For Dinner tonight - Thursday

Chilli Con Carne on Toast.

Leftovers are great!

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

Ki Si Min

This recipe is the first ever meal I cooked, and I cooked it with my dear dad.
Serve it with rice.

Ingredients

2 tbsp butter
500g mince
3 0r 4 sticks celery chopped finely
salt and pepper
1/4 to 1/2 cabbage shredded
1 pkt chicken noodle soup mix
1 desertspoon full of curry powder (keens is best)
1 onion chopped

Method

Fry the onions and curry powder in butter and add mince. Brown.

Add soup mix dissolved in water and simmer for 15 minutes. Add all of the vegetables and simmer with the lid closed for 10 minutes.

Eat and enjoy

Minced Beef and Noodle Casserole

This is an old family favourite.

Temperature: 180 degrees Celcius

Ingredients

250g angel hair pasta
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 clove garlic
180g grated cheese
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp mixed herbs
2 cups water
500g minced beef
2 tbsp cornflour
1/4 tsp paprika
1 tbsp oil
2 beef stock cubes
salt and pepper

Method

Cook noodles in boiling salted water untill tender and train.

Heat oil, brown mince and garlic, stirring frequently.

Dissolve stock cubes in water, and add to meat. Add tomoato sauce and herbs. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Thicken with cornflour blended with a little water.

Season to taste.

Put half of the noodles in an ovenproof casserole dish, cover with half of the meat mixture. Repeat the layers.

Sprinkle the top with the cheese and paprika and cook at 180c for one hour.

Eat and enjoy.