The Indian Dinner Series: Episode 2 - Dadi's Samoosas

Oh my goodness, if you made that chutney last week you are going to be SO glad you did! This, my friends, is the best thing in the world. The aroma that moves around your house when you make these, and the way it fills you up but you still want more, is just so good. I made a batch of 10 samoosas, and when I woke up Mr. H from a nap, within the hour they were all gone. Including the really big one I made! The sweetness of the meat, paired with the flaky crust, and the tang of the chutney is just to die for. Of course I have the recipe for entirely from scratch, but if you're like me and a little short on time (or just lazy like me!) of course this a HUGE time saving shortcut that I'll share with you ;)

The Indian Dinner Series: Episode 1 - Dadi's Chutney

You're going to hate me for the next few weeks. Sunday I decided I was REALLY craving desi food! I have been for a really long time, and not being able to be home to go see my grandparents has really put a damper on my Indian food intake. A few weeks ago I called my grandma to get her recipe for Samosas and Chutney.

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Pumpkin Nutella Swirl Cookies

I have been gone for a very long time! It's been a very busy time for me lately as I've been trying to find a second job (I did get one, thanks!), and also trying to write and memorize my speech for an event on ISU campus for sexual and domestic violence. I'm so excited for this speech, it's my first speech as a part of RAINN. The event is Tuesday and I've somehow only managed to memorize half of it! If any of you are in the area and would like to attend, above is a flyer for the event. I'd love to see you all there! The night will consist of a few survivors speaking of their experience, and then I'm told there will be a march around the campus and then some safe spots will be set up if you find anyone that you would like to talk to more about whatever, and then a candlelight vigil. It'll be a fun night, and it'll be very emotional, but it'll be entirely worth it! Hope to see you there :)

Monday Night Chicken Bake

I am absolutely in love. This chicken is just the most amazing thing to fill my tummy in ages, I can't wait to be hungry again just to dig into it one more time! This chicken is lemony with a crispy skin, savory herbs and spices, and provides just the most amazing aroma to fill our little one bedroom apartment! I found this recipe while wondering what exactly I was going to do with my freezer full of bone-in chicken. Mr. H and I love chicken, but for some reason any time one of us tries to cook bone in chicken, it just turns out a disaster! Baking is our only option when it comes to bone in chicken. And on weekends when Mr. H works all day both weekend days and I'm busy cleaning and making recipes for the week to share with you guys, there isn't much time for me to try to cook it a different way. So the key is to find a recipe that doesn't soak chicken in cream of anything soup and bake it in rice. This dish is so super perfect, it cooks so much chicken in such an amazing way at one time that I'll be gladly eating this chicken for the next few nights!

Cinnamon Sugar Donuts

I'm sorry to be gone so long you guys, this week was kind of stressful. But on the bright side, look who finally got her license!

That's right! Yours truly is now firmly planted in 18, drivers license and all. Pretty soon (3-ish weeks) I'll have a car to go along with it (Thanks Dan H.)! I'm so excited, I even got a great picture! How lucky is that? I look half dead in my State ID picture. Anyway, I think this is cause for celebration. And what better to celebrate with, than donuts? I think nothing!