{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
Project Tuesday
A later entry, but here! I am so excited to share today’s project!
Before I get to that, a look at a recent one:
This was before ‘The Project’. Here is after:
So easy to access, there’s tons of room, and things that I use regularly are not, now, hidden behind things that I don’t use regularly. Very happy with that result. (Andrew, how are you going with your ongoing Project?)
And now, here is my bigger one yet, which is a gift for my brother and sister-in-law in anticipation of the birth of their first babe (though I fear it’ll arrive after the fact…):
This is the outlining plan…it has been subject to change already 
This is our original copy, the one in which I made my own pattern after
And these are the nearly-finished results
What’s your latest project?
Dracula
I have started reading the classic Dracula. I think I started it at the worst time of the day – evening. Not even early evening, but late (as in 10pm). The first portion of the book is a journal entry of a poor man who finds himself entangled in Dracula’s web. It’s rather creepy. Thankfully it has now moved on to a scene in England, where there are more people. It’s funny how when a main character is surrounded by people, even in a story, it seems to bring more relief to the reader even when they’re in danger than when the main character is locked away lonesome, in terror, and awaiting the inevitable.Have any of you read Dracula?
Spud these days.
Has this ever happened to you with a frozen pizza? Most bizarre…
He has taken to moving his chair by himself all the way up to the ‘better view,’ as I’m sure he’d call it if he could. We’ve now unplugged the TV, as he usually turns it on when he thinks it’s time for ‘t-d! t-d!’ (which used to be called ‘d-d! d-d!’)
{This Moment}
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
Recipe Thursday
For Christmas Andy and I received from his cousin’s family two magazines. If one lived in Ontario, they wouldn’t understand really why someone would receive these as a gift. But oh, are they ever a gift.
The LCBO, Liquor Control Board of Ontario, produces a magazine every few months called Food & Drink. It features many different wines and alcohols that they carry. However, my interest is more peaked by the recipes that it carries (over 100 usually!). I’ve challenged myself to make 1-2 of these recipes a week until I finish the ones I like. Our most recent adventure was the Cashew Chicken Curry (p. 154 for those of you lucky to have the Autumn 2011 issue). Needless to say, it was amazing, as most of the recipes tend to be.
Cashew Chicken
(Food & Drink Magazine, Autumn 2011, p. 154)
3/4 cup roasted, salted cashews
1/3 cup plain yogurt
1/4 cup roughly chopped cilantro
1 tbsp chopped fresh, peeled ginger
1 tbsp mild or hot curry paste
1 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp each salt and freshly ground pepper
1 tbsp canola oil
2 lbs chicken thighs (worked out to about 4-5 pieces for us)
1/2 cup chicken broth
- in food processor, blend cashews until finely chopped. Add yogurt, cilantro, ginger, curry, brown sugar, salt and pepper and process until smooth.
- in large pan, heat oil over med-high, brown chicken thighs until very brown, approx. 4 min each side.
- scrape all of the sauce over the chicken with broth; stir until blended, reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cover.
- cook until chicken is cooked through, approx. 15 minutes
- let sit, covered, 5-10 minutes
- serve on rice with chopped cilantro and cashews
Notes: – I used turkey stock; it was what we had
- it turns out unsalted cashews work just as good
- it is actually best if, when simmering, you check every 2 minutes and stir well. It can get stuck on the bottom like you wouldn’t believe
So there you go! I think serving with some broccoli amadine would go well with it too, but we only had the broccoli when we had the recipe. This dish is delish, so try it out!
Have you experimented with any new foods lately?
