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Quick Chicken Curry over Mashed Sweet Potatoes

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I have a new found love of Indian food.

Curry powder is a new favorite of mine. So flavorful. Very few ingredients came become a masterpiece of a dinner.

This chicken curry was so yummy.

What you need:

  • Two chicken breasts, cubed
  • A small nob of ginger, minced
  • One onion, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • A couple handfuls of fresh green peas
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1 heaping tablespoon tomato paste
  • Salt, pepper, curry powder and cayenne, to taste

Heat up a pan with a little avocado oil. Sauté the chicken with curry powder, cayenne and pepper.

Add in the veggies. Cook until onions soften, about 10 minutes. Add more curry, cayenne and salt, if you want.

Stir in tomato paste and coconut milk.

Cube potatoes and put in a pot of water. Bring to a boil. Boil for 20 minutes until potatoes are soft.

Drain the potatoes. Put back in the warm pot. Mash. Season with salt and pepper.

Enjoy!

Steak Kabobs

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When your local farmers market has filet mignon kabob meat, you get it.

Because life is too short for ordinary kabobs.

This is so easy.

Just be sure to not stab yourself with the bamboo skewers like I did. Twice.

What you need:

  • Filet mignon kabob meat
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Onion, cut into big chunks
  • Green bell pepper, cut into big chunks
  • Avocado oil
  • Fennel and Fire After Grill Steak Seasoning
  • Fennel and Fire Sriracha Sea Salt

Heat the grill to 350 degrees. Soak the bamboo skewers in water for at least 10 minutes.

Prep the veggies and meat. Coat the steak with a little avocado oil and steak seasoning.

Put each ingredient on the skewer until all are gone.

Grill for about 10 minutes. The steak pieces are small, and you don’t want to overcook them. Turn the skewers a couple times to get good grill marks.

I plated mine with a side of cauliflower rice.

Very filling. A pretty dinner.

What are your favorite things to kabob?

The Art of the Weekend

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Sundays are my favorite day.

I usually take Sundays slowly, but the past couple weekends I’ve been ramping up my activities to set the tone for the week.

And I enjoy it.

Today I got up and had my coffee on the porch. I sat outside reading and drinking coffee. I finished reading The Miracle Morning, which I highly recommend.

Then, I made a small breakfast and a loaf of gluten free bread.

I’ve been putting off painting our bathroom doors. So I broke out the paint and spent a couple hours finishing up the master bathroom.

I went to my favorite farmers market, and I came home and moved really heavy rocks from the middle of the yard to a covered spot under the barn.

Now, Annie and I are snuggled up watching Netflix.

And I may or may not have ate the majority of this bag of delicious chips.

The plan for the rest of the day is to prep for dinner and get ready to start my Miracle Morning routine.

I need to figure out what time to get up so I can have ample time to prepare for S.A.V.E.R.S.

On a different note, I got my first bottle of Beautycounter’s Countermatch Adaptive Moisture Lotion in the mail yesterday.

This stuff is legit.

It smells amazing. And while I was working outside in the hottest October heat, my face felt cool and fabulous (even though I was completely drenched in sweat).

I will sample it out to anyone interested. Visit the Contact Me page and let me know. I’ll send one your way.

The Importance of Personal Development

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I’m a big reader.

In grad school, I read 28384782939 books about Arkansas political history. After grad school, I gifted myself a year of free books through Book of the Month Club.

But sometimes I need more than fiction to keep me motivated.

Enter personal development books.

I’m kind of sad to admit that I use to think personal development books were for people with “problems.”

Newsflash former self: we all have problems. Things we wish were different. Better. Sometimes we need a new perspective.

My latest personal development is The Miracle Morning. And a little JoAnna Gaines for good measure.

So far I love it. The whole concept seems right up my alley. I can’t wait to see what comes of it.

What are your personal development favorites? What should I read next?