Day Three Hundred and Two - Tandoori Chicken

Dear all,

Darren and I have had a large container of Ted Reader's (http://www.tedreader.com) Tandoori rub in the cupboards for ages so thought it high time to get involved and cook up some Tandoori chicken.

I found this recipe online but realized immediately that we didn't have any yogurt in the fridge so went rogue and used a jar of Tzatziki instead ( sorry mutti).

http://www.secretsofhealthyeating.com/tandoori-chicken.html

I mixed up all the garlic and tandoori mix with the *yogurt* and popped in the chicken. I then left it to marinade for a couple of hours while I cooked up my {famous?} Brussel sprout curry {that changes every time I make it}.

I then transferred the tandoori into a baking dish and popped it in the oven.

The brussel sprouts were hot to trot and within about 40 minutes the curry was bubbling at high speed so we thought that was a good sign that it was cooked. It even looked like curry! Hurray!

It was actually quite delicious ( although we did end up eating at around 10:30 at night due to being fairly labour intensive) and Darren even said it had 'good heat'. It's a winner! Thank you Ted for yet another fabulous recipe ( that rub is awesome!)

And in other news:

1. I also put together a crop of 'Sunny Morning Muffins' from Mary Lou's muffin book. They are quite delcious and packed with flavor; containing pineapple, carrot, vanilla and I threw in some dates for good measure.

Here is the 'liquid' contents of the recipe: 2 eggs, can of pineapple (crushed) or I just used a slice of fresh. 1 cup grated carrot, 1/2 cup oil, 1 tsp vanilla extract. It looks disturbingly like vomit but smells amazing!

I added the liquid goo into a well formed in the 'dry' ingredients; 2 cups flours, 2/3 cups sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp baking soda and salt. I mixed everything together until it formed a gooey paste.

And here are the finished articles! They smell amazing and the pineapple really works, which was unexpected. Another muffin triumph!