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Hey look, I left the house alone today!

This is my house right now

What, you didn’t think you were getting a non dog-related POD, did you? 😆
Maybe some day I will once again leave the house – but maybe not this weekend. Staying “grounded” for a bit to make sure these two don’t murder each other or make so much noise security has to break up the fun.
I first came across a version of this chicken on Instagram in relation to a sandwich, and it got the wheels turning.
What you end up with is a pile of tender, shreddable-if-you-look-at-it-crosswise chicken that pairs beautifully with roasted, nutty veggies and a rich sauce.
I can imagine this would also be fantastic as part of a chicken salad with grapes, pecans and extra rosemary. Or dill. Dill might be great here.
I served mine as part of a quinoa/rice bowl with some leftover cauliflower I’d batch roasted a few days before.
Gluten-free, paleo & Whole30 with a different bowl base

Vinegar Poached Chicken Bowl
4 chicken breasts
1c. red wine vinegar
1c. olive oil
Peel of half a lemon
2 sprigs rosemary
1 jalapeño
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. coriander seeds
6 cloves garlic, peeled
1 onion, peeled and quartered
Salt & pepper
For the bowl:
Quinoa & rice, cooked (optional)
1 Tbsp. mayo mixed with 1 tsp. rice vinegar and 2 tsp. minced rosemary
Roasted cauliflower or other veggies
Combine all the non-bowl ingredients in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring up to a boil, cover, lower the heat & simmer 1 hour or until the chicken is falling apart.
Cool chicken, pull out of the oil & vinegar, and shred. Place in the bowl with the other ingredients.
Serves 4
Combine all

And our new family selfie 😍

We are ready to go!
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The Bosphorus Strait from Rumeli Fortress, which was constructed a year before the sack of Constantinople in a span of four months. How? Determined manpower, and by using materials scavenged from Roman ruins – which you can still see evidence of here and there.

Like in this marble portion of a cross that was repurposed into a floor tile.
They were ancient zero wasters and didn’t even know it.

A day of walking past history in Istanbul – Hagia Sophia