What's For DINNER Tonight?

[Ryan Johnson]

Homemade Pasties last night (thanks to mum) with steamed vegies.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Pumpkin , fetta and vegie omelette last night for dinner. So easy to make , I just put all the ingredients into the frypan add a little butter , fry for 30 seconds on low, add the eggs then let the oven do the rest. 160c (fan forced) for about 30 mins

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Had some friends come for dinner on the weekend here and decided to do homemade tacos.

I slow cooked the beef all day in a few spices that I found on a recipe on the net and I also did pork belly ones. The crispy pork belly ones I diced and fried in a pan till it was crispy then I drizzled some Ketchup Manis (sweet sticky soy) and some honey over. The pork ones were served with a coleslaw that had grated apple in it and the beef ones were served with all the usual culprits , lettuce, tomato, cheese and sour cream & hot taco sauce.

I had a some beef left over so used the meat to make burritos last night.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Have made a few meals since I updated last.

Chicken and sweet Corn soup.

Pork and apple stir fry with snow peas and baby corn

On the weekend just gone I made a sweet Beef in the slow cooker and had it with rice. Had plenty of left over so the following night I used the beef and had it in tacos.

Have chicken enchiladas with vegies for tonight .

 

[chandab]

Lots of easy meals here lately, been busy, so haven't felt like cooking, so just quick food, nothing fancy (never very fancy anyway, since he's a meat and potatoes kind of guy.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Didn't attempt to cook last night as I got home from work so late. By the time I battled around in the dark making up feeds , I couldn't be bothered so im taking a second attempt at cooking the enchiladas tonight with some vegies.

 

[chandab]

Ate at a new Mexican restaurant yesterday for lunch, wasn't with my family but meeting a friend, so able to try something new, although I'm not terribly adventuresome either. Had their chicken burrito, and it was loaded with chicken and had rice and beans on the side. All very good and just the right about of spice for me (which is not too much).

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Im the same, nothing worse than ordering something that sounds/looks really good on the menu only to be bombarded by over powering spices that make it impossible to enjoy. If you liked the burrito Chanda, I think you would really like the enchilada and it can be made with chicken or Beef. You should be able to grab a pack at the supermarket that has the pita bread, spice mix ect. The spices mix in the one we sell here is really mild . I suppose you could say its like a souvlaki in a way. I just put lettuce tomato and cheese and some sour cream. Easy and filling

or they are actually really good with just the meat.

I found a spice mix online that I used in a slow cooker for the beef for Tacos I made recently , ill see If I can find it. It wasn't spicy at all.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Homemade Pizzas Sat night then last night , Pork Belly Tacos.

I made a Malteser Cake as well yesterday. The first cake I made looked like a Frisbee ( told you all cakes were not in my best cooking skills) The second turned out really good and the end result was loved by all.

I also made a chocolate & pretzel slice that had a caramel and peanut butter filling - That was a winner and best thing was it was easy. All very good for your health (said no one ever )

 

[Ryan Johnson]

No idea what will be on the menu tonight , but I can guarantee it will be something HOT. Its a whopping 8 degrees here today .....

Chicken and sweet corn soup last night.

Great soup weather here at the moment

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Not really something you would have for dinner but I made this a couple of weeks ago and have since made it again due to the overwhelming response.

I doubled the Filling mixture the second time

Choc Pretzel Slice

250g packet of either choc ripple or butternut snap biscuits ( either work well)

4 cups of pretzels

150g melted butter

250g dark choc

extra 50g of butter chopped

1/4 teaspoon sea salt Flakes

Filling

395 can sweetened condensed milk

1/3 cup brown sugar

50g chopped butter

1cup of peanut butter

Preheat oven to 180/160 fan forced

Line a lamington tin with baking paper

Process the biscuits and half of the pretzels until combined

Add the melted butter & process until well combined

Press base into tin and refrigerate for 30 mins

In the meantime make the peanut filling as follows

Place the condensed milk, sugar and butter into a deep saucepan over medium heat, cook stirring until mixture thickens then remove from heat. Add the peanut butter then pour over the prepared base. Bake for 10 mins or until the top starts to go golden then remove from the oven.

