You don't have to do a whole chicken to make this soup, but I decided to because it offers the possiblity of more meals. After I made this soup I went on to make chicken stock, chicken egg rolls & intended to make chicken & bisquits as well but That didn't happen. next time!
The soup/stew was very tasty & very filling. I have a rosemary plant leftover from the summer that is still kickin, I used that in the chicken I slow cooked. It gave the chicken broth & soup very good flavor, if you have access to any fresh herbs I highly recommend using them.
In other news, I just made these today & won't know until tomorrow if like them, but they were easy to put together and look tasty. I have never tried chia seeds before so here goes nothing! From what I've read and heard they are fairly tasteless but offer lots of fiber & protein. I had all the ingredients on hand except the chia seeds which I picked up for a reasonable price at trader joes.
I decided to try two flavors first (something I know I like in normal oatmeal seemed like a good start) blueberry maple & apples & cinnamon. I am going to take one to work tomorrow, hopefully I like it or I might be hungry ;)
It seems like there is an easy ratio in this recipe for the base ingredients & leaves room for creative flavors. Frozen fruit or fresh seem to be suitable & I used regular yogurt instead of greek. I don't really care for the way greek yogurt tastes. I omitted the added sugar since I used regular yogurt (vanilla) which tends to have more sugar than greek. I'll let you know how it goes.
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the base ingredients are as follows from this wonderful & informative blog.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup uncooked old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/3 cup milk (soy, regular milk, almond I am sure would work fine)
- 1/4 cup yogurt (which ever is your preference)
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried chia seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon spice (if you are using any)
- 1 teaspoon sweetner if you choose to - honey, maple syrup seem like popular choices)
- 1/4 cup fruit - frozen or fresh
Directions
In a half pint (1 cup) jar, add oats, milk, yogurt, chia seeds, spice and sweetner of choice. Put lid on jar and shake until well combined. Remove lid, add fruit and stir until mixed throughout. Return lid to jar and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 - 4 days. Eat chilled.
In a half pint (1 cup) jar, add oats, milk, yogurt, chia seeds, spice and sweetner of choice. Put lid on jar and shake until well combined. Remove lid, add fruit and stir until mixed throughout. Return lid to jar and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 - 4 days. Eat chilled.
finished product.
