No knitting progress to report. However, the handles for the Fuschia Felted Bag arrived today via the Big Brown Truck! Hurray. Perhaps I'll be posting about a finished object this weekend.
The past few days I have been feeling twinges of the approach of the winter blues. I'm doing my best to ignore those twinges but I'll have to take care to keep those blues at bay. One of the successful techniques is to eat well. Tonight, I made Chicken Tikka Masala.
There are as many versions of this dish as there are cooks. This spice package and recipe are unique in my experience of the dish because of the inclusion of a half-cup of minced fresh ginger. I also like to add green vegetables, sometimes suger snap pea pods or, like tonight, broccoli.
DH made the fragrant rice by including a few whole cloves, a bay leaf, ground cardamom, a few saffron strands, and a cinnamon stick in the rice cooker. To serve, I start with rice on my plate, then the tikka masala, then some chopped cilantro leaves. The flavor in this meal just keeps improving as you eat it. If you enjoy curry, you know what I mean when I say the last bite is the best. My theory is that the spices are mildly addictive.
Tuesday we are expecting another few inches of fresh snow.....maybe four inches by Tuesday evening. I wonder if I might be able to use my snowshoes soon. Red aluminum tubing snowshoes. Very fun.
I'm reading everyone's comments, really. I'm just woefully behind in answering emails. Thanks for commenting!
Yum yum. I love the photo of the broccoli. I wonder if anyone has ever made a knit hat that looks like broccoli. It would be very cool.
Posted by: Kim | Tuesday, December 04, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Now I'm hungry.
Posted by: Cookie | Tuesday, December 04, 2007 at 01:12 PM