One thing I make a lot of in the fall and winter is Risotto.  I’d like to tell you I make my own stock for my Risotto and all my other cooking needs.  But truth be told I just don’t have the time. The result is that I use canned chicken stock.  I’ve used canned broth for years and generally am happy with it except that it takes a lot of room in my pantry and I almost always have some leftovers since the cans hold two cups.  Usually I’ll freeze the leftovers but then I end up with bunches of frozen stock because I forget to use them.  Earlier this year, I got some samples of Savory Choice chicken broth concentrate at the Fancy Food show.  But once the garden started producing I didn’t get around to using them.  With my recent cooking frenzy and pantry raiding, I found the samples and gave them a try.  They come in little pouches – you squeeze out the concentrate and mix it with water.  As usual I was skeptical, how could something I needed to reconstitute taste good?  While they were liquid my mind immediately went to those horrid highly salty chicken bouillon cubes.  My fears were unfounded though because these actually taste really good!  Better yet, I have found they are super convenient since each package makes 1 cup of broth so I don’t have leftover broth anymore and since the packages are small they don’t take up much pantry space.  I do believe I’m a convert! 

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