that's enough for one day, right?

[auntiemeesh]

It's only noon and I'm already all tired out.

Because I'm lame and last week was exhausting (although hey, not expensive or terribly stressful) I was in bed by 9:30 last night, which meant I was awake by 6:30 this morning. Gave up the hope of going back to sleep by seven and went for a run, instead. The path through the park was not as bad as I feared it would be after yesterday's storm, but it did experience some damage and footing wasn't great. But I forced myself to take the long path and ran 3.25 miles.

After relaxing over breakfast, I went back out to get groceries, and I've just now put together some random ingredients in my crock pot. I was going to make chicken and sweet potato stew, since I liked that last time. Unfortunately, my sweet potato was nasty moldy (it was only a week old - if anything, it should have sprouted a few roots, but it definitely shouldn't have been moldy). I discovered this once I'd already cut up the chicken and put it in the pot. I've been thinking lately of making Redwing Stew (ani_no_mouse's lentil recipe) so I sort of combined that with the chicken, but I didn't really have everything I needed for that, either. So it's really a hybrid mutation of all sorts of scary.

Chicken and Lentils:

One pack of chicken tenders, cut into bite sized pieces
one (non-sweet) potato, cut into cubes
three garlic cloves (ANM's recipe calls for eight but that's a bit too much for me)
1 cup lentils
2 cans diced tomatoes
1 can chick peas
1 cup chicken stock
1 tbsp curry
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp salt
fresh ginger (maybe three-quarters of an inch cut off the root? the recipe called for a tsp of ground and I don't know how to translate that to fresh so I just cut off a chunk and minced it)
dash black pepper
a bit of extra water

ANM's recipe includes split peas (I subbed chick peas - not the same thing, but I like chick peas) and brown rice (I already had a potato cut up so no rice), and no chicken.

It is now cooking away and should be ready to take off the heat and pack away by the time eve11 picks me up for shenanigans at her place tonight.

Comments

[shirebound]

What a nice Saturday!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! :)

[eve11]

Good thing you went running this morning... D. is smoking a ton of ribs, we will have cole slaw, veggie skewers, deviled eggs, smores, and I am making a quasi-pumpkin pie (squash from a friend's garden + sweet potato) and a birthday cake. Also there will be booze, sode, and I think ice cream somewhere (mint chip).

Ah, I also have to clean the living room b/c it's a mess! And it's nearly one-o-clock!

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Mm, yummy food...

I should probably be cleaning the kitchen or working on my gaiters/spats or something at least vaguely productive. I'll have to get on that at some point. Lunch will kick in in a few minutes and then I'll feel up to the idea of moving again.

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

It sounds wonderful. I applaud your substitution of chickpeas for the split peas. I actually don't like split peas terribly much, but they are among the cheapest of dried beans and are high in calcium. So, I still use them pretty frequently.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

The recipe turned out really yummy, although next time I'll use a little less cayenne pepper and maybe a touch more ginger.

[b-briarwood.livejournal.com]

I need to start using my slow cooker more. Well, using it at all would help since I've only tried a few things since I got it. Between working out and running my kids have had to survive on ramen and microwave meals. *shameface*

Its not quite that bad really. They do cook some things, but prefer to take the easy way out, especially when its hot out.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I've only really been using mine this past year or so, and only intermittently at that. I just need to cook more and order out less.