Sean surprised me by telling me he’s coming to visit tomorrow. Best Christmas present ever! (Although the gorgeous new dutch oven Santa brought me is pretty sweet, and I’ll be using it to make chicken and dumpling soup, served alongside some cheddar garlic biscuits.)
(via thinkaboutmestill)
The Pioneer Woman’s Cajun Chicken Pasta
My mother commented that I have a tendency to make “restaurant dishes,” and I can see where she’s coming from. I definitely do gravitate toward one-pan sauteed pasta meals, probably because those are the kinds of things I always order when I go out to eat. This recipe in particular reminds me of TGIF’s “Cajun Chicken and Shrimp Pasta,” which I always get when I visit Britt, my best friend who serves/manages there.
In any case, the only reason I don’t make this more often is because it requires a lot of ingredients, most of which I normally don’t have on hand. However, since I live with my parents now, they’ve got everything I need to make it. I guess that’s the one (and only?) advantage to living in their basement.
Final note: Ladies, dudes LOVE this meal. I think it’s cause it’s spicy, which somehow roughly translates to “manly” on the palette. I’ve got a ton of chicken-veggie-pasta combinations in my recipe arsenal, but this is the only one Sean actually requests.
