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Missing Toby
Okay. I admit it. I think we are finally missing Toby. The fun of eating out at restaurants that Toby doesn’t like and moving furniture around (something Toby hates) has run out. The mice are bored now.
I think I realize why divorce and separation is so hard on kids now. I am the major care giver in the family but you wouldn’t believe how many times Baby Bug has asked for Toby. Every time we come home from an errand or a walk to the beach, she runs back to his office to see if he is there. Every time she is disappointed.
Yesterday, I left the phone on the couch accidentally and she found it. I heard her beeping the buttons and saying, “Are you there Daddy?” into the phone. It nearly broke my heart. He may not change her diapers or help with bath time or even read her stories at night but he is a huge part of her life. She really misses him.
It’s getting harder and harder for me to think of ways to explain that he won’t be home for a while. Does she understand “a few days”? Does someone who counts by skipping from five to thirty understand how long “six more night-nights” is? I don’t know.
I think it’s mostly my fault. I need to get out and do stuff and keep us busy. But you know how it is… pajamas are so cozy when nobody cares what you wear all day long.
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Polynesian Chicken Curry
Here is my Grandma’s curry recipe you asked for!
Ingredients:
MEAT
6 Chicken Thighs*
Water to cover
1/2 teaspoon saltSAUCE
2 Granny Smith Apples (peeled and sliced crescent style)
1 Yellow Onion (sliced crescent style)
vegetable oil OR butter (enough to coat bottom of pan +)
Handful of Raisins
1 Tablespoon Curry Powder (or more if you like it hot)
1 can coconut milk
SLURRY
2 Tablespoons corn starch
2 Tablespoons water
CONDIMENTS
1/2 pound bacon fried crispy in small pieces
1 can Spanish peanuts
1 can pineapple tidbits drained (reserve juice)
2 tomatoes chopped
shredded or flaked coconut
more raisins
4 green onions, chopped
1. Put chicken, water and salt in crockpot. Set on high and cook until tender. (usually about 2 to 4 hours depending on your pot).
2. In a large frying pan, saute onions, apples until translucent. While cooking, sprinkle a handful of raisins and curry powder.
3. Remove chicken from crockpot and cool enough to handle. Take skin off and remove bone. Chop into bite sized pieces.
4. Pour reserved pineapple juice into broth.
5. Pour coconut milk into broth.
6. Thicken broth mixture with slurry while cooking.
7. Return chicken to the broth.
8. Add the cooked onion, apple and raisins.
Serve over sticky rice and top with your choice of the condiments.
ENJOY!
* You can use boneless, skinless chicken pieces. I like the broth, but you can substitute 1 boullion cube dissolved in 1 cup hot water.
OR
2 Lamb shanks
* If you do not have coconut milk, pour 1 cup of boiling water through 1 cup of coconut in a seive, three times. Use the wet coconut later for cookies or muffins.
If you make this, let us know how you liked it!
