Friday
night I made a lamb casserole in the slow cooker, lamb shoulder,
potatoes, carrots, onions with canned tomatoes and stock, and served
with freshly cooked bread to mop up the juices.
Just
tried a Tana Ramsay roast pork recipe, it worked really well, roast
pork loin and I got the crackling right for the first time ever. The
pork is served with white beans cooked with bacon, thyme and stock -
yum.
Last
night I had cannelloni, real comfort food, I use an Alison & Simon
Holst recipe, spinach and cottage cheese stuffed in the tubes, a strong
tomato sauce around the tubes and topped with cream cheese as well as a
sprinkle of normal cheese which finishes it off perfectly.
Had
dinner at my mums tonight, beef shortribs (meat off the bone though
when served) it's the first time i've had shortribs, it's the kind of
cut you cook long and slow, it's a bit gelatinous kind of like lamb
shanks. Mum served the meat in it's juices on mashed parsnip, nice
change from potato.
My
sister just had a baby and is still in hospital and isn't a big fan of
hospital food - who is! So tonight I made her favourite pizza and
delivered it - it's really simple, homemade tomato sauce with lots of
onion garlic and herbs, salami, yellow pepper and just a sprinkle of
cheese, I left her with a big smile on her face - my work is done!
I
used the tail of my beef fillet from Sunday night to make beef
stroganoff, I used a healthy food guide recipe with a few variations -
what a difference good quality meat makes! I'm not a huge mushroom fan
but I love them in this recipe.
Still
prepping tonights dinner, just taking a break. My family is coming
over so a little more effort going in tonight. Beef fillet with
dauphinoise potatoes, roast yams and green beans, followed by feijoa pie
with a crumble top and vanilla bean ice cream - anyone want to join in?
Can't
say last night, cause it's still tonight and my empty dinner bowl is
beside me on the couch still! I had thai green chicken curry with
carrots, potatoes and peas added to the curry and served on rice - I
love potato cooked in any flavoured liquid - it soaks up the flavour so
nicely and adds some substance.
Last
night my Mum cooked dinner for me, crumbed schnitzel a baked potato and
zucchinis cooked in a frying pan with onion, tomato, red pepper and a
little cream - yummo!