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What are you having for dinner tonight??



Last night I made Devilled Sausages (a recipe I got from a NZ cooking magazine - More Food), mash potatoes, corn and beans.

If you would like any recipes - let me know.

Cheers Sheila...there's always room in the recipes thread for more recipes...yum!


Ima lazy bunny tonight....bacon sandwiches!  :/

I like the idea of a thread like this tho, as the worst thing about cooking is... what can we have tonight?

Thursday Night is Pizza Night at my elderly neighbors house.  I have a standing invite to join her every week.  She makes frozen pizza's then adds additional pepperoni and peppers.  I add fresh minced garlic to mine.  We have a lot of fun.  I usually don't get home until after 11.

absoflippinglutely!  :lol: 'tis a great thread!  :tup:

Today I have restocked my freezer of cheese rolls.  Makes it nice and easy to invite people on the spur of the moment for lunch.  Those and homemade (or can!) soup go down well.  (esp as it's cold here :(  )

Last night it was spaghetti bolganese and tonight we are going out to an Italian Restaurant.


Tomorrow night the males cook - homemade hamburgers!!

Tonight we had sausages and chips, with a ton of garlic! It's not my normal fare,  but with the workshop today, it was time to have something really easy. Roll on Sunday...a decent dinner.

Shiela, that Devilled Sausages recipe sounds intriguing... would you post that recipe?  My husband LOVES sausage meals.  Thanks.. in advance

Mmmmm...yes please...forgot to ask that myself! lol

Ok, I'll put it in the recipe thread.

Woohooo.....yummmy...thanks Sheila

Roast beef, roast potatoes/pumpkin, cauliflower cheese, brocolli and carrots.

Tomorrow night - cold meat, mash potatoes, yorkshire puddings, peas and corn.

Yorkshire puddings,  had years and years ago. and liked 'em.. never tried to make them
tomorrow night will be much the same as you
Bolar Roast (in the crock pot) roast pumpkin, carrots, potatoes and Kumara

Tonight...my Giner-Pineapple Chicken (recipe in the recipe thread) with potatoes and peas.

Tomorrow...dunno...tomorrow isn't here yet!  :lol:

Tonight: Cornish Hen halves on the grill with grilled zucchini and fresh tomato slices.

Stuffed chicken cutlets with roast potatoes, peas, carrots and corn

Roast chicken tonight and chicken pie last night.

Last week we had Apricot Chicken, Chicken Chassuer, Tacos, Lasagna...

Last night -cold salmon and cottage cheese
Night Before- Hummus and crackers

(Can you tell there is no one to cook for?)

It gets easier...but it sometimes takes a while, Penny  :hug:

Hey Eithel ....... (gawd I hope ya real name isn't Eithel),  in my solo days my favourite trick was to go visiting about 5.00-5.30pm, sure took the hassle out of cooking for yourself!

Esme X

*&%*@##!!  I have a brother in law who does that!

:rofl: I must remember that one for my old age!

Eithel here!  Thurs night = pizza night at the neighbors.   :)

Fush end chups here

 :lol: at Princess Eithel!

Boiled bacon, potatoes, peas

Wednesday - last minute change of plans and we went out for pizza with my brother and his family.
Thursday - Ravioli
Friday - steak and chips
Saturday - Chicken Parmigiana, mash potatoes, corn and beans.

Made and apple cake for dessert, a new recipe which went down with the family and easy to make - will post recipe for you...

Last night...lamb shanks with carrots, parsnips and potatoes, onions and capsicum mash...delish!

Tonight we're having my pinepple/ginger chicken, with roasted potatoes and greens

again teasing me with such wonderful thoughts of food now......yummmmmmm  If you start teasing me about chocolate next.....WAR!

 :lol: /me suits up in battle gear

Today I made chocolate muffins filled with caramel

Tonight for dinner...well, heaven knows, cos I haven't given it a thought and it's only an hour away!  o.O

Please allow me to make a suggestion ... chocolate muffins filled with caramel! :ecst: :tup:  :yum: :angel:

 :lol:

We had home made pizza (carrot, celeriac, zucchini, cheese, chicken, ham, pineapple) and Funki had a chocolate muffin filled with caramel for dessert

honey mustard chicken, smashed potatoes, asparagus and corn.

banana muffin (with a white choc button inside) for dessert.

oh and a glass of wine...

The other day I turned on the Rachael Ray show.  It's just an hour daytime talk show, but she got her fame originally by cooking.  She made Lentil soup with sausage and kale on the show, and it sounded very interesting, so I'm going to make it tomorrow night.  Here is the link to the recipe:  http://www.rachaelray.com/recipe.php?recipe_id=2616  I'll let you know how it turns out.

Oh...I LOVE Rachael Ray...she's a great talk show host (normal, down to earth...no pretentiousness) and she's a fab cook as well! We have her program every weekday morning (though I only see her about once a fortnight, myself). I do manage to catch up on what she's been up to though, as I have a friend who watches her religiously every day.

I love this subject ...oh and Hahahahahahaahahahaha *Ozzie cracks up at "Princess Eithel"

Last night - Beef, bacon and tomato pie, mashed potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini and carrots.
Tonight - Pork Steaks with vegetables.
Tomorrow - Slow cooked Lamb Shanks with rosemary and garlic and cauliflower (can u guess that cauliflower was super cheap this week) au Gratin, and steamed veges.

Happy cooking
Esme X

Pfft...must be cheaper over there...you got NZ ones?

