Curry Chicken Salad

For this post I'm going to attempt a video post again. The actual filming fared far more successful then the last time (let's not talk about that...). Anywho the curried chicken salad came out great as always. Sarah and I had most of it for dinner as open faced sandwiches on a slice of home made bread as seen above. I ate the rest of it just out of a container, plain for lunch the next day. It's just so good. This time I made it from the left over chicken from a beer can chicken we had made the previous weekend when we had friends over. Last summer I just grilled up some chicken breasts to make it. You can also make curried potato salad the exact same way, just sub potatoes for the chicken (and personally I wouldn't use any sweet ingredients at the end, but to each their own), and that's also a delicious treat! So here goes nothing, see you next Tuesday!

Apple Shallot Grilled Cheese

So this is a pretty simple sandwich. I sort of made it on a whim cause it was what we had in the house that lent itself to something resembling a grilled cheese and the only reason I'm really writing about it is because Sarah liked it so much, that she interrupted me in such a way that I thought she was going to yell at me for some reason or another, but really she just wanted to tell me how good the sandwich I made for lunch was. So I ended up making it again the next day for lunch. 

It starts with cream cheese and shallots. I used shallots because we joined a winter CSA and have a bunch of them. Next I made a layer of apple slices.

Then on top of the apples went some sharp cheddar. I used shredded since it's all we had in the house, but I'm sure it would be easier with slices. Either way though really I guess. On the buttered pan I sprinkled garlic powder.

Then the normal grilled cheese cooking, nothing too special here.

Yum, yum, yum, look at all that ooey gooey-ness. Maybe I'm not as fevorant about this sandwich as Sarah is, but it is a damn good sandwich (if I do say so myself). Enjoy the cold weather and the holiday season's cheer and I'll see you next Tuesday!

Red Lentils

I can't tell you why, but for some reason I've been craving lentils lately, which is weird, cause the only time I've ever really had lentils, was when I was studying abroad they were easy to get and cook, cheap and delicious, but I haven't had them much (or at all?) since then. So when I was at the grocery store this weekend I decided to pick some up. But I couldn't find any with the dry beans (which is where I assume they're kept?). So I checked over in the organic section with loose stuff that you bag yourself and get to print a little price tag for (clearly the highlight of this venture) and they were all out of green lentils. But, they did have red ones. Having never seen, or even knew red lentils existed, I decided, why not, let's give it a go! 

The dispenser they came from said to use 3 cups water to one cup lentils, and cook them for 30 - 45 minutes. So clearly I followed this advice. But I think I must've missed something, because it definitely didn't take that long, and even then they came out a bit mushy. And I ended up having to add a little more water, but I feel like that's pretty normal. 

I use an advanced method to mix my spices before throwing them into the pot. The only thing not pictured that I did end up adding was a little salt. I used mostly curry and garlic powder, with only a little cumin, and a teensy bit of ginger. 

I also added some onion and a big spoonful of plain greek yogurt.

See, mushy. But it did come out tasting pretty good :) I ended up eating it for lunch, but I'd say given the way I made it, it would be better suited as a side dish. Maybe I should invest some time into looking for recipes involving lentils. Any suggestions?

See you next Tuesday everyone!