My Afflation

I planned this menu last week and never got around to the grocery shopping. We ended up eating whatever I could throw together from the fridge and eating out at least twice. Not good for my budget. Lately, I've had to make even more adjustments to our diet (read that as "lifestyle") and how I cook. In addition to dairy intolerance, tolerable if she takes a Lactaid, my daughter's soy intolerance is a borderline allergy. She can't have anything that contains soy oil (looking at you Trader Joe's snacks), or that has soy lecithin . Did you know that stuff is in practically everything ? I couldn't even buy tapioca for the pie I made (recipe and link coming soon). It tasted so much better than it looks.

It’s not red/orange because you don’t use any food coloring and well, I don’t have a tandoor oven or BBQ. This moist, delicious, and simply NOM recipe has an equally interesting history . There is also an alternative recipe on that site. This is as homemade as you can get without buying the Tandoori sauce from somewhere like Trader Joe's . Prep Time: 8 hours, 45 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Ingredients: 1 (3-pound) chicken, cut into serving pieces, skinned and trimmed of all visible fat 1/2 cup to 1 cup plain yogurt (start with 1/2 and add more yogurt to taste. Yogurt will cool the heat of the spices) 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 tablespoon peeled and grated or crushed ginger root 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon ground coriander  1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves (an equal amount of all-spice can be substituted for the coriander, cardamom, and cloves – that would be 1.5...