What's for dinner tonight?

[royale]

Last night i went out to sails and we had their seafood platter...
Entree - Cold: oysters – natural, bloody mary & wasabi-ginger shots, lime & sea salt cured scallops, bug with chive mayonnaise, marinated salmon with coriander lemon dressing.
Main course - Hot: John Dory fillet with Moreton bay bug salsa, teryaki tuna; paupiette of whiting, crab & ginger, wakame seaweed, sake & mirin broth; Wok fried crab, mussels, prawn & scampi with chilli, ginger, coriander & coconut

Tonight is going to be the start of BBQ season 07/08 so lightly blackened meat and salad

Tommorrow we are having people over for fish and chips so I'm doing tempura scallops, oysters, prawns and vegies, steamed mini dim sims, grilled flake, oven shoe-string fries followed by brownies with fudge sauce and ice cream.

[lizardking]

my mum is going to teach me how to make black lentil soup. it's cheap, easy and one of the most healthy dishes you can eat.

[ms edeity]

smoked chicken, mango, cashews and pancetta salad.

mmmm

[dozer]

as most of the excellent curry places will be shutting tomorrow for a month for ramadan its time for the legendary lahore kebab house, or as we say 'time for a dirty (la) hore'.

[muppet]

pizza - debating on dominoes (coz we got coupons for free pizzas) or proper pizza that doesnt taste/look like cardboard with cheese on it

[Glompbot]

Left over pide.

[Glompbot]

Tonight I cooked this
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Roasted-Chicken-with-Risotto-and-Caramelized-Onions/Detail.aspx

I forgot to add the butter though, still tastes awesome... now I have lunch for the next few days.
I'll definitely be making it again, maybe adding some vegies next time

[banga]

mmmm that looks nice

[Glompbot]

It was... it tasted ok
then I re-added the onions and balsamic (I used caramelized balsamic vinegar)
it just gave it a completely different ad totally awesome taste

although next time I might use a salt reduced chicken stock.

[Lina]

I'm doing a chicken and leek pie tonight. Ah...making, rather...

[Ouff]

Gnocchi et des cordons bleu

MmmmMMmm niam niam

[imp]

Salad with potatoes, tuna, eggs, peas and aioli. :)

[Glompbot]

My friend hilary is cooking me mexican

[BtrFly]

last night was garlic/chilli pasta, and tonight i think it will be gnocchi with a tomato based sauce

[imp]

Tonight i'm making butternut pumpkin mash with pork, fennel and chilli sausages and honey carrots. :) I love pumpkin mash.

[carrion]

Yum!!! Can I please come over to your house for dinner??

I think I'm having Chicken Kiev tonight, served on a bed of rice, and mixed vegetables.

[imp]

Yeah sure why not?! :D :D

[carrion]

Hahaha, awesome, thank you! :D

[ms edeity]

pad kaprow with jasmine rice - i made it a little too spicy though (will be upping the ratio of rice :P).

[wenches.inc]

I made chicken and caremalised onion risotto.


Boobmeister found this recipe a couple of weeks ago. Don't know if he made it but I did for the the second time now! If you're a risotto fan this is kinda interesting. If you make it, read the comments first too. I used chicken breast cooked off first then made the risotto in the same pan and I didn't use as much stock the second time. Oh and don't use a cheap saucepan if you have a choice, use the good one that spreads the heat evenly. I put some mushrooms just sauteed in a little butter through my mums serve too and she loved that. I don't do mushrooms. For those of you who have kids, my kid loves this too.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Roasted-Chicken-with-Risotto-and-Caramelized-Onions/Detail.aspx

[pliskin]

we had chicken and mushroom risotto + garlic bread..
was awesome

[BtrFly]

last night i made mushroom stroganoff and had fresh fruit salad for dessert.

tonight is leftovers :)

[Glompbot]

I made chicken and caremalised onion risotto.


Boobmeister found this recipe a couple of weeks ago. Don't know if he made it but I did for the the second time now! If you're a risotto fan this is kinda interesting. If you make it, read the comments first too. I used chicken breast cooked off first then made the risotto in the same pan and I didn't use as much stock the second time. Oh and don't use a cheap saucepan if you have a choice, use the good one that spreads the heat evenly. I put some mushrooms just sauteed in a little butter through my mums serve too and she loved that. I don't do mushrooms. For those of you who have kids, my kid loves this too.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Roasted-Chicken-with-Risotto-and-Caramelized-Onions/Detail.aspx

hahahhaha
thats the same one I made a few weeks ago! I found the same recipie :)

[Elf]

Pizza

[BtrFly]

i am thinking ratatoullie with mashed potato. i am looking forward to it.

[imp]

Vegetable Frittata :D

[ms edeity]

we're going out for dinner because it's the end of school holidays and ed goes back to sydney again tomorrow (when i'll become saner).

vietnamese probably. we have a great place 3 blocks away :D
I have a hankering for bo la lot.
i found a recipe that i'll try at home sometime: http://theskinnycook.com/2007-05-11/bo-la-lot.html

[alexface15]

My best friend is cooking me this wonderful spinach, ricotta and tomato fettucine she often makes. Whoot!

[GeeWhiz]

Tuna Sandwich. I want to make it interesting, so I'm gona make it a triple decker with some ingredient I haven't thought of yet.

[BtrFly]

tonight is bruschetta night - looking forward to it really

[bitch]

My favourite pasta made with olive oil, chilli, garlic, anchovies and a squirt of lemon juice at the end. Yum!

What makes it even tastier is that it is being cooked for me. Only downside is I'm omitting the tumbler full of lambrusco I'd normally have it with.

