Moroccan Chicken Casserole

It's been awhile, this food blog is in need of a really good recipe! I found this printed out in my recipe binder a few weeks ago. Sadly I do not remember where I got it. I do know it was just somewhere online. So props to whoever came up with this one! It is simply delicious.
Ingredients:
1 head cauliflower
2-3 pounds of chicken - I used a 4 pack of chicken thighs
2 tablespoons butter
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoons ginger root, finely chopped or grated
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3 carrots, peeled and sliced
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon coriander - didn't have this
1/2 teaspoon turmeric - didn't have this
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 tsp cayenne
1 red pepper, cut into thin strips
1 can of diced tomatoes - undrained
1/2 cup minced parsley or cilantro - didn't have this
2 tsp salt
1 lemon

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375.
The base of the casserole is cauliflower grated into a rice-like texture. Chop the head of cauliflower into small pieces. Push the pieces through a food processor using the grating blade. Spread the grated cauliflower out in a 9×13 rectangular baking pan.Salt and pepper the chicken. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a deep pan over high heat. Add the chicken, browning well, about 3-5 minutes a side.
Remove the chicken from the hot pan and set aside. Turn heat down to medium and add onion, ginger, garlic and carrots. Cook until the onions are soft. Add remaining tablespoon of butter and all spices. Stir well.
Add red pepper, the can of tomatoes, minced parsley or cilantro and salt. Return the chicken to the pot and simmer for 3-5 minutes.
Pour the chicken mixture over the cauliflower, make sure the cauliflower is completely covered by the sauce. Slice a lemon into thin slices and lay on top of the casserole. Cover the pan with tin foil and bake for 35 minutes. Remove the tinfoil and cook for 25 minutes more.


Garnish with more fresh parsley or cilantro before serving.

Ramblings From A Sleep Deprived Mind. Take Two.

It's raining here in the ATL today. Fancy Pants and I slept in a bit...after being up for an hour nice and early :)
I haven't posted much here lately but I think I'm about to start getting several nights (in a row) of some good sleep. I hope to be posting more!
Greer is sleeping better and better. We have had about 3 nights now where I've gotten to sleep 5 or 6 hours straight. The nights where I only get chunks of 3 or 4 are still wearing me down!

I'm back to cooking my good Paleo recipes these days. I'm just too tired to post them! Promise to add some really good stuff soon!

Continuing to ramble I wanted to take note of a couple blog posts that I have really loved lately. I follow a LOT of blogs and they can all cause very different reactions when you read them.
Some can lift you up, some make you laugh. Some make you feel like you're not doing enough. But sometimes you run across a post that just makes you feel like someone out there knows exactly how you feel and you're not alone!
I read this post awhile back. I don't know Melissa Richie. She's just a friend of a friend but the part that got me on this post is about her nursing her sweet son. She's talking about how much of a joy it is, but that she's tired. I was thinking "ME TOO"! I wanted to send her a hug over in B'ham for being honest about how she feels. It made me feel like someone else "got it".

Another post of note is this one. I have been struggling with the same mom vs. work dilemma. I feel like she put it SO well here. I feel so lucky to be able to work from home so I don't miss any time with Greer. But it has been a struggle to separate work and being a mom. She is very time consuming and I felt resentful of her that I could not get my work done. Husband and I had to sit down, re-work the budget and find a way to make it work without my freelance checks. Now I work when I can and when Fancy Pants is awake I don't find myself bouncing her on my knee trying to work on design.
I'm rambling again.

So the point of this post is to say that I LOVE blogland. The ability to connect with other women who I have things in common with is great!
I hope you enjoy reading those posts.
Happy Friday!