After being obsessed with the food network for a few days, I had a particular episode from Rachel Ray's "30 Minute Meals" in my mind when I sat thinking what to cook for dinner last night. She had done something about Chicken Satay as an appetizer to a Thai Take-Out menu. She said that with a few adjustments it could be made into a main course and feed a family of four.
So last night, I needed something quick and I needed something easy. I thought of the take-out, picked up the ingredients, but along the way discovered I wasn't quite happy with the results I was getting. So halfway through the peanut butter sauce I began throwing in a few ingredients of my own. And after deciding I didn't want just plain old chicken, I decided to make chili curry chicken strips to dip in the peanut sauce. So it didn't turn out to be a traditional chicken satay at all, but it did turn out delicious!
So why am I putting this on my wedding blog? (Other than to brag about my cooking skills of course ;) ). The more I cook, and the more adventurous I become at it, the more it makes me think of life after the wedding. My sister K and I were discussing our love of "homey" things. Home cooking, dinner parties with DIY touches... some would say it's very 1950s housewife, but you certainly don't have to look at it that way.
And I can't wait until I (and maybe sister K too!) can host family dinner parties. We'll have funky Thanksgiving dishes, and potluck get-togethers (it will be a number of years until any of us are going to pop out some nieces and nephews). In fact, it may be starting sooner than I think! Sister K was sad that her boyfriend of over a year missed out on our murder mystery dinner party (not because he wasn't invited, but because he had a scheduling conflict) and so she wants throw another one that he can attend over the summer. I have already volunteered my co-hosting services :-D!!!
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