Many years ago, when nobody else was buying them, I used to get lamb shanks for 20c each and roasted them for dinner. They were, and still are, delicious. Then a few years ago, some smart a$$ chef decided they were a 'gourmet' item...and the price frigging started gong up. Now, in New Zealand, they're about $25.00 per kilo...that's about 3, or maybe 4 if you're lucky, shanks!!!


Tonight for dinner (we've just finished) we had beef satay on toast. Quick and easy, cos I've been out lapping up the energy, warmth and beauty of a local forest for the day. Photos in the photo thread.

I love this thread, it's given me many new ideas for dinner.

This evening we had pork loins in a crunchy cream cheese and cheddar topping, baked potatoes, steamed asparagus and a green salad.

YUM!

Last night we had beef satay on toast (I was too lazy to boil rice!)

Tonight we are having marinated steak, roasted kumara (sweet potato), zucchini, peas, carrots and beans

Souly shanks were on special this week for $12.95/kg .... and yes normally it is expensive!

Oh Vixie you gotta tell us more about ya pork loins in crunchy cheese .... we love our pork chops/steaks and something different would be nice!

Esme X

Wow, ozzie...even I woulda bought them for THAT price!!!

Yeah Vix...tell us about yer loins in crunchy cheese!  :lol:  ;)

That is expensive. They're about £8 per kilo in the UK (approx $20).



I cheated and bought them ready made. :P They look really easy to make from scratch though; combine cream cheese, ciabatta breadcumbs, cheddar cheese, olive oil, seasoning, parsley and chives and spread the mixture on top of pork loin steaks, bung them in the oven (200C/gas 6) for 30 minutes et voila!

This evening we're having roast beef and Yorkshire pudding with carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, parsnips, roast and mashed potatoes. :toast:

Yum, that pork sounds delish!

Heh! :woot:  So are we!!!

Welllll, mebbe different veggie selection, but roast beef and Yorkshire pud nevertheless. :D

Last night was kids tennis lessons, so we normally have something I can prepare earlier in the day like Spag. Bol. but seeing we are home alone we had Chicken and Sweet Corn soup (Thanks Mrs Campbells) and toasted ham and cheese sandwiches!

Fridays we always have takeaways but we haven't discussed what yet.  Darren Lockyer is coming to town this arvo so I am taking kids down to get an autograph seeing Master Mozzie is a Broncos fan. *To all the non aussies here.... Darren Lockyer is a very talented Rugby League player.*

Esme. X

Friendly neighbour? Lives next door to Mr Wattie by any chance?  :lol:


Pfft!

Though I must admit he has GAWJUS thighs!!!

Nooooo silly, Mrs Campbell lives next door to Mr Heinze who lives next door to Mr and Mrs McCain whooooooooo lives next door to  Mr Wattie!!!!

And I have just seen those gawjus thighs in the flesh...... whit whooooooooo.... and that husky voice.  And after lining up for an hour to get his gawjusness' autograph, I told kids there is no way am I driving back to town to get takeways for tea/dinner, so we went to shop and got a pizza and nuggets to cook at home.  Thanks Mr McCain...u done it again!!  :wink:

PS. My first ever quote thingy..... lets see if it works? I will fall off the chair if it did!!

*Hmmmmm I am still on the chair, not bad for a "Quote Virgin" ...... Souly only said the first line!!

** Note to self, find out how to fix this!

Edit: Fixed by Vix. :wink:

tonight - creamy chicken and vegetable casserole (from the AWW One Pot Low fuss food for busy people)

  :) Your a gem Vix, hugs!

Left over Pizza

Home made vegetarian quiche

Nothing for me and hubs - we had a big lunch out...


I think I'll get the boys some frozen bolganese sauce out of the freezer and pop it into the microwave....

 :pix:


:whist: :bolt:

:peep:  Oh, and cottage pie tonight. ;) :tup:

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No no no...  Pics make me hungry!!  We need spoilers with Beware Calorie inducing pics under here!

 :lol:

We had that on Saturday night as hubby was sick of rice - literally!!!

Tonight - I'm going to look for some nice steaks as requested or roast beef and yorkshires.

Tonight we are having pork rissoles...home made...with roasted potatoes and a lovely green salad

Hubby gets home from his trip this arvo, with my father-in-law, so tonight we will have Rib Fillet Steaks done on the bbq, with grilled haloumi cheese, salad and potato bake.  (Father-in-law loves my salads and potato bake, so it is a treat for him, can you tell my mother-in-law does not do much in the kitchen ... hence me cooking him some traditional good tucker for him to take home?)


Esme

Hummus and Naan bread.

Yum! Pour a wine for me and make it a party!  :D

Tonight I am cooking stuffed chicken cutlets, potato/cheese bake, carrots, peas and corn, with gravy

Chicken in lemon sauce with fried rice.

bacon, fries and salad

Thursday night is Pizza Night.  I have Pizza / Dinner with my elderly neighbor every Thurs. night.  :)

steak and chips and veges

apple and rhubarb crumble for dessert

Last night I had yogurt and ice cream  :lol:  Ice cream counts as dairy doesn't it?
 :wink:

:nod:

 :lol: Yep...so does icecream!!!

Sounds perfect to me...except for the yoghurt  :yuck:

home-made pizza and garlic bread

leftover apple and rhubarb crumble with ice cream

Funki had fish, chips and salad.....I had salmon on toast

I had a Roast Beef Sandwich from Roy Rogers, with pickles, mustard and horseradish on it, a bake potato with Sour Cream and Butter and a Peach Milk Shake.

/me drools

 :yum:

:O :wha: I thort he was dead? :S  I guess it's all that pickling that's preserved him then? :huh:





:whist: :bolt:

Or maybe on the Spur of the moment he hadn't pulled the Trigger and was jus' horsin' around!! 