[imp]

Red wine and cheese! :D

[Xythan]

One of Melbourne's top pizza joints, Garbatella's of Oakleigh/Clarinda...Mmm...pizza. *drool*

[Glompbot]

http://www.burgerfuel.com/bf_light/menu.php
Phoenix Organic Cola
Bacon Backfire burger
Kumara Fries

[Something Fast]

Oven party pies. Oven chips.

Burnt the fuck outta my mouth with superheated pie filling >_>

[bitch]

Slow roasted vegies and mystery defrosted item from the freezer (I've since recovered from my labels-are-for-pussies phase)

[BtrFly]

tonight i think i will be making a bit of a fried rice concoction, possibly more a sitr fry, but either way it should be tasty :)

[royale]

Tonight will be some chicken bacon and garlic thing...may get some cream and make a pasta sauce.

Tomorrow will be leg of lamb marinaded in onion, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, marjaram/oregano and cracked pepper done in a hot pot style.

[bitch]

Porterhouse/sirloins and salad - some things can not be improved upon.

[ersatz]

pork belly and lamb something, and wife had some cheesy thing and beef cheek at 360 tonight for our 1st wedding anniversary

[banga]

made me son marinated scotch fillets with chips and i had a heart congesting half kilo of bacon and 2 eggs on the bbq

[royale]

made me son marinated scotch fillets with chips and i had a heart congesting half kilo of bacon and 2 eggs on the bbq

Heathen.

[wenches.inc]

butter chicken here I come yummo!

[BtrFly]

dinner last night was tasty, tonights was only bread rolls with cheese. oh the joy... not

[imp]

Veal on rolls. Yum!

[pliskin]

free booze + canapes

[Guest.]

Steak and Absinthe.

[imp]

Roast chicken with pumpkin, potatoes and peas. :)

[BtrFly]

tonight is pasta with red sauce, feta, pine nuts, olives and spring onions. should be tasty :)

[Glompbot]

I went to the night noodle markets
had a small san choy bow, a spring roll, a dim sim, some duck, noodles, some salt and pepper squid, and lots of wine.

[Aardvark]

Last night, I made two pizzas

Trouble is, the oven I was using wasn't the broken one I was used to

Consequently, brown on top, soft on bottom =(

[Glompbot]

I went to the night noodle markets
had a small san choy bow, a spring roll, a dim sim, some duck, noodles, some salt and pepper squid, and lots of wine.

And Poffertjes....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poffertjes

[skylar]

Went to Borsch Vodka and Tears on Chapel Street and had a green fairy absinthe that was so sweet my teeth nearly fell out and a whole lot of stuff: polish sausage, fish in brine and lemon, horseradish, prawns in honey.. mmm.

[Spades]

got lucky last night - wife made a goulashy thing and a daughter made pasta!!!!

[Glompbot]

Spaghetti Bolognese

[imp]

Home made Chili con carne and rice. :)

[skylar]

gluten free pizza supreme.

[meg]

Cigarettes, wine and a homemade chicken burger

the burger sucked

[Guest.]

Beer 'n' cigarettes, can't be fucked with anything else. Even the microwave is givin' me agro.

[Glompbot]

Pizza
Cause I am lazy and don't feel like spaghetti again.

[Ic3]

Pasta i believe...

[annie]

nasi goreng

[pliskin]

an awesome chicken and spinach turkish pide , made with the same chicken they use for the kebabs.

[Zomgie]

steak and instant mashed potatoes.. and damnit now Im hungry again. The question is.. eat now, or wait until breakfast ? I have strange dreams when I go to sleep hungry....

[meg]

Instant mash?

That's fucking shocking

shame on you

[BtrFly]

last night i had spring rolls and smiles. nothing interesting.

i am having trouble working up an enthusiasm for food

[utopian]

nasi goreng

More like Nazi Goerring :mob:

[BtrFly]

enthusiasm is back, last night was risotto - a variation on what i usually do - i adapted a kleph recipe - was rather nice :)

[meg]

French toast, bacon and beer :D

[dilligaf]

pizza

[Pagey]

homemade hamburgers with the works!

[imp]

Italian lamb meatloaf. :)

[Chodus]

Basa fillets with polenta and asparagus

[bitch]

roasted de-boned chicken, corn and english spinach.

The vegies were a last minute rescue as I actually burnt beyond almost all recognition the intended vegie side - that'll teach me to walk away for seven minutes! the pan is still soaking.

[Glompbot]

last night i had two rice paper rolls and a sour cherry slice.

[imp]

Going to Kyushu for dinner tonight. :) Yum Japanese food! ^_^

[Colonel Kurtz]

Fish & Chips!

[BtrFly]

tonight is curry with fresh local vegies :)

[imp]

Another recipe form the CSIRO Wellbeing diet book: Beef and mushroom pie. :)

[imp]

Beef, garlic, tomato and spinach sausages with mash and peas. :D

[Xythan]

Organic snags with steamed broccoli and butternut pumpkin, mashed potatoes and gravy. Yum!

[ms edeity]

thai pumpkin soup.

[astro]

An enormous steak, massive salad, huge loaf of fresh-baked bread and stacks of Coopers Sparkling. Verily, it was a dinner feast.

[banga]

Beef, garlic, tomato and spinach sausages with mash and peas. :D

BITCH!!! stop comin in here and making me farkin hungry

[banga]

An enormous steak, massive salad, huge loaf of fresh-baked bread and stacks of Coopers Sparkling. Verily, it was a dinner feast.

your gunna be a fat fuck astro :)

[4X4]

Dominos Pizza :)

Family sized margharita with Garlic bread.

