Dilled Curry Potatoes

This sounds like a weird combination, but it works really well. Bonus: this side dish makes a great little flavor punch for pretty much any main component. I served mine with next week’s Indian Spiced Burgers the first night and leftovers with plain chicken in the next day’s lunch and both were flavorful and delicious.

gluten-free, paleo, vegetarian, vegan

Dilled Curry Potatoes

500g baby potatoes

Neutral oil

1 Tbsp. curry powder (your favorite mix will do, and some fresh curry leaves would also be great here)

1 small green chili pepper

1 Tbsp. ground turmeric

1 tsp. red chili powder (I used cayenne)

4 – 5 cloves fresh garlic (3 Tbsp. when minced)

2 Tbsp. fresh dill (or more if you have more – I would have actually liked a little extra)

Salt & pepper

Fill your largest high-sided sauté pan with water to 3/4 of the way up the sides, nestle the potatoes in, add a bunch of salt and bring to a shallow boil for 10 minutes or until soft. Drain carefully and cut into halves.

While the potatoes are cooking: mince the garlic, chop the chili pepper, assemble the dried spices, and chop the dill. Set the dill aside.

Add enough oil to your pan to cover the bottom, and heat over high/medium-high until the oil starts to shimmer. Add the potatoes, liberally salt and pepper, and give a good stir for a couple minutes until they start to color.

Add the spices and garlic and stir-fry until the potatoes are as browned as you want them to be and the garlic goes nice and crispy.

Transfer to a large bowl and toss with the dill to complete.

Serves 3 – 4

May 15, 2020

This week’s date night is brought to you by Outback. Which did a surprisingly good job of delivery. I was skeptical that my steak would arrive rare, and it did.

On a side note, when did Outback stop including a salad with their meals? I’m happy the side veggies have been upgraded, but I miss the kinda crappy salad. Mostly the ranch.

And bonus: since it’s Ramadan and every delivery we’ve gotten this month has included a little extra somethin, cheese fries. 20s-me would have been overjoyed (cheese fries with a monkey dish of sour cream was like half my diet in college). I dared a taste, and the sour cream is still so frickin good. Could have taken or left the cheese, but the sour cream – 💯

We also had Outback bread (in the paper bag) and wine. I still made my dough for the week – it’s just chillin’ (Ha!) in the fridge until Saturday. Having a bit of experiment to see if the flavor is even better the longer it proofs? Rises? Ferments? The more yeasty burps happen. I think it’s supposed to.

May 14, 2020

A lone boater (to the left) rolling the dice and taking his chances that water sports are currently on the ok

May 13, 2020

Odin strikes again. No RPG, Ma, just me.

May 12, 2020

Chillin’ in my Fairies Wear Boots outfit on my sheep bed at sunset – nbd

May 11, 2020

My yoga class setup this week

May 10, 2020

Sunshine viewed from a safe distance, Animal Crossing & Crystal Light lemonade: aka, my days lately 😆

May 9, 2020

Again?! How did I forget to take a non food-related picture twice in the same week? Oh yeah – Animal Crossing. 😆
Breakfast: Homemade English muffin with peanut butter
Lunch: Our recent Saturday fav – subs. I had my usual chicken club in a spinach wrap with sweet potato fries, curry mayo & curry ketchup
Dinner: Leftover ginger garlic noodles with marinated tofu
Snacks: Tapatio flavored Doritos during long distance game night with friends

May 8, 2020

This week’s date night was a mixed bag of success: the English muffins were v successful; the roasted chicken with potatoes, onions, grapes & garlic less so. The wine was fine and we’ve really enjoyed the brand before, but my face/brain was having none of it.

May 7, 2020

Looks like I forgot to take a non food-related picture today. And it wasn’t even a super exciting food day – lots of pantry cleaning and using up odds and ends. My goal lately has been to go into each Sunday shopping trip with an empty fridge (minus condiments)
Breakfast: Leftover pasta with sautéed zucchini & mushrooms
Lunch: Leftover garlic ginger marinated tofu with kale over sweet potato latkes
Dinner: Basically a repeat of lunch with the tofu swapped out for fried eggs