Peanut Butter Pie

Peanut Butter Pie
Adapted from All Recipes

15-20 oreo cookies
5 Tbsp butter
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup milk
1 (8 ounce) package Cool Whip, thawed

Crush cookies to a coarse powder. Melt the butter and combine with cookie crumbs. Press to the bottom of a 9x13 in pan (or two pie tins).

Mix the cream cheese and sugar together until well blended. Stir in peanut butter and milk until well combined. Fold in Cool Whip. Pour batter over cookie crust and freeze until firm.

My Notes:

One of my friends made a version of this a couple weeks ago and I fell in love with it. I used soy milk and it worked fine, but I don't think you can get away from the dairy entirely.

My friend also swirled Nutella on the top of the pie (before freezing), but I ran out and didn't realize it until I was already making the pie. It tastes great either way.

Curry Chicken Remix

Remember this recipe? Here's a much simpler recipe if you're just craving something curried.

Curry Chicken Remix
Original Recipe, more or less

1 chicken breast
1/2 cup chicken broth
1-2 teaspoons curry powder
1-2 teaspoons flour
Cayenne Pepper, to taste*
Oil

Cut chicken into cubes. Saute the chicken in a skillet with a small portion of oil (less than needed to cover the bottom of the pan; it's just to prevent sticking), until no longer pink. Remove from pan. Deglaze the pan with chicken broth, then add curry powder and flour. Stir until thickened. Pour over chicken.

Serve with rice.

My Notes:
*I found this recipe to be a bit boring without some heat, so I suggest adding some. If you can get your hands on some Indian chili powder, I recommend it. Otherwise, cayenne pepper should work fine.

I actually had found a recipe something to this effect, but the chicken was breaded with flour and egg whites first.

Obviously, this produces a small portion. Adjust quantities as needed; if you want more sauce, start with more chicken broth. Jazz it up with carrots and some ginger if you want. The whole thing takes about 20 minutes, so long as the chicken isn't frozen, so it's a nice and quick alternative to my other recipe, without using all the ingredients I don't use terribly often.

One of my friends likes to randomly experiment with things. One of these days, I'll take a page out of his book and try some sort of curry soup. Or something.