What's for dinner? # 2

[suse]

Continued from HERE

[The[cookie]Doctor]

Tonight we are having mongolian beef stir fry with singapore noodles.
One day I'll stop using jars...

[christy]

LOL one day at a time!!!! It took me a while to get off some jars.... I still use El Paso salsa when I can't be bothered chopping. I need a food processor!

[The[cookie]Doctor]

I want a food processor too! Especially after reading some of Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious... mmm I could get my DF to eat veges . I weaned myself of jars once and then it stopped. Oh well.

[Kazbah]

We had nut roast with roast veg & tomato sauce. hehe, all this talk of food processors - used it to chop the brazil & cashew nuts, and make the fresh breadcrumbs.

[sangie]

We had easy peasy pumpkin and sweet potato soup with garlic bread. Love quick and easy things on Sundays!

[briggsy's girl]

i used the food processor to chop vegies today for vegie bake - has everything in it - and oooooooh so yummy! food processor saved me at least an hour in vegie prep time - love it!

[Netix]

Didn't get any silverside (don't ask me how I forgot that from the butcher ), but got some osso bucco to do tomorrow. Somehow. Will have to go looking in the sc recipe thread.

Tonight, chicken, mushroom and spinach in cream sauce with penne pasta. Have rather a lot of spinach to use up, and I think this is my favourite dish.

[New Dawn]

Stir fry tonight


Guess what I am NOT using a JAR tonight wish the kids and I luck.... If I am not back tomorrow then you know not all went to plan....

[Sair]

Homemade gnocchi, and french bread with some previously prepared tomato sauce from bottles cooked with a bunch of veggies that I froze because I made heaps and heaps.

[Rouge]

This is one of the simplest and yummiest and quickest pasta dishes I make. I saw it on Tony & Giorgio years ago and its been a regular on our dinner table.

Spaghetti all Acciughe e Tonno - Spaghetti with anchovy and tuna

by Giorgio Locatelli
from Tony and Giorgio
Serves 4

Preparation time less than 30 mins
Cooking time 10 to 30 mins

Ingredients

350g/12oz spaghetti
2 tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves, each peeled and cut into quarters
4 anchovy fillets in oil, drained
250g/9oz canned tuna in olive oil, drained
50ml/2fl oz white wine
50g/2oz capers, rinsed and drained
2 tomatoes, diced
10 basil leaves
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Cook the spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water for about 8 minutes, until al dente - tender but still firm to the bite.
2. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a frying pan, add the garlic and fry over a gentle heat for 3 minutes. Add the anchovy fillets and cook very gently until almost melting. Increase the heat and add the tuna. Toss for a few minutes, then add the white wine and let it bubble for a few minutes to allow the alcohol to evaporate. Stir in the capers and tomatoes.
3. Drain the pasta, reserving 2-3 tbsp of the cooking water. Toss the spaghetti with the sauce, mix in the basil leaves and extra virgin olive oil and season to taste. Add a little of the cooking water if the pasta seems too dry, then serve.

[BeautifulMadness]

oh gosh i have no idea. im thinking pizza as hubby isnt well and i cant be bothered cooking for just 1

[Sair]

Omit the anchovies and it sounds great Cai! I now have a craving for capers

I think it is another night of 2 min noodles for me. I suddenly felt so sick last night and was only able to make a small batch of gnocchi and the french baguettes were baked much later. I did quite well on the gnocchi though considering I only boiled the potatoes and didn't stick them in the microwave or oven. I even used less than the recommended flour so they were light but a bit wet. My french baguettes were perfect, thanks to TheBear for the water in the oven tip . If only I could figure out where all my energy went to so I could do more than 2 min noodles 4 out of 7 days of the week....

[Aimz]

...What I'm cooking for dinner tonight!

Scotch fillet with a creamy mushroom and white wine sauce, mashed potatoes and honey carrots!


Sauce

500g of finely chopped mushrooms
200ml of cream
125ml of white wine
30g of butter
1tso of Garlic
salt and pepper

Method

Melt the butter over a gentle heat in a medium sized saucepan.
Add the garlic and the chopped mushrooms and season with salt and pepper.
Stir all of the ingredients together and cook until the mushrooms have softened and darkened in colour.
Turn the heat up on the stove and pour in the white wine.
Stir the ingredients and cook until the wine had reduced by two-thirds.
Turn the heat down and stir in the cream.
Pour over cooked steak and serve.

Mmm can't wait! DH is going to LOVE it!!!

[Enchanted]

Sounds yummo!! I might have to make the same for dinner tonight

[Rouge]

Sounds divine Amy! Steak and Mushy sauce is a fave around here, we often have it with potato rosti. Nomnomonom.

We're having Beef & Guiness stew with dumplings and mashed potato. I daresay that is going to be a lot of carbs, but I think I'll be working it off this week!

[Aimz]

Dinner last night was DIVINE!! DH thought it was great! I TOLD him I could cook it's just much nicer when he does it

[suse]

Last night we had 'sort of' fish and chips - locally caught fish steamed in foil with coriander, ginger and chilli, with home made chippies and steamed new season asparagus, snow peas and beans. Oh boy it was good!

Tonight we're having bacon, maple syrup, grilled banana and pancakes (what's wrong with breakfast for dinner?), just because we can. And because I have a heap of bacon which I have to use up.