I will forever bookmark those photos to try and remind myself how gross meat is. I was vegetarian but for some reason started eating meat again, lets see if the photos can change me back.
Slowly starting to get back into the swing of cooking fresh again, I didn't realise how long it would take to get the energy after giving birth. I have delegated a night of cooking a week to Juz, he is an expert at the Old El Paso kits I plan the meals for the next fortnight which makes things so much easier as I can get the kitchen set up the night before for things like perogies or a slow cooker meal. So hopefully I can start poking my head in here more often now.
Tonight is chicken strips with curried rice, not very fresh cooking considering aside from the chicken and rice the only other ingredients are cornflakes, egg and spices from a jar. I am making perogies on Thursday so that is fresh food
would love some recipes for fresh food. I have an abundance of flour atm...so flour recipes would be good?
I have been making something called "monkey bread" lately. Basically you put all the normal loaf ingredients into a bread maker, with a bit of garlic.
Put it onto dough setting, take it out, divide the dough into small balls, dip in melted butter mixed with garlic and herbs, then place in a kugelhopf(sp). (you know the tins with a hole in the middle?)
let it rise again, then bake for 20 mins. All the butter seeps through, and it is amazing. Serve with dinner, and all the small pieces get picked off with ease.
Danni - that sounds fabulous!!! If you are trying to use up flour what about pasta, pikelets, fritters etc??
Pasta you can mix in your breadmaker and then roll out yourself or put through a roller. I have one that attaches to the bench but I also have one which attaches to the front of the Kitchenaid which is pretty good You can then make lasagna, fettucini, ravioli, canneloni and more with the pasta. If you have the extra bits you can also make macaroni and spaghetti too.
Fritters are basically savoury pikelets. You can add meat and vegetables of your choice and they are great finger food for the kids.
seeing as we've been talking about getting the food bill down...
I made some BBQ sauce today, I thought I'd share my recipe.
2 tins chopped tomato
1 brown onion chopped
1 cup apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup golden syrup
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup whorstershire(sp?) sauce (I'm too lazy to get up & read the label....)
1 tbsp hot english mustard (I used French mustard because I didn't have the hot english)
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp chilli powder or 1/2 small chilli chopped and deseeded if you don't want it too hot
salt & pepper
Pop the olive oil and the onion in a large pot on high and stir for 2-3 minutes or until the onion starts to go slightly opaque. Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil. Than turn down to low and simmer for 30-40 minutes or until the sauce thickens nicely. Cool to room temperature. I then put mine through the blender or the bar mix to get the obvious chunks out but that is only because our children hate chunks.... when its for adults I leave it chunky and I pop it into glass jars to share around.
This makes heaps, I often will use half for a BBQ chicken skewer night... and then jar some for later. Around Christmas I sometimes will buy up on jars and give this with edible presents....
That sounds ymmu Christy, will have to make a note of that one.
We made a relish/chutney last week. We had a heap of cucumbers and tomatos that need using. Will let it sit for a bit before trying it. A neighbour dropped around some zucchini relish on the weekend as they had a glut of zucchinis.
It is quite interesting being creative with what veg we have growing, makes a nice change to a lot of the meals we were eating. Certainly helps to stop us from grabbing takeaway or some easy food from the supermarket as we don't want to waste what we have at home.
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I plan the meals for the next fortnight which makes things so much easier as I can get the kitchen set up the night before for things like perogies or a slow cooker meal. So hopefully I can start poking my head in here more often now.
You can then make lasagna, fettucini, ravioli, canneloni and more with the pasta. If you have the extra bits you can also make macaroni and spaghetti too.
seeing as we've been talking about getting the food bill down...
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