Chicken Curry

Notes

Indian-inspired but not an Indian dish. These curry bowls are pretty much British dishes. Who cares, though, because they're yummy. Lots of room for improv, too. It would be good to add some cauliflower and peas for more veggies. You can even leave the chicken out.

Ingredients

• 1 Chicken breast
• 1 Medium potato
• 1 Carrot
• 1 Brown onion
• 1 Can diced tomatoes
• 1 Can coconut milk (optional)
• ¼C Curry powder
• Salt
• Rice

Directions

1. Cut chicken into bite-sized chunks.
2. Add some oil or non-stick spray into pan/pot you will be simmering the dish in and brown chicken bits.
3. Cut veggies into bite-sized chunks (you don't have to use the whole onion if you don't want).
4. Add cut veggies and tomatoes to pan once chicken is ready.
5. Add curry powder and stir.
6. Add coconut milk and/or water enough to simmer veggies and simmer.
7. Best to use a splatter screen but if putting lid on pan, open it up a bit so sauce can thicken.
8. Good time to start cooking rice.
9. When potatoes are cooked through (before they get mushy), dish is done. Salt to taste.
10. Serve over rice.

Beginnings...

This started out as a cookbook. Well, at least it was the intention to write a cookbook. One of those that you make for your kids so they can cook the dishes they grew up with.

Have you seen some of the software for making cookbooks? Rigid templates. Expecting at least one photo for every recipe? Do my kids really need to see a photo of meatloaf to know what it looks like? I tried working with one bit of software but it was so cumbersome that progress was very slow and then it stopped.

Then I read this article about cookbooks headed for extinction. Something clicked in my head: Why don't I make the cookbook with blogging software? I should be able to format it the way I want. I can correct recipes if I find a mistake. I can add recipes that I forgot. I can add photos to recipes I have already posted. And maybe others who aren't my kids will find a dish or two that they like (my clam chowder is really good). I'll give it a try and we'll see how it goes.