Home Sweet Home # 81

Hello and welcome to Home Sweet Home!  This week has been all about cooking.  I have a new found interest in Recession Era Cooking and have a Pinterest board set up for all of the recipes that are family friendly and thrifty.  Today I am showing off one more recipe like this.  I found a large chicken last week on sale for 75 cents a pound, so I decided to get out the vintage Le Cruset Doufeu and roast it.  

 It was a 5 lb. chicken so it just fit in the Doufeu.  I placed some lemon wedges in the cavity after I washed it out and sprinkled it with thyme, salt, pepper, and garlic.

The Doufeu is a special dutch oven made by Le Cruset.  It has a concave lid made to put ice in so the condensation on the underside of the lid will roast meat moist and tender over a period of time.

So does the design of the roaster work?  Yes!  A fabulous tender roasted chicken.  Now let me say a little about a roast chicken being a thrifty meal.  If you get a large bird, you can get three or four meals out if it.  We sliced the breast off the night we roasted it and had chicken with rice.  I saved all of the rest of the meat in the fridge and used it for other meals.

 Here I am using the chicken for the chicken noodle soup we had for Sunday lunch.  We  also made sandwiches with it.  So I would say it lasted us three meals.  That is pretty good to get a $4 chicken to last three meals. 

Home made chicken noodle soup recipe here.  Next week I will be beginning my fall decorating but I will continue to add a Recession Era recipe each week on my blog, look for more to come!

Now I would like to highlight some of the posts that caught my eye last week.

Courtenay at The Creek Line House showed off a cute back-to-school fall "fantel."  

Jill at Sew a Fine Seam showed off a really great photography themed party she threw for her friends!  

The Decorating Diaries showed off several great vignettes she created with some "picked" drawers she found at an old electric company.

Anne at Design Dreams by Anne showed off a gorgeous vintage door headboard she made!

Kat at Boulder Dam Cottage showed off a lovely vintage couch makeover using upholstered vintage table cloths.

 There are many great links each week!  Thank you to all who join me at Home Sweet Home!

 Sherry

I will join these ladies today:
Vintage Inspiration Friday at Common Ground 

Feathered Nest Friday at French Country Cottage

Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home

Home and Garden Thursday  at A Delightsome Life 

Creative Things Thursday  at The Vintage Farmhouse
Thrifty Things Friday  at The Thrifty Groove

Potpourri Friday at 2805
G'Day Saturday  at Natasha in Oz

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