Chicken and Dumplings

In this recipe that I consider to be hearty winter food you will find no unhealthy fats, minimal white flour and oh so much flavor. On top of that if you wanted to put it together and bake it later this dish would hold up great. With winter coming and the weather getting colder you will see a lot more stews, one pot wonders, casseroles and generally hearty food. I am afraid that if you want more grilling tips in the winter, not that we don't BBQ at -20, that you just need to ask or look in the back letters and recipes. Recipe Name: Chicken and Dumplings Ingredients: GRAVY 2 T Grape seed oil, substitute with Olive Oil 1/2 red onion, diced 5 carrots,sliced 5 ribs celery, sliced 1/4 c flour 2 1/2 c milk 1 c chicken stock 2 lbs chicken, cooked and removed from bone 3 clove garlic 1/2 t salt 1/2 t pepper 1/2 t rosemary 1/2 t sage 1/2 t tarragon 1/4 t corriander 1/2 t thyme 1/2 t savory-oregano can substitute at 1/4 t 1/4 t cayenne DUMPLINGS 2 1/2 c whole wheat flour 2 c AP flour 1/2 c wheat germ 1 T baking powder 1 t baking soda 1 t salt 1/4 c butter 1 egg 2 c milk 1 t vinegar Steps: Saute onion, celery and carrots until hot coat with flour stir in milk, chicken stock and garlic bring to boil, stirring constantly drop to simmer add chicken mix in seasoning adjust to taste after 5 minutes start dumplings mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt with butter until there are no lumps mix in remaining ingredients until there are no lumps If gravy was not done in an oven safe pan then put it in a baking dish drop dumplings on top by the spoonful to cover gravy bake at 350 until gravy boils through dumplings, much like lasagne NOTES: The dumplings I use are a slight variation of Irish Soda Bread from Sunset Bread. Instead of using chicken stock, I cooked 2 1/2 lbs of skinless chicken and used the juice from it. I then deboned it and assume that to be about 2 lbs. for some reason I did not have celery seed. It might be worth while to add 1/2 t celery seed when you make this. This recipe will serve about 9 people. If you want to simplify your life you can split it into a regular pan and a disposable foil pan with a lid. Bake the regular pan and freeze the other. Put it in the fridge the day before you want to cook itat 350 and it is done when the sauce boils through the dumplings.