Rotisserie chicken, stuffed with sage and onion stuffing, coleslaw, tomatoes and potatoes

Roast chicken, no stuffing - I was sure I had a packet but must have used it up  :S, roast potatoes, brocolli and carrots.

:lol:

I had an egg omelet with chopped ham, fresh garden tomatoes, spring onions, and swiss cheese.

Chicken 'schnitzels' (chicken escalopes dipped in seasoned flour, beaten egg, ciabatta breadcrumbs and panfried), baked potatoes, a green salad and coleslaw. Followed by blackberries, pancakes and Cornish ice-cream.
:chef: :red:

NomNomNom That sounds absolutely delicious.

I'm not too sure about tonight - normally we would have chicken pie made with the roast chicken leftovers but DH has a business dinner and I'm invited and he doesn't really want to go so may get out of it...

Cold chicken, Salad, potato/cheese bake

umm, a Pepsi Throwback and a bag or french fried onion chip thingies.  :O

Veggie dogs with ketchup and mustard.

That changed at the last minute....

Chicken fried rice (home made)

Business dinner is next Tuesday night, so tonight is chicken pie, mash potato, beans and corn and gravy.

Beef stroganoff with brocolli and carrots.

sweet and sour pork with fried rice

We are carb loading for a big sporting event on Sunday:

Yesterday - Bacon and Pea Shell Pasta
Tonight - Chicken and brocolli pasta
Saturday - Spaghetti Bolganese
Sunday - take-away

/me likes the idea of carb loading.. 

Thursday night = Pizza night

Bangers and Mash with fried tomatoes and baked beans.

The bangers are fancy ones tonight just for something different - South African Boerwors and Italian Beef and Pork from the local organic butcher.

Everybody has such interesting diets!

I'm trying to thin out the contents of my freezer, I had to buy a small stand-up one, because I had completely over-stuffed my refrigerator's freezer.  Now the little one is almost full, how in the world did I ever get by without it?

Yesterday I found a nice piece of frozen smoked pork butt, some lima beans, and some Pasta-Roni angel hair.
Today, I've noticed that I've collected a big bagfull of bell peppers in the fridge, as well as quite a few zip-loc bags of frozen tomato sauce.  Since I also have some hamburger in the freezer, stuffed peppers is a no-brainer.  Will also give us some nice leftovers, since I'm working 4 days this week, and won't have another chance to cook anything.  (http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w124/pootsie256/smileys/bc832223.gif)

Baked gammon in a honey glaze, new potatoes, leeks, broccoli & asparagus in cheese sauce.

Grilled fish on the bbq and salad for us tonight.

Going out to dinner with 200 other people for chinese....as long as there are no chicken heads I should be ok.... :O :lol:

Last night I didn't actually eat dinner.  I had a late lunch of a wrap with rotisserie chicken with fresh julienne carrots, cucumbers, zucchini and other fresh raw veggies, with a side of Asian sesame dressing and some Pita chips.  It was delicious and quite filling.

Last night we had frozen fish and frozen chips and frozen peas and corn - all cooked of course.

Tonight we had chicken parmigiana, roast potatoes, carrots and broccoli.

Last night was Peruvian Chicken with fried yucca and a garden salad.

Recipe please!

Chilli con carne and rice, garlic bread.

What's fried yucca? ???

Tonight we are having nachos.

Fried yucca is the root of the Yucca plant.  It has the texture of a soft potato, and a slightly milder flavor.  I actually prefer them to French fries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca)

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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/848874/fried_yucca_root_by_chef_john_guinivere/ (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/848874/fried_yucca_root_by_chef_john_guinivere/)

That was very educational, Penny.  I'll have to try yucca root soon.

looks yum

Marinated chicken drumsticks and fried rice.

As I am currently cooking for self, and not having to consider Funki, tonight I will have my version of butter chicken on rice

Spicy Elizabethan Casserole, broccoli & baby carrots.

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Last night I actually got invited out for dinner...roast pork, roast vegetables, cauliflower and yummy gravy

Tonight I am having asparagus...first of the season...with cheese sauce

Last night I ate popcorn for dinner.   :S

I was invited out for dinner again tonight, so I took the asparagus with me! We had sausages, asparagus with cheese sauce, chips (fries) and salad. The ingredients of the salad were freshly picked from my thriving new vegetable garden...YUM!

I am probably going out for dinner again tomorrow night...lamb shanks with parsnip, carrots, sweet potato and gravy...can't turn that down!

Lemon chicken with sugar snap peas and snow peas, carrots and red capsicum.

Stir fried chicken and vegetables

Medium Steak, mushroom sauce, salad, chips, wine   = $13.50   :)
Me and Mr S have house to ourselves for two whole days!   

Funki arrives home tonight on the 8pm bus and so we'll toddle off to Burger King for din dins

Tonight we are having marinated pork spare ribs and chicken kiev sausages on the barbecue, salad and potato bake.

Italian Mince and Veges with thanks to Mr Continental....

 :lol:

He must be related to Mr Wattie, Mrs Campbell and Mr McCain!

Taco Bell Salad, Cheesy Fiesta Potatos, and a Strawberry Coolada

Tonight here I am trying a new recipe.

Rissoles covered with a jar of 'Extra garlic' bolognese sauce and a tin of chopped tomatoes, cooked in the oven. (Let you know how it turns out).

And steamed cabbage, zucchini, carrots, broccoli and capsicum.

Creamy chicken pasta with bacon and asparagus

Outback Steakhouse.  To celebrate my neighbors 87th birthday.

Hope they still have their own teeth....

Roast Chicken & roast veges  peas and gravy
apple pies and ice cream...

