Hi everyone
I’ve been chastising myself for having foolishly sliced into my palm with a very sharp, very big knife. So I had to cancel a bunch of Lunar New Year dining plans in favor of laying low and resting instead. I did, luckily, get in one fun (and delicious) banquet-like dinner before that!
Focusing on assembly and simple preps this week in light of current 1-handedness (which I hope will improve in a few days).
Ideas:
— Fulfill ongoing pasta craving: either with vodka sauce (doctored from a jar) or Turkish-style with seasoned ground turkey and garlic yogurt
— Chicken Musakhan from Falastin via COTM Diana Henry (marinated pre-injury) + stewed Turkish-style green beans
— Chicken Catalan from Penelope Casas also via COTM Diana Henry (also marinated pre-injury) – which sounds like a poultry version of Pinchos Morunos + stewed Turkish-style green beans
— Wintry Fattoush: roasted butternut squash, roasted red onions, arugula, and pita chips, dressed with pomegranate molasses
— Chicken soup of some sort (I have double-boiled homemade chicken stock and poached chicken breast)
— Chicken pie with an easy press-in crust
— Pongal / South Indian lentils and rice + yogurt + papad
If my hand is sufficiently on the mend in a few days, I really want to try one or more of these viral recipes for LNY – they appear easy and delicious 
: dumpling “lasagne” (layering wonton skins with the filling in a ramekin), “blanket” / 1-pot / no-fold dumplings (spoonfuls of filling in a fry pan topped with a wrapper), and deconstructed wonton/dumpling noodles (wrappers sautéed with the filling). I picked up a package of wonton skins and ground turkey, so fingers crossed (on one hand at least 
) that I’ll get to something.
Wish you all a relaxing weekend and a peaceful week ahead, with good eats and great company.
