bite and then realized this might ruin the picture. 😇😂