Green Blessings

Last weekend, we had 13 friends over for moules-frites. This — plus a big green salad, some crusty baguettes and more white wine than seems conscionable — is my favorite dinner party menu. It makes the easiest, surprisingly budget-conscious meal and might, if you play your cards right, make you feel ever-so-slightly…

Ingredients: Peanut oil for frying 2 lbs chicken tenders salt and pepper to taste ½ cup orange juice ½ cup sweetened condensed milk 1 egg, beaten 1½ cups panko bread crumbs 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut Directions: 1. On a cookie sheet, season chicken with salt and pepper on both…

Ingredients For the garam masala 1 tbsp cardamom seeds (if you can’t buy the seeds then buy cardamom pods and shell them yourself) 1 tsp black peppercorns 1 tsp black cumin seeds (you can use regular cumin seeds if black aren’t available) 1 tsp whole cloves 1/3 of a whole nutmeg (you can break a whole nutmeg by placing it on a cloth and…