This jar contains broth/pan drippings I gathered from the last roast chicken I baked. Many people use these drippings for gravy. To do so while they are still hot makes it impossible to remove the fat that you can see gathered at the top of the jar. To save my family’s health, I always use the previous chicken/turkey’s broth and pan drippings in my cooking, enabling me to remove most of the dangerous fat. Refrigeration causes the broth and fat to separate making it very easy to lift the hardened fat away from the broth.
Today, knowing that the Thanksgiving turkey is going to need a lot of gravy, I purchased three turkey legs. Tomorrow I will cook these down in the crockpot with several cups of water. I’ll add celery, onions and garlic for richer flavor, and have a luscious broth to use for a healthy gravy on Thanksgiving Day. I’ll refrigerate the broth after it cooks down, skim off the hardened fat, and freeze the broth for a couple of days. I’ll leave myself a big note on the chalkboard on Wednesday, reminding myself to take it out of the freezer for the big turkey day. It’s good to think ahead when it comes to sauces and gravies and take a few moments to create a healthier alternative to using the fatty and heart clogging drippings straight out of the pan.
MINDING MY P'S WITH Q 
Kathy,
You always think healthy and eat healthy- no wonder you have never had to face obesity- like I have.
Discipline is what one needs.
Susie
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Funny, I just commented on this very thing to you. It really does wonders in removing what you don’t want to end up in your arteries.
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Great minds think alike ?
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Yes. 🙂 But I think yours is a lot more great than mine will ever be!
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Nice to have an admirer from across the seas but seriously, once in a while, a compliment is a good thing with which to start the day.
Thanks, Kathy- though I literally fished for mine.
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I enjoy our friendship Susie. Thanks so much for visiting me at the start of my day.
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I have a section on my dashboard which shows all the sites I most frequently visit- yours is one of the eight there. So everyday all I have to do is click on the icon of your site on my dashboard and I know immediately when you have posted a new post- its like Our Daily bread for me but coming during my lunch time here and it makes my rest of the day so peaceful and gives me a feeling somehow of ” All is still right with the world”.
Thanks Kathy for all you mean to me.
Susie
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And thanks to you too Susie. I hope you are having a perfect day my friend.
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Yes and waiting for your today’s post.
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I usually try to schedule one, but you would be surprised at what has been tying up my time. I have ‘lost’ so many things in the house…due to putting them in places where they don’t belong, I have been making a list of where everything is and cleaning up a bit as I go. I will hope to find a good prompt today through the WordPress challenges. So often they are just what I need to inspire me.
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