The Sunday Salon: 'Pinning' & Cooking & Audiobooks

I have long been guilty of disappearing into the Pinterest void, pinning like a mad woman and staring at all the pretties. In other words pinning and NOT doing. .... in a Gollum "my precious" kind of way. 

So this weekend I've blown the cobwebs from my Pinterest recipe board (yay me) while listening to The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman on audio ... beautiful!

My debut Pinterest recipe was a Penang Curry (recipe found on Pri's website Recipri)

I've adapted it slightly by using chicken breast instead of tofu, light coconut milk and leaving off the cashews as I didn't have any. The Penang paste I found in the local supermarket was very mild so an extra tablespoon could be added if you're taste buds call for extra zing. 

Penang Curry

Ingredients: Serves 4-6.

• 2 tbsp. oil
• 2 tbsp. chopped garlic
• 1 tsp. grated ginger
• 2 tbsp. Panang Curry Paste 
• 2 cans coconut milk (13.5 oz. each) approx 430ml, I used light
• 1 1/2 tbsp. palm sugar (or brown sugar)
• 1 tbsp. reduced sodium soy sauce
• 1 1/2 tbsp. lime juice
• 1/4 cup roasted and unsalted cashews
• 1 cup chopped white mushrooms
• 1 cup chopped white/yellow onion
• 4 Thai basil leaves
• 4 oz. cubed extra firm tofu (I used 2 chicken breasts, chopped)
• 5 broccoli florets chopped
• 1 cup red capsicum 
• 10 snap peas (I used beans)

Method:

1. In a seasoned wok, heat oil on medium heat.
2. Once hot, add ginger and garlic and let cook until light brown.
3. Stir in curry paste.
4. Whisk in coconut milk, brown sugar, soy sauce, and lime juice and turn heat up to medium-high. Add the lime juice little by little until it’s to your taste. I used the full 1 1/2 tbsp. of lime juice.
5. Add chicken and onion, cook for minute or two then add vegetables and basil leaves and cook on medium until chicken cooked through but tender and vegetables still firm (was approx 5 mins)
6. Top with basil leaves or crushed cashews. I left the cashews out
7. Serve with steamed rice

Absolutely delicious flavour and a real hit with my family!

So are you a Pinterest junkie? Leave a link, I'd love to follow you. And if you're a fan of audiobooks, I'm keen to hear recommendations. 

Narrators can make or break an audiobook and I've been lucky enough to listen to some exquisite stories with exceptional narration. Here's a few of my favourites :)

WINTER GARDEN by Kristin Hannah

MAGIC HOUR by Kristin Hannah

THE MAZE RUNNER by James Dashner

THE CHOSEN ONE by Carol Lynch Williams

LIVING DEAD GIRL by Elizabeth Scott

SAVING CEECEE HONEYCUT by Beth Hoffman

THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK by Neil Gaiman

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