Crockpot Coconut Chicken Curry

The past two families that I have nannied for have been from India. I have absolutely loved taking care of their children, enjoyed learning about their families, and always jumped at the offer to try different indian foods. I must say, indian food is delicious! I've taken a few of their recipes and made them a bit less spicy. I have also started making creating new recipes and testing out recipes I've come across online.

This crockpot coconut chicken curry is perfect: full of spice, loaded with chicken, perfect amount of coconut, a great texture, and doesn't take much time to put together. If you like your food really spicy, top it with some crushed red peppers.

Ingredients:
2 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
1 green bell pepper
1 small can of tomato paste
1 can of unseated coconut milk
1 1/2 tsp of salt
1 Tbsp. curry powder
1 Tbsp. garam masala
dry crushed red peppers
2 Tbsp. water
1 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch

Directions:

1. Cube chicken breast.
2. Put raw chick in crockpot on low heat. (It will cook throughout the day.)
3. Chop up the onion, garlic, and green bell pepper. 
4. In a food processor, add the onion, garlic, bell pepper, tomato paste, coconut milk, salt, curry powder, and garam masala. 
5. Process it until the mix is smoothish. (It may not look perfectly smooth.)
6. Pour the mix into the crockpot.
7. Cook on low for six hours.
8. After five hours of cooking or one hour before you eat, mix the water and cornstarch.
9. Pour that mixture into the crockpot and mix well.
10. Place lid back on for the remaining cooking time.
11. Once it is cooked, serve it on top of rice or with cooked carrots and potatoes. 
12. Enjoy!

We like to steam potatoes & carrots and add them into the crock pot. We serve the curry over rice. 

xoxo,

Jade 

Gluten Free Chex Oatmeal {Product Review}

So first off, I apologize for not posting in a few weeks. I have been sick with a sinus infection, double ear infection, and the start of bronchitis. I am slowly getting better, but have just been taking it easy. I have not been sick in over a year until now. However, when I started getting sick, I was in Oklahoma visiting family and we went to Walmart to grab a couple groceries. My mom just happened to go down the cereal aisle and came across these lovely items!

So of course, we bought two of each! I have always loved a good bowl of oatmeal in the morning. I could care less whether it is plain oatmeal, nutella oatmeal (which is delicious & one of my faves), oatmeal with fresh fruit, or the variety of flavors in the microwave pouches... I just love oatmeal. This oatmeal is perfect! It was priced well & the individual oatmeal pouches will be great for when I am traveling! I have to say that the flavored pouches, apple cinnamon & maple and brown sugar, taste just like the original oatmeal pouches that I grew up with. Now if only they made gluten free peaches and cream oatmeal, I would be ecstatic. :) I do not add that much sugar to my oatmeal when I am making it myself, so I do feel like the flavored pouches are too sweet for me; however, that is an easy fix! I just add a little plain oats to the bowl when I am making it. 

Overall, this is a great product and is priced well! I will definitely be buying more of this in the future. I need to check my local stores to see if they are carrying it yet! Now, go out and search for this lovely oatmeal so that you can try it for yourself. :)

xoxo

Jade 

Be brave. Follow your heart.

As the New Year approached, I spent more and more time thinking about starting a blog. I love reading blogs and learning various things from the bloggers. I spoke with so many family members and friends about starting a blog and they all encouraged me to do it; however, I spent entirely too many hours pondering the idea of what I wanted my blog to encompass.

Do I want to write about living gluten free? What about college life, changing my major, and teaching? I love crafting, should I write about the various crafts and projects that I do? What if I make it about my health and how I have been able to overcome various health issues? 

I soon realized that there is just so much that I could talk about and if I kept spending all my time trying to decide what the best 'topic' is to encompass my blog, I knew I wouldn't ever get to start writing.... So I'm doing it. I want to have a blog that is about me and my life. I hope that it helps and guides all different people who are searching for various answers. I want a blog that does talk about my various struggles and living gluten free. I plan to share my recipes. I want my story out there for the world to see and learn from. I hope that people are able to understand that living gluten free isn't terrible; however, it is quite wonderful. I am so thankful that after having stomach problems for as long as I can remember, I am finally healthy and know what the culprit was to my problems.

I hope that you'll stick around and get to know me.

xoxo,
Jade