[Kommando]

Pumpkin soup.

peel and cube 1/4 Queensland blue pumpkin and boil until soft.

place soft pumpkin in food processor with blades attachment. add some salt, pepper, dash of curry powder (no more than 1/4 tsp), sprikle of paprika, dash of italian herbs, bit of crushed garlic and ginger, some nutmeg and cinnamon, 1 cup milk, a dollop of fresh cream and 1-2 cups of chicken stock (using the water you boiled the pumpkin in).
blend until smooth. serve hot with crusty bread. serves 2.

total cost: about $5
$3 for the pumpkin, $2 for the cream the rest you should have lying around the kitchen, or make do with less spices.

[stinky]

Try chucking some crushed macadamias into that soup ... Qld Blue and Macadamias are bestest friends.

[imp]

BITCH!!! stop comin in here and making me farkin hungry

Lols i'll do my bestest! ^_^ I can't help it if i'm a fucking fabulous cook!

your gunna be a fat fuck astro :)

No doubt. ;)

[Lina]

I'm makin' chicken cattiatore, a bread which has goats cheese and chillies baked into it and balsamic soaked strawberries with marscapone and mint. Feast for Friday!

[dwarfthrower]

Pork and Aubergine Skewers, grilled on the barbie.
Warm Broad-bean, Artichoke and pea salad, dressing olive oil, lemon juice, garlic & cumin.

Washed down with a crisp bottle of lager. Tiger beer - Singapore, my ale of choice for the last five or six years.

Just whipping some cream for desert now.... Strawberry custard tart. Berries freshly picked at [Secret Berry Farm]

[sagit]

hmm...dunno. kfc, subway, sushi, microwaved veges & pasta...

[Glompbot]

BBQ at a friends house
:)

[BtrFly]

tonight i made a HUGE pot of curry - enough for a couple of nights - curry ftw :)

[meg]

Wild mushrooms cooked in butter, garlic and herbs

served on toast :D

[dwarfthrower]

rack o lamb, sweet potatoes, couscous and spinach.

[imp]

Chicken, mushroom and leek pie. :)

[Megabyte]

Provincial chicken in White Wine sauce

[BtrFly]

leftovers from last night - big party here - mmmm....

[FatherShark]

Beef Strog with noodles.

[muppet]

mushroom, spinach, chives, bacon all fried up and coated in a light cream sauce...

served on 2 minute noodles..

coz i forgot to buy fettucini.

[Glompbot]

Salad with a lemon and pepper dressing and grilled chicken sausages.

[banga]

sigh!! crappy veal and cheese oven bakes and wedges , i do so envy you guys

[Lina]

I do believe I'm going to do a chicken mornay with a metric ton of vegetables. Methinks my body is in need of the vitamins.

[Glompbot]

wholegrain pasta with mince and a tomato based sauce with lots of basil and onion
and a side salad with a lemon and pepper dressing.

[meg]

deep fried tofu with a miso sauce (and lots of chopped fresh chillies sprinkled on top)

[imp]

Going to Shimizu for dinner yay! :D

[Buffy]

peking duck pancakes
salted egg yolk prawns
sang choy bow with the leftover duck
3 kinds of braised veges
almond pudding stuff with logan fruit

sooo stuffed :D

[imp]

Airline food woo! ^_^ I have an unhealthy obsession with compartmentalised food.

[BtrFly]

my grandma is cooking a roast... i did the beans hehe

[Glompbot]

http://www.greengourmet.com.au/


we all had to share... mostly gluten-free foods because my friend can't have wheat (can't even use soy sauce or basalmic vinegar because she's that sensitive to it... poor thing)..

But it was all incredibly tasty... I had the small 'Chestnut Sang Choy Bow' for my main, and we split several entrees between the 4 of us.

[meg]

No onion or garlic? Sounds crap

[Glompbot]

Meh, you don't notice, the food tastes awesome without it

[imp]

Tapas, like every other night for the past week or so. ;) We´re in St. Sebastion so it´s no doubt going to be coupled with Sidra as is the popular drink here.

[Spades]

leftover ham and turkey for the next week - last night fried rice and ham

[Chodus]

Cooked a porterhouse and had a salad. I've always had steak medium rare. I'm now loving rare. I don't have a bbq but use an electric grill which isn't bad. It was a woolies steak but was really enjoyable.

[still life]

Salmon steaks with avacado, tomato and mango salsa.

mmmmmm.

[sagit]

veal steak and veges, beer, icecream & banana & rockmelon, tea & lamington. and a round of wii golf

[wenches.inc]

dinner....now there's a plan! One I will implement soon as I had my fill of the news and you geeks!

[Spades]

was gunnu do a roast but too hot for the oven - so we sliced and diced it into steaks for the BBQ - gotta love outdoor eating in summer

[BtrFly]

tonight i did a stirfry/fried rice concoction that made enough to feed 6 - LEFTOVERS!!! :D

[carsinogenic]

lamb chops.
not bad, pretty good, not bad.


sorry to all the vegitarians out there..... we are what we are. omnivours.

[Fleur]

lamb chops.
not bad, pretty good, not bad.


sorry to all the vegitarians out there..... we are what we are. omnivours.

I had lamb, but the best part about it is the mint sauce: one of the only reasons why I eat the stuff! :orgasms:

[carsinogenic]

I had lamb, but the best part about it is the mint sauce: one of the only reasons why I eat the stuff! :orgasms:

i too had the mint sauce.
its not lamb without the mint!!!

