It's Friday! That means a weekend of cooking is upon me again. This weekend, I am going to try and make Oldie's Green Curry as one of my major recipes. Oldie is my friend Jennifer Olsen "Oldie" Yeamans. I'm also going to make meatballs and a marinara and serve them over zucchini noodles, I believe. Plus, I can freeze part of the meatballs. I will also need to make more sweet potatoes, decide on a breakfast vegetable, and get some more berries and maybe a watermelon. I am hoping that kind of cooking takes me into Tuesday and maybe Wednesday.
This morning before work I put some chicken into a marinade that I mixed up. It was from a recipe for Oven Roasted Chicken Shawarma that another friend, Erika Wicks, share in a comment on the Facebooks. Let me tell you, I don't really know a lot about Shawarma. This is the first time I have ever owned tumeric, and cumin? What is cumin supposed to do?
I marinaded the chicken starting this morning because I knew I was going to a house warming party later this evening, and I really needed to eat before going so I didn't make any stupid decisions. Before I get back to discussing the chicken, I have to say that the pre-eating strategy really worked. I ate dinner, and when I got there, I wasn't tempted to eat anything I couldn't have. I did eat a couple of cut vegetables, but that was it.
Ok, now to get back to this chicken shawarma. How have I ever lived life without this food!? It was seriously delicious. I had a slight crunch/crispy aspect on parts of it, it was extremely flavorful, and it was so easy to make. I mixed all the ingredients this morning very quickly, put the chicken in to marinate, and tonight when I got home, I put it in a 425 degree oven for about45 minutes. The smell alone made my mouth water, and it was insanely easy to make.
The recipe calls for a homemade garlic sauce and a pita, but I just used lettuce as a wrap and had some diced tomato. I made the garlic sauce, but honestly, it sketched me out. It just didn't look or smell right, so I threw it out.
I highly recommend this recipe, minus the garlic sauce. This will become part of my favorite rotation!
I'm still feeling great except I just hit my sleepy/tired wall and want to nod off and fall asleep. So, on that note, goodnight everyone!
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