It's a lovely spring Thursday night after a warm spring day with flowers blooming and birds singing. I feel great after a wonderful nap.
Heather and I went swimming this morning. We had gotten out of the habit to do it every Thursday at 11 like we used to, so now we're trying to get the habit going again. It's really good for my joints. The water in the pool at the Boys and Girls Club where we go is kept at 85 degrees F so that they can teach babies to swim, so it is heavenly warm. All this swimming probably has something to do with the wonderful nap...
After e swimming we went to lunch at Alladin Restaurant, http://www.aladdincafe.com. We split the Meza,
#7 ALADDIN MEZA PLATTER: Hummus, Tabouleh, Baba Ghanouj, Chicken & Lamb Shawerma, Dolma, Falafels, Aladdin's Hot Sauce, Garlic Sauce, Pickles, Served with Pita Bread.
with a side addition of extra Kebeh. This is one of our favorite places. Our waiter, Haithem, is a really funny guy and so nice. He looked at me funny at first and seemed not to know me with the new red hair, but then he got it and laughed and asked if we wanted the usual Meza Platter, LOL.
Heather with a full tummy of Alladin goodness. After lunch I was working on the bridal shawl.
Now I know that lace just looks like a mess until it is blocked out, but just you wait, this is going to be absolutely gorgeous when I get it blocked with the rich plum beads on the edging, and the plum Swarovski crystals on the points. Very bridal in its Lily of the Valley-ness. Estonian nupps galore! The pretty inlaid box is sold at Alladin's, they have lots of that kind of stuff.
Thanks for the request for the curried chicken recipe, Dee. Dan tells me that curried chicken is the most commonly cooked dish in the UK. Here's my version. We had it tonight for supper. Yummy and the house smells heavenly of curry.
Curried Chicken in the Crockpot for the busy Woman
In a crock pot put:
4 chicken thighs,
2 diced potatoes
4 chopped ribs of celery
1 large sliced carrot (or 2 medium)
1 10-ounce package sliced mushrooms
1 C tomato juice (Low salt)
3 C water
1/3 C minced dried onion (huge time saver)
4 cloves garlic, sliced
1/2 C flaked coconut
1T Wocestershire
1T curry powder ( I use Delish)
freshly ground black pepper
1t salt (omit if using salty tomato juice)
Let 'er roll on low all day while you are out and about. When you get home the house will be smelling like heaven and dinner is ready.
Lilo is curled up napping, dreaming of big fat, juicy mice, probably.
Ta-ta,
Julie
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