Rarely have I made a dish that was as satisfying in the preparation as it was in tasting the finished product.

Chicken and dumplings is a hearty comfort dish ... a glorious chicken stew with a creamy texture filled with tender shredded chicken and vegetables. The 'dumplings' may be either drop biscuits, which I've made before, or rolled noodles. ( Read more... )

I remember my mom making a lot of stews when I was growing up because she could use 'filler' vegetables, especially potatoes, to stretch a small amount of meat to feed a hungry family of four, with lots of leftovers. Tocană was the word she used instead of stew, however, because, like many immigrants, she interspersed her English with a lot of ( Read more... )