Please Change Battery Pack

How annoying is this?

I had put together a very good looking meal. Lots of colors: roasted chicken, crispy and golden, pumpkin pasta with bright orange sauce and green beans with caramelized onions. I reach for my camera just as Alex is about to dig in… and all I get is this message.

“Please Change Battery Pack.”

*Sigh.*

But I need to tell you about the chicken recipe I made last night. I guess I’ll have to trust my words to get the message across, because this chicken is amazing. The chicken itself is flavorful and delicious. I used apple juice instead of orange juice, and added some sage to echo the flavors in the pumpkin sauce. The sweetness of the juice and the herby thyme really permeated the chicken meat itself. However, the reason that I’m loving this recipe is really the pear-onion compote that is born from the sauce. I want to make a big pan of that compote and just smother it on everything. Grilled cheese comes to mind. So does a spoon… but that might kill me. Oh well, it would be a pretty good way to go.

I’m not going to leave you in the lurch as far as food porn is concerned, however. As promised, I do have photos from our orange food party.

But before I get to that, I have two announcements.

1. I have built a recipe database, which you can access from a link in the sidebar (or right here). I have listed every recipe that has ever been featured on my blog, and while I always give credit where credit is due, for simplicity’s sake, I have just listed the name of the recipe in the database. I’ll be updating weekly, so feel free to stop by and check out some of the recipes that have been featured here over the past few years.
2. Tomato Kumato has a Facebook group! To join, please click here.

And, without further ado… orange food.