Coconut Chicken Curry

I made this for dinner Monday night. It was delicious. I made a few changes.

First, I didn't brown the chicken before hand. That takes all the easy out of crock-pot cookin'. I feel just fine about plopping it in the crock-pot frozen.

Second, I followed the user reviews and added more salt and more curry. Two heaping teaspoons of curry. I didn't measure the salt precisely, but I'm guessing there were at least two teaspoons in there. Instead of peas, I used carrots. Fresh baby carrots that I put in at the beginning. They were delicious. And I had no flaked coconut, so I just left that out.

I served the dish over rice, and had strawberry-spinach salad on the side.

This meal was a winner--easy, tasty, and different.

Chicken-Mango-Pineapple Salad

I sort of forgot about this blog. Did you?

Today I made a chicken-mango-pineapple salad. I cooked the chicken in lime juice and honey.
Here's my recipe:

• 1 lb chicken breasts, sliced and sauteed with juice from 1 lime and 2 Tbsp honey. I didn't use any oil.
• 1 head romaine lettuce, broken into bite-sized pieces
• 1/2 fresh pineapple, peeled, hulled, and chopped
• 1 mango, peeled and chopped

I used this dressing here. It was delicious. Even Violet liked it. I'm not sure why they called it a vinaigrette dressing though. There was no vinegar in it. Dan called it "restaurant-worthy."

I do wish I'd had some avocados to throw in the salad. Then it would've been perfecto. Next time for sure.

Mom's Meusli

This is what Mom made us for breakfast this morning:

1 c. rolled oats
1 grated apple
1/2 c. yogurt
1 handful of raisins
sprinkle of cinnamon
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1/4 c. chopped nuts (opt.)