Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Out of Africa

It is so pretty, the taste is just a bonus!
     This recipe was shared with us by a friend who said it is original to Malawi, where it is often served, but only with chicken on special occasions. The pastor and his wife were coming for dinner, and that seemed special enough to me; so, chicken was added to the stewing tomatoes, celery and onions before seasoning all with curry and pepper. The final addition to the pot was cream, after which it was heated just to the edge of boiling.

     We serve this over rice. Of course, what makes the meal fun is choosing from a myriad of toppings. This time we had the following on hand:


  • Pineapple tidbits
  • Mandarin oranges
  • Bananas, chopped and dipped in Fruit Fresh
  • Apples, chopped and dipped in salt water bath
  • Carrots, shredded
  • Green peas
  • Baby red bell pepper slices
  • Peanuts
  • Flaked coconut
  • Spring onion, snipped
  • Yogurt (plain)
  • Thai sweet/hot sauce

Not pictured: peanuts, coconut, Thai hot sauce.

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Roasted Spring Chicken with Quinoa

In my refrigerator was a roasted chicken breast from the night before. Rather than have chicken in the usual meat and two sides fashion, I decided to “springboard” a meal off of Publix Aprons meal card labeled “Spring Chicken with Quinoa”

In this surprisingly quick version, due in part to the leftover roasted chicken breast, I used the following ingredients:
    1/2 cup quinoa (prepared using 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup chicken broth)
    1 T. Plus a bit more freshly squeezed lemon juice, added to quinoa after it had cooked
    About 1/2 cup frozen kale, prepared in microwave with 1/4 cup water 6 min on high
    Frozen baby green peas, corn, and fresh carrot bits... softened in microwave
    A snack-size red sweet pepper, spring onion, and partial stalk celery chopped
    Salt & pepper to taste
Now my fellow ate it all, but without comment. When asked he said it was “Ok.” Okay, then. We’ll see if I can get this on the rotation for whenever I have a spare roasted chicken breast ready for the picking.