/me jumps on a superjet and flits off to smilie's place for dinner!

Roast chicken, roast potatoes, carrots and broccoli.

Plum pie.

Chicken Gumbo with rice ...

... bad day for chickens worldwide. :lol:

Home made spag bol

 :lol:

I use the leftover chicken for chicken pie.

Ozzie does her bit to save a few chickens  .... and opts for pork! Opps, thats right, I had chicken for lunch.  :$

Roast pork (crackless - damn this diet, best part of it) and veges and gravy.

We went to a pig roast over the week end, and there was a LOT of leftover pork.  We came home with two foil pans (at least 10 inch by 15 inch) which were heaped with pieces of pork.  I've had barbecue pork sandwiches, pork ribs, plain pieces of pork, and last night I decided to try pork stroganoff...not so good.  I also heated up one of the pans, and took it to my workplace on my day off, with a bunch of buns and barbecue sauce.  They loved i!  and.. we got rid of more pork.  I also froze 4 quart-sized freezer bags.  Enough is enough!  NO MORE PORK for a few weeks anyway!

in risk of repeating myself...

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 :lol:



Tonight we are having chicken and vegetable stirfry. Why chicken again? Cos it's cheaper than most other meats, though catching up fast!  :(

Grilled fish and salad for us tonight.

frozen fish, frozen chips, peas and corn...all cooked ofc...

:lol:

Carbonnade of beef with wholegrain mustard croutons, sautéed potatoes & broad beans.

"Sally's Soup"
Roast Beef  roast carrots, potatoes, pumpkin onions & corn.

Making the most of the cold weather!!

Sally's Soup?   See recipes.

Chicken & vegetable stirfry. (I might add satay marinade to the chicken yet, not sure)

Last night I ate cream cheese frosting for dinner.  I just couldn't help myself.  ::)

Thurday night = Pizza night

It's Friday here...and I am making pizza!  :D

The toppings will be...mushrooms, onions, spinach, peppers, cheese and salami

Rissoles tonight and home-made hamburgers tomorrow probably.

Self-crusting quiche, with salad.

Contents of quiche...mushrooms, capsicums, onions, spinach, peas, carrots, corn, beans, kumara, potato, cheese bacon and eggs of course. Nothing like having all the veges in one place!  :lol:

Sunday...same as Saturday

Baked cod in citrus herb crust, roasted mediterranean vegetables & crispy lattice potatoes.

/me shoves her chicken wings back in the fridge and flies off to Vixie's for dinner!

me too!

Lamb steaks (I might cook them on the BBQ - less cleaning up) and a huge salad with whatever I can scrounge out of the fridge - I know there is lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, carrot, celery, capsicum, avocado, red onion, alfalfa sprouts, mushrooms and cheese.

Sounds like a pretty good salad to me!  :D

OK...we're having marinated chicken wings with roast vegetable salad

The marinade that I made is a combination of smokey barbecue sauce, soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce, a few shakes of Morroccan seasoning and a few shakes of garlic salt. They've been marinating for a couple of hours now...another couple to go.

The roasted vegetable salad...

I cut into large cubes...kumara (sweet potato), pumpkin, capsicum (peppers) and asparagus...tossed them in a little oil with Morroccan seasoning and celery salt, roasted until done but crunchy...will serve only slightly warm, with balsamic vinegar splash

Last night we had roast beef, roast potatoes/parsnip, broccoli and carrots.

Tonight we are having cold meat, mash potatoes, beans, corn and yorkshire puddings with lots of gravy.

 :lol: I wish I could say my family was impressed with it! ::)

Grilled chicken, steamed asparagus tips, green salad and jacket potatoes with melted cheese.

Grilled rib fillet steak and salad ...... gawd I am hangin out for some tatties/spuds/potatoes (Damn this diet!)

I dunno...cos I forgot to get something out of the freezer!  :/

In just a few minutes, we're having sausages and chips...home made, of course

last night - beef stirfy
tonight - chicken and broccoli pasta

Friday - home-made pizza
Saturday - BBQ - it's gonna be warm....summer is coming...
Sunday - nachos

Wow, Sheila...food organised for the next 3 nights? Impressive!

Tonight we're having multi-vegetable and bacon frittata

Boned and butterflied Rosemary & Garlic leg of lamb, slow cooked in the BBQ with steamed vegetables.  And I will pick some mint from the garden and add to gravy.

I'm on my way! :D

 :wee:

Get an extra chair and plate...I"M ON MY WAY TOO!  :wee:

I'm a little bit umm... anal :$

This is taped to my pantry door:

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Though I'm really flexible, each week is not exactly like that esp in summertime - any time you want take away or to invite me out to dinner - I'm very happy to go... :D

Last night:
Chicken Quesadilla
Salmon Salad with baked potato
Mexican Vanilla Flan
Margarita.

All very very yummy.

WOW! Sheila, that's amazing!! I can't think a day ahead, let alone a month! Well done girl!  :more:

OH MY ...  The hardest part of cooking is deciding what to have....
I think I should take a leaf from Sheila's book........


Pizza tonight... think hubby didn't think I'd be home in time.

Tonight we had bacon and egg pie, with salad and fresh asparagus, lightly steamed

Center Cut Pork Chops and Sauerkraut

Left over quiche with home made fries

Whole wheat rotini pasta, diced mozzarella, peas, carrots, and turkey meatballs tossed together in olive oil.

Rotisserie chicken (stuffed) with potato oven fries, baby turnips straight from the garden, and salad (also straight from the garden)

Bleddy odd combination to stuff a chicken with! o.O :nose:

:lol:

Last night was roast pork so tonight we are having fried rice with leftover pork in it.