[kiki]

Something I made up and named Champagne Chicken...and we're having it with fresh egg noodles ... and salad...yummo!

[Chodus]

Something I made up and named Champagne Chicken...and we're having it with fresh egg noodles ... and salad...yummo!

I like the champagne part =)

[BtrFly]

i need ideas. i have food in the fridge/pantry, but i dont know what to make.

[Glompbot]

I had a 300g sirloin steak (medium rare) with cafe de paris butter and salad and chips

[Glompbot]

Roast chicken salad with lemon & herb salad dressing

for desert I am making something from the Cooks Companion
'stuffed peaches'

I'm using white peaches but I'm not sure it was the right type... still... they should soften up when baked.

[Lina]

Astro is makin' me some kinda grilled chickeny goodness with herby yoghurt :drool: And beer. Not making beer, drinking it.

I am contributing sticky date pudding :nod:

[ms edeity]

malaysian chicken curry and basmati

[Snazz]

Mmmm, home made pizza. (In a stone-based pizza cooker)
Chunky onion, capsicum & mushroom tossed with a bit of soy sauce and sesame seed oil
Topped with thinly sliced pepperoni and ham.

[Glompbot]

'stuffed peaches'

I'm using white peaches but I'm not sure it was the right type... still... they should soften up when baked.

This is the prepared view pre-cooking (i made 2 trays, this is only one of them)
http://www.fivefootdemon.org/pics/Cooking/IMG_2998.jpg

This is the same dish after being baked:
http://www.fivefootdemon.org/pics/Cooking/IMG_3001.jpg

This is how they looked dished up (with the orange juice syrup they were cooked in poured all over them)
http://www.fivefootdemon.org/pics/Cooking/IMG_3005.jpg


The cooks companion = best cook book ever, it was *so* simple to make, and so yummy.... yet not to heavy :)

[Snazz]

That looks goood!
Btw, what are they stuffed with?

[Glompbot]

here is the recipie
ingredients:
6 peaches or nectarines
150g of crumbled amaretti biscuits
1 egg
2 tablespoons of roughly chopped unblanched almonds
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1 cup fresh orange juice


Preheat oven to 180degrees (celcius).
Stone fruit, then gouge out a little flesh from cavities and chop.
Mix fruit flesh with amaretti crumbs, egg, almonds, and sugar and pile into cavities.
Generously butter an ovenproof dish just large enough to hold fruit neatly.
Arrange fruit in dish and pour over orange juice.

Bake for 30 minutes until fruit is tender but still holding its shape. Server hot, warm or cold with the orange syrup spooned around.

[Acele]

Oh, that is awesome.. I'll have to try that this week!

I'm going to my Dad's place for dinner so will probably have roast meat of some description or spaghetti bolognaise.

[Snazz]

Cheers Sapia, I'll be giving them a try as well, since it's been too bloody hot over here they'll be getting served ice cold.

[Glompbot]

I've got 8 of them stored in the fridge at the moment.
I'm going to try eating one of them cold now.


I *like* feeding my friends yummies :)

Unfortunately my future housemates are all vegetarians. So it means none of my favourite main-meals... but i can feed them tasty deserts :)

[Snazz]

Unfortunately my future housemates are all vegetarians. So it means none of my favourite main-meals... but i can feed them tasty deserts :)

Or... you can accept the challenge to bring them back to the dark side and get them eating meat again :)

[Glompbot]

nah

tonight is a chicken roast roll thing stuffed with something including garlic I think.

And some instant pasta in alfredo sauce stuff
and a salad with lemon and herb dressing

left over stuffed peaches for desert
and maybe some custard

[Lina]

We're having a twiced baked Moroccan lamb with chilli and corriander and cous cous. And banana cake with passionfruit icing for desert. Mmmm.

And about two litres of wine :nod:

[wenches.inc]

We're having a twiced baked Moroccan lamb with chilli and corriander and cous cous. And banana cake with passionfruit icing for desert. Mmmm.

And about two litres of wine :nod:

I just polished off a steak with veggies and a cous cous that would probably go really well with Moroccan, it had apple, tomato, sunflower seeds and cumin!

[smiff_f]

Just made some Char Sui pork, chinese broccoli and rice......
OMFG!!!!!!!!!! So delicious..!!

Either do like the link.... or you can actually get it from a jar....

http://www.abc.net.au/goldcoast/stories/s1057654.htm

[wenches.inc]

somebody come and cook me dinner...I have lots of food just no inclination!

[wenches.inc]

I'll buy wine...beer...hell even spirits LOL :p

[Lina]

My family visited over the weekend and we cooked a huge leg of lamb on Sunday night. Since we didn't finish it I've chopped up the leftovers, mixed in some thyme and the left over gravy, spooned over some really creamy, garlicy mashed tater and stuck it in the oven. Mmm. Leftovers. Double mmm for leftovers with garlic :nod:

[lombot]

For dinner I made

Scotch fillet steak (lightly salted and peppered before cooking) served medium rare
Onions and mushrooms fried until golden
Salad composing of tomato, capsicum, lettuce, avocado, boconchini, olives and italian pickled mushrooms

[Glompbot]

For my friend and myself... (her birthday dinner, my shout) We went to the peasants feast in newtown. Total bill was $118.30. She's gluten intolerant so it was the perfect place to go since *every* main was gluten free or had a gluten free option.

