Chicken and Dumplings

Ellina has asked for Chicken and Dumplings, and so yesterday, as a welcome distraction from editing (not as far as my publishers are concerned), I trawled the Internet and came up with three recipes that looked interesting.

I had never made this dish before, but culled from all three recipes to produce something that not only filled the kitchen with the most wonderful smells, but was delicious, and made the Smalls very happy indeed.

The dumplings were, however, dry in the middle, so I am providing