Cold with sun and and another delicious poltry recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have sun with a few afternoon clouds. High will be 28°F. Winds are WSW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we’ll have clear skies with a low near 10°F. Winds will be NW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 72%, the Dew Point is 7ºF and the outdoor temp is 14.0ºF.

The wind direction is  West Southwest between 0.2 MPH and 0.4 MPH, with a wind chill of 14.0°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.65, the Absolute pressure is 29.45 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 7:08 a.m. Sunset is 4:00 p.m., Moonrise is 5:19 a.m., Moonset is 3:20 p.m. and the moon phase is waning crescent being 3% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from the city of Augusta’s airport are:

METAR KAUG 161053Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM SCT100 M10/M12 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP090 T11001117

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 kilometers with scattered Clouds to 10,000 ft / 3,048 m

We didn’t receive any snow here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 74, the solar wind speed is 340 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

This is another chicken recipe, but it’s hardy and also low in all of the things the doctor keeps belly-aching about.

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.