comfort food on a cold night

i was once again put to the task of making a meal from the freezer. in my search i found a bunch of chicken that seemed to have been in the freezer for a long time, my first thought was soup. i simmered all the chicken, 8 drumsticks and 3 quarter chicken legs, with some celery, onion, carrot, and bay leaves in canned broth and water. i shredded the meat off the bones and put the bones back in the broth, i set the meat aside so i wouldn't overcook it. after a few hours i strained the stock, put the chicken and some carrots, celery, and peas in the stock. after simmering for like a half hour more. i then added pasta to soup.

knowing that i was gonna make soup i decided to make another batch of bread, this time i made white bread with a julia child recipe.

this is the dough right before it went in the oven

this is the final product, not quite as tasty as the last batch but still damn good.

at this point i had bread and soup made which is good, but i wanted something a little bit better. so i went for a classic cold weather meal, grilled cheese and chicken noodle soup.

for the sandwiches i used monterrey jack and cheddar cheese with spicy mustard.


there's nothing better on a cold night than a hearty bowl of soup and a good grilled cheese sandwich, now i'm gonna go enjoy my food coma