Well it’s been a long day, now that my weekend is over and work starts at 4:15! At least the weather is getting nicer – I was able to bike to work in a t-shirt this morning, and the sun was shining bright later.
I took a nice nap after getting home, did some cleaning of the house and some reading. While mopping the floor, I think I slicked up the bottom of my shoes because later I slipped and smashed my arm and knee on a table… I HATE bone injuries!!!!!
Then came time to prepare dinner. Since I thawed that chicken out, I figured tonight would be a good time to use it up. I decided on an easy southern-style dinner: barbeque-simmered cabbage, seared chicken, and skillet ‘taters.
I’m tired and hurting so I’ll just kinda throw some pictures up here chronologically with some light commentary:
I microwaved the potatoes for a few minutes to begin softening them:
Here’s the bag of carcass for making chicken stock another day:
Finish cooking the chicken and then use the juices to finish the ‘taters:
Good lookin crust there!
Serve with a relaxing viewing of Futurama from Netflix:
I’m off to bed now for another 3:45 wake-up call. See y’all tomorrow!
Hi wife!
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WHEW!! Hang in there with the super-long workdays!!
I hope your arm and knee are OK. Fabulous dinner!
Impressive butchering job and a great looking dinner!
How did you bbq simmer the cabbage? your dinner looks soo good
Ouch! I’m also impressed with your chicken-disassembling skills.
mmmm bag of carcas… only not so much.
otherwise it looks great! I love cabbage. Made those cabbage rolls you guys had a while back. Very good!
your butchering skills are perfection! i have my own whole chicken defrosting right now. i guess i’ll have my go later this week.
will there be a soup in the works or do you freeze your stock? or do you make stock in one huge go, à la alton?
I’m pretty sure if my husband was home alone, it’d be California Pizza Kitchen out of the frozen food section. I’m impressed!
That cabbage looks delish!
Ok, I LOVE cabbage (actually had some tonight steamed with fire-roasted tomatoes!) I’ve never had it with BBQ though….let me just say that:
I <3 <3 <3 bbq sauce + cabbage – so I think that sounds like a winner!!! How much bbq did u use in this recipe???
Looks divine!
~Erika at Peaceandpeanutbutter.wordpress.com
That cabbage looks really good. We’re having BBQ pork tonight so it might be BBQ-sauce overload to have it with BBQ cabbage…but there’s always tomorrow, right?
I’m loving the Matt posts- they always make me chuckle! It is so cute to see your different blogging styles.
Sorry you hurt yourself- get some rest!
good lookin’ dinner!
get some rest – and be careful! I fall a lot, and it’s not fun
Hope you feel better. Matt, you are hilarious!
great dinner! futurama is hilarious!
Awesome dinner!
Hope you feel better!
Scrumptious eats!
I’m sorry I bailed on our man date. I feel like the accident was my fault. Never would’ve happened if we had a two Manhattan lunch today.
Great entry yet again Matt, and your dinner looks awesome
Great idea with the cabbage…I will have to try that soon.
Matt – I really like the cabbage twist… I am a huge fan… great chicken too
zest!
Yum! Bender’s Game is a really good futurama movie
Sorry for the injuries..no fun at all!
Dinner looks great!
YUM !! LOOKS very appetizing !!!
Woooo chicken carcass!
Yay Futurama!
BBQ cabbage is a brilliant idea!