Entree:
I had: Duck, Chive and Ginger Crepe for an entree
she had: Prawn Saganaki

Mains:
I had: Bendele Farm Organic duck with four spice Morrocan cabbage stew and baked ginger apple
She had: Roasted Lamb Shank with carrot mash

Desert:
I had: Chocolate Tart (no fat or sugar made with pure cocoa) with a small scoop of vanilla bean ice cream (which my friend ate the most of)
She had: Banana and date slice and a hot chocolate


The menus were really good for me too... very little carbohydrates available. (which kind of goes in hand with the whole gluten free thing)
I would definitely eat there again.

[meg]

Bargain!

[Glompbot]

Instead of just dinner tonight... i've got food until pay day

breakfast is smoked turkey breast with jarlesburg cheese on burgen honey and oat bread
snack/desert: vanilla yoghurt or berries (blackberry, blueberry or strawberry)
lunch is left overs of whatever i've made for dinner
Dinner is either: risotto (roast chicken and caramelised onion) with baby spinach and red onion salad (basalmic vinegar dressing - no oil, just the vinegar)
or roast vegetables (onion, garlic, parsnip, swede, carrot - i've never eaten parsnip or swede before, but i figured they'd work out OK baked right???) and ravioli with a chunky vegetable sauce


i may also chuck stuff into a pot and make soup with the bean mix I bought....

RIP potatoes. :cry:

[dwarfthrower]

Roast lamb, spuds and ratatouille.

[sagit]

chicken is some thai sauce and veges

[Lina]

Chicken cooked in Roquefort with sauteed potatoes and beans. Last night we had a dinner party for seven for which we cooked pork belly with fennel and roasted peaches. And bugger me it was good. Melty meat with crunchy crackling...ohsogood. Our guests literally applauded.

[ms edeity]

tacos

[Glompbot]

Roasted vegetables (with butter and thyme and parsley)
and spinach and ricotta filled ravioli

[Lina]

I cooked a bona-fide beef bourguignon last night and served it with a 2003 Cotes du Rhone Chateauneuf du Pape which was quite freaking delicious. I'm going to buy a couple of bottles to put away for a couple of years. If I have the will power to let them sit that long.

In the process of cooking my bona-fide beef bourguignon I got to set brandy on fire for the first time. It was so damn cool I did it twice.

[astro]

And it was fucking awesome ;)

[Something Fast]

Got home delivery tonight.

Had a butter chicken that had so much chilli in it it made my lips burn.

Seriously, who the fuck puts that much chilli in butter chicken?

[astro]

We did the initial preparation for tomorrow night's dinner.

It calls for some pretty cool stuff like Anato seeds, which were incredibly hard to find. One of the things it called for was Habanero chilis, but I couldn't find them anywhere, so I had to substitute. I went to a special greengrocer and asked for the hottest chilis he had. I bit off just the very tip of one of the chilis and felt like my mouth was going to explode - it's still burning over 8 hours later.

[skylar]

Leftover Thai red curry, made from scratch by yours truly. Om nom nom nom.

[BlueBoy]

We did the initial preparation for tomorrow night's dinner.

It calls for some pretty cool stuff like Anato seeds, which were incredibly hard to find. One of the things it called for was Habanero chilis, but I couldn't find them anywhere, so I had to substitute. I went to a special greengrocer and asked for the hottest chilis he had. I bit off just the very tip of one of the chilis and felt like my mouth was going to explode - it's still burning over 8 hours later.

Enjoy your pibil.
You need to tell me where you got the seeds from.

[astro]

Enjoy your pibil.
You need to tell me where you got the seeds from.
I certainly did. It was most awesome to the highest degree.

And I got the seeds from a little chinese supermarket next to the Vic Markets. They also had the Banana leaves :)

[Glompbot]

Chicken Baguette (from lenards)
With grilled/boiled corn on the cob (i haven't decided yet)
and roast vegetables: swede, carrot, parsnip and garlic in thyme and parsley and a bit of butter.

left overs for lunch tomorow :)

Last night I made nachos. I put carrot and onion in the mince... which I seasoned on my own the first time (i normally use an old el paso packet mix)
I froze the rest of the mince for another time. Probably next week :)

I'll try making the salsa myself next time too.

Tomorrrow night I am going to make the stew I was planning on making. Beef, celery, soup mix (beans, peas, barley etc), leek, swede, onion, carrot.

Then Wednesday night I'll be making a beetroot broth (my housemate calls it borscht) and freeze it to have with dumplings.


If anyone has any additions to my ingredients feel free to comment.
No potato or rice or pasta though.

[annie]

i'm having PASTA for dinner! (it's not that exciting but it's the first time i've had pasta in 2 months). I'll make it with chicken and mushrooms and pesto. delicious!

[Glompbot]

I'm not supposed to eat very much pasta.
I'm finding it easier to avoid it almost completely :(

[BtrFly]

sapia: i suggest pico de gallo for your salsa. is very yummy. My variation on it is 2-3 chopped tomatoes, juice of 1 lime, 1-2cloves of garlic - crushed, coriander (2tblsp), 1tblsp olive oil, dry/fresh chili flakes to taste (optional), cumin to taste(also optional).

put all in bowl and serve. one of my favourite dishes!

also if you are measuring your carb intake - if you have corn keep in mind it has a lot of carby energy - without being an obvious carb. moderate the intake.

last nights dinner was tomato salsa (variation on above) on herb bread, served as bruschetta (yum!) and tonight i have made a huge pot of vegie soup - i know its summer, but its blowing a gale, and its horrible outside, so i felt like something nice and warming. also have garlic bread in the oven :D

[priji]

Rice and vegetable curry.

