For Dinner tonight - Thursday

Chilli Con Carne on Toast.

Leftovers are great!

For dinner tonight

We are having: Roast lamb with gravy, roast potatoes and pumpkin, cauliflower cheese (done in the microwave), baby peas and sweet corn. Mmmmmm.

The lamb was put in the crock pot at around 10am on low, so is well and truly cooked, but it will be perfect. Just waiting for the potatoes and pumpkin to be ready so I can serve. While the veges have been cooking I popped a banana loaf on to cook (well its a round one, I dont know where my loaf tin is) using up the 3 bananas that were going brown on the bench. Waste not want not. It will go with dd tomorrow to her best friends house to play.

My super dooper fantastic nuggets

Yes they are THAT good.

1 kilo chicken thigh fillets (this is a must because they are sooo juicy)
3 eggs beaten with some water
plain flour (season to taste)
1 packet pork rinds (those ones in the foil packet)
1/2 box cornflake crumbs
1 small packet ground parmesan cheese (you know the stuff you wouldn't put on your pasta because we are above that now...lol)

Put pork rinds, cornflake crumbs and cheese in food processor till you have a fine crumb

Cut the chicken into nugget size pieces. (Or you can pound out the chicken fillets and use it to make schnitzels).

Place on oven trays and cook in the oven for 30 minutes at 200c.

These are fantastic, try them. Gluten free too.

Sticky Chicken

This is a great recipe for those days when you have a lot of time. It's slow cooked in the oven on a relatively low temperature for 5 hours. I cooked 2 at once this time round, and underestimated the size of the chickens, they were much larger than the take away ones. And for only 2 dollars more too.

Oh, this is a prep the day before recipe. It marinates in a lovely spice mixture over night. I did get this recipe online, but I cant remember my source for it.

Here tis....................

4 tsp salt
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp white pepper
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp black pepper ground
1 large roasting chicken (I used a fresh one)
2 large onions peeled

Day 1

Blend all the spices together and set aside
Take the chicken and remove any giblets (the yucky stuff on the inside, mine didn't have any)
Wash the chicken inside and out.
Sprinkle some of the spice mixture on the inside of the chicken and stuff it with the onions.
Rub the remaining spice misture on the chicken, all over
Cover and refrigerate over night

Day 2

Preheat the oven to 130C
Place the chicken/s (you can double the recipe) into a lined baking tray, and cook for 5 hours.

Once cooked allow the chickens to sit for 10 minutes before carving.

I cooked the chicken breast side down. It wont need any more than 5 hours for cooking. I cooked 2 for 6 hours and it was a tad dry. The part of the skin that isn't sitting in their juices will be quite crispy too. An option is to baste the chicken every half an hour while its cooking, but every time I've made this I've forgotten to do this even once. Hehe.

Chicken Pie

This recipe is easy peasy, great for a Sunday night. And its soooo yummy too.

Ingredients

1 shole bbq chicken
1 400g can cream of chicken soup
1 tbsp oil
1 leek, sliced thinly
1 zucchini grated
1 carrot grated
1/2 cup peas
1/2 cup corn
Sheets of puff pastry

Method

Strip all the skin and meat off the chicken. Eat the skin (hehe) and toss the bones (or if you are clever use them to make your own stock).

In a frying pan, heat the oil and add the leek, zucchini and carrot. Cook till softened. Add peas, corn and soup mix. Stir and add chicken. Allow to cool.

You can use this mix to make any size pies you like. The Pastry can be used for both the top and the bottoms of the pie. For muffin size pies, cut the pastry sheets into quarters. Grease the muffin tins and line with pastry. Fill with the meat mix. Gather pastry corners together, and give it a twist. I popped a bit of egg wash on the top of the pies for colour.

Cook at about 200c until brown.

Eat and enjoy.

What's for dinner tonight - Tuesday

A family favourite, I'm cooking up pork salad. (It's not really a salad)

500g minced pork
1 tsp garlic
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tsp sweet chilli sauce *note, the sauce amounts may be changed to suit your taste.
Green beans
Corriander

Fry mince in a saucepan. Add Garlic and ginger and cook for a few minutes. Add sauces and green beans. Cook till beans are tender.

Mix in chopped corriander.

Serve on boiled rice or in iceberg lettuce cups.

Eat and enjoy

What's for dinner tonight? - Monday

Dd and I cooked dinner together. We made bolegnaise sauce with veges in it. Very healthy. Eaten with spiral pasta as someone has an aversion to spaghetti, with all those vegetables it has to be healthy.

Pasta sauce Recipe

500g lean mince
2 400g cans diced tomatoes
2 zucchini - grated
1 carrot - grated
1 red capsicum (pepper) diced, eenty teeny tiny
1 tsp garlic
1 tbsp pesto
salt and pepper

Cook mince in saucepan till brown, add garlic. Add zucchini, carrot and capsicum, and cook till soft. Add cans of diced tomatoes and mix well. Add pesto. Season to taste. Allow to cook gently till pasta is cooked as per packet instructions.

Serve with cheese.

This makes a lot of food. Enough to freeze for another night.

Eat and Enjoy