A weird mix of teas as Chris had his wisdom tooth taken out and was struggling to eat.
I made him Mash potato and cabbage with gravy so he had food he could eat without chewing!
I myself had toad in the hole type tea but without toads!
I used courgette onions peppers and cut them up tiny tiny and put them in a microwaveable bowl squeezed a bit of ketchup in there and whacked it on for a couple of minutes mixed it and then threw it into my batter mix, which I am not going to bore you on how to make as most of you know and those that dont will probably use the packet stuff or look it up for fun! :OP
I filled the Yorkshire pudding tray with my yorkshire pizza pudding mix and then topped each little one with a pinch of cheese... twenty minutes in the oven on quite a high heat and voila beautifulness lovely little snack served with a pile of salad and a dollop of your favourite sauce!
Make this eat this it is party food and fun fun fun!
Friday, 30 January 2009
Monday 26th January - Chickedy China the Chinese Chicken...
Ok so I text Chris saying 'It's Chinese New Year'
He text back saying 'We should have one.'
I text back 'Would be rude not to!'
So we had roast pork curry and boiled rice and fizzly pop prawn crackers.
Nice, Mrs Mei Wah Thanks :O)
( she is Gok Wans Aunty!!)
Saturday 24th January - Pesto Pasta
Just a quick throw together with the left overs from the cupboard really. Chris had already eaten something whilst out having fun and I just wanted something quick and easy.
I boiled some pasta bows (YAY... twice in a week!) drained them and then added a couple of spoons of red pesto from a Jar (i'm not a snob! hehe!) I gentle dry fried some courgette onion and peppers and then put them in the pasta. Grated a wee bit of mature chedder on the top and then to finish a few toasted pine nuts from the store cupboard!
Yummy food in my tummy very fast!
I boiled some pasta bows (YAY... twice in a week!) drained them and then added a couple of spoons of red pesto from a Jar (i'm not a snob! hehe!) I gentle dry fried some courgette onion and peppers and then put them in the pasta. Grated a wee bit of mature chedder on the top and then to finish a few toasted pine nuts from the store cupboard!
Yummy food in my tummy very fast!
Friday 23rd January - Creamy Egg Curry à la Egg
Talk about one extreme to another... this was absolutely amazing and very very easy!
First of all I boiled the eggs 4 of them to be exact! then I deshelled them and left them to one side.
I heated a bit of olive oil in the wok and added an onion and made it lovely and golden then I added 2 heaped tbsps of curry paste I used pataks Balti stuff, then I threw in a can of tomatoes about a teacup full of water (my measuring jug broke :Op) then I stirred in a tea cup full of peas garden ones from the freezer :O) then I cut the eggs into quarters and added them along with 4 tbsp of low fat greek yoghurt and served it with rice.
I urge you to try this even if you originally thought to yourself ''yuk eggs in curry?!'' If you like curry and you like boiled eggs you will LOVE this!!!
9/10 cheap tasty and made in 40 mins!
Thursday 22nd January- Cheesy bread pudding
Ok so I knew it would happen... I thought it looked great sounded like a fab idea like bread and butter pudding only savoury and with cheese and eggy.
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
No No No
There were so many things not right about this and the first being that I had forgotten to specify that I wanted white bread and I was bought brown bread and it went rubbery and spongelike and NO NOT RIGHT NOT GOOD!!!
0/10 will never make it ever again and you know what? I think for good measure I am going to forfeit ever being able to make Stilton and Walnut Tart and Halloumi and pepper cous cous so I can rip this revoltingness out of the cookbook!!!
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Monday 19th January - Spring Veggie Pasta
Because each week I just sit and look through all the cookbooks we have for inspiration and this week I got most of my inspiration from a Veggie Cookbook most of the dishes this week are meatless! But suprisingly Chris hasn't minded too much!
One of the most exciting things about pasta for me, is the many varieties it comes in. I love all the different shapes and nothing is better than finding a recipe which involves shaped fun pasta!
This tea involved pasta bows which I havent had for years and definately make tea more fun!
I cooked the pasta according to the packet instructions, then in the last five minutes I put a can of Broad beans in, to heat through, (I had really wanted frozen broad beans but the supermarket we used that day didn't have any!) While the pasta was cooking I heated a bit of olive and put in a chopped onion to cook until softened, then I added the garlic and the courgettes and cooked over a medium heat for about five minutes The I put in 3 ripe plum tomatoes and a splash of tabasco sauce :O) Yummy a little kick :O) then I cooked and stirred for about two minutes.
I drained it all tossed it into a bowl all together threw a lovely ripe avacado on the top and pasta bows not your uncle we had a lovely pasta dish! It went down very well and I think it will be a definate favourite on the lovely summer evenings I am expecting from 2009!
9/10 for ease 8/10 for tastiness and 9/10 for great value!
One of the most exciting things about pasta for me, is the many varieties it comes in. I love all the different shapes and nothing is better than finding a recipe which involves shaped fun pasta!
This tea involved pasta bows which I havent had for years and definately make tea more fun!
I cooked the pasta according to the packet instructions, then in the last five minutes I put a can of Broad beans in, to heat through, (I had really wanted frozen broad beans but the supermarket we used that day didn't have any!) While the pasta was cooking I heated a bit of olive and put in a chopped onion to cook until softened, then I added the garlic and the courgettes and cooked over a medium heat for about five minutes The I put in 3 ripe plum tomatoes and a splash of tabasco sauce :O) Yummy a little kick :O) then I cooked and stirred for about two minutes.
I drained it all tossed it into a bowl all together threw a lovely ripe avacado on the top and pasta bows not your uncle we had a lovely pasta dish! It went down very well and I think it will be a definate favourite on the lovely summer evenings I am expecting from 2009!
9/10 for ease 8/10 for tastiness and 9/10 for great value!
Sunday, 18 January 2009
Sunday 18th January Glazed Lemon and Pepper Chicken
Hmm not the best photo of tea but I was in a hurry to dish up and get Chris off his xbox.
Yummy I love Cabbage but not as much as the butternut Squashy stuff :O)
This was really nice and so easy no maintenance at all.
I made the glaze with some spoons of clear honey, lemon zest grated on the tiny grater, about 8 screws on the pepper grinder and a bit of garlic puree and then the juice of the lemon (which hurt like buggery as my hands are covered in papercuts! typical!) mix mix mix and then pour in my pyrex which was lovely and cheap from Woolies. Then I had to get the chicken out and cut into it a bit just to make gapey bits then I threw that in the sauce and left it there for half an hour... meanwhile I cut up some little potatos and the cabbage and then I put the potatos in the sauce and cooked it in our electric oven for half an hour at the heat with a blue dot on (there are no numbers as I have cleaned them off :O) but this is the medium to hot one prob 200ish.) Then I cooked the cabbage but I like it to stay a wee bit crunchy so I didn't over do it :O)
It was really nice it dished up nicely and now I am looking for some nice plates so the presentation is as perfect as how our teas are tasting :O)
Yum Yum I am happy today....
6/10 a bit too much with the allergic reactions (lemon juice maybe?) but the chicken tasted perfect.
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