Heatwave, ebay, Easy Indian

How's that for a title?!  It is July and the weather is STEAMY!  Andrew's spending his days at a LEGO Camp this week in a nice cool building.  While he's there, Charlie and I are hanging out at my parents.  A lot of time was spent with the water hose today.

I've been doing some ebay shopping in the comfort of an air conditioned house while Charlie naps.  I was bummed to lose a bid earlier this week on a pair of antique frames that would have been perfect in our dining room.  But today. TODAY.  I won a painting.  Here were some of my favorites.  The one I won will be going over the fireplace in our living room.  You'll have to wait and see which one it is....

And with all this hot weather, the last thing I want to do is spend a great deal of time in the kitchen.  I'd be content with salads and chickpeas for dinner every night, but my growing boys need something a little more substantial.  I tried this out the other day from Williams-Sonoma.

Basically, dice and saute chicken in a large skillet, then add jar of sauce and cook for about 20 more minutes and serve over rice. It was good,  really good , as in almost as good as when I make it homemade, and so ridiculously easy.  It's not too spicy either.  I served it along with a little yogurt sauce (plain yogurt with  kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper, diced cucumber and green onions). Big hit with Charlie, not so much with Andrew (my picky eater).