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Veggie Thai Curry with Chicken Thighs

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Hello! Are you still here? I hope you have been well! It’s been a while, but life has been happening at a pace!

Veggie Chicken Thai Curry

Ingredients

  • 2 tblspn avocado oil
  • 1 large onion, sliced
  • 6 garlic cloves
  • 1 thumb-sized fresh ginger, match-sticked
  • 4 tblspn Thai curry paste (red or green is fine)
  • 4 tblspn fish sauce
  • 400ml can coconut milk
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 tblspn turmeric root and lemon grass paste (or sub ½ tsp turmeric with zest of ½ a lemon)
  • 2 chicken thighs, sliced (optional)
  • ⅓ cup smooth peanut butter
  • ¼ Napa cabbage (or any type, bok choy too)
  • 1 sweet potato, peeled and diced or 1 daikon radish to cut on carbs
  • 2 celery sticks, diced
  • ⅓ of a head of cauliflower flowerettes
  • 12 baby tomatoes
  • 2 small carrots, cut into medallions
  • ANY veggie alternatives you’d like to add
  • 2 diced chillies

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Red Chicken Curry in Coconut Cream

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Here is a recipe I made today. If it’s winter where you live, it’s warming and hearty.One more thing, please toast your spices and then blend them – if you can. It’s worth the small effort and your nose will thank you!Ingredients

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 1 tsp nigella seeds
  • 3 – 4 cardamom seeds
  • 4 tblspn oil or butter
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 – 2 shallots
  • 4 – 6 large chicken thighs
  • 1 tblspn garam masala
  • 1 – 3 tblspn curry (I like spicy!)
  • 2 tblspn turmeric
  • 1 tblspn chilli powder
  • 1 can coconut cream
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 4 – 6 garlic cloves
  • 1 fresh green chilli
  • 1 thumb ginger
  • 1-2 carrots or small yam
  • 2-3 zucchini
  • 3 red/yellow bell peppers
  • 2 tsp turmeric

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Keto Chicken Mayonnaise

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One of the quickest throw together meals for leftover chicken or a handy tin of shredded tuna (which I’m not a big fan of) is shredding a chicken breast or two, adding mayonnaise, a few other diced ingredients and seasoning. I like my Chicken Mayo’ to be chunky, have some tang and a little bit of crunch. If you want some sweetness for those non-keto members of your household, sliced grapes or small dices of firm yellow peaches or apricots are delicious too. A splash of curry powder for a spicier version is also good!

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Tender Buttermilk Chicken Curry with Summer Veg

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We’ve had a cool start to summer, it’s been more of an extended spring. I’m not complaining as it meant I could make a late seasonal curry with some local farm chicken.

I tried slow roasting one of these chickens, but the good outdoor life made them strong, tough and healthy, just like chickens should be! Tasty but a tad chewy!

In South Africa we call these chickens “scratchy fowls” meaning they have had a free happy life, scratching in the fields for bugs. Nothing happier than the a vision of a happy scratching fowl roaming free!

So, as buttermilk tenderises chicken meat beautifully,

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Dinner for Two

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LCHF Waldorf Salad

Chicken Breast Pesto Rollmops

Roasted Petit Peppers

Spiced Cauliflower Mash

This whole meal started with a Waldorf Salad yearning, which usually is inspired by the beautiful apples in the grocers this time of year. Also, my partner was not feeling the best. I only know how to cook, not how to heal, though in some ways food has amazing properties of healing I suppose. I also wanted to partly test drive this chicken idea as I’d like to make a version if it when our friend comes to dinner.

This is going to be more a summary of what I made and not exact measurements. I’m pretty sure that anyone who visits this blog is a way more accomplished cook than I’ll ever hope to be! Run with your own measurements, instincts and culinary acumen!

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