Sunday, April 23, 2023

Grilled chicken for taco bowls

 This was very good!  Here's the recipe.

I used boneless, skinless thighs.  Pounded them flat.  marinated for 30 min.  (left out all the chili spice, used 2 large cloves garlic minced, juice from 1 lime + 1/2 lime of zest).

Probably great with the original proportions as well!

For grilling, heated to 500F and did 4 min each side.



Wednesday, April 19, 2023

South Indian Coconut Chickpea Curry

Really great!  Recipe here.

This is not chana masala or chole.  The masala has a lot of fennel and fenugreek (methi) in it.  It's a nice almost sweet (but a little spicy) coconut flavor.  Very nice!  

Ver 1:  I used 1 can chickpea, kept all other ingredient amounts the same, but added some frozen green peas and some green beans chopped into 1/2" segments.  I didn't add any water and instead cooked everything in JUST the coconut milk, adding the beans in the last 3-4 minutes so they wouldn't overcook.

Ver 2:  1 can chickpea, half can (~1 C coconut milk) + 1/2 cup water.  Used 2 tomatoes but also ~0.33 can tomato sauce.  Added 1 package mushrooms, quartered and frozen green peas.



Monday, April 17, 2023

Roasted white bean and tomato pasta

 I thought this was really good!

Original recipe here.  I added a minced anchovy to the tomato paste mix and went a little heavy on the garlic.  Flavors were great overall! 

The white beans /mostly/ became crispy.  I was afraid they'd get soggy if I mixed them in, but that turned out to be not so much the case.

I probably only added ~2 Tbsp olive oil in the last step.