Reckless-Flame

In case anyone feels like trying out a new curry recipe, here's one I came up with based on a recipe I found online. There are a lot of ingredients and it takes about an hour to make, but it's really good. Try it out and let me know what you think.


Chicken peanut curry

Ingredients:
Rice
1 can of lentils
1 can of chickpeas
1 can seasoned tomatoes
1 ½ jars of peanut satay sauce
3 generous spoons of peanut butter
1/2 a yellow bell pepper
1/2 a red bell pepper
1/2 a green bell pepper
5 white mushrooms
2 green onions
1/3 of a yellow onion (chopped)
6 chicken thighs (cooked and sliced into thin, small strips)
Olive oil
Hot curry powder
Ground turmeric
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper
Paprika


Steps:
1) Get the rice cooking in the rice cooker.
2) Cook and slice the chicken.
3) Strain the chickpeas and the lentils to remove the fluid before sautéing in a pan with olive oil over medium heat.
4) Add peanut satay sauce and peanut butter.
5) Add curry powder, turmeric, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and paprika to taste.
6) While the chickpeas and lentils are cooking in the sauce, rinse and slice 1/2 a yellow bell pepper and 1/2 a red bell pepper.
7) Rinse and slice 5 white mushrooms and 2 green onions.
8) Chop up approx. 1/3 of a yellow onion.
9) Add the chopped vegetables and (undrained) tomatoes to the chickpeas and lentils and let that cook together for approx. 5 minutes.
10) Add the chicken strips and stir it all together.
11) Simmer for 10 minutes and serve.


This makes enough curry for three people to have two suppers plus a bit for lunches (yes, it makes a lot).

This is more to say that yes, I am alive than anything. The pups have all gone to their new homes (except for Misty and Gizmo who belong to us)and are eight months old today.

Now, shameless promotion time!!!

There's an awesome Indian restaurant in Sherwood park called New Asian Village (10A Main Blvd.) and it's right near the Steak Village. I highly recommend the buffet at N.A.V. and especially the butter chicken.


Anyway....back to slight update-ness!
I recently bought FF4, Chrono Trigger and FF8 for the playstation. They all work on my PS2, but I will need to get a playstation  memory card so I can actually save...   Not much else is new except that I now have the first two seasons of The Big Bang Theory which is always fun. Now, if you'll excuse me...

So, Winnie had six puppies Thursday night/Friday morning. They're all adorable and cute and we're happy...

...and tired.

The first two weeks involve a lot of supervising of mother and pups, so we're taking shifts watching them. It's kinda fun actually, but still sleep depriving.

I'm posting a group shot, and will post solo shots in the somewhat near future.

:Edit:

As you can tell from my gallery, the solo shots are now up! The puppies all have names now (named mostly by my father, but Gizmo was named by me) which makes things so much easier.

Adapted from 's journal

Directions: Put an "X" in everything you fear. (Simple right?!)

If you get more than 30, I strongly recommend some counseling !

If you get more than 20, you're paranoid.

If you get 10- 20 then you are normal.

If you get 10 or less you're fearless.


I Fear…
[] the dark
[] staying single forever
[] being a parent
[] giving birth
[] being myself in front of others
[] empty/open spaces
[] closed spaces
[x] heights
[] black cats
[] dogs
[] birds
[] fish
[x] spiders
[] flowers or other plants
[] being touched
[] fire
[] deep water
[] lakes
[] silk
[] the ocean
[] failure
[] success
[] thunder/lightning
[] frogs/toads
[] my boyfriends/girlfriends dad
[] my boyfriends/girlfriends mom
[] mice/rats
[x] jumping from high places
[] snow
[] rain
[] heavy wind
[x] crossing hanging bridges
[] death
[] heaven
[] being robbed
[x] falling off high ledges
[] clowns
[x] large crowds of people (It's more along the lines of "uncomfortable" than afraid)
[] men
[] women
[] having great responsibilities
[x] doctors, including dentists (Mainly dentists)
[x]tornadoes
[x] hurricanes
[] incurable diseases
[x] snakes
[x] sharks
[] Friday the 13th
[] ghosts
[] poverty
[] Halloween
[] school
[] trains
[] odd numbers
[] even numbers
[x] being alone (Kind of depends on the situation since i prefer to be alone sometimes)
[] becoming blind
[] becoming deaf
[] growing up
[] monsters under my bed
[x] creepy noises in the night
[] bee stings
[] not accomplishing my dreams/ goals
[x] needles
[] blood
[] dinosaurs if they were alive
[] the welcome mat
[] high speeds
[] throwing up
[] falling in love

My Total: 14


Post it with the subject:
"I fear __ out of 71 common fears'

Yes people, I am still alive and I will be semi-spamming the inboxes with photos. Sorry if it has taken me forever and a million years to get around to looking at the deviations you've been posting over the summer. Dial-up internet. 'Nuf said.

Anywho, haven't been up to much except the whole university thing and working a bit on the weekend. I do plan to make a kiriban for 2K hits, and hopefully I will actually get around to it . I seriously can't believe 2K hits is coming up...and soon-ish... Well, back to french translation worksheets that are due tomorrow!