While on vacation a few months ago, we made our bi-annual trip to the outlet mall. While there, my mother-in-law officially decreed that every time we go to the outlet mall, I get a piece from Le Creuset. God bless her.

This time I chose a tagine. A tagine is a traditional cooking vessel from Morocco. It turned out to be a very wise purchase. This thing rocks! I’ve made tagine chicken three times now, and every time it has come out great. I didn’t have to marinate the chicken at all, and yet it was flavorful and moist. My whole family loves my tagines — even my toddler who is a bit picky.

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I made Thai food last night! Tom Kha Gai soup — made with fish or chicken stock, lemongrass, coconut milk, galangal, kaffir lime leaves, lime, and shrimp. It was delicious — and very easy to make. Instead of sugar, I used honey. And I didn’t have any red chili sauce so I used cayenne pepper. [...]

Yensi cooked us some Guatemalan food for dinner. It was SO GOOD! We had: Chicken sauteed in butter with grilled onions and red bell pepper (I added some salsa on top) Brown rice cooked with chicken broth, chopped carrots and red bell pepper Black beans with avocado slices and a dollop of yogurt “cream cheese” [...]