Cold, wet and raw with another really good, cold weather recipe for dinner

Good Morning Augusta

This morning it’s cloudy with Drizzle or rain or snow likely during morning hours, then patchy drizzle this afternoon. Generally patchy fog and additional snow. High will be only 38º

Tonight we’ll have mostly cloudy skies with patchy drizzle and patchy fog. Visibility will drop to one quarter mile or less at times after midnight. Lows in the lower 30s with Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 98%, the dew point is 35ºF, outside it’s -.7ºC and 33.3ºF.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 6.9 MPH and 5.4 MPH, generating a wind chill of 28.1ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.94 / HPA 1013.8 and falling with a weather graphic indicating rain.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:12 a.m. Sunset is 7:11 P.M. Moon rise is at 1:30 a.m., Moon set is 3:18 a.m. and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

The Raw METAR reading from the airport in Augusta is:

METAR KAUG 051053Z AUTO 01009KT 4SM BR OVC004 00/M01 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP119 I1001 T00001011

Visibility is 4.0 miles / 6.4 Kilometers with overcast to 400 ft / 121 m.

We received 0.21 inches of rain and some snow here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 97, the solar wind speed is 394  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 20%.

This is another chicken recipe.  In view of the desseret recipes I’ve posted, I’m trying to scale back the caloric content.  It’s still cold and raw outside, so it’s a good meal fit for the day.

CHICKEN CACCIATORE (Sort of)

4 servings

3 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (3/4 to 1 lb)

1 tbsp olive or vegetable oil

1 medium onion, chopped (½ cup)

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

½ cup chopped green bell pepper

¾ cup sliced zucchini or yellow summer squash

¾ cup sliced mushrooms

1 can (14½ oz) diced tomatoes, undrained

½ tsp Italian seasoning

1/8 tsp pepper

4 cups hot cooked radiatore (nugget), farfalle (bow-tie) or rotini pasta

Cut each chicken breast half crosswise into 3 pieces. Heat oil in 10” pan over medium-high heat. Stir-fry chicken in oil about 5 minutes or until brown; move chicken to one side of skillet. Add onion, garlic, bell pepper, zucchini and mushrooms to other side of skillet: Cook vegetables about 3 min stirring occasionally, until vegetables are crisp-tender.  Stir tomatoes, Italian seasoning and pepper into vegetables and chicken.  Heat to boiling; reduce heat.  Cover and simmer 25 minutes.  Uncover and simmer 5 min. longer.  Serve over pasta.