Cooking for adults

At last the spice cabinet comes out. I have discovered a wonderful Indian spice shop close by - you know the kind, DVDs, rice sacks, and lots of whole spices in plastic bags sealed with a staple. Fresh curry leaves too!

I have chicken stock in the freezer, so I’m thinking: the bird!

I want a roast chicken, but also want some aspects of the Malaysian staple (get it?) chicken rice.

Here’s the plan.

Roast chicken with stuffing

Stuffing

couscous
pan-browned rice, cracked in a mortar
buised cardamon
lime wedges

Rice

Steamed with chicken stock and whole-spice garam masala

Roast Veggies

Spanish onion
Baby carrots
Garlic
Cayenne chilies

Finely slice bok choy, blanch and sprinkle over the top last

I’m thinking, little cupped rice mounds, all neat and prissy, with chaos of bird bits, veggies and bok choy.

Bring on the grown-ups. Wish me luck!

About this blog

Now I am a bachelor once more, food, shopping and meals are again a healing and healthy part of my life. This blog will be recipes and discussion of food, ingredients, preparation, meal times, entertaining, and hibernating.

Parental advisory: I do not plate: I dish out! I do not partake: I chow down!

Cooking for yourself, your friends, your potential (or actual) special friend, and for children - your own, your friends', nieces and nephews, foster children, or random little dudes. I am a great believer that there are many ways to be important and beneficial in children's lives, and being a bio-parent is only one.