Tonight we're having stuffed chicken thighs (well they would be stuffed...the chicken's dead!) and our veges will be mashed potatoes, peas, beans and carrots

Lemon chicken with vegetable stirfry.

You folks eat really well, and Sheila, your organization is unbelievable.  I can't seem to plan more than 2 days in advance, so therefore I'm at the grocery store several times a week.  Our diet consists of whatever my craving is at the time...and Smilie, I totally agree with you, the hardest part is in the planning.  If everybody's husbands are like mine, when I ask him what he'd like for dinner, he will say 'I don't care'.  Anything to avoid making a decision.

Last night we had 'beanie weenies' (cut up weiners in a can of beans).  Obviously I wasn't into making anything too labor-intensive.  I made chili over the weekend, so tonight we're going to have chili-dogs.  And THAT, my friends, is my yearly quota of weiners.

Left over pepperoni pizza.

Last night we had hot tortilla wraps...self help, home made

Tonight we are having potato top mince and vegetable pie

last night southern fried chicken breast pieces
asparagus, carrots, brocolli, cheese and garlic sauce and mashed spuds...

Chilli con carne with rice and garlic bread.

Salmon and vegetables. (Super healthy is getting boringggggggggg, and I am really hangin' out for some mashed spuds) :S

Last night we had spaghetti meatballs and tonight we are having chicken satay or stirfry.

Lamb hotpot with celeriac and potatoes, carrots & greens.

Sounds yummy, Vix

Dunno what we're having tonight...what was left over and was to be tonight's dinner has just been eaten for lunch!  :lol:

My head hurts so it's either something easy or take-away.

spaghetti bolganese

Tonight I was invited out to dinner, so that my friend could introduce me to a gentleman who is involved with the lapidary club, which I am thinking of becoming involved with (the club...not the gentleman! lol)

She cooked for us...Pollo al Chilindron, and we had this with salad and potatoes gratin.


Pollo al Chilindron is a common Spanish chicken dish from the northeast region of Aragon. There, they are famous for their tasty fresh red bell peppers and they are one of the main ingredients of this dish.

The name of this famous dish comes from the name of the large heavy pot, called a chilindron, which they used to make this recipe.

that sounds good - I may look for a recipe - found it and posted it - looks good

http://globalchinwaggers.smfforfree.com/index.php/topic,56.msg3825.html#new

tonight - roast chicken, roast potatoes, broccoli and corn

apple and rhubarb crumble for dessert

Tonight we had home made chicken and bacon pizza, with zucchinis, spinach, mushrooms and spring onions (and cheese, of course), along with salad (all ingredients straight form the garden) and boiled freshly dig potatoes...YUM!

Chicken and Steak Fajitas with sautéed onions and green peppers. Pico de gallo, Salsa Verde, lettuce, tomatoes, Black olives, Sour Cream and guacamole.

Chicken pie, mash potato, broccoli and carrots, gravy.

Leftover dessert.

Marinated chicken nibbles, scallop potatoes, beans, carrots, corn and peas

Pork escalopes, new potatoes, asparagus & mixed salad.

Vanilla cheesecake.

Grilled pork chops and salad.

leftovers - yay :lol:

Stuffed chicken breast, freshly picked salad and home made oven fries

Souly, I was wondering what you stuffed the chicken breasts with.

Started with a standard sage and onion breadcrumb stuffing mix and added a chopped slice of multi-grain bread, chopped spring onions, curry powder, and Moroccan seasoning (comes in a jar...leave out the glass!) mixed together with a little water.

That was last night's one...but I vary and modify it often. Often it's not so bready...I use what's at hand at the time. I try to keep it to a fairly dryish mixture, as the juices from the chicken make the stuffing more moist, and a wet mixture then just becomes a gravy type of affair.

Sheila...sometimes I put in crushed peaches or apricots...they go beautifully with chicken. Mind you, so does pineapple :)

Thanks Souly, do you keep the stuffing in by wrapping the chicken with string?

Girl's night out tonight so I'm not sure what's for dinner but I'm hoping we go to Han's Cafe - thai/asian food - green chicken curry...

The boys will probably have frozen pizza - unless they cook it!! :lol:

Beef stifado & savoury rice with crusty bread.

/me runs away and looks up beef stifado
/me hopes it ain't nuffin' to do with stiffs!



[hide]ahhhhh...stew...now THAT I can handle! lol[/hide]

Well, the cow was dead. :giggle:

Thank goodness for that!  :lol:

:O Oy!  We'll have none of that language around here please, this is a G-rated forum! :she:


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G-rated = Grated?

[hide]that's very cheesy![/hide]

Thursday night = pizza night

We might have home-made pizza tonight - need to write a list of ingredients I need at shops.

We went to an Indian restaurant to celebrate Mr Vix's birthday and I had a 'special' biriani (rice with chicken, lamb, prawns & vegetables), a green salad & garlic naan bread.  I felt too stuffed for dessert!

Sounds yummy, Vix...and Happy Birthday Mr.Fox!

Tonight I was at friends' place for dinner, after we had a big day out cruising the shops and browsing. Cold chicken, salad, cream cheese, pickles, eggs, tomatoes, ciabatti bread...make yer own sarnies!

Son and daughter inlaw  :D fly out to rarotonga at 6, so are having tea with us before they go.
 :D :D
Asked if he had any requests,  He said Salmon pie!  :D :D   will give them that with salads.
they will keep their car here (we live near the airport)  so it means we'll see them as soon as they get back  :D :D

Last night was Cottage pie (all the veges were shredded and hidden IN the pie so that Funki thought he was having it easy with just the pie!  :lol: )

Tonight...Home made pizza

(another way to hide all the veges he doesn't like)

Beef and vegetable stew with warm crusty bread.

