Marky was in charge of lunch; he made grilled chicken sandwiches with bleu cheese, onions and peppers. This is his specialty and they were great. While he worked, I set up the slow cooker for dinner. I made cinnamon chicken. It does sound weird, I know, but I like weird food. The recipe calls for boneless skinless chicken breast, sliced carrots, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, coconut milk, and tomato sauce. Quite the strange mix. I couldn't find coconut milk, so I Googled it and mixed cream of coconut with hot water. Then I let it set for 6 hours.
Mmm... potatoes! |
I also made my personal favorite, mashed potatoes. to go with the chicken. I added goat cheese, butter and milk.... extremely healthy. But the chicken wasn't bad, so I figured it would even out. They were by far the best part of the meal, but I am a mashed potato kind of girl. And add goat cheese to anything, and I will be happy. So this was perfect.
As for the chicken? Well, I don't like meat, so as I always say, I am not the person to ask. I thought the texture of the chicken was a little too stringy, but the flavor was very good. I liked the carrots. Kenzie, Nick and Mark were the only ones home. Mark and Kenzie both ate a lot and said they liked it. Nick did his bizarre "I-may-usually-eat-like-an-elephant-but-happen-to-be-full-tonight" thing and gave 75% of his serving to the dogs. Apparently he "doesn't like cloves." Kenz and I are fairly certain that he would not have even known there were ground cloves in it except for the fact that I was telling her the ingredients. I'm getting very used to Nick whining about my meals, though, so this time I chose not to be upset and just be entertained by his story that he wasn't hungry since he ate a hamburger 7 hours earlier.
Frosting with a weird tip? |
Recipes:
slow cooker cinnamon chicken
chai cupcakes
This is where I gave up and just smeared the frosting on... |
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