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The Easter Weekend Flood

When we returned from visiting family over Easter weekend, we discovered our apartment had flooded. I started freaking out and said that we could fall through the floor. Anthony said that everything was under control and that our apartment management had done an excellent job taking care of the situation. Anthony has such a way of setting me at ease.

Shari's Awesome Multicultural Rice Dish

What to call it? Delicious. Scrumptious. My multicultural rice dish has Indian, Latin American, and Italian ingredients in it. Yes, I absolutely did combine white long-grain rice, lentils, tumeric, mustard seeds, coriander powder, red chili powder, cumin, tomato sauce, garlic, onion, oregano, salt, water, and olive oil in one pot for dinner. My multicultural rice dish "makes for some" awesome spicy comfort food.

National Garlic Day

Yesterday was National Garlic Day. I found that out when I found an awesome recipe, Roasted Garlic Chicken Pizza Pockets on Twitter. The recipe was commemorating National Garlic Day. I decided to make the recipe for dinner. 

I did a few variations on the recipe. First, I used water instead of butter with the olive oil for cooking the chicken and onions on the stove. Second, I just made two large calzones instead of four pizza pockets. Third, I did not put as much cheese as the recipe called for.

I might add, this was my first time making roasted garlic in the oven. To me, it didn't taste any different than if I had just cooked the whole cloves on the stove in the water and olive oil with the chicken and onions. I did something similar when I recently made Chicken and Broccoli(with whole garlic cloves), and the garlic turned out fabulous and soft.

My husband and I loved the pizza pockets. We both ate more than we should have. I suppose we shall have to start an annual National Garlic Day tradition of having these delicious calzones for dinner!

Shari's Chicken & Broccoli

I came up with my version of Chicken & Broccoli this evening for a quick supper. I got my rice cooking, and then I chopped some rice toppings into a pan with water. I added a little soy sauce and olive oil, covered my pan, and then let the pan full of goodness cook until the rice was done. Anthony and I both loved this one! It tasted just like the stuff you get at American Chinese restaurants.

Shari's Chicken & Broccoli:

2 Cups Water

2 Bulbs of Garlic (Leave most of the cloves whole)

1 Roughly Chopped Green Bell Pepper

1 Stalk Chopped Broccoli

4 Chopped Chicken Tenderloins

Salt & Pepper

2 TB Soy Sauce

1 1/2 TB Olive Oil

The Dehumidifier

I have recently been inspired by new artists: Fmr POTUS G.W. Bush, and a lady from my church in Alabama to do art. My colored pencil drawing of a dehumidifier is my first piece of artwork as a married woman. It took me a minute to figure out how to sign it (#fmr artist identity crisis). My colored pencils box has Russian print on it.

Rice Topping: Peppers & Onions

Rice Topping: Peppers & Onions

3 Minced Garlic Cloves

Clump of Green Onions Chopped

1 1/2 Green Bell Peppers Chopped

1/2 Tsp. Tumeric

1/2 Tsp. Coriander Powder

1/2 Tsp. Cumin Powder

1/2 Tsp. Chili Powder

1 Cup Water

Kichidi (Rice & Lentils Dish)

I found a recipe for Kichidi on Rachel Singapogu's blog. I decided to make it. I had a lot of fun cooking Kichidi. I left out the green chilies as I did not happen to have them on hand. That being said, the dish did seem to maybe need something more . . . perhaps green chilies!

Larabar Cookies

This is my version of Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cookies by chocolate-covered Katie. Her Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cookies recipe was a modified version of her own Homemade Larabars recipe which was probably a spin off of Larabars. My revision of her revision is so delicious! I do not think my cookies are very healthy because eating them does not seem much different from eating peanut butter straight from the jar . . .

Larabar Cookies:

1/2 Creamy Peanut Butter

1/2 Whole Pitted Dates

2 TB Salted Dry-Roasted Peanuts

1/8 Tsp. Vanilla Extract

Dash of Salt