When Your Family is Tired of Chickenby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 28 Sep 2009 07:35 AM You know that I love cooking with chicken. It is a relatively inexpensive protein source, it is lean, and it is versatile. This week, however, I think we have hit a big wall, a chicken wall so to speak. (Boy, I bet that conjures up all sorts of funny imagery, huh?) Anyway, it started out innocently enough. Our local grocery store was offering whole name brand fat chicken roasters for $.79 a pound. Around here, that is a very good thing. I like the roasters because after cooking them, I can also make homemade gravy, chicken stock and have plenty of leftovers for other dishes. I purchased four of them and placed two of them in the refrigerator. I roasted one chicken at the beginning of the week, but by the end of the week, no one was looking forward to me cooking the second one. I prepared it anyway, placing it in our large crockpot before we left for church. Worse comes to worse, I thought, I could cut the meat off of it and freeze it for another day. Instead, I came up with a new idea. We were passing this famous (to our town) barbecue place, and my husband was reminiscing longingly about it. The food there is great, but it will also cost you quite a bit. We got take out there one day to thank our brother in law for helping with our swing set, and the cost was more than $50! Ah ha. We could make our own barbecue. We stopped by the grocery store, and picked up torpedo rolls and my husband's favorite sauce. The chicken got shredded, the sauce added, and we had an instant new dinner. I added some cheese to mine as well as the onions from the crockpot. It was delicious, easy and no one complained that it was chicken again. You can read more blog posts by Mary Ann Romans here! Related Articles: Rubber Chicken: Stretch that Bird! Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments Ray-Anne (5) 29 Sep 2009 01:54 AMBrilliant idea Mary! My family also loves chicken - but sometimes too much of any good thing can also be...too much! We've done the same - we sometimes will use the left over chicken in snackwiches (toasted sandwiches) I'll mix a bit of mayonnaise, herbs and a tsp of brown sugar with the chicken before adding it to the sandwiches - Yum! Or I add it to a pasta dish. Aislinne (10) 30 Sep 2009 07:44 AMMy husband and I love to roast something on the weekend (chicken, beef, etc) and then use the shredded meat all week in recipes!! The shredded meat can be made into super quick and easy enchiladas, curries, tacos, soups, pasta, and more. Such a money AND time saver. Plus, it's less of a mess in the kitchen all week. We can usually stretch one roasted chicken into 5 meals for the 2 of us.  Mary Ann Romans (26876) 01 Oct 2009 11:17 AMThank you both for the extra ideas! We sure will use them. Community Tags beef, curries, etc) and then use the shredded m, My husband and I love to roast s, Soups Discuss this article
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