Tandoori Chicken, Cashew Green Beans & Stuffing

Tonight was chicken night so I made some very simple Tandoori Chicken using my Epicure spice.

 

On the jar, it suggests mixing some spice with plain yogurt so that's just what I did. I cooked it in the oven for about 1 hour at 350 and it was done to perfection.

To go with this, I made some Cashew Beans from my Jean Pare Rookie Cook Book:

 

I'm getting kind of lazy with the posting of recipes - it's so much easier to take a picture of the book! The only thing I did "different" was using red onions - it doesn't really specify but I assume it meant yellow or white.  Also, I mixed the cashews in at the same time as the beans so they were slightly toasted.

To round out the whole meal, I found this Stove Top Long Grain & Wild Rice package in the pantry:

I say "found" because I truly don't remember purchasing it. Regardless, they're fairly healthy and it took 4 minutes to make. It was a success.

On another note, look at these dishes I found at Safeway:

They were clearing them out for $1.99! If you're interested, they have lots at the north side location (118th ave & 82 street) and none at the Bonnie Doon location. As for all other locations, you're on your own. My picture isn't the greatest but it's a really beautiful blue and the birds are nice and bright - very cute in person.  

Porcupine Meatballs & Green Beans

In honor of seeing my first live porcupine yesterday during an evening ski, I made porcupine meatballs tonight! To accompany it - some green beans. Both recipes I found on Recipe Zaar and followed to a tee:

MEATBALLS
3/4 lb ground turkey
1/4 cup white rice, uncooked
1/4 onion, diced
1-1 1/2 garlic cloves (forgot this! would have been good though)
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can Campbell's condensed tomato soup

Mix everything together except tomato soup and form into meatballs. Place in casserole dish and pour tomato soup over the meatballs. Bake at 350 oven for 1 1/2 hours.


BEANS
1 (1 lb) bag frozen green beans (I just made 2 servings...)
2 tablespoons butter (margarine and probably more like 1tbsp)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup plain breadcrumbs (don't need that much)
1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning mix garlic salt

Microwave beans according to package directions and drain. Melt butter in a large skillet, add onions and sautee over medium low heat until they begin to yellow. Add bread crumbs and seasonings and saute 1 minute. Add green beans and saute 3 to 4 minutes.

MY REVIEW: Loved both of them and will make again. Both very easy. Did not resemble porcupine.

JASON'S REVIEW: It brought me back to the porcupines that mom used to make.