I've been known to puree veges add them to mince meat and make a yummy moist hamburger.
you know it's a success when they say 'more please'
(This is with Mr teen who is known to slice peas!!  - and still not eat them...)

Tuna Casserole 

Believe it or not, I actually cooked.   :lol:

 ::)

Grilled chicken, chips (fries) and a green salad.

Cold leg ham, new potatoes (from own garden) and salad (also from own garden)

Marinated chicken drumsticks with fried rice.

"Mess Dinner"

[hide]Tortilla wraps and all the ingredients on a board to help yourself...make your own[/hide]

Monday..

Roast chicken, stuffed [hide]well it would be pretty stuffed...it's dead![/hide] with roasted potatoes and kumara [hide]sweet potato[/hide] and beans, carrots and corn, with gravy, of course!

Chicken schnitzels, green salad & baked potatoes.

Apple & raspberry crumble with Greek yogurt.

Actually we'll be having the same as Souly tonight!  except replace beans with brocolli.

What time do you want me to dish up, smilie?  :lol:

Left-over Stromboli

/me runs off to google Stromboli

Roast chicken, roast potatoes, fresh bread rolls, veges and gravy.

 :lol: Chickens must fear Mondays!

:O

And we're having ..., yep, you guessed it ... pasta with chicken and mushroom sauce (home-made)!!! :P :rofl:

chicken pie


My boys don't like steak very much, so with hubby away we have been eating a lot of chicken and mince.

We had Spag Bol

so did we :)

 :lol:

More leftover Stomboli

Not sure about dinner tonight. Having out-of-town-family-visitors coming for lunch, so may not want much later

home-made hamburgers

Had left-overs from lunch...spicy beef, salad, rehashed new potatoes

Home-made pizza :pizza:

Fajitas.

Monday - chicken burittoes
Tuesday - spaghetti meatballs
Wednesday - lemon chicken

Monday: Spag Bol
Tuesday: Stuffed chicken breast, with vegetable patties (home made of course)
Wednesday: Crumbed schnitzel, with left over vegetable patties (made too many!)

Yesterday - roast chicken
Today - chicken pie made with roast chicken leftovers.

Bacon and fried rice

Chicken Gumbo, using the Ocado recipe below.  My family likes this with rice and I added a cup twenty minutes before the end (rather than cooking it separately) and this was ample for the three of us.  Just make sure you add more liquid as and when needed until the rice is cooked.

http://www.ocado.com/webshop/recipe/chicken-gumbo/1612

We're having 'lazy-bum's' dinner tonight...I've been helping someone shift house, so I'm knackered!

[hide]bacon and fries[/hide]

Fish & chips!  With mixed veggies, grilled tomatoes and crusty bread & butter.

Dunno  :(...cos I've just been informed by Funki that he 'might not be home for dinner'...just 3 hours before it's due!

I asked my boys and they said pizza....homemade....

just 3 hours?  Wow  I hardly ever get that much notice!   

Lasagne

Pork casserole with savoury rice and broccoli.

Last night I had chicken, avocado, prawns with sliced potatoes topped with some nice creamy sauce...and a Caramel  Magnum for dessert. :lol:

Hubby had crayfish, half only, wedges and salad.


Tonight:  BBQ, t-bones (on sale), sausages, boiled potatoes, coleslaw and garden salad.

YUM...to ALL of it!

tonight - crumbed chicken, coleslaw and salad.

Last night we had chicken casserole, roasted potatoes and broad beans picked straight from the garden, with carrots, peas and corn.

Tonight we're having home made pizza

Anything but Turkey.   ::)

:lol:

The weather is a little cooler today so I will buy a roast for dinner tonight - see what's on sale...

Roast chicken, stuffed with an orange and stuffing... roast spuds, kumara and carrots , peas.
Son and DiL coming for tea   :D
(get to see the DVD and photo's of Wedding.... do you want some more?)

Oops...I spent too long out this afternoon...so we ended up having bacon and fried rice instead. Funki cooked the bacon, while I went to the local smorgasbord and picked up the fried rice. YUM!

roast chicken

Yesterday - roast beef
Today - cold roast beef and yorkshire puddings

Fruit mince pies and tarts, home made, for dessert/supper.

We had roast beef too... which is mad this time of the year....
well would be if Summer was actually here!

Spag bog...

Last night home-made pizza
Tonight Italian Mince and Veges with spiral pasta.

Nought tonight, but we had noodles earlier.

BBQ - steaks and snags, potato wedges and salad and red wine too.  :red:

We have some fish filets that we caught last summer, and I bought a bunch of fresh vegetables at the store a couple of days ago.  I'm trying to think of something different to do with the fish, besides frying it in bread crumbs.  The filets are small, the fish were only about the size of a man's palm.  Maybe I'll try sauteing them in a little butter and olive oil, with some garlic.

I'm using the contents of my freezer, because we are in the middle of an unprecedented cold spell in the southern US, and I really don't want to go outside at all!

Place the fish in the middle of some foil, top it with julienned/sliced vegetables such as carrot, celery, capsicums/bell peppers, zucchini/courgettes, herbs and top with a knob of butter.  Close up the foil like a package and bake in a moderate oven for about 20 mins depending on the thickness of the fish.

Yep, just what I would have suggested! :tup:

I had some mates over for a meal last night and, having just come in from shopping with fresh food, offered them a choice of:

• Chicken Fricassé

• Roast lamb

• Spag bog (aka Spaghetti Bolognese)

• Chicken stir-fry (which I'm infamous for!)

