Slow Cooked Curry

A proper winter warmer and so simple too. It's quite mild so it makes this dish ideal for all of the family, but you can of course alter it for a little more heat!

Ingredients

2 onions, diced

2 garlic cloves/tbsp garlic puree

1 heaped tbsp ginger

1 teaspoon chilli

800g chicken (breast or thighs work best)

1 tsp olive oil

30g butter

1 tsp fennel seeds

1 teaspoon paprika

1 teaspoon ground turmeric

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

400ml chicken stock

1 tbsp sugar

Pinch of salt

80ml double cream

Method

• Cook the chicken in a pan on a low heat with the oil for around 5 minutes then transfer to the slow cooker
• Add the butter to the pan and once melted add the garlic, onion and spices. Cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the sugar, salt and stock, bring to the boil and transfer to the slow cooker.
• Cook on a high heat for 3 hours or a low/auto heat for 6 hours. Add the cream and mix through thoroughly before serving
• Scoff!

Meal Planning Monday

Half term seemed to whiz by, where did the time go?! We had a lovely Halloween, baking and craft fun and a trip to Warwick Castle and Ice Age Live last week which we all enjoyed. It just flew by too fast.

The Mr chose all of the meals this week. Despite having a good break from work and school I've still been suffering with a bad chest and I was really quite rough yesterday, barely moving from the sofa all day. Here is what he selected...

Turkey curry

Pasta bake

Salmon and gnocchi bake

Fajitas

Friday and the weekend have been left free for now. We are child free as the Mini Mes are off to their dads home and we don't yet have any plans. I'm hoping an Indian takeaway will be on agenda or a trip to The Harvester for a juicy steak - mmmm!

What's on your menu this week?

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Monday Me #4

I hope you all had a fab weekend and managed to squeeze in some valuable me time last week to share. A bit of time to ourselves is vital to relax, think and refresh our mind... and restore our sanity!.

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My Monday Me

Last week my mum treated me to a few bits in Lush when we were shopping and I've thoroughly enjoyed some tub time in the evenings! I adore Lush products and this week I've used a Creamy Candy, Sex Bomb and Dorothy. They smell delicious but my all time favs are still Twilight, Sweetie Pie and Comforter... anything feminie that smells like a sweet shop generally!

Saturday we were child free from 10am so I made the most of some me time with a foot long tikka subway and a trip to see Spiderman at the cinema. I love Marvel movies and I actually felt this was better than the original. Jamster has been asking to see it since so I will probably go again during the summer with the Mini Mes too.

In the evening I headed to The Imli Lounge in Northampton for a wonderful curry with the Mr, my brother and my parents. I indulged with a lamb tikka masala, pilau rice, keema naan and bombay potato OINK. It was fab though.


Sunday after a lovely lay in the Mr and I headed to Hollowell for the annual Steam and Heavy Horse show. Again I scoffed naughty foods in the form of a hog roast roll with stuffing and some caramel and chocolate fudge. The mud was incredibly slippy and deep but thankfully I had my funky floral wellies on!

Even after all of the above my exercise and calorie counting, Monday - Friday at least, has paid off with a 2lb loss!

What have you done this week for you? I would love to hear!
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