Chicken Stew

Chicken Stew

Ingredients:

4 cups chicken stock

2 cup water

1 pound chicken (boneless)

3 large carrots roughly chopped

3 celery stalks, chopped

1 onion, chopped

1 bay leaf

1/4 teaspoon rosemary

1/2 teaspoon thyme

salt and pepper

6 eddoes

1 cup peas

3 tablespoon flour (only required if dumplings are NOT used)

Directions:

1) In a slow cooker, added chicken stock, water, chicken, carrot, celery, onion, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper.

2) After 4 hours, add eddoes, peas and dumplings.

3) Let is cook for another 2 hours and it should be done!

4) Remove bay leaf before serving.

Dumplings

1/4 cup cornmeal

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 cup 2% milk

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Directions:

1) To make dumplings mix together the flour, cornmeal and baking powder in a bowl.

2) Stir in milk and oil and mix until just thoroughly moistened. Drop 6 mounds of dumpling batter approximately 1/4 cup each by spoonfuls into the simmering stew.