Week 3/ Domestic Bliss/In The Kitchen (Farm Girl Blog-A-Thon)

When we moved to our farm last July the house was a mess. The kitchen had a crazy wall paper border in the middle of the wall. I thought I would just take it off and repaint the whole thing, then I found out why the border was there!!! They had only finished the top half of the walls, the bottom half they didn’t cover up the nails with drywall mud or anything, it was a big mess. So I fixed it and then put bead board all around it and added a chair rail and painted it a greyish green color. The kitchen cupboards were pretty ugly but I was working with 0 budget so I stripped the paint, repainted it, sanded and stained them to give them a prim feeling. Then I looked through my things to see what I could decorate it with and decided to put up my stars. My husband commented how he had always thought we had a 5 star kitchen , I guess it is a little better than that now.

My favorite recipe may not feel very country (unless you are from India) but it is a wonderful comfort food, it leaves you feeling warm inside and I love it because it is easy, cheap and best of all my whole family will eat it. (After I make modifications of course)

CHICK PEA GOURMET

1 can coconut milk

1can stewed tomatoes

2 cans drained, rinsed chick peas

1 small chopped onion

2 T oil

1 T curry powder (I like it spicier so I add 2 T)

fry onions with the oil and curry until soft, add all other ingredients, bring to a boil then simmer for as long as it takes for a pot of rice to cook. serve over rice. Note: My husband and son are not big fans of chick peas but love the sauce so I throw a couple of chicken breasts in with it. It may need to cook a bit longer for that. ENJOY!!!

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