I really expected everyone to go for the stir-fry but, no, what did they choose?  Bloomin' good ol' spag bog! :huh:  It really surprised me ... and I was quite happy cos it's the quickest and easiest to cook. :D  Apparently, my spag bog is infamous too!! :lol:

Lemon Chicken

Whatever I can find that does not require intense preparation.  I know, I know, it is Thurs. and Thurs is Pizza Night, but I have been flu like all week and think I will beg off tonight.

So get pizza delivered! :tup: :lol:

Hope yer feeling better now. :flowers:

Roast chicken, roast potatoes, carrots and broccoli.

Chicken pie, mash potato, beans and corn and gravy.

We've had a friend staying with us for the last couple of weeks.  (easiest going guest we've ever had) so I've had to cook 'decent' meals every night. 
Tonight I have 3 (or 4?) people arriving.
Next week it'll be just back to us...  so will be nice to relax.

tonight creamy chicken casserole, mash, then pav, strawberries and icecream.

Ach, b*gger 'em, give 'em egg and chips! :lol:

Would love to know how you make your creamy chicken casserole please. :D

Egg n' chips.....  :D  Tonight bought Thai, a friend popped in with some Smoked fish. Our guest says Wow great feed (well signed it.. He's Deaf)   Was  a nice easy finish.

My casserole is really a combo of two recipe's I have. but basically what is in it is,
cooked chicken, onion, celery any vege you like. tin of cream of chicken soup, and tin of creamed corn.  when nearly ready to serve add grated cheese  (you can never have too much) and parsely.  It's cool 'cause if you double it and freeze it, next time all you have to prepare (or buy frozen  :wink:) is the mashed potatoes.

Oooo, that sounds nice and easy ... thank you! :tup:  I do a similar thing sometimes on the stove top with just the cooked chook, cream of chicken soup, bit of onion, and I add a shake of dried tarragon, then serve it with rice.  Never thought to add creamed corn, I'll try that sometime. :D

steak on the bbq with salad

Oh, that's just what I fancied tonight!  Alas we don't (yet) have a barbie. :S :lol:

Fush and chups from the freezer fer us. ::)

A couple of nights ago I bought a bunch of fresh veggies to make in a stir fry, with some pork tenderloin.  You all probably know this, but I didn't... Don't use red cabbage if you are planning to have leftovers.  The dish was great the first night, tasty and pretty.  The next day, however, was quite a different story.  While it was still pretty tasty, the color of the cabbage had leached out into the rest of the dish, and it was quite blue throughout.
I will definitely try the fish in tinfoil, Shiela, thanks!

You're welcome.

Italian sausages....

:lol:  Thanks for the tip, I've never tried red cabbage in stir fries ... and now won't!! :giggle: :tup:

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Do you think that top pic should be labelled 'dorks' or 'porks'?!!! :O :whist: :bolt:

It's put me off Pizza!

Steak tonight  (thank you George, now I always get it right!)
new potatoes, corn on the cob.. carrots.....  and maybe a wine

lol, nice pics...

Still not sure, must go check the freezer...

^^^ Yesterday we had chicken breasts wrapped in bacon, roast potatoes, carrots and broccoli.

Tonight - roast pork, roast potato/turnip/carrot, corn and beans.

Chicken and veg pie, oven roasties, peas and carrots.

Yesterday I prepared but did not eat due to migraine:  Fried rice with left over roast pork.

Today: son has requested tacos.

Thick omelettes, sort of Spanish style, with bits of this and that in them. :)

love spanish omelette..

last night we went out for Thai...

tonight - not sure yet....

Mmmm, I love Thai. :tup:

We had a warmish (Madras) beef curry and brown rice.

I'm making spaghetti bolganese.

Last night was bacon and egg pie with 'rustic roasties' (thickish slabs of potato, washed but unpeeled, roasted in the oven - a sort of cross between baked (jacket) and roasted potatoes.)

Steak and chips, corn and beans.

Apple and blueberry crumble.

Beef Ravioli with sun-dried tomato and red wine sauce, corn and broccoli.

Lamb curry and rice. :D

spaghetti meatballs last night

lemon chicken tonight

You ladies always seem to eat so well!  or... is it that you just don't say anything on the nights when dinner is a frozen pizza?  We were tired today, so I didn't feel like cooking, and I was craving lobster.  We have a chain of restaurants over in the USA, called 'Red Lobster', specializing in seafood, and right now they are specializing in lobster.  We got there before 5:30, and there was still a 1/2 hour wait!  I do NOT wait in lines at restaurants, so we went to another place that had seafood, but no lobster.  The service SUCKED! I had to call out to a passing waiter after we sat there for over 10 minutes just to get a freakin' glass of wine!  Food was OK, but I won't be in any hurry to get back there.  I had seafood au gratin, by the way.

last night - sweet n sour meatballs

Tonight - roast chicken

chicken pie

:lol: Pootsie, of course we (by we, I mean my mob ;)) sometimes eat take-away (take-out) food and frozen meals too, although I never buy frozen 'complete' meals.  Take-away for us is usually fish and chips as a bit of a treat once a fortnight or so, when I simply can't be bothered with cooking!

With frozen meals, I often make larger quantities of some dishes (such as bolognese sauce, stews, casseroles, etc.) and freeze it for those times when I'm too busy to cook from scratch.  I usually freeze left over, cooked rice too, then make fried rice once in a while. :nod:

I never buy frozen complete pizza, but I do buy frozen pizza bases and always keep a selection of grated cheeses in the freezer too, so that I can usually make a pizza or two, if so inclined.  Frozen grated cheese is great to top off cottage pie, baked/jacket potatoes or a salad with too - it defrosts very quickly. :tup:

What a shame about your not getting any lobster. :no:  I absolutely adore the stuff but rarely have it because it's so expensive here. :irked:  In fact, nearly all seafood is dear here, although there are some cheaper types of fish available.

