Starting the Year Out Right — Frugal Living

The lore I grew up hearing in the South (and perhaps this is the same in other areas, too) is that whatever you spend January 1st doing is indicative of how your year will go.  While we opted not to do the traditional Hoppin John this year, I did give my nod to this tradition notion.  Nothing beats starting off the year on the right foot — the frugal foot.

I pulled two Cornish hens from the freezer and rubbed them down with olive oil and Greek seasonings.  I roasted them in the air fryer oven that I got for Christmas.  (The little red air fryer went with my daughter to her new place — lots of changes here in the last few weeks and I’ll try to catch everyone up as soon as I can.). We invited my daughter over for lunch and the three of us ate well.  Then I pulled almost 1 1/2 cups of meat from the bones to go in either a soup or casserole.  When I had finished that I simmered the carcass and ended up with a quart of flavorful chicken broth.  (I had picked the bones pretty well and there was about 1/3 cup of chicken I pulled off after simmering that I just added to the jar of broth.).  Not too shabby for two tiny hens.