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Lime Coconut Chicken Curry with Mangoes
February 1, 2016 by Laura 5 Comments
Lime Coconut Chicken Curry with Mangoes is a healthy, fast dish that makes the most of seasonal citrus and mangoes, while brightening up a winter day. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing.
This past fall two interesting citrus cookbooks were released. Being the huge citrus freak that I am, I bought both–but knowing it was not remotely citrus season, I also set both aside to wait for winter–did not even open them. And yes I thought it was a weird decision by the publishers to release them in the fall–I guess in time for Christmas shopping? But anyway!
I found the basis of this recipe in Valerie Aikman-Smith’s and…
View Full Recipe at The Spiced Life
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