Place choc and extra butter in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute, until smooth , stirring with a metal spoon half way through cooking time.

Pour melted choc over the peanut filling then arrange the left over pretzels over the choc. Sprinkle sea salt over the pretzels and place in the fridge to set for 2-3 hours.

Note- I found the pretzels salty enough so chose not to use the sea salt flakes.

Enjoy

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Chicken , lemon and thyme slow cooker on Saturday for dinner , was great and easy

last night , we had corned silverside with cabbage mashed potato and carrots.

I also attempted to make scones and they actually turned out ok.

It is so wet here at the moment all I feel like ive done lately - IS EAT

 

[chandab]

We'll probably have hamburgers for supper tonight, have a package of hamburger thawed in the fridge, and no desire to cook, so hamburgers are an easy fix.

 

[vickie gee]

Last night was leg of lamb which was a product from New Zealand that can be purchased at Sam's Club. To keep one from goofing it up they even include an inserted pop up thermometer. How cool is that? Before popping it in the oven I made small slits on it and inserted garlic slivers and some rosemary I clipped recently. I am definitely a lamb fan. My sweet neighbor had given me a bag of just picked purple hull peas that she had shelled for me. Cooked up a pan of cornbread to go with the peas. Had some imperfect tomatoes that only needed bad spots cut away. Chilled them and dropped a little goat cheese over the top and a sprinkle of fresh oregano. Cut a watermelon and used an ice scoop to scoop out some melon balls for dessert. Possibly the best melon I ever tasted. It was sweet and seedless. Gave some to my neighbor. Froze some melon balls for drinks and/or smoothies.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

Sounds mouth watering Vickie

Last night I made Pad Thai noodles , then had coconut rough ice-cream for sweets.

Tonight will be something easy

 

[vickie gee]

You know, I just discovered my home town has a forum about cooking and they actually take pictures of what they made and show them. Now while I admit that I can make a larruping meal from whatever is on hand, I seem to be in fossil mode as far as using my cell phone to take pictures. They all seem to either snap a corner of the intended subject or just take pictures of oxygen, either way I seem to be a goof. And, I just don't have time since I am trying to retire, clean up, fix up, and sell the little farm so we can move to a yet undetermined place in the mountains but not toooo far away from kids and grandchillens---photo'ing what is going down my guzzle pipe is far from important. Yet, I am picking up some neato edibles off of the local site. That being said, Ryan if you are anyone else wants to display pix of fixings I would surely enjoy while I conquer my TO DO LIST in hopes of achieving my BUCKET LIST.

 

[Ryan Johnson]

What sort of phone do you have Vickie? I have an I phone and had the same photo problems as you. I seemed to snap the corner of what I wanted too, until I purchased an app for the phone called "Enlight". It gives me the chance to move the focal point of the photo and also lighten it up and do other wonderful things to it.

I think ill be stuck inside again this weekend ( due to the wonderful weather) so that means ill be cooking a few meals that I can portion and freeze.

Ill take a few photos and post them on Monday after the weekend.

Great idea Vickie , hopefully this will lead to more people joining us in this section of the forum and we can all get some new recipes and ideas. Just doesn't seem to be as many people posting recipes and meals as they used too

 

[chandab]

Eggo Waffles for me, French Toast flavor. Shayne wasn't hungry, said don't cook, so I didn't; I threw waffles in the toaster and called it supper.

 

[vickie gee]

Leftover lamb turned to kabobs with tiny red new potatoes, bell pepper, and onion. Too hot outiside to grill so I did them in the oven.

Last night was oven fried free range chicken breasts. Rolled them in mayo, breaded with Italian seasoned panko with lemon pepper added. Hub said was best chicken he ever tasted...I am partial to his mom's fried chicken but took the compliment graciously. Meal complete with garden salad with home made dressing.

Tonight will be beef stroganoff. Also thinking cucumber, tomato, onion salad.

Headed to kitchen right now to make me a cantaloupe/grape/iceburg lettuce salad.

Looking forward to pix from you Ryan...maybe one day I will be snapping some.

 

[chandab]

Homemade meatballs made into a hotdish that we both like. The meatballs are made, I'll make the hotdish after I feed horses their evening meal.