I don’t know if I’ll get to fire up the computer tomorrow (or the next day, or the next day…), so I’ll take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! We’re going to be baking one turkey and smoking another. Plus we’ll have some sausage/potato stuffing, corn casserole, brocolli casserole, green bean casserole, spinach dip, shrimp dip, pumpkin pie, and assorted other goodies, stretched out over three days (we’ve got relatives coming in on Friday, and another batch coming in on Saturday).
When I get a chance, I’ll make the obligatory “what I’m thankful for” posting. [...]
Recipe: Moroccan Chicken with Rice
Let’s take a break from the tech talk, and I’ll share a recipe with you. No, not a programming recipe, but the food kind. Yes, sometimes I cook. I generally like cooking, though I’m not so fond of cleaning up the mess afterward. Recently, we had some split chicken breasts that we needed to cook up. I thought about just doing a standard baked chicken, but I wanted something a little. different. After perusing a selection of chicken recipes on SimplyRecipes.com, and reviewing the ingredients we had on hand, I decided to try combining ideas from two different recipes: Moroccan Chicken with Lemon and Olives and Chicken and Rice Casserole.
In our case, I was cooking for seven people (myself, my wife, her parents, and our three kids). [...]