Chicken and Dumplings I

Ingredients

 * 1 small chicken (1½ lbs)
 * 1½ cup water
 * ¼ tsp salt
 * ½ stalk celery
 * ¼ cup onion

Dumplings

 * 1 cup all purpose flour
 * 1 tsp baking powder
 * ½ tsp salt
 * 1 tbsp shortening
 * ½ cup skim milk

Directions

 * 1) Directions for chicken and dumplings: disjoint chicken and remove skin; place in large pan.
 * 2) Add water, salt, celery, and onion; simmer 1 to 2 hours or until meat is tender.
 * 3) Remove chicken from bone; return chicken to chicken stock.
 * 4) Bring chicken and stock to a boil; add rolled dumplings.
 * 5) Cover and boil gently 8 to 10 minutes.

Dumplings

 * 1) Combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
 * 2) Cut in shortening.
 * 3) Add milk to make a stiff dough.
 * 4) Roll dough out to about ⅛ inch thickness and cut into 1 inch strips, squares or diamonds.

Chicken pot pie

 * 1) To make a chicken pot pie, put mixture in a deep dish, cover with a rolled pastry dough to fit, making several slashes in the top.
 * 2) The top crust would add calories to the total.
 * 3) You may add peas, carrots, mushrooms if you like. Those ingredients are not in the original recipe.

Nutritional information
Each serving ¾ cup, may be exchanged for 2 medium fat meat, 1 starch.