Here is the perfect Holiday recipe that is easy to make and delicious! Spanish chicken and shrimp paella is a crowd-pleaser because of the tasty flavor of saffron (threads) that amplifies this dish to another level. Recently, I made this dish for a Holiday potluck and everyone enjoyed it.
Paella is a versatile dish because you can combine your favorite type protein and vegetables. For this particular recipe, I used chicken fingers, shrimp, chicken and sage sausage. Other protein options you might want to consider are grilled chicken, scallops, and clams. The possibilities are endless!
Ingredients
Here are the ingredients you’ll need for this recipe.
Shrimps– Deveined, cleaned, and tails off.
ChickenFingers-Sliced into small pieces. I used the entire bag.
Chicken Sausage– I used frozen Applegate chicken & sage sausage. Thaw and cut into small pieces. I used the entire box. Any of your favorite sausage will work perfectly.
Green Olives-Use your favorite brand. I used the green olives with stuffed pimientos.
Capers-Adds a lovely salty flavor.
Sun-dried tomatoes-I love the sweet flavors of sun-dried tomatoes. I cut them into small strips. Grape tomatoes also work perfectly as a substitute.
White Wine -White Wine is perfect for a zesty flavor or you can substitute one lemon.
Tomato Paste-You can substitute your favorite tomato sauce if you don’t have any tomato paste in the kitchen pantry.
Chicken Broth-Another substitute that works well is beef or vegetable broth.
White Rice-Use your favorite brand of white rice. Feel free to use brown rice if you desire.
Yellow Onion-Chopped yellow onion works great with this recipe.
Instructions
Add olive oil in a large pot. Chop and cook onions until browned for about 5 minutes.
Add the prepped shrimps, cubed chicken fingers, and sliced chicken sausage. Cook for 3 minutes.
Add rice, with all the spices: garlic powder, paprika, saffron threads (2 pinches), salt and pepper. Continue to cook for 2 minutes.
Add 4 cups of chicken broth, tomato paste, and white wine. Gently stir.
Finally, add olives, sun-dried tomatoes, and capers.
Lower heat and cover your pot of paella. Cook for 25 minutes or until rice is soft. Set aside on a cool burner to let rice paella cool down for 5 minutes.
Helpful Tips:
You can store the chicken and shrimp paella in the same pot for the next day. This process allows all the flavors to settle in more.
When reheating the paella add 1/4 cup of water or chicken broth so your rice won’t dry out.
Any extra left overs can be stored in an air-tight container and placed in the freezer for one month.
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Autumn in the woods of South Carolina is extremely beautiful. We are experiencing 50 degree weather instead of the mid-80’s. So there is definitely a cool down that many have hoped for in our area.
Video by Kurt Roinestad (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023
“Nature Awakens The Soul” –Debra Roinestad (Protected by the Light: Memoir)
Severe Drought and Wildfires in the Carolinas
As of early November, the state of South Carolina is experiencing a severe drought and is in desperate need of rain. Over in North Carolina there have been several serious forest fires.
And now for the good news! The critters that are active in autumn for South Carolina are foxes, bears, deer, wild turkey, raccoons, and ravens. Here is a compilation of forty short videos that our trail cam captured. I spliced them together for your enjoyment. 😊
Hello Friends, Here is a trail cam wildlife gallery for the fall season. South Carolina is quickly reaching peak foliage which is at the end of October. Trees are turning bright red, yellow, and orange. Sometimes nature is best seen rather than described.
Table Rock Mountain by Debra Roinestad, (c) Debra Roinestad, 2023.Wispy Clouds Over Table Rock Mountain by Debra Roinestad, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023.Our Cabin by Debra Roinestad, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023.
A Walk in the Woods by Debra Roinestad, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023
Image in the public domain.
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Since Halloween is just around the corner, I‘m paying tribute to the garden spider. The garden spider appears in the late summer or early fall, right on time for Halloween!
Dark Matter poster (2021) abstract spider. Original public domain image from NASA.
Here are four great reasons to love the Garden Spider
They are helpful to your garden.
Yellow Garden Spider in our garden, Photo by Kurt Roinestad, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023.
Garden spiders are beneficial to your garden. They control pests that can harm your flowers and plants. They eat mosquitos, aphids, beetles, flies, wasps, moths, leafhoppers, leafminers, and spider mites. Plus, they help reduce harmful pathogens such as fungi and bacteria that will harm your garden with diseases such as black spot.
Bright Colors
Who doesn’t like the cheerful color, yellow? The bright yellow colors of the garden spider only occur in females, according to experts. Since we have one living with us on our porch, I began to develop an admiration for her bright color, and nick-named her, ‘Goldie’. Also, she looks great on the front porch with my Halloween decorations.
Large Size
Large Yellow Garden Spider, Photo by Kurt Roinestad, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023.
They are huge and can grow about 0.75 to 1.1 inches (19 to 28 millimeters) or larger. The legs extend twice the distance of the body. The garden spider legs are decorated with striped patterns of yellow and black. Also, they are a good reminder to always think big.
Yellow Garden Spider Legs, Photo by Kurt Roinestad, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023.
A Designers Web
Garden Spider’s Web, Photo by Kurt Roinestad, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023.
The web is extremely beautifully spun into a zig-zag pattern. The patterns remind me of the chevron pattern. She is a very stylish girl!
Chevron pattern.
Garden Spider Hiding. Photo by Kurt Roinestad, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023.
When she feels threatened, she will use her web as a shield. Kurt was able to take some awesome photos of her while he was cleaning our front porch! All the activity frightened her but she is okay and doing quite well! 🙂👍
The spider as an artist Has never been employed Though his surpassing merit Is freely certified— by Emily Dickinson (Cobwebs)
Garden Spider. Photo by Kurt Roinestad, (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023.
