Home Sweet Kitchen

Since I've been feeling almost myself lately (other than the going to bed at 8pm thing), I've been getting back to my normal routines. It feels so good! I actually have missed running errands, cleaning my house, and cooking! Who would have thought? Well, the cooking in particular I've been glad to get back to. I've had some good luck lately with some new recipes. I feel like I'm kind of taking a chance when I try something new, because it's the worst when you spend time cooking something and it doesn't turn out great. My rule of thumb for recipes has been to not make a recipe card for something unless I've already made it and loved it. That way when I go back through my recipe box for meals for the week, I'm only choosing from stuff I know will turn out. However, once a week or so, I try making something new.. usually from an Everyday Food magazine. I've actually rarely made something from these magazines that we don't end up enjoying. So, I rarely post about recipes on my blog, but seeing as I've been so proud to be feeling well enough to be back in the kitchen, I think it's appropriate. Last week we tried out Chili Chicken Tacos. It's a slow cooker recipe that turned out great and is really made super yummy by adding the suggested toppers of sour cream, lime, cilantro, and cheese. Mmmmm. Last night we were also excited to find a great Thai meal - Spicy Coconut Chicken Casserole. I guess this is once again another chicken recipe, but way different. The curry and coconut flavors were really great. And squeezing on some lemon makes it extra tasty. I used boneless chicken breasts instead of legs (eww bone!). The recipe requires Thai red curry paste. They didn't have this at Fry's, so I later ran to AJ's and got it there. AJ's has everything exotic and yummy (but way too expensive to do all your grocery shopping there). Anyway, the recipe was worth the hassle, and I have lots of curry paste left for future cooking. :)