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I had defrosted some chicken thighs as I was planning to make some form of slow cooker on sunday night , but got home late so I needed to use them last night.

The result was a Chicken ,Ginger,soy and cashew stirfry.

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Tonight was angel hair spaghetti with home made sauce that had Italian sausage and lots of mushrooms. Had steamed broccoli as a side and some garlic toast. After this settles might just have a slice of cheese cake topped with blackberries and a drizzle of honey.
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Slow cooked Lamb (10 hrs) served on mash with Dutch carrots.

I marinated the lamb in Mint, rosemary , seeded mustard and worstershire sauce over night.

Laid the Dutch carrots on the bottom of the slow cooker, Butterfly lamb leg on top, sprinkled mixed herbs on top , can of chopped tomatoes, few bay leaves.

10 hours later
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Last night was Beef and shiraz sausages with steamed vegies .

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Off to the market in the morning first thing to do a big shop and have a few things I want to try making over the weekend.

Chandas Dumplings
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Vietnamese rice paper rolls

Sushi

Will let you know how they turn out on Monday
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My first foodie post!!! LOL

As part of my focus on eating healthy and taking care of myself, here is my first dinner I've made. I'm including pictures to hold myself accountable to me. ;-)

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Tonight's dinner is saffron and ginger rice with chives. Chicken thighs sauteed in 1tablespoon each butter and olive oil, and seasoned with 1/2 teaspoon each garlic powder and poultry herbs (this was for 4-4 oz. thighs.) Mushrooms and onions sauteed in the drippings.

My serving is one 4 oz. thigh, 1/2 cup rice and 1/4 cup 'shrooms. I served it on a salad plate to trick my brain into seeing a plate FULL of food. Then a fresh pear for dessert.
 
Welcome to the foodie Club Julie,

I hope this wont be your last post
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The Rice sounds lovely , something ill be trying myself
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Now any chance of trying to Convince Paula to stop by here, we are always looking for new ideas for meals and "horse friendly" ones are always welcomed. Now by "horse friendly" we mean , meals that are quick and easy to prepare and that we can enjoy after spending hours on end with our treasured friends
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Hope your well Julie
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Thanks Ryan! I've written down a couple of Chandab's recipes, so will be trying them along the way.

Last night's dinner was a quick prep. A small bag of blackeyed peas boiled. Seasoned with salt, black pepper and a dash of cayenne for a bit of zing. Fried 4 slices bacon and a small coarsely chopped onion, then added to peas. When they were done, I added 2 cups frozen spinach.

Made a 6 1/2 inch pan of sweer cornbread. I was hungry since I missed lunch (spent the day--arrived at 7:30, left at 4:30--at Nissan dealer as a translator) so had 2 cups of beans and 1/6 th of the pan of cornbread.

Total time start to finish was 40 minutes. Sorry no pictures, I really was hungry! ;-)
 
Sounds great Julie. Im also looking forward to trying Chandas dumpling recipe. I've got all the ingredients ready to go and hoping to try them Saturday night for dinner.

Last night I made the biggest bowl of steamed vegies for dinner. Seasoned with Salt and Pepper and Butter
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Yuummmmm Ryan....that's what I wanted for dinner.

However, after cleaning pens and under pony shade trees today, I'd pretty much blown my energy wad. :)

So dinner tonight was simple. Ham and swiss on multi-grain bread dressed with mayo, brown mustard, lots of lettuce and four thick slices of vine-ripened tomatoes. Cantaloupe slices and lime yogurt for dessert.

Haven't talked to Paula in person for a bit. Guess we'll have to "use her name in vain" for a bit and see if curiousity will draw her out. LOL
 
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Made a rather large batch of Minestrone soup over the weekend. Like to make enough that Im able to freeze.

Well I thought Id do the right thing and bring some in for lunch today, even telling work colleagues that id bring lunch in for them.

Well I got half way to work and all of a sudden had to break hard. Lets just say there is more soup on the carpet in my car than was in my bowl for lunch
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Slow cooked Leg of lamb

Marinade

1/4 cup of marmalade

1/4 cup of Caramelised onion or you could even use chutney

1/4 cup fresh rosemary

Score the top of the lamb and rub the marinade into the lamb, leaving the marinade quite thick on the top of the lamb.

