Chicken Vegetable Stew with drop Cornmeal Dumplings

Ingredients (21)

• ___ Stew finishing vegetables
• 1/2 yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 6 medium carrots, peeled and chopped into 1/2 inch cubes
• 3 stalks celery, peeled and chopped into 1/2 inch cubes
• 6 summer squash (zucchini or mexican) peeled and diced into 3/4 inch cubes
• ___ Dumpling ingredients
• 3/4 cup corn meal
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp table salt
• 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 egg, whisked (optional)
• Milk, as required
• ___ Stock ingredients
• 2 stalks celery
• 3 Tbsp parsley, fresh
• 1 yellow onion, cut into quarters
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 tsp thyme, dried
• 1 whole chicken, cut at joints and breast/ribs split or 2 lb chicken thighs and breasts, bone-in
• 1/2 tsp table salt