Although garden spiders may start to build their web in inconvenient places you can relocate this beauty using garden gloves, a plastic cup, and cardboard to carefully move her. Release her in a more convenient area around your home or place her in a lower garden plant. She might bite if she feels threatened but she is not poisonous to humans or pets.
Another option is breaking her web using a broom which will encourage her to find another area to build her web, which is my preferred choice.
Whenever you encounter a spider remember that it is considered a symbol of growth, curiosity, and wonder.
P.S. Here is more information about the yellow garden spider by ‘My Wild Backyard.’
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It’s finally autumn in South Carolina and the wildlife have been enjoying the cooler weather. The mature bucks are filling their bellies with as much food as possible. On the trail cam video you will see a buck shedding the velvet from his antlers. This happens every season when the antlers have reached their mature size (see picture below). You can read more here from Realtree blog.
Buck Shedding Velvet From Antlers. (c) Debra Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin 2023
In addition, the black bears are now in their hyperphagia phase and are filling their bellies to the max!
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Yogi bear opening by Hanna-Barbera.
I spliced together 20 trail cam videos into one entire video. As always, I hope you like. 🙂
Trail Cam Videos (c) Debra Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin, 2023.Autumn leaves in the woods of South Carolina. Photo by Debra Roinestad. (c) The Comfy Cabin, 2023.
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Within the woods is where the magic happens! That’s especially true when you capture a coyote on the trail camera. I compiled some recent trail cam videos of coyotes along with bears, ravens and deer. I hope you enjoy.
Coyote of Mexico by Charles Hamilton Smith More. Original in the public domain.
“Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and in highlands. —N. Scott Momday
So, what’s so special about the coyote?What makes them so magical?
Here are three great reasons that make a coyote special.
First, coyotes are efficient hunters because of their sharp senses. They use mostly their sense of hearing and sense of smell to capture their prey. Whenever prey is not available, they will eat large quantities of berries and fruits.
Coyote in Field. Image in the public domain.
Second, coyotes are extremely fast and can run as fast as 64 km (40 miles) per hour.
Curious coyote. Original in the public domain.
Third, coyotes are nocturnal and have nightly serenades of yaps and howls. Plus, their howls are a code for other coyotes. Coyotes have a pecking order (Alpha, beta, etc). Their howls let each coyote know who is in charge! You can read more on Decoding Coyotes Yips, Barks, and Howls.
Image in the public domain.
Wishing you a magical day! Enjoy the trail cam video.
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A young black bear searches for food on a talus slope. Image in the public domain image.
When you think of black bears, you may not consider that part of their daily routine is grazing! But, according to the National Park Service, black bears graze on a variety of grasses. Black bears also search for grubs and will use their claws to dig in the ground for these tasty treats. They also climb trees in their search for food. Read more here. They are excellent at identifying edible yummies and can smell food up to 20 miles away!
As summer winds down, black bears will soon go into hyperphagia mode. Hyperphagia is a period when black bears have an intense and persistent sensation of hunger. They gain enormous amounts of fat to help them get through the winter. See my previous post on the bears entering hyperphagia phase, ‘Black Bear Steals Bucket From My Front Porch’. Click here.
All Trail Cam Videos (c) Debra Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin, 2023.Harper’s weekly, Christmas ’98 by Edward Penfield. Image in the public domain.
All Trail Cam Videos (c) Debra Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin, 2023.
All Trail Cam Videos (c) Debra Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin, 2023.Image in the public domain.
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It only comes out after dark and hides within the trees…ladies and gentleman introducing the whippoorwill. The whippoorwill is a nocturnal bird and enjoys feasting on bugs at night. Luckily, one of our cameras caught this fascinating bird (actually two) in flight hunting for insects under the deck of our cabin. They can fly up to 15 feet off the ground, sweeping insects into their very large mouths.
(c) Debra Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin, 2023
The whippoorwill has a distinct chirping sound that stands out from any other bird that you might hear in the forest. The chirping is very rhythmic, and sounds as if they are saying their exact name, “whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will.”
Credit: N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission58. The Chimney Swallow (Chætura pelasgia) 59. The Whippoorwill (Caprimulgus vociferus) 60. The Nighthhawk (Chordeiles americanus) illustration from Zoology of New York (1842-1844) by James Ellsworth De Kay. Original from The New York Public Library.
In Native American tradition, their is a belief that the cry of the Whippoorwill is a symbol of misfortune or death. The Mohegan Tribe feels different; they believe that the Whippoorwill is the sound of ‘Little People’ who are ‘Nature Spirits’. Read more here. Also, these incredible birds are known as ‘moon birds’ because they lay their eggs with the phases of the moon. Read more here. So, the next time you look up in the sky at night and see the moon, remember the whippoorwill.
There aren’t many articles written about elderly bears or ‘elderly’ wildlife in general. That’s why I am giving homage to these adorable critters. After viewing so many trail cam videos…I feel a close connection to these older forest dwellers.
The oldest known living bear was a polar bear that lived for 42 years! Black bears (the species that lives here in South Carolina) have reportedly lived as long as 30 years or more. Read more on the ‘9 Oldest Bears of All Time‘. Click here.
I really admire the gentleness and wise expression of this bear on our trail cam. I feel as if I found a wise teacher that has taught me to slow down and enjoy life.
Trail Cam Video (c) Debra Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin, 2023
Trail Cam Photo (c) Debra Roinestad, The Comfy Cabin, 2023
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.”
—Ralph W. Sockman
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