Our favorite restaurant in the Petaluma area is Namaste Kitchen. The best Indian food ever. We have been ordering the same thing for the last year (or so it seems) – saag paneer, chicken korma, and garlic naan. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.
This evening, I decided to change things up a bit and cooked my first Indian dish at home. Chicken tikka masala. I used this recipe. It may not be authentic, but it was simple to fix and really, really tasty.
When my husband came home, he said, “it smells like Namaste in here”. Hehe. *grin*
Oh, and I received an another order via Etsy – yay!
On their way to the Netherlands….
I am so happy! I received my first fabric request via Spoonflower. I love that she wants to make aprons and kitchen curtains out of this fabric. What cute ideas!
A spinach smoothie for the warmer months – add one frozen banana, as much spinach as you want, almond milk, and one tablespoon of cocoa powder and blend!
Husband and I took a walk to the local nursery, King’s Nursery, over the weekend. Quickly snapped a few shots of my favorites. Has anybody tried this before?
Swing with the plants made by Droog. I’ll take one for each room, please??
It feels like I have been baking non-stop for the last three weeks – crazy! One of my favorites so far has been the Toasted Coconut Muffin recipe via Epicurious. I altered the recipe slightly – see below for details.
Toasted Coconut Chocolate Chip Muffins
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut, toasted
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
2 large eggs
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 400˚F. Grease muffin cup pan. Combine flour, toasted coconut, sugar, chocolate chips, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk coconut milk, eggs, butter, and vanilla to blend. Add egg mixture to flour mixture and stir until combined.
Divide batter among prepared muffin cups. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean or 15 minutes. Turn out onto rack and cool.
Enjoy!
Hope everyone had a good weekend! We celebrated our nephew’s 5th birthday and stayed at a beautiful B&B – details + photos coming soon.
The giveaway winner is…
…the person who left the fourth comment. Congratulations, Raina!
Raina, please email me with your shipping information.
Thanks to those that participated and hope we can do this again in the near future!
I am giving away one yard of my new birds fabric!
If you’re interested, all you need to do is leave a comment below.
A commenter will be randomly picked and announced as the winner on Monday, April 12th. Please be sure to leave a valid email address with your comment, one entry per person.
The fabric is printed via Spoonflower. It is 100% quilted weight cotton, and very easy to sew with. Tote bags, iPod/iPhone cozies, and children’s clothing are the first project ideas that came to mind.
What are some of your ideas?
Happy commenting, and good luck!