It’s been nice not posting daily photos for the last 3 weeks. I’m glad I decided not to continue that in 2012. However, I don’t want this blog to just sit here, so I’m starting a new post series, but NOT one that I’ll be posting every day.

I intend to cook more this year than I did in 2011, as I enjoy it and would like to get better at it. I definitely won’t have time to cook every single day, but I hope to prepare a solid home cooked dinner at least once a week, focusing largely on recipes I’ve never tried before.

So tonight’s dinner was chicken with lime sauce and curried rice pilaf, both recipes I snagged from allrecipes.com. They turned out great! I substituted chicken cutlets for breasts, as I prefer them, and used panko breadcrumb for extra crunch.

The chicken came out with a rather subtle flavor. I thought the lime sauce would be overpowering but it was smooth and complemented the chicken well. Next time I may use a bit more lime though. Michelle felt the chicken needed a bit more salt, which made sense as I had under-salted it on purpose, thinking the lime sauce would steal the show.

The rice was perfect, as far as I’m concerned. Michelle said she’d prefer it without the golden raisins mixed in. I thought they were an excellent sweet addition, but it’s easy enough to only add them to my portion, as they’re part of the very last step.

Overall – a success! I’m looking forward to eating the leftovers for lunch tomorrow, then embarking on another entirely different culinary adventure for dinner tomorrow night.