[Glompbot]

At the moment my nutritionist is happy I'm just eating vegetables full stop :P
We're working on adjusting the carbs next time I see her

First time was reducing my potatoes and increasing my other vegetables, last time was all about fats... Learnt a few things that I didn't know... so thats good.

[Lina]

Well, I don't know what's for dinner but Astro is in the kitchen chopping African devil chillies, muttering to himself, eating teaspoons of chopped chilli and intermittently jumping around yelling 'hot! hot! hot!'.

As a result I've vacated the kitchen :D

[dwarfthrower]

Well, I don't know what's for dinner but Astro is in the kitchen chopping African devil chillies, muttering to himself, eating teaspoons of chopped chilli and intermittently jumping around yelling 'hot! hot! hot!'.

As a result I've vacated the kitchen :D

Remind him to wash his hands well before he takes a leak.

[ms edeity]

we're cooking with what we have left.
2 sleeps till we move and i'm not grocery shopping - will be interesting (and also chillied. no-one ever runs out of chilli ;)).

[astro]

Well, not really for dinner tonight, but it's something I made tonight for an upcoming party.

Triple Chili Hotsauce. I originally planned for it to be a sweat/pain/coma inducing hotsauce, but it didn't quite turn out that way. While there's still an intense burst of heat at the start, it cools off to a medium burn and opens up to a stack of different flavours.

I'm stoaked :D

[BtrFly]

dinner tonight is curry. should be good - i am about to start cooking it.

[dwarfthrower]

I have a nice rolled pork roast which I've just unrolled, stuffed with rice, prunes and apricots and re-rolled. Potatoes, carrots and peas to round out the Sunday roast.

[Kez]

Rump steak, 2 eggs and some wholemeal toast with uber low fat Philadelphia cream cheese.

[wenches.inc]

dagwood dog with dead horse! (you know those things are just as bad as they always were but that fat is tasty stuff :p)

[skylar]

dagwood dog with dead horse! (you know those things are just as bad as they always were but that fat is tasty stuff :p)

eeew, dagwood dogs! Is that like a pluto pup? They remind me of cocks... I'm sure they taste okay, but it's how they look that turns me off.

I just ate an awesome sandwich - quail eggs smooshed bwtween two sliced of buttered toast. Om nom nom nom. I got the quail eggs from my auntie when we visited her this afternoon.

[dwarfthrower]

dagwood dog with dead horse! (you know those things are just as bad as they always were but that fat is tasty stuff :p)

I eat one of those every year. At the Lilydale show. To remind myself why I shouldn't eat them. Delicious badness.

[Glompbot]

What are they?

[stinky]

Puerco Pibil

http://lh5.google.com/username.taken/R8EPW9J8NiI/AAAAAAAABw0/otpQx4Rm5jg/s400/DSC03355.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/username.taken/Cooking24thFeb08/photo#5170430734245836322)

fricken yummo!

[dwarfthrower]

What are they?
http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/6/3/2/258103484_4d6ccccba0_thumb.jpgUntil someone markets a battered and deep-fried meat pie, probably the worst thing that someone could eat without being actually toxic. Also incredibly delicious.

A hot-dog saveloy (proper snouts and entrails stuff, none of this gourmet sausage idea) on a stick, heavily battered and deep fried to within an inch of it's life. Served with copious amounts of tomato sauce.

Sold from dodgy fast-food caravans at agricultural society shows and the like.

[skylar]

oh my. Ew, ew. I am so grossed out.

[SpareHead2]

http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/6/3/2/258103484_4d6ccccba0_thumb.jpgUntil someone markets a battered and deep-fried meat pie, probably the worst thing that someone could eat without being actually toxic. Also incredibly delicious.

A hot-dog saveloy (proper snouts and entrails stuff, none of this gourmet sausage idea) on a stick, heavily battered and deep fried to within an inch of it's life. Served with copious amounts of tomato sauce.

Sold from dodgy fast-food caravans at agricultural society shows and the like.

This reminds my of a late night cooking session where I thought deep frying party pies and sausage roll would be a good idea, as it happens it was a fucking GREAT idea.

[wenches.inc]

http://www.zgeek.com/forum/gallery/files/6/3/2/258103484_4d6ccccba0_thumb.jpg

I wish I had one right now! I'm not hungover, not really even seedy, just that it feels right to want something greasy and tasty :lol:

[Lina]

Puerco Pibil

http://lh5.google.com/username.taken/R8EPW9J8NiI/AAAAAAAABw0/otpQx4Rm5jg/s400/DSC03355.JPG (http://picasaweb.google.com/username.taken/Cooking24thFeb08/photo#5170430734245836322)

fricken yummo!

We cooked this the other weekend and it looked absolutely categorically nothing like that! Still looks dash tasty, though :nod:

[stinky]

We cooked this the other weekend and it looked absolutely categorically nothing like that! Still looks dash tasty, though :nod:

Did you shred the pork? I can't see any other way shredded pork would look ?

[Lina]

Nein, no shredded pork - that'd prolly be why :)

[stinky]

that'll do it! :D

[Glompbot]

that dagwood dog scares me. I can honestly say I've NEVER been tempted to eat one of those in my life.

Dinner tonight is lazy stirfy. Cashews, chicken, snowpeas, brocoli, carrot, onion with 1/2 cup of cooked rice.

[meg]

custard tart

[That Bloke]

custard tart
That's dinner?

[meg]

yep

tarts are filling

[Glompbot]

Pad thai. I was in a rush and got takeout.

[Whiskers]

Kidney beans, avocado, low fat cheddar and fresh tomatoes with lots of pepper and chilli.

