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Stir Fried Pineapple Chicken

February 11, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Stir Fried Pineapple Chicken

Stir Fried Pineapple Chicken, fast, easy and delicious, is the perfect answer to a weeknight craving for homemade Chinese food. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. This Stir Fried Pineapple Chicken came about from Sammy requesting Chinese food and me purchasing on a whim Ching-He Huang’s Stir Crazy: 100 Deliciously… 

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Filed Under: cashews, chicken, Chinese, cookbook reviews, cookbooks, pineapple, reviews, stir fry Tagged With: asian, bell peppers, cashews, chicken, Chinese, dark chicken meat, pineapple, stir fried, stir fry

Caribbean Thai Curry

August 8, 2017 By Laura 1 Comment

Caribbean Thai Curry

This Caribbean Thai Curry is really a Bastardized Caribbean Thai Curry, not being a particularly authentic exemplar of either cuisine, but I figured why throw the search engines off and possibly keep you from discovering this delicious dish? Because delicious it is! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing. I… 

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Filed Under: Caribbean dishes, chicken, coconut milk, curry, greens, kale, lime, peanut butter, pineapple, seafood, shrimp, Thai dishes, Uncategorized Tagged With: bell pepper, Caribbean, chicken, coconut milk, curry, fish sauce, greens, kale, peanut butter, pepper, pineapple, seafood, sesame oil, shrimp, Thai

Thai Yellow Curry Paste: Using Thai Yellow Curry Leftovers

November 15, 2015 By Laura 7 Comments

How to Stretch Thai Curry for Mulitple Meals: a Thai Yellow Curry becomes a ramen bowl, and with small changes becomes different enough to be exciting and no one complains about leftovers! A fantastic dinner--Thai yellow curry paste recipe included!

Thai Yellow Curry Paste is easier than you think–but divine enough that you will not want to waste it! This post tells you how to stretch your Thai Yellow Curry–with a recipe for the actual paste at the bottom! I spent last Saturday making Thai curry paste. I pureed enough hydrated dried chile peppers and… 

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Filed Under: cashews, chicken, coconut milk, curry, curry powder, grapes, peanuts, pineapple, potatoes, Ramen, stews, Thai dishes Tagged With: chicken, coconut milk, curry, curry paste, grapes, leftovers, noodles, pineapple, potatoes, ramen, stew, Thai, Thai basil, yellow curry, yellow curry paste

Shrimp, Pineapple and Butternut Squash Curry for a Weeknight

October 13, 2015 By Laura 7 Comments

Shrimp, Pineapple and butternut Squash Curry is perfect for a weeknight! Comes together fast, so you can get dinner on the table quickly, and is absolutely delicious!

Shrimp, Pineapple and Butternut Squash Curry is a fast and delicious one pot dish, making it perfect for a weeknight dinner! Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post.  Guys I love chocolate, more than you can imagine even, but I am so relieved to see something so… 

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Filed Under: butternut squash, coconut milk, curry, curry powder, easily made vegetarian, fruit, pineapple, seafood, shrimp, stews Tagged With: butternut squash, coconut milk, curry, fast, healthy, one pot, pineapple, seafood, shellfish, shrimp, stew, weeknight, winter squash

Review of 300 Best Stir-Fry Recipes

December 4, 2014 By Laura 2 Comments

Stir Fry of Sweet and Salty Shrimp with Pineapple and Carrots; Review of 300 Best Stir Fry Recipes

Nancie McDermott’s 300 Best Stir-Fry Recipes is full of great ideas for last minute weeknight dinners, such as this Sweet-and-Salty Shrimp with Pineapple and Carrots. A copy of this cookbook was provided to me in exchange for an honest review; affiliate links were used in this post to link to items I am discussing. Unfortunately… 

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Filed Under: carrots, cookbooks, pantry cooking, pineapple, reviews, seafood, shrimp, stir fry Tagged With: 300 best stir fry recipes, carrot, cookbook, cookbook review, natalie mcdermott, pineapple, shrimp

Pineapple Kheema (Indian Ground Beef Curry) with Kale and Panch Phoron

July 16, 2014 By Laura 4 Comments

Pineapple and Beef Kheema with Kale and Pancho Phoron (Indian Ground Beef Curry made easy with canned pineapple)

Pineapple Kheema (Indian Ground Beef Curry) with Kale and Panch Phoron is a flavorful, easy and delicious dinner easily made on a weeknight. This is the last of the dishes I made prior to my surgery–and I am at my parents and realized I forgot my laptop charger. !!! Panic ensues. Thank goodness I have… 

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Filed Under: beef, curry, greens, ground beef, Indian recipes, keema/kheema, pantry cooking, pineapple Tagged With: beef, curry, ground beef, ground meat, Indian, kale, keema, kheema, mint, panch phoron, pineapple

Slow Cooker Chicken in Thai Pineapple Red Curry

February 27, 2014 By Laura 10 Comments

Chicken Thighs in the Slow Cooker w Thai Red Curry

I have a bone to pick with Mother Nature. (I know, who doesn’t?) But seriously, I was trudging along, dealing with the snow and cold, venting a little here and there but honestly mostly unbothered by it. And then there was last weekend. First we had this ridiculously warm (63 F), cloudy, humid day. Then… 

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Filed Under: chicken, coconut milk, curry, fruit, pineapple, slow cooker, Thai dishes Tagged With: boneless chicken, chicken, chicken thighs, coconut milk, crock pot, curry, pineapple, red curry, slow cooker, Thai

Farro Pasta with Pineapple, Sausage and Goat Cheese

February 3, 2014 By Laura 1 Comment

It all started with pineapples. I had never been a huge pineapple fan, but then I spent my honeymoon in Thailand and fell in love with the fruit. Ate it constantly. My favorite breakfast (for this sweet toothed Westerner) was a Thai crepe stuffed with grilled pineapple and drizzled with sweet coconut cream. I am… 

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Filed Under: chicken, Farro, fruit, goat cheese, pasta, pineapple, sausage, whole grains Tagged With: Aidell's, bell pepper, chicken sausage, easy, Farro, farro pasta, fast, goat cheese, pasta, pineapple, pizzichi, sausage, smoked sausage, weeknight

Thai Red Curry With Roasted Chicken

July 9, 2009 By Laura 10 Comments

Thai Red Curry with Chicken, Grapes and Pea Eggplants: Homemade frozen red curry paste means amazing meals are just 30 minutes away on any given night!

Really in an ideal world it would be roasted duck, but around here finding duck to roast would be a pain–and more of an undertaking than I felt like. So roasted dark chicken meat makes a pretty good sub. I have previously shared some recipes for and using green curry paste–which is kind of ironic… 

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Filed Under: chicken, coconut milk, curry, grapes, pineapple, Thai dishes, zucchini Tagged With: chicken, coconut, coconut milk, curry, curry paste, grapes, pea eggplants, pineapple, red curry, rotisserie, Thai

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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