There Ain't Nobody Here but us Chickens!

A while back, I came across a British detective show called Pie in the Sky.  A DI who is getting ready to retire and open his own restaurant.  Apparently, he is a chef at heart. Unfortunately, in the first episode we learn that though he does open his restaurant, his old line of work has a bit a different outlook on what he'll be doing.  Anyway, behind his restaurant he raises chickens (he plays Mozart for the chickens so they will lay large eggs); watching this show was when I thought it would be fun to raise chickens in my backyard.  ...I just need to wait until I own my own house.

The chickens I'll have:

The designer coop:

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Or perhaps this one:

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Here's some more useful information on raising chickens.

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And I'm going to end with a song...

Tuesday Tunes- We're Cooking Now

I'm making a vegan chocolate cake for a potluck lunch at our school tomorrow, so cooking/baking is on my mind.  Hence the following songs...

I was looking for the version by Bing Crosby and Bob Hope but this is just as good. Take a guess as to why...

Just had to put this song up...

And last...

It's Roasting in Here!

I went to a cooking class the other night in which the chef gave a great suggestion on how to get people to eat cauliflower.  Roast it!  I honesty never thought of doing this.  I've roasted carrots, parsnips (Yum!), brussel sprouts, potatoes, butternut squash but never cauliflower.  But then again, I'm not a big fan of this vegetable.  Since the chef said it was the only way to get her children to eat veggies, I thought I would try it.  OMGoodness!!  Can I say... awesome!  Its made a believer out of me.  I've made it as a side dish the last two nights.  Give it a try!

All you need are three side staple ingredients:

-Oil

-Salt

-Pepper

Oh! And some cauliflower (you can do this with broccoli also)

Preheat oven to 400- 450 degrees (depending on how hot your oven gets)  

Cut the cauliflower into bite-size pieces.

Drizzle with oil (I used grape seed oil)

Sprinkle with salt

and Pepper.

Place in oven and roast 10-15 minutes-ish. 

Turning once halfway through.

And Viola!

Enjoy!