[Fleur]

A greek salad with sundried tomato flavoured tuna. I've never had that stuff before and it wasn't bad! Perfect to eat during "record breaking" heatwaves :P delish!

[annie]

baked cod, boiled peas and carrots and mashed potato. Yummers. I have a toothache so it's soft food for me today!

[skylar]

Homemade red thai curry with prawns. Om nom nom nom.

[Lina]

I dined with my friend Cas at Joe's Garage. Had cajun roast chicken with sweet potato and mango chutney and a hot bloody mary. Gotta love that joint.

[Glompbot]

Shepherds pie.

1kg lamb mince
3 zucchini grated
3 squash grated
2 carrots cubed
1 onion cubed
2 sticks of celery cubed
1 can of peas

Also various amounts of the following:
gluten free Worcestershire sauce, gluten free gravy powder, gluten free beef stock cubes, water... various herbs.
Salt and pepper.

for the top I used 4 pontiac potatoes, and light grated cheese.

[sagit]

cooked veges

[Zanadou]

산낙지 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannakji)

[Snowball]

산낙지 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sannakji)

You seriously are not going to eat that are you?

[MyPinkRainbow]

WELL i am making a large eyearound roast with roasted potatos carrots , superb brown gravy , a wonderful bib lettuce salad with tomatos, cukes, green oinions, provalone shredded cheese, and homade italian dressing with desert being a large apple tart topped with velvet vanilla ice cream
my kids love it and well they are not into fast food and hate it they like home cooked meals and i am glad they are big eaters too so i have to cook alot at one time ,,, no left overs in this house ,
many hugz
georgia

[Glompbot]

Dinner last night was vegetarian curry
Night before was chicken, snow peas, brocoli, water chestnuts, baby corn, and carrot in a sweet and dark soy sauce stir fry (3 serves, I added 1 cup of cooked rice to be split between those serves)

I was a bit grumpy cause I accidentally used my housemates vegetarian fake oyster sauce instead of the normal oyster sauce... but thankfully I didn't notice.

[annie]

I made something insanely simple, but very yummah! Potato Gnocchi with pastrami, peas, spinach and cheese.

[Spades]

huge weekend so just lefotver shit tonight,

some pasta,
some cheescake;
cup of coffee with mint biscuit and a scotch finger

[Soahc]

It's raining and it's soup weather so I had a Seafood Laska from my local noodle place. Went down rather nicely.

[Megabyte]

Broccoli and Cauliflower Cannelloni :)

[Soahc]

Tonight is a honey and macadamia roast chicken roll. With some Roast veges.

[annie]

honey-bbq-mustard marinated chicken breast with roast potato and pumpkin and boiled carrot and peas. Yummy.

[BtrFly]

mediterranean risotto... i made enough to last a week almost!

[and3w]

Jacket potato
grilled, marinated chicken breast
steamed snap peas & baby sweet corn.

Yup, I'm on a diet. :)

Oh, and I have 1/2 a tub of Hagen Daz in the fridge which I cannot allow to go off.. :(

[Elf]

This (http://www.zgeek.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1328724&postcount=1)

Yummy

[Glompbot]

Its lunch and dinner for the next few days

Bean nachos.
I've got refried pinto beans, red kindey beans, can of chopped tomato,beef stock (for flavour), cayenne pepper, cumin, hot paprika, smokey paprika, onion, carrot, corn, sweet paprika, and a splash of tobasco sauce

Some low salt organic corn chips, and low fat grated cheese

YUM

[ms edeity]

i'm thinking of cutting the 2 days of marinading this beast of casserole goodness down to one and serving it tonight.
it'll take 3hrs of slow cooking so i have to decide soon.

[Elf]

I just bought some awesome spanish smoked, sweet paprika. I mixed it with honey and a couple dashes of Worcester sauce and I have baby pork ribs marinading in it as we speak. It smells divine and I can't wait to eat them.

[Marchpig]

6 pack of Toohey's Old, and a side order of Jack Daniel's...seriously, that's what I had for dinner tonight...

[Glompbot]

I just bought some awesome spanish smoked, sweet paprika. I mixed it with honey and a couple dashes of Worcester sauce and I have baby pork ribs marinading in it as we speak. It smells divine and I can't wait to eat them.

Smoked paprika is my favourite kind. I use it on practically everything. Its really good with fried rice. Smokey paprika fried rice with ham.... (it was all we had in the cupboard and we had to stretch a meal for 2 to 3 people, so came up with this side dish)

[Buffy]

Roast lamb, potatos and asparagus, followed by bread and butter pudding with apples woohoo! :D

[pliskin]

Roast lamb, potatos and asparagus, followed by bread and butter pudding with apples woohoo! :D

oi, dont forget the cauliflower in white sauce!!

[backscratcher]

Must be lamb roast night tonight....I got the lamb roast sizzling away in the weber atm, nearly time to put on the spuds, sweet potato, put some greens on the side and lots of yummy yummy gravy......mmmmmm.....cant wait, smells really good


p.s. gotta say thou Marchpig is a much better cook then I could ever hope to be, and he does the bestest lamb roasts, but alas he has been working very hard to support a sponging, lazy, mentally fucked up wife (*that would be me*)

[dwarfthrower]

Meatloaf & mashed spuds.

And the boy and I made a chocolate cake while Mrs Dwarf wasn't around to tell us not to this afternoon.

[backscratcher]

Up date on the roast.....It was farkin lovely even though I kinda over cooked the greens a bit and the potatoes were a tad on the crispy, but the meat was perfect!!!! and the gravy was pretty good too.

