Homemade Chicken Broth-Individual Style

We made chicken drumsticks last night on the grill (with green beans! so tasty!!) and had the bones left over. I decided to make chicken broth with the left overs.  I use chicken broth in soups, gravies, mashed potatoes and sauces.

We pulled off the meat from the bones (which we used for sammys!) and then I tossed the bones in a pot with some water and a chicken bullion cube! You can add in celery, carrots, onion and other spices/herbs if you want, but because I use mine for a bunch of different things, I opted to keep it plain and simple. (Check out TasteofHome for their recipe) Once you've got everything in your pot, just let those little guys boil away.  The longer it boils, the more "chicken-y" it gets!

I usually put it in one big container, but realised that was pretty silly! So I saw (on Pinterest, of course) from theKitchn and she froze chicken broth in ice cube trays! GENIUS! Just let your chicken broth cool, pour it in the cubes and freeze! Bingo-bango-donezo!!!

Do make sure to wash your trays after you've used them or else your next drink will taste like chicken! Eeek!


PS: These little babies make a fantastic dog treat in the heat! Jasper loves them and ate it so fast I couldn't get a picture of his happy doggie face!

Jasper the Dog

Meet our Jasper:

He is a 2yr (birthday is July 14) labradoodle, more lab than doodle! We got him off of kijiji (Canada's version of Craigslist!) and is the best thing we've ever gotten off of the Internet.  A family couldn't give him the attention he required and she was starting to feel guilty.  Lucky for us, we happened to be on kijiji as soon as she posted the ad and he became ours!

I had dogs growing up (Zeus-a golden, Spuds-a mutt and Angel-a golden) and I've been missing having a little love around the house.  The Mister had a dog growing up (Cody-a mutt) and loved him too.  We've been talking about getting a dog for ages and even made up a fake dog (which we named Jasper!) and would often talk about him. We wanted a larger dog because both of us are not fond of little dogs and the labradoodle is hypoallergenic.  My dear friend from Beautifully Contained and her hubster have two goldendoodles and she has pretty bad allergies and they are pretty well controlled (the allergies and the dogs!).  So, when we found this love, we knew it was meant to be!

He is the sweetest thing in the entire world and we are so glad we were able to re-home him.  While there are some things that we are adjusting to such as waking up earlier, the dog hair and the drool, there is nothing more satisfying and worthwhile then waking up in the morning or when the Mister gets home from work and Jasper is just so happy to see us. <3 <3 <3