What's for dinner?

Soup and Salad of course!
Well, we have been fighting a bit of a cold in this household. So I decided to make Chicken soup with bone broth. And a good friend brought me some wild rice so I thought I'd throw some of that in there too! So as you'll see there are two pots on the stove. I started our with onions, celery, and carrots sauteed in some coconut oil. Then I added chicken breast and cooked that up.

At that point I separated the it into to pans. One for paleo and the other for the rest of the troops. Both pots got the homemade chicken bone broth that was in the freezer.  Oh That is going to be so healing for everyone tonight! I will add a little sea salt and maybe some pepper.

I feed anywhere from 5-12 people each night for dinner. The neighbors come over almost every night. Friends know our door is open and I love to feed people so our table fills up fast. Tonight we are feeding eight. two folks are paleo and the rest eat whatever I put in front of them. so two dinners but it's easy to do. The non paleo dinner gets 1 1/2 cups of wild rice. I like my rice to get puffy and full so I'll cook it extra long- about 45 minutes to one hour. I just throw it into the pot. With the rice more puffy and full it feeds more people too. Even my six year old will enjoy this soup.
And an organic green salad with purple cabbage and carrots. I need color in the meal. It needs to look pretty too right?

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My Favorite Salad Dressing Recipe

Simple Citrus Balsamic Dressing
I love this salad dressing because it changes. I make it fresh every couple of days so I can always add something different or keep a favorite going for a while.
The main ingredients:
1/4c Olive Oil
1/4c Balsamic Vinegar
1/4c Lemon Juice

 I use about equal parts of each. But you an change this as well. I always have organic lemon juice in the fridge. It's a great cleanser and natural diuretic.

Additions- now put a "Fresh" in front of each of these (live food is always better.) You can add one of these or combinations. Do not store in fridge, the olive oil will solidify, store on the kitchen counter top for no more than 5 days:
Crushed garlic cloves- great during cold season- it build s a strong immune system
Honey
Basil
Orange Juice
Sesame Seeds

Once you have eaten up this fabulous dressing then wash out your glass bottle and start again! I brought this basic recipe with the addition of honey to our big family Christmas dinner ( I was in charge of the salad!) and it was a total hit! Enjoy!