Saturday, May 18, 2013

Would this please your man?

Man Pleasing Chicken
I know, I know, not everyone has a man they need to please.  But I didn't name the recipe.  Blame someone else for that.


I think it pleased the little man in our house because I didn't make it for him!  I prepared his chicken plain.

I think it pleased the big man in our house because I did all the prep work for him so that he could just play with out little monsters while I went for a haircut instead of having the sometimes-less-than-enjoyable task of entertaining them, answering all their questions, helping them with who knows what, and trying to create a meal all at the same time.

But, I am not so sure it was the runaway culinary success that Pinterest and the blogosphere would have you think it is.  It was fine.  Good.  I'd make it again as a quick and easy meal, but it wasn't out of the world amazing or anything.  It was actually a bit too sweet for me, if I"m being honest. I think if I make it again, I'd do some tweaking.  Maybe some lime and something for some spicy heat.  It has some potential to be much better, I think.

I did make something this week that was amazingly delicious though!  Curried sweet potato salad.


My notes:
- I added in some dried cranberries along with the golden raisins.
- I forgot to grab some cilantro to throw in but it would have been good!
- I would have liked some red or green onion but I didn't have any.
- Go light on the mayo in the proportions in your dressing.  You don't need much dressing for this salad and you don't want the may to overpower the other ingredients.

4 comments:

  1. I want to try this, but...

    1) Dad doesn't eat sweet potatoes so I would have to cut the recipe in half and still eat it for more than one meal (which is fine with me);

    2) Right now the only sweet potatoes at our store are gigantic. I prefer them to be smaller, but I might have to go with one of these monsters.

    Your photos always make everything look so yummy.

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    1. I had it for lunch the following 2 days. It held up well in the fridge and tasted great.

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  2. We really like the man pleasing chicken here. I prefer it with grainy dijon.

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    1. I used half grainy and half not. I will play with it a bit next time ...

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