Tightwad Tuesdays

Wow, is it Tuesday already! We've been so busy. I guess that's the life on an ever growing farm. We got our huge garden all in over the weekend and we also got shelves built in our storage room.

When Arlen read 'Tightwad Tuesdays' last week he had a good laugh. Are you doing the same? Am I weird or what? Does anyone even like reading these posts?

For years whenever I buy chicken I only buy boneless, skinless chicken breasts. I'm usually trying to eat clean and built muscle and lose fat and chicken breast is an excellent protein with little fat. However, its expensive if you buy good ones, especially organic.

Well, lately the only thing I buy is whole chicken. The last time I bought chicken I got it for $ .79 a pound. It wasn't organic but it was cheap so I bought it. Next year we plan to raise our own chickens. I've never cut up a chicken before and I thought it would be difficult but I watched a quick video on the internet and I did it. I also got rid of all the skin so it's not so fatty.

It's so easy I don't know why I didn't start doing this sooner. I've also started to enjoy cooking whole chickens.

I had an appointment this morning and was shopping with the kids so I knew I wouldn't have much time to cook dinner tonight. So, this morning I threw a frozen chicken in the crock pot. Here's what I did if anyone is interested. It's so good and the chicken is so moist cooked this way. You can even cook it frozen if you forgot to thaw it ahead of time. I got this from my favorite site www.hillbillyhousewife.com .

Crockpot Herbed Chicken
3 – 4 lbs whole chicken (or leg quarters)
1 tsp dried basil
1 tsp seasoned salt
½ tsp pepper
½ tsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 Tbsp melted butter

Spray crockpot with Pam. Mix seasonings; sprinkle 1 tsp mixture in chicken cavity. Sprinkle remaining seasonings over chicken. Drizzle with lemon juice and butter. Put lid on crockpot and on low for 5-6 hours (or high for 3-4 hours). (To use frozen chicken, just increase cook time – LOW for 8+ hours.)

Here's another idea. I haven't tried it yet but one of my sisters did and she said it was delicious.

Crockpot Rotisserie Chicken
1 whole fryer
5-6 foil balls
Lawry’s seasoned salt

Rinse chicken and pat dry w/ paper towels. Sprinkle GENEROUSLY (chicken should be brown w/ seasoning), w/ seasoned salt. Place in crockpot on top of several foil balls or foil covered potatoes. Cover and cook on HIGH for 6 hours.