Docs in the Kitchen - MOROCCAN CHICKEN STEW

Great event last night! U of S med students staged a fantastic dinner to raise money for CHEP (which provides food and nutrition for kids in Saskatoon). The initial tally puts the funds raised at more than $4000. I had a little hand in the dinner--providing the recipe for the delicious stew. Staff at the Western Development Museum did a great job transforming a stew for 8 into a meal for 300! Here's the original recipe. It's chock full of Saskatchewan ingredients (okay, not the apricots and prunes...)

Moroccan Chicken Tagine
This recipe is named for the type of ceramic dish in which it is cooked. Any covered pot will do, preferably one that can go from the stove to the oven.

1 chicken cut into pieces
1/4 cup olive or canola oil
1 tsp. coriander seeds
1 tsp. cumin seeds
1 tsp. fenugreek seeds
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 onion chopped
6-8 canned tomatoes, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3 carrots, sliced
1 can chickpeas
12 prunes and/or dried apricots
salt and pepper
preserved lemon rind (opt.)
black or green olives (opt.)

Grind the spices (coriander, cumin, fenugreek) in a spice grinder.

Heat the oil in an oven-proof pot. Lightly salt the chicken and sauté in the oil. Sprinkle with a bit of the spice blend. When the chicken is nicely browned, add the rest of the ingredients, except the optional items. Add four cups of water and bring to a boil.

Cover the pot and bake in a 325F oven for 2 hours. Check occasionally and add more liquid if necessary. During the last half an hour, stir in the preserved lemon rind and continue baking uncovered. Remove lemon rind before serving. Serve with olives on couscous or rice.

Emo hair tips

Our hair denotes our identity. It is one of the most important aspects in our body. If our hair is beautiful, we feel great and confident. Out of various hairstyles we make, Emo hairstyle is one of the best. An emo hair, is a style created by your own, a style that is completely different from the others.

Here are some tips for creating an emo hair:

• Mess around with your hair until you get it how you like it without the part. (there are some general rules about parting hair, and if you want a side part then I'd say pick which side of your face you like better and part it 1/4 way from the side.)
• To get the visible part out of your hair, you need to bring your hair forward from much further back (closer to the crown of your head). Also, layer at the top (sort of a scene mullet.)
• Blonde hair works great with emo hair, you can add some cool, brightly hued highlight. Dye it black, plum or navy or get brown w/ blue, black and plum streaks.
• To make your hair grow, do cornrolls and use organic shampoo.
• Emo hair won’t look good with a round race. Try long hair with layers and bangs off to one side instead.
• You can dye your hair with a dark, shiny, sexy shade like a black-pink combination or a dark brown, which are the most common colors.
• You can highlight the tips of your hair with purple or blue that should be well mixed with the above used color.
• Go like heaps of layers and longish kinda spike at the back with all different color blondes through it.
• Leave it long, color it black and get thick blunt front bangs that go down to your eyes but don't cover them. If you are exotic looking, you can pull off black. Maybe get a chunk of blonde to peek through the side (one side only.) Layer the front around your face.
• Spiderweb isn’t that great. Try some smoky eyes instead.
• Unfortunately you can never not have a part in your hair, unless maybe you’ve got an afro that sticks straight out everywhere. There are two types of parts, your natural part (where your hair naturally falls) and a forced part (one you force yourself). Just train your hair to go where you want it to by forcing it into that position everyday until it falls that way itself.
• When you need a more laid back kinda look you can just have it straightened with a bit of hair spray for volume.
• Emo hairstyles needs a lot of maintenance such as blow drying, STRAIGHTENING, & coloring. Invest in good straighteners!
• Emo hair can look good on a guy but NEVER take it to the point where people can’t tell your gender.
• Photobucket is your friend ;)