Meal No. 286: Chicken Tikka Masala

While friends Everett and David are hanging out here this weekend, I'm reaching for some delicious but dependable recipes that I thought might please the palates 'round the table. For the Saturday evening meal, we've gone from North Carolina barbecue to Indian: chicken tikka masala with roasted cumin-coriander cauliflower.

Prelude to the dinner: spiced pecan and blue cheese salad with a sweet and sour vinaigrette.

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Chicken Tikka Masala and Roasted Cauliflower: Cuisine at Home, Issue No. 85, February 2011.

Spiced Pecan and Blue Cheese Salad [click here for printable recipe] inspired by the local Ryan's Steaks, Chops, and Seafood restaurant on Coliseum drive, and adapted from Southern Living recipes for the spiced pecans (thanks to Jimmy Randolph for tracking that down for me) and for the vinaigrette.