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Recipe Links
Here's a list of my recipes posted here.

• Chicken Tikka Masala
• Kiwi-Apple Salsa
• Thai Style Chicken and Noodles
• Shrimp and Sausage Wraps
• Bynk's Lemon Chicken Fajitas
• Chocolaty Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
• Ginger and Garlic Eggplant Chicken
• Curried Veggies

Chicken Tikka Masala

• 1.5 lbs of chicken
• 6 cloves of garlic (marinade)
• 2 tablespoons fresh ginger (marinade)

• 1 yellow onion
• 1 red bell pepper
• 6 cloves of garlic (pureed sauce)
• 2 tablespoons fresh ginger (pureed sauce)
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1 small can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon curry paste (Patak's, hot)
• 1/4 teaspoon tumeric
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• A few pinches of salt
  

1. Marinate chicken breast in puree of ginger and garlic for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight.
2. Puree ginger, garlic, onion, and bell pepper.
3. Saute chicken.
4. Add puree, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, tumeric, paprika, salt, cumin, black pepper, and curry paste.
5. Simmer for 30 minutes.

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A list of what Cory has written can found on his website. A few of his writings are in the Creative Commons and free to download: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom and A Place So Foreign and Eight More, Four Walls Eight Windows.

Cory is one of the creators of www.BoingBoing.net-- More info about Cory:
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Other Free eBooks:

• Push Patterns by Jay Campbell
• The SciFi/Fantasy publisher Baen has some of their backlist for download. I suggest reading Flint's reasoning behind the Free Library, found on the home page.
• The Gutenberg Project
• In some cases, Gutenberg offers free audio version: H.G. Wells
• Cory Doctorow on Gutenberg
• One of Cory's talk about eBooks can be found on Gutenberg:
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Thai Style Chicken and Noodles
Found a tasty restaurant near Bbblake's loft named Lulu's Thai Noodle Shop. Eating their yummy fare inspired me to try my hand at some Thai noodles. I found the following recipe and tweaked it a bit. Share and enjoy!

Adapted From About.com

• 1 lb chicken breast, diced
• 1/2 cup lime juice
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tablespoon oil

• 3 carrots, peeled
• 2 bell peppers, red/green, cut into strips
• 2 bunches green onion
• 2 tablespoon peanut oil

• 1 lb cooked linguine

• 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup natural-style peanut butter
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons rice or white wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon chili sauce

• 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro

1. Marinate chicken breast in lime juice, salt, and oil for 2 hours.
2. Peel and then shave the carrots lengthwise into very thin strips using a peeler. Cut bell pepper into strips. Mince green onion. Set aside
3. Boil linguine in a large pot until done.
4. Mince garlic. Grate ginger. Heat 1 teaspoon of the oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Sauté ginger and garlic for 30 seconds. Add chicken broth, peanut butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and chili sauce. Stir until well-blended. Reduce heat and simmer 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and keep warm.
5. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet. Sauté chicken breast until done. Keep chicken in peanut sauce to keep warm.
6. Add more oil to skillet (if neccessary); and sauté green onion, bell pepper, and carrots until tender.
7. Toss vegetables, chicken, and peanut sauce in a large bowl.
8. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.

Makes about 8 to 10 servings.

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Shrimp and Sausage Wraps

By a popular request, here are the wraps I made to go with the Kiwi Apple Salsa (below).

• 2-3 tablespoons peanut oil (or other vegatable oil)
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 andouille sausage, diced
• 1 tablespoon Patak's Hot Curry Paste (cumin, curry, or chili powder will do)
• 1½ cups rice (make with chicken broth)
• 12 (½lb) raw medium sized shrimp, de-veined and de-tailed
• Tortillas
• Kiwi Apple Salasa (my homemade salsa) or any other sweet & spicy salasa
  (Mango?)

1. Saute bell pepper, onion, and sausage in oil.
2. Mix in curry, rice, and shrimp; saute until shrimp is done.
3. Serve on warm tortillas with salsa.

Serves 4-6 (approximately enough to modestly fill 12 tortillas).

Kiwi-Apple Salsa

I wanted a sweet and hot salsa, like a mango salsa, for some sausage and shrimp wraps I made. My local store didn't have any mangos, and the papyas were huge. So I poked around the roduce section and decided to make the salsa out of apples and kiwis. The results were amazing. In the batch I made I retained all the seeds of one jalapeno, which resulted in a sweet salsa with a sucker punch (medium to hot).

• 1 gravenstein apple
• 3 kiwis
• ½ onion
• cilantro
• 2 jalapanos
• 1½ tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 pinches salt

1. Finely dice jalapenos, removing all seeds and some of the interior. (Retain and add
   to increase heat.)
2. Peel and finely chop apple and kiwis. Finely chop onion and cilantro.
3. Combine all ingredients.
4. Optional: use a food processor or blendor to make it smooth. (As a garnish, the original
   batch was left chunky.)

Makes approximately 1½ cups (12 oz.) of salsa. Double or triple for a large group.