2012-02-01: Pan Roasted Ontario Chicken with Mango Salsa and Lobster

Yikes. This recipe had multiple parts.  I could not find canned lobster at any of the grocery stores I visited, so I substituted it with canned crabmeat.  The entire plate was a lot of food, and likely did not need the addition of the seafood.  And since I had parsley instead of coriander, I used that too.  I'm going to have to learn how to dry parsley, as I've got so much and don't want it to go to waste.  Also, I'll need to do the same for the dill, and where I can let it dry safely away from the fond predations of my cat.

The Mango Coulis was tasty, but the flavour of the white vinegar was verging on overwhelming.  And for the Mango Salsa, I omitted the green beans, used cashews instead of hazelnuts (which I could not find), used black currants instead of red (plenty of which I still have) and omitted the poppy seeds.

Additionally, I discovered while I was pan-searing the chicken that I forgot to purchase phyllo pastry.  So ... instead of making phyllo nests, I placed a Quaker Oats Shredded Wheat Muffet on the plate (ahem). Ha ha.

And it's the start of a new month!!  So I will add another Floppy Resolution to the Recipe Resolution.
This will be a once daily neck and shoulder workout/stretch routine (NS Resolution).  So for the neck - look both ways, up and down, the "chin-push", the side stretch and the 'diagonal stretch'.  These were taught to me by my physio, and I kept up with these until I felt I didn't need to do them anymore.  But it's probably a good idea to start up with these again.  And for the shoulders, I'll start out with 10 of each exercise ... which I need to pull from reference materials I've got somewhere around here.