14 December 2011
Declaring Food/Recipe Bankruptcy
Well, hello there!
I’m back from vacation and feeling… behind in all areas of life. Going through my photo library, I found a bunch of pics from recipes I meant to write about. Instead of putting them all in their own individual posts, I’m just going to declare food/recipe bankruptcy and get them all out of the way in this one.
So here’s what I’ve been eating lately!
Kettle Cuisine soups sent to me by the company. They saw how much I love soup, and decided to send me some I can eat right out of the freezer. I like that all of their soups are gluten-free, and when you look at the ingredients, they all contain ingredients you’d use to make that soup yourself. Check out the ingredients from the white chicken chili:
Not bad, right? I’d definitely recommend these frozen soups over canned.
For some reason, I’ve been on a curry kick lately. And I’ve also been wanting to make the most out of my newish slow cooker. Curries just seem to be a natural fit! I found this Slow-Cooker Curried Chicken with Ginger and Yogurt recipe from (where else?) Real Simple.
See, here’s what I mean by “a curry kick.” Two curries in the past few weeks is a LOT for me, especially since I don’t LOVE curry usually (except Thai green curry! I could eat that every day). This recipe is Martha Stewart’s Chicken Curry. I liked it, but I had to do some tweaking to make it less bland. The cashews and cilantro really helped, though. I can definitely say it wasn’t “too meaty.”
I’ve been loving my almond meal pancakes lately. So filling and carby without actually having many carbs! Here’s my recipe for Apple Spice Almond Meal pancakes. I think for this version, instead of adding the apples to the batter, I microwaved them with cinnamon and used them as a topping.
I told you all I was going to the Dominican for a wedding. We stayed in an all-inclusive resort that was quite beautiful. However, the food was…seriously lacking. They just try to do way too much instead of sticking to what they know best. We did end up loving the Japanese steakhouse — delicious and tender meat (steak, shrimp, chicken) and the best fried rice I’ve ever eaten. And I don’t even like fried rice! I hear most of these resorts have a place like this, so if you go, hit up the Japanese restaurant! The French restaurant wasn’t bad either. My favorite dish our table ordered was (can you guess?)…
A curry! I think this was a Thai-style curry with shrimp and coconut rice. Mmm. I’ll leave you with a picture of the view from our room.
And NOW you know why I had to declare food/recipe bankruptcy. I’m struggling to get my head back to reality and dreaming I was back there in the sunshine.
Happy Tuesday!
