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Tandoori Chicken Skewers & Rice
Tonight’s recipe came from Fitness Food, and was just delicious! Chicken marinated in yogurt and tandoori spices grilled and served with a rice made with cumin, cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric, and currants. This one’s a keeper. Lisa says: This is *so* good. Chris says: Yeah, super good! I always wondered how the chicken turned that color […]
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Garden-Style Lasagna
Tonight Lisa made this labor-intensive lasagna based on a Cooking Light recipe, and added extra spices and mushrooms. I’m usually a bigger fan of tomato-sauce based lasagna, but this one hit the spot with its variety in textures and sheer number of sauteed vegetables. Chris says: Wow you’re on a roll with these Cooking Light […]
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Aloo Palak
This week’s CSA box included plenty of potatoes and spinach, so this dish was an obvious choice. The recipe below is modified from a few different sources online. Lisa says: This is *so* good. Chris says: It really is — I love that combo of spinach and potatoes. Lisa says: Did you mention that we’re […]
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Vietnamese Summer Rolls
Jeremy and Autumn came over for dinner one night this week — Lisa made these fresh rolls, which filled us up much more than the tiny seafood salad I made. The peanut sauce was also really, really good. Chris says: Yay, I love these; we haven’t made them in a while… Lisa says: I’m glad […]
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Arroz Rojo con Pollo y Frijoles Negros
Yep, that’s Chicken and Rice with black beans… this recipe is based on one in Rick Bayless’s Mexican Everyday cookbook and was a nice smoky twist on the usual. What really elevated the dish was a quick homemade chipotle-tomatillo salsa that we spooned on; as our dishes emptied we proceeded to just consume the salsa […]