It became very real to me today that my summer break is nearly over. A week from today, I start my summer fast track class. So, I'm starting to try to get things ready. I'm also trying to squeeze in a few appointments, and as much rest and relaxation as possible. I wish I were more like Joey, who seems to be able to take a nap anytime and anywhere, as the picture above indicates. Sometimes I think she's half cat.
Last night, Ken and I put a chicken on the grill. We tried one of those stands in which you put a can of beer, pop, whatever in the chicken. We chose root beer. Neither of us had a can of beer readily available (I prefer bottled beer). It worked really well, but can you imagine the indignity for the poor chicken. It's one thing to end up as someone's meal, but quite another to end up as a meal with a can of root beer up your butt.
The chicken turned out really good, with only the slightest hint of a sweet taste. We seemed to have over cooked the chicken though. One minute it seemed like it wasn't quite done and the next, it was VERY done. The dark meat, which I prefer, was great, but when we sampled the breast, it was moist, but chewy. I was going to save the breast meat and make a chicken pot pie for Ken. He had recently requested I try one. However, since the meat was chewy, I decided to grind the meat and make a chicken salad with it. I'll use some poached chicken breast meat for the pot pie. I have to say, that grilled chicken meat in the chicken salad is wonderful. I love the slight taste of smoke in it, and of course, ground, it lost it's chewy texture.
I think I should get some more tuna salad made as well, and get some carrots and grapes etc. So that I can easily pull together lunches for the next couple of weeks. My fast track will keep me so busy, I won't have an opportunity to do much experimentation, at least not for my lunches. Doing something interesting for my suppers will be a nice creative outlet.
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