Chicken Tikka Masala. I make this a little saucier, a little less salty and with more zing. Tikka, as it is called in our house, is a staple in our menu. I like to add approximately 2 cups of chopped fresh vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, chard or zucchini are great) with the meat at the end. One dish wonder. My husband will usually grill the chicken while I work on the sauce and our timing is usually almost perfect. He is done as I am ready to add it to the sauce. This is not diet fare and I have tried it with half and half, the results are not the same. My girlfriend taught me a little trick to make your rice irresistible. Chicken Tikka Masala original recipe from AllRecipes.com...thanks to Anna for introducing us to it.
Prep Time: 30 Min Cook Time: 50 Min Ready In: 2 Hrs 20 Min 6 servings Ingredients Directions The Marinade: In a large bowl, combine yogurt, lemon juice, cumin, cinnamon, cayenne, black pepper, ginger, and salt. The Grill: Preheat a grill for high heat. Jammin' - Blackberry and Nectarine Jam. Recipe Roundup - Zucchini. Well, we have zucchini and it is that time of year here where people start to lock their doors out of fear of the load of zukes that might be left in their car or just inside the front door. Our zucchini is beautiful this year and we will happily grill some each and every night. Both of my kids love it, it is so simple to prep and my husband grills it to perfection. Although I am posting a plethora of recipes from my favorite sites, straight off the grill is my fav. We cut them into approximately 3-4" sections, then into quarters. Toss them in a large bowl with fresh pressed garlic and/ or some freshly minced Rosemary, hand off to your Grillmaster and then serve.
My son will eat 6-7 wedges on his own and the babe will work her way through one. This is the taste of summer in our house. The oven is fixed and I am going to make that Terrine as soon as possible. This linky list is now closed. Making Freezer Jam. The berries are here! We have been taking full advantage of berry season whether it is at the grocery store snatching up a 1/2 flat of Skagit Valley berries or at the Farmer's Market eating up Sweet Earth Farm's delicious Tri-star strawberries that we just can't seem to get enough of into the mouth of a certain 4 year old.
In years past, I have grabbed blackberries from our "berry orchard" (read: wild berries) at the end of our driveway and frozen a few gallon bags for over the winter. We are such berry lovers that they are always gone by mid-December and I am always promising myself we will gather more "next year". Throughout the years, I have always been envious of the families that had fresh berry preserves the whole year through while I was buying jar after jar at the store.
Growing up in Orange County didn't really include spending summer days making jam, so I never had it in my repertoire of skills and figured it was beyond me...same with vegetable gardening. THAT IS IT!!! Mollie Katzen Online. Roasted garlic & brie soup. I probably should have poured a nice stiff drink recipe for you all on this loveliest of lovely tax days. Especially for my fellow small business owners who just gave half of their revenue back to the government. Good grief, I won’t even go there. Instead though, I thought I’d offer my idea of a more comforting alternative. Pasta. When life is good, and when life gets crazy, I turn to pasta. And this pasta recipe is one of my all-time favs. And just as it has for years, this one hit the spot. Read more This past Friday night was meant for celebrating. The weather was sit-out-on-the-deck-in-the-cool-evening-breeze perfection. And a very special birthday girl turned the big 3-0. Friends, meet Stacey. Read more TGIF, friends.
Hope that you all have had a lovely week, and that a relaxing weekend lies ahead. Read more Ever since my friends and I met for a tapas happy hour at our neighborhood Spanish restaurant a few weeks ago, I’ve had sangria on my mind. Read more Read more Read more Happy day, friends! Feta And Spinach Garlic Rolls (Low Carb) The Pastry Affair - Home - Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Bread.
I once made the driest pancake in the world. I can see you sitting at home, staring at your computer screen, and scoffing at my bold statement. Driest pancake in the world? Yeah, right. How would you even know? But this is the truth, my friends. Let me share my story with you. A few years back, I made chocolate chip pancakes. Quickly flash to the next morning. Still cold. Confusion. Was the microwave broken? I got angry, as one will when they want food and want it now. When I took it out, the pancake was slightly less cool. It took me a few hours to realize what had happened. It only stands to reason that my pancake was so utterly dry that there wasn't enough water in it to be absorbed by the microwaves.
Thus, the world's driest pancake was born. And to think I took a bite... Luckily, this Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Bread is definitely not dry. One Year Ago: Chocolate Orange Miniature Cakes Garlic Parmesan Pull-Apart Bread Yields 1 loaf Punch down the dough. Homemade Tortillas. Making soft delicious tortillas at home is surprisingly easy. In fact, once I started making my own suddenly all our dinners and lunches were rolled up in fresh tortillas. The dough is made from flour, shortening, water, and salt. I had all the ingredients on hand but the shortening.. which ended up only costing two dollars and has lasted through many many batches of tortillas. Considering how cheap the ingredients are and how delicious they taste it just doesn't make sense to pay for the much more expensive packaged ones. To make the dough you first work the shortening into the flour.
