January 4, 2006

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Over at the totally fabulous and informative blog, Multidimensional Me, Koan Bremner posted a bit of a challenge to everyone to find their "mantra".   My initial thought was the well known mantra used in yoga meditation -  "Ommm" – but I’m far too fidgety to sit around in the lotus position repeating that (hence my short lived past involvement with yoga).  But what she really meant was a sort of one-line personal philosophy.  A summation of what you want your life to be characterized by in 2006.

I thought this was a smashing idea (in Boston we’d say that’s a wicked cool idea, but smashing is more in keeping here with my post).  SO what’s mine?

It is,  "Just be yourself".  That’s really it for 2006, I just want to be myself.  That takes a great deal more work than you’d think on the surface, (as I’m slooowly learning), but, for me in 2006, that’s actually a very good goal.

You can read how Koan threw the gauntlet down on personal mantra’s at this link here.

When I made this I thought, "they will hate it".  I have no idea why I thought that, I think it was the odd mixture of onions, garlic and olives and how those simply do not mix with children.   Then, as I was making this dish, and the wonderful aromas were wafting from my kitchen kingdom through the rest of our house, I heard the peep every chef loves to hear,  "hey what’s that smell, it smells sooo good".    Well, my confidence shored up, I drove ahead in making this dish.  The recipe is courtesy of "Make it in Minutes" a Weight Watchers cookbook (you can check out the cookbook at this link here).  A ragout, for your general cooking trivia knowledge, is French for "A well-seasoned meat or fish stew, usually with vegetables".  This one uses chicken and it is heavenly (especially on a cold night). 

Click on for the fabulous taste treat!

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