Other than that, I often just toss stuff in until it looks right such as: 3 chicken breast & 3 chicken thighs - 2 cups of chicken stock mixed with 1 cup milk, some dry mustard or couple spoonfuls of the wet stuff, a Teaspoon of grill seasoning or trader joe's 21 spice salute, frozen sliced carrots, chopped celery, frozen bell pepper, frozen pearl onions and then let it all simmer during the day. I come back to it and add in 4 ounces of cubed cream cheese, 1/2 cup of finely grated asiago cheese and stir all up. At the last 15 minutes, toss in some frozen peas and any leftover potatoes you have (a can of sliced works too). Stir all up and serve in bowls - cheesy chicken stew. yum