Spring Mix Salad and Simple Chicken Curry

I love this salad because so simple, and do you know that curry powder is known to avoid alsheimer disease..this will be one of the options for simple and healthy dinner. Good Luck!

Ingredients:
6 cups Spring Mix Salad
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
Salt and Pepper
1 pound tomatoes cut into cubes
8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into cubes
1/4 red onion thinly sliced
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
!/4 cup chopped fresh mint

4 chicken thighs boneless, skinless, pound a little bit.
Salt and pepper
1 tsp curry powder

In a large bowl, toss the spring mix with 1 1/2 tbs vinegar and 1 tbs oilive oil; season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a platter.
In the same bowl, toss the tomatoes, mozzarella, onion, basil and mint with the remaining 1 1/2 tbs vinegar and 1 tbs olive oil, season with salt. Spoon onto spring mix
Meanwhile, season chicken with salt, pepper and curry, fry in hot olive oil until done.
(thanks to chef Rocco DiSpirito for the Salad), chef Rocco used the arugula instead of spring mix

Grace's Birthday

September is always busy for me or I should say beginning end of August. Several Summer parties in my husband's family which mostly take place outside town, started from end of July until sometimes in September. But the most importants are our daughter's birthday on September 1st and my husband's birthday on September 9th. Well, I will tell about the birthday of our precious little girl who just turned to 2 years old. After all, my little girl comes first above everything else, I have to admit because of the tradition in my husband's family, this is such a big deal for me to prepare neatly.
I'm from Indonesia and I want to have a bit of Indonesian meal for Grace, just so she can understand that she's half Indonesian.

Chicken Cilantro

Cilantro is corriander leave, which I'm not sure if I can find it in Indonesia market although we use the corriander alot for our Indonesian culinary. But this recipe reminds me of one of my favorite dish called 'Ayam Masak Hijau' or 'Green Chicken' which in Indonesia we cook the chicken with 'kemangi' or Indonesian Basil,...anyway, this is really simple dish with simple ingredients. Cilantro = daun ketumbar Ingredients: Bahan 1 small onion, about 1/4 cup, chopped (bawang bombai kecil, cacah) 1 clove garlic chopped (bawang putih, cacah) 2 tbs butter 2 tbs olive oil (atau minyak goreng biasa) 4 chicken thighs, boned, skinned cut into 1 inch pieces (ayam bagian paha atau dada, potong kotak) 1 tsp salt (garam) 1/4 tsp pepper (merica) 2 tbs cilantro  (daun ketumbar) Cook and stir onion and garlic in butter and oil in skillet until onion is tender. Panaskan butter, masak bawang bombai dan bawang putih hingga harum. Add chicken, salt and pepper. Tambahkan ayam, garam dan merica.  Cook and stir over medium high heat until done, about 5 minutes; stir in cilantro. Masak sampai matang sekitar 5 menit, masukkan daun ketumbar. Pour pan juices over chicken to serve. Serve with rice and lemon wedge if desired. Sajikan dengan nasi hangat dan tuang sedikit kuah-nya. (Source: Cooks.com)