So I’m still on track with the goal I have set myself of cooking a new recipe for dinner at least twice every week (which effectively covers most of my cooking for the week since I always make a meal that will last at least two days… the Ropa Vieja lasted 3) My waistline and my wallet are heaving sighs of relief for the massive amount of home cooking that’s being going on in our appartment for the past few months. My husband and I probably only go eat at the restaurant once a week these days and when we do, it’s always to socialise not just because we don’t feel like cooking. I can’t even remember the last time we ordered food delivered at home (although I’ve been craving General Tao Chicken for a while now, so that might soon change. I can only resist for so long!)
I digress.
Tonight, I’m making my first recipe from Rachel Ray’s 365: No Repeats–A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners (A 30-Minute Meal Cookbook) . The recipe is called Chicken with Sweet Raisins & Apricots over Toasted Almond Couscous. You can find the recipe here. The only alterations I’ll be making are using only dried apricots instead of raisins AND apricots (since raisins scare both my husband and I) and reducing the amount of couscous used (waistline needing to be guarded closely). I estimate that the meal includes approximately 625 calories.
I can’t wait to cook this meal. Recently, I find that I’ve been drawn to any recipe that features dried fruit in its ingredients (but as a complement to a savoury meal, not like fruitcake or anything like that… bleurgh). I’ll let you know how it turns out and whether it receives my husband’s seal of approval (much more difficult to attain than my seal of approval!).
