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[elfs]

"We need to use up stuff in the 'fridge."

A dangerous statement. Y'know what we ended up with? Chicken thighs baked in a Moroccan sauce of lemon juice, garlic, cumin, paprika, thyme, cinnamon, and redpepper, dished over couscous and sprinkled with fresh feta cheese for the protein, and for our vegetable: shredded blanched kale simmered with oatmeal and diced leftover pork, all on a plate with crisp quick-baked thin-sliced zucchini.

Woah. Yum. Recipes:

• Baked chicken thighs in Moroccan sause.
• Kale with oatmeal and bacon

Kouryou-chan didn't like any of it, except the couscous. She didn't buy it even when I tried doing Gusteau's accent.

I've also been enjoying 1554, a delicious beer from the New Belgium beer company, the group that makes Fat Tire. It's heavy flavor paired well with the rich sauces in this recipe. I've really tried to start eating locally, and while New Belgium isn't really local (it's in Colorado) it's better than Stella Artois, which must have ridiculous food miles: it comes from old Belgium.

Comments

[rapier.livejournal.com]

1554 is good stuff. New Belgium is our local microbrewery. Somehow I've lived here for 13 years and have never taken a tour of the place. I keep forgetting that the New Belgium brews aren't common as all get out everywhere. I can't throw a rock and not hit a bottle of Fat Tire or Sunshine or 1554 or Blue Paddle.