[KrisEz]

Up date on the roast.....It was farkin lovely even though I kinda over cooked the greens a bit and the potatoes were a tad on the crispy, but the meat was perfect!!!! and the gravy was pretty good too.

ooh


ooh


ooh


BUTT-SCRATCHER!

's been a while!

[backscratcher]

ooh


ooh


ooh


BUTT-SCRATCHER!

's been a while!

Is that an offer for desert KrisEz? Hey? hey? come on, fess up, you know you want to :D

[Marchpig]

Geez I wish I could do my fav desert to go with that roast, Banana and Date Halava, with custard.
MMMMMMMMMMMM.

[Elf]

oi, dont forget the cauliflower in white sauce!!

Cauli in white sauce is yummy

[Elf]

Tonight is plain old tagliatelle with a really simple cheese sauce made with double cream, paprika, black pepper and edam cheese. I was going to make bechamel but I fucked it up :(

[backscratcher]

Tonight is plain old tagliatelle with a really simple cheese sauce made with double cream, paprika, black pepper and edam cheese. I was going to make bechamel but I fucked it up :(

Your din-din's sound better than mine tonight Elf, I'm a sucker for pasta and cheese, especially the cheese....nom,nom nom :)

[wenches.inc]

Cauli in white sauce is yummy

Cauli in cheesy white sauce is yummy ...making that tomorrow night with broccoli too, and putting it with steak and probably some beans.

[Elf]

Your din-din's sound better than mine tonight Elf, I'm a sucker for pasta and cheese, especially the cheese....nom,nom nom :)

om nom nom nom indeed. I added more black pepper, paprika and parmesan. The young Elflet and I are now replete and content :)

[and3w]

Fry up - soked bacon, eggs, sateed mushies, toms, eggs, fried bread, toast with Hagen Daz Praline & Cream Ice cream for pud.

I been good all week on my diet :greenwink

[hymartin]

small steamed buns & minced pork congee with preserved egg...I looove them both, yum yum yum:)
found two pics:

[Spades]

home made gnocchi made with the kids hlep - Sunday night is pasta night!

[Elf]

I <3 gnocchi

[banga]

never tried gnochii what the hell is it ? any meat in it

[wenches.inc]

never tried gnochii what the hell is it ? any meat in it

Good Gnocchi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnocchi) is delicious but it's got to be made right. Most gnocchi is just potato and flour and it's great for using potatoes that have been sitting in the cupboard too long. Fresher potatoes are no good as they have a higher moisture content. I love gnocchi with vegetarian sauces, pumpkin and sage or just some pesto.


Dinner tonight I'm trying a new recipe. My son sees the golden arches (maccas) and says "nuggets", even at 4.30 am the other morning, so I hunted down a healthy recipe for nuggets. Tonight we're having Crunchy Chicken Fingers and wedges (http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/recipe_chicken_fingers.html/context/642). Right now I'm off to make Carrot and Muesli Muffins (http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/recipe_carrot_mini_muffins.html)! When I was shopping this morning I also bought the baking goods to make bread in my slow cooker, but not today, that will have to wait until Friday.

[wenches.inc]

Right now I'm off to make Carrot and Muesli Muffins (http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/recipe_carrot_mini_muffins.html)!

mmmmmmm yumminess!

[Chocoholic]

Unas!

[Megabyte]

I love recipes that work BETTER with older ingredients. Has a rustic feeling, to me anyway.

Tonight for dinner, I am thinking of making potato rosti with a nice slow cooked lamb casserole

[and3w]

Grilled chicken & Rice & peas, AGAIN. I hate diets :(

[Snazz]

Beef Vindaloo with rice. (Sadly no naan bread)

[Megabyte]

I love recipes that work BETTER with older ingredients. Has a rustic feeling, to me anyway.

Tonight for dinner, I am thinking of making potato rosti with a nice slow cooked lamb casserole
Hmmm yeah, sort of turned into mi goreng noodles instead :(

[ms edeity]

i made THE.BEST.SHEPHERD'S.PIE.EVER.

EVER

[wenches.inc]

Tonight we're having Crunchy Chicken Fingers and wedges (http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/recipe_chicken_fingers.html/context/642).

Well dinner was a hit! I didn't use cornflakes because I didn't want to have to use the rest of a box. I already had special K and figured that would do a similar thing. It was sweet and yummy! Seriously if you have kids who like nuggets this is awesome. He loved the veggies too with some melted cheese spread.

[willh1967]

Everyone had ham steaks, I had fried egg and pinapple with mine, the princess just eggs, little one corn and the usual tomato sauce and the teen corn and pineapple.

Was yum

[Boobmeister]

holy fuck. give the kid a haircut!

[wenches.inc]

holy fuck. give the kid a haircut!

It's just messy, it's fine when it's brushed. He has a double crown so he needs the growth to hold it down. I would just buzz cut it again but apparently that's mean in winter ffs LOL ...I'll brush it tomorrow morning and show a pic of him properly :p

*edit...fuck off you big bogan...you had a mullet for the first 4 or 5 years I knew you, so who are you to talk! LOL

[robynm1971]

Tonight..Beef Strognaoff with rice. yum yum!! But my little one wont eat that cause it's got "EWWWW Grosse" mushrooms,so she had fish fingers and chips.

[wenches.inc]

Tonight..Beef Strognaoff with rice. yum yum!! But my little one wont eat that cause it's got "EWWWW Grosse" mushrooms,so she had fish fingers and chips.

I don't do fish fingers, but I'd do them instead of ewwwww gross yukky mushrooms :p