I'll admit that this may not be prettiest dish, but I've been told that what it lacks in aesthetics it more than makes up for in flavour! Makes me wish I had a crockpot big enough to make it, but mine's only a 1.5qt pot & the recipe calls for a 3qt pot...


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The Indian Butter Chicken recipe I've linked to sounds really yummy, but it calls for a 3.5/4qt crock & mine's only wee (1.5qt), so I think I'm going to have to at least halve it (& then, it'll probably be an idea to sit my crockette in a baking tin, just in case it overflows)...
Below is what I think the right amounts would be:

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This first dish sounds really easy to prepare & if you want to leave it to marinate overnight, refrigerate it for up to eight hours & skip the 1 hour @ room temp thing...
As for the pie, I've been told that there's no point in trying to freeze it or anything, since it just doesn't work. Instead, throw a party or give the other one away...

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This is the recipe zinger04 used for my birthday dinner. He got it from my Mom:

Mom's chicken fajitas

• 2 tbsp each: olive oil, lemon juice, white vinegar;
• 3 cloves minced garlic;
• 2 tsp oregano;
• 1 tsp cumin;
• 1/2 tsp black pepper;
• 1/4 tsp chilli powder;
• 1 chopped medium onion;
• 1 julienned green pepper;
• 1 lb chicken cut in 1" cubes.

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During the last couple of months, I've clipped random recipes from free store magazines. Now, I'm trying to write them all down somewhere so I don't have to hang on to a bazillion little pieces of paper...

sweet & spicy butternut pie

• 250g peeled & cubed butternut squash;
• 250g shortcrust pastry;
• ¼ tsp each: ground cinnamon, ginger & nutmeg;
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As a kid, we always called this shepherd's pie, but over here in the UK, shepherd's pie is made with lamb's meat. Go figure! :)

"mash, meat & veggies in gravy" pie

• 1 large onion, quartered and sliced;
• 2 tbsp semisalted butter;
• 2 c ground beef;
• 2 c gravy;
• 1-1½ c cooked carrots, peas and/or corn;
• pepper to taste;
• 1 egg yolk;
• 2 c mashed potatoes.

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