Next some hot tap water and salt is stirred in with a fork until a dough forms. To make sure that the tortillas are the same size the easiest thing to do is roll the dough into a log and then cut it into equal pieces. Since the dough is a medium-stiff consistency it might be easier just to squeeze it into a log shape rather than roll it. Each ball gets rolled out into the seven inch diameter circle. 1. 2. Reposting with a twist: How to clean a pomegranate without a mess. When I think of the Fall, one of the images that comes to mind is the eating of pomegranates.
Those little rubies of juicy tartness that you can just pop into your mouth to wake up your tastebuds. Pomegranates are in season from September to February in the Northern Hemisphere, and we tend to eat them during October and November.Pomegranates are one of the current, trendy "wonder foods" that you are seeing pop into salads, cocktails, curries and more on food blogs. TV cooking shows and restaurants.
Every Fall, they are in my house. Always have been and always will be. Of course, it has been part of the food chain much longer than my fascination. In the Indian subcontinent's ancient Ayurveda system of medicine, the pomegranate has extensively been used as a source of traditional remedies for thousands of years. The rind of the fruit and the bark of the pomegranate tree is used as a traditional remedy against diarrhea, dysentery and intestinal parasites. Savory Slow Cooker Pot Roast. CSA week of Sept. 20 - No Fail Pesto. Nectarine Custard Pie. This summer we bought a beautiful flat of nectarines and it didn't matter how many we ate, there seemed to be more and more filling the box.
Reluctantly, after we made jam and ate until we were afraid they wouldn't last, we sliced them and froze them in 1 gallon Ziploc bags. As the months passed, I knew they were there, but I didn't want to deplete our summer fruit just yet. I finally came to the realization that it IS December, not August. Time to break out the summer gold. Last night we were having some of our favorite guests over for dinner and I knew they would be a good audience for an experiment. I wanted to make a pie. Every recipe I looked up didn't seem worthy of this precious summer fruit, so I created my own. Nectarine Custard Pie Ingredients: Pie crust for 10" pie 5 nectarines, sliced 1 cup of heavy whipping cream 2/3 cup of sugar 1 egg 4 tbsp flour 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla extract Procedure: Heat oven to 400.
Place pie crust in pie dish and flute the edges. Butternut Squash Risotto. My baby signed "more" today. Why you ask? She wanted more Butternut Squash Risotto. The extra dishes and hour of prep and stirring were well worth it. Last night, the Good Apple and I were watching Alton Brown's episode about rice. He constructed this recipe while featuring the in's and out's of risotto. As the hour approached for GA to leave work today, I sent him a text. While making the masterpiece, we juggled kid duties back and forth. This is a 3-pot-meal. Healthy. Butternut Squash Risotto Adapted from Alton Brown's recipe as seen on Good Eats. Ingredients: 8 cups organic chicken broth 1 cup dry white wine 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 tablespoon dried basil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 5 cloves of garlic, crushed Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 cups Arborio rice 12 ounces organic butternut squash, cut into 1/2" cubes 1 cup grated Parmesan Procedure: In a medium saucepan with a lid, pour 7 cups of chicken broth and keep it simmering.
Reduce the heat to low. Soup's On: Julia Child's Potato Leek Soup Spun. “The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.” ~Julia Child She is a classic, without a doubt. Julia Child brought the home kitchen to a new level with her love of cooking, her personal flare and her cookbooks. Last winter, as a homage to Ms. I get it. Wait. Let the ingredients sing for themselves and they will. Being me, I wanted to give it a little spin. Here is my discovery and where you should make the call based on how daring your family is with what you serve them. If you are on a budget, this soup with a homemade loaf of French bread and a simple green salad will fill the tummies 'round your table and allow you to splurge on another night's meal.
Affordable. “The best way to execute French cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken. Atta girl Julia Potato Leek Soup Optional Toppings: Sour cream Chives Grated Parmesan Cheddar Bunnies And of course, one final Julia-ism... Sugar Cookies (without tears) I have a dear friend who has twin boys the same age as my eldest. We went through our first year hand in hand. I was determined to make everything as healthy as possible for my new tyke and she was determined to do the same AND take on the world. She would redo her garden beds, paint her downstairs, reorganize spaces in her home. I would look up recipes online. Christmas time came and she busted out DOZENS of gorgeous sugar cookies. I loathe enriched, bleached flours, High Fructose Syrup, canned goods, BPA and yes, my green flag is flying high at this point, but I was going to make pretty cookies for my son. I found a great recipe and then I substituted in whole wheat flour and some apple sauce.
Believe it or not, I couldn't figure out what had gone wrong. Frustrated and with tears in my eyes, I called Super Friend. It has been 3 years, but I am ready to give it a go. Yes, I will use organic sugar and butter and flour. Simple Christmas Sugar Cookies Ingredients: 1/4 teaspoon salt. Crash Potatoes a la Val.