Lay your slow cooker with carrots , onions or vegies of your choice. carrots work well as they hold their shape.

Place the lamb or beef on top of the carrots and cook for 8-10 hours.

Just as I am about to serve , I pull the roast out of the slow cooker (which should just about fall apart everywhere, so be careful)

Pull the carrots and onions out and add a tiny bit of corn flour to thicken the remaining juices, makes a great gravy.

I serve with mashed potato , though works a treat with salads ect

This works well with any meat, Enjoy
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I made some chicken enchiladas that we agreed were better than any we ever got in a restaurant ever. Hubby thinks I should become a food vendor. NOT going to happen.

I pulled some rotisserie chicken off the bone (thank goodness for plastic kitchen gloves) and broke it into small pieces. Added fresh cilantro and some small chunks of cheddar. Cut up some onion and minced some garlic and pan seared in butter for a few minutes. Added that to the chicken. Season with salt, black pepper, and 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes. Now for the secret ingredient: half a can of one of the Campbells select soups that has the word poblano on the label. Sorry trash service has already ran so I don't know the exact name of the soup but it probably would not be hard to spot on the grocery store shelf. I put half the can in the chicken, spooned the mixture onto flour tortillas, rolled 'em up, sprayed non-stick spray in a baking dish, put in the enchiladas, topped them with rest of the soup, put some finely grated cheddar atop, and baked them till hot.

Had actually bought two of the chickens. Part was served as a main course, made some chunky chicken salad (apples, dried cranberries, celery, toasted pecans, and beloved cilantro) with some more of it, and the enchiladas were the grand finale of the chicken. I get mine at Sam's club. They are under $5 and are around 3 lbs each already cooked and piping hot. You cannot beat that with a stick!
 
Crockpot beef and noodles for supper tonight, just have to cook the noodles and a veggie at suppertime. Browned the round steak this morning, put it, cream of mushroom soup and some mushrooms with seasoning in the crockpot about 8:30 this morning, and we'll have easy-peasy supper whenever he comes in (or we come in, if I have to drive truck today, trying to harvest, we had some rain, so not sure if we'll combine wheat today or not).
 
I think I'm going to make a double batch of meatballs, some for supper, some for the freezer for later. No idea what we'll have with them for supper, but i'll think of something.
 
I'm bAAAAAA-aaaaack!! LOL

Been fighting side effects of a new medication, so haven't been eating healthy. Last night though:

Soup estilo Salvadoreño (my husband, who's from El Salvador) picked the vegetables. You're ALL invited to eat with us this week as it made 2 GALLONS of soup!

Browned beef short ribs in 1 tablespoon of oil. Salt, a bit of ground white pepper and 1 tablespoon of dried oregano were braised just 'til oregano smell bloomed. Then added water, simmered about 45 minutes. Added 2 chayote, 2 green plantains, 2 large potatoes, 2 large carrots, 1 small head cabbage and 1 pound green beans. These were in fairly large chunks. Cooked until tender-about 20-then added 2 large zuccihini.

It was very yummy!! I put a pint of mostly broth into freezer to use as a base for something else. Tomorrow I'll add more braised beef chunks and acorn squash for a tasty fall stew. ;-)

What I'll do with the rest...suggestions?? LOL
 
Sounds really nice Julie
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Hope you are feeling better now
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How much room do you have in the freezer ? I go a little overboard when making soup as I like to have plenty in the freezer, its great to pull out in the morning and an easy meal of a night time.

Ive been really slack in meal preparation the last week. I came down with a Viral and bacterial infection, which I believe I got or caught from the mulch ive been using to spruce the gardens up. Don't think ive ever felt that poorly but after a couple of courses of antibiotics Im feeling 100% to how I was feeling last week.

I did cook last night though and on the menu was a Parmagiana stuffed chicken kiev and Vegies.
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Made a really nice salad last night forgot to take a pic, so apologies
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Rocket, Capsicum, Corn kernels, cherry tomatoes, fetta, roasted pumpkin. Grilled lamb sliced really thinly on top.

Simple dressing of mayo, woster sauce and hot English mustard and cracked pepper.
 

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