Food In The Fort

You know how sometimes you plan ahead and think you’ve got all your ducks in a row and all that but things still go south, way south? It was an experience like that for me on a Friday evening a couple of weeks ago. My daughter was having friends over (well, it turned out to be “friends;” it was advertised as just “friend,” but that’s another rant entirely). I was going to make this Thai chicken thing that sounded wonderful - peanut-crusted chicken with dipping sauce - and thought I was going to be so clever by chopping everything up for the breading the night before. Big mistake. Nightmarishly big mistake. Read the rest of this entry »

As happens all too frequently we found ourselves in a crunch for time so we needed something super-quick for dinner. Since Catherine had to make the trip to Ossian and back (and she didn’t even bring me anything from Heyerly Bakery) it was up to me to figure out something. Ah, a chance to experiment and not get in trouble for it! And a handy opportunity to get rid of some of those old chicken breasts in the freezer. So today’s recipe is a little bit Mediterranean and a little bit Asian… East meets West! Read the rest of this entry »