Review of Indian Chicken Dinner

Last night I made the I Ain't Chicken Chicken The Indian flavors were pretty subtle, but what I really like was her method of baking chicken. I can see using this method with different flavor profiles. You could use herbed butter, garlic, lemon, whatever you like. It makes a nice flavored chicken and not dry. It was very good.

I also made the Ugly Duckling Salad The pistachio dressing was very interesting. I even used the Siracha sauce, but only a tiny bit. It gave a nice spice, but it wasn't too much. I wasn't able to get the celery root, so I just left it out. I would make this salad again and the dressing.

Linda

Aarti Party-American Food with an Indian Twist

Did any of you watch "The Next Food Network Star" this year. I was excited about the winner Aarti Sequeira because her idea for her show was to bring East Indian flavors to regular recipes. I've wanted to explore Indian food but it tends to be very starchy and hot, so I'm hoping I'll learn something from her about Indian spices and ingredients. Today she made a bread pudding that had coconut milk in the custard and baked chicken with flavored butter with coriander and orange under the skin. She also made a spinach salad with apple and celery root and a dressing that had pistachio nuts ground up in it. I thought these were all ideas I would like to try. Her Food Network page is here.

Linda

Plum Jam with Agava and Stevia

I love this recipe from Elana's Pantry. I left out the arrowroot because it seemed thick enough for me. Also I didn't really taste the vanilla so next time I would just leave it out or open the bean and scrape out the seed and add them to the jam. I don't have a high speed blender, but just used my stick blender. She said this lasts a couple of weeks in the frig and I can't eat it that fast so I put part of it in the freezer. I want to use this same recipe and make apricot jam.

My dd is having a give away for a stevia that has a good taste to it. Check it out here.

Linda