Happy, Happy Thursday! It is cold out there today! I think like thirty below windchill! We knew it was going to be freezing today, so I swapped dinners and tonight we are having Chili! Perfect cold night meal, don’t you think! Last night we had Chicken Pillows… Mikes favorite, I will share that recipe later this week. Chicken pillows call for shredded chicken. I am sharing that later and wanted to first show the chicken! There is a super quick and super easy way to shred chicken. I saw this awhile ago on pinterest. I tried it and it works! It uses your kitchen aid mixer! Here is what you do! I boiled chicken with onions, garlic and some seasonings. After it was done boiling I just threw it in the kitchen aid. Turn it on and let it go! I turn it on to about a 6. You want to watch it! It really only takes about a minute or two. If you let it go too long, it will turn into a paste. I like to make a bunch of chicken for the weeks recipes and freeze the extra. Saves me some time later on! Look how great that is! So many recipes will call for shredded chicken and it can be a hassle to shred it by hand. This way is easy and nearly mess free! Less mess for me to clean up…. yes please! I don’t know about you guys but sometimes it feels like a tornado went through the house after the kids have left for school!!! I have about 20 min it seems to clean up before the next round of children are up and to be honest on some days, they are up earlier than the school age children. Wouldn’t it be great if we could just wiggle our noses like Samantha from Bewitched? Any of you remember that show? I loved it! I have tried and tried to wiggle my nose to have things magically clean up…… I can’t seem to get it work! SO I am off to clean really quick! Take this tip and use it! Think of all the delicious things you can make….. here are a few! Shredded chicken tacos, chicken salad, chicken quesadillas, chicken pillows, bbq chicken sandwiches, tortilla chicken soup… the list is endless! So try it! It really makes life so much easier! Have a super day!
Take your chicken, in this case it was boiled with onions, and garlic. I didn’t even let it cool ! Just throw it in your kitchen aid!
Turn on your kitchen aid and watch it shred! It will only take about a min maybe two. Watch it! If you let it go it will turn it into a paste….. Look how great those shreds are! perfect! Again, I am sorry for my picture quality!
I like to shred a bunch at once and freeze it!
HUGE HUGS!
Lara
P.S. I got an appointment for glasses today! YES!!! So excited to be able to see again!
