Sunday, 26 February 2017

Home Cooked Herbal Chicken Soup & Mixed Vegetables.

We had a very heavy downpour last night and knowing that my plants were all well watered, I lingered on bed for a little longer. We had breakfast before attending the Sunday church celebration and after church, we came straight home. We had for lunch some fruits, biscuits and I made tea with the tea leaves from Germany given to me by a friend.
Looking at the clouds, it looked like there will be another heavy downpour tonight. I could hear the thunder rolling at a distance. Since we had a light lunch, we had dinner early. It is better to have home cooked dinner in the comfort of our home than going out in the rain looking for dinner.
This is the pretty tin container for the tea brought back from Germany by a friend. Everything is written in German so I have no idea what type of tea leaves but we love the fragrance of the tea. We drink it pure without sugar or milk.
 I cooked herbal chicken soup with a free range chicken (kampung chicken) and a packet of dried herbs. This time I used this vision pot to slow boil the soup.
I had the skin removed from the chicken. I chopped the chicken into big pieces and I boiled the soup until the meat easily came away from the bones.
I cooked a plate of mixed vegetables with the broccoli which I bought from the newly opened Cash & Carry Econsave in Jelapang. It was selling for less than RM 2 for a head of broccoli. This was our home cooked dinner without any rice.

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56 comments:

  1. I really like your set home cooked meal Nancy:) With a meal like that, I will never get up from the table till all is gone:)

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    1. Thank you, Annie. I am usually the one who will finished everything before leaving the table. Never one to waste and if too much, will have to keep the left over for the next day's lunch.

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  2. very interesting blog. And I like the picture with the cloudy sky very much.
    I will follow
    susa from Hamburg/germany

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    1. Thank you, Suza. I am now following you. Have a great day!

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  3. I can imagine the sweetness of the soup. mom used to make .

    Too bad hubi dont really like herbal soup so i lazy to cook la. i drink alone not syok.

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    1. Ya, no syiok to drink alone. Might as well make something that everyone likes. Have a lovely day!

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  4. Nancy mixed vegetables is my favourite dish and it is very common in Poland

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    1. Thank you, Gosia. I also love mixed vegetables.

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  5. ...the mixed vegetables sure good good..

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  6. I would have loved this dinner. I love all those veggies the best.

    Have a fabulous day, Nancy. ☺

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  7. Your chicken soup looks so delicious! The vege dish looks good too. I can eat all these without rice too. So you drank the German tea like chinese tea without any sugar and milk. Did it taste like red chinese tea?

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    1. The tea tastes good and very fragrant. It tastes much much better than red Chinese tea.

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  8. Your chicken dish looks so warm and comforting! Nothing like homemade hot chicken dishes on a cold stormy day! The sky looks frightening! The tea tins are beautiful! They will look very pretty used as storage after the tea is all drunk.

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    1. Thank you, Ginny. I am keeping the tea tin because it is beautiful. Have a happy day!

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    1. Thank you, William. It rained heavily later in the evening.

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  10. The herbal chicken soup looks so tasty, I love it!

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    1. Thank you, Libby. The soup was sweet and tasty and we enjoy it very much.

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    1. Thank you, Yogi. Actually these are simple dishes.

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  12. A vegetable soup is so good on a cold day, like we have today!

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    1. Thank you, dear. We love hot soup most of the days.

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  13. Love home-cooked meals :) the mixed veggie looks delish!

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  14. A storm is brewing... it has certainly been raining a lot here in KL the past couple of days.

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    1. It is the same over here. Heavy downpour last 2 days.

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  15. Nothing beats a home made meal. Beautiful tin for your tea, very pretty.

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    1. Thank you, Mamas. I am keeping the tea tin because it is pretty.

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  16. The herbal chicken soup, boil the chicken with the packet of dried herb will do?

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    1. Yes, I bought a ready packet of dried herbs. Just the chicken and the herbs plus some salt to taste. Very easy.

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  17. Delicious chicken soup. Cloudy sky picture gives rainy mood :)

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  18. Lovely post dear! Have a great week! xx

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  19. Hi Nancy, Love the tea containers you showed us... Hope you enjoyed the tea inside.

    I have been sick ---so there's nothing better when one is sick than homemade Chicken Soup.... YUM...

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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    1. Hi Betsy, hope you are well again. Soup is the most comforting when one is sick. We enjoyed the tea. Have a wonderful day!

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  20. Nice is a box of tea and I think you're happy with its smaky. It is nice to have dinner at home and looks delicious. Regards.

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    1. The tea is nice and the box is also very pretty. Have a good day!

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  21. Rice would have rounded up the meal nicely hehe.

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    1. Yes, it would but we are cutting down our rice intake.

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  22. The tin container is cute. Yummy mixed veggies.

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    1. I am keeping the container because it is very pretty. Have a great day!

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  23. It's good to have a relaxing Sunday with church and then a meal at home, which in this case looks delicious. I like the photo of the stormy sky, but hope that your weather is better this week.

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    1. Thank you, Linda. We have a mixture of heavy downpour and sunny days. Have a beautiful day!

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  24. Simple yet tasty meal. I love your vegetables cooked with mushrooms. And your tea containers are so lovely!

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    1. Thank you, Irene. My home cooking is usually confined to simple recipes. Have a wonderful day!

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