Ok, so what's for dinner tonight?  I've no idea yet!  It's far too early for me to even think about it yet!! :giggle:  However, last night we had penne bolognese with some of the frozen stuff I'd pulled out of the freezer and freshly cooked pasta.  I discovered that I'd run out of spaghetti (unusual for me), so penne it was! ::)  The previous night we had home-made fried rice (with loads of vegies and 'stuff' in it) and the previous night was tinned salmon and salad, again with loads of 'stuff' in it!  So that's three nights of "I can't be bothered with cooking" type meals! :whist: :lol:

Roast beef, six vegies and gravy.

It's too hot to cook or eat.

I bought some fish to fry but forgot to buy lemons....

So you didn't? o.O

Christened my NEW barbie tonight!! :ecst: :bbq:

My craving for lobster never went away, so we went back to 'Red Lobster', this time going at 3:30, believing that there wouldn't be any wait.  Can you believe that we still had to wait 15 minutes to get seated... AT 3:30 IN THE AFTERNOON?????  We decided that we could tolerate a 15 minute wait, and there were 2 seats at the bar, so I FINALLY got my lobster 'fix'!

:tup:

Lobster, that would be nice.  :D

We had chicken drumsticks and fried rice.

I would love a whopper and fries but we may just have pasta...

:O You norty goil!  I guess you can dream though!! :P :lol:

I've just (at almost 10pm o.O ... only just finished work though ::)) knocked off a bowl of minted 'lamb' stew which I made a bit earlier.  Alas, I think that the 'lamb' was really beef!  That'll teach me not to label it before freezing. :whist: :rofl:

Teryaki beef and rice.

Mmmm, that sounds yummy! :tup:

I'm going to chuck a few different skewers and some lamb cutlets onto the barbie :bbq: in a minute, and toss a quick salad to go with them. :D

pasta and salad

roast chicken and veges and gravy

Have son and DiL coming for tea tonight... so I look here for inspiration...
:)
Think I'll go and buy some lamb :)
(lamb, new potatoes, salad,  celebrate that it's still summer!!)

^^^ sounds good to me


chicken pie and veges.

I'm going to have a go at roasting a chicken on the rotisserie of my new barbie! :bbq:  I'll also be trying various things with vegies on the barbie too.  It's all an experience in trial and error for me at this stage, so I'll let you know how it all turns out!! :chef: :lol:

Can smell it from here!  MmmmMMmmmm!

Hahaha!  Well, wasn't that an experience and a half! o.O

The :bbq: performed perfectly ... shame about the :chef:!! :S :lol:

'Twas a real experience!  Remind me to tell you about it when I'm more sobererer. :wink: :lol: :hic: :red:

^^^^ lol


Meatballs and spaghetti.

/me waits patiently for Dings story

I really want lasagna - so I guess that's what I'll be cooking this afternoon.

Oh yes!  I forgot, sorry. :erm:

I'm afraid I'm just not up to it tonight though, so please remind me in another couple of days, once my current job calms down a bit. ;)

Dinner tonight here: bacon and egg pie and salad, both whipped up by my Mum, bless 'er. :tup:  I ate a slice of the pie an hour or so ago, while working, and am now munching on the salad bit. :giggle:

roast beef

sweet n sour meatballs

crumbed chicken

Some leftover pea 'n' ham soup (tinned!) :/

Pizza and garlic bread - just what teen boys like!!

I'm going out for dinner tonight...we're having nachos with venison mince...YUM!

Hope you enjoyed it, Souly? :nod:

Last night I made (and de-boned) rabbit stew. :bunny:  Won't be doing that again in a hurry! ::)  Fooking Dear lil critters are harder to pluck the meat from the bones than a bloomin' :chook:.  :irked: :swear: :rant:

Gunna try summat 'nice' fer me Ma tonight: Fillet Mignonesque-ish :moo: - it being Mother's Day here in Oz an' all. :chef:



/me wonders why folks say something's "boned" when really it's DE-boned? ??? :dunno:

We went out for dinner on Saturday night - I ate too much!!!   :lol:  We shared chili  - mussels, crusty bread, I had the canneloni and tiramisu for dessert....

Sunday - stir fry beef.

Tonight - roast chicken I think....

Tonight we had roast chicken, roasted potatoes and kumara (sweet potato), roasted mini red onions, peas, carrots and delish gravy

Tonight - chicken pie, mash potato, beans, corn, leftover cauliflower cheese.

Tonight...home made vegetable patties with sausages.

Lots of veges in them that my son doesn't like...or at least won't eat id they're on his plate on their own. So...don't tell him what's in the patties, and hey, presto...vegetables inside the little sod!  :lol:

:lol: :tup:

We had a lamb curry which I had frozen, with rice, naturally.

Tonight I am going to friends' for dinner...dunno what they're having, but it's always nice not to have to think about what to cook...and not to have to cook it anyway!
/me loves friends!

I totally agree! (What a surprise!! :P :D)

Yesterday was me Mam's birfdy and we have a 'thing' here that, whoever's b'day it is, gets to choose what they'd like cooked for dinner/tea.  Mum chose roast beef and Yorkshire pudding so we had that with roasted spuds, punkin and parsnips, and steamed carrots and broccoli.

For once I actually made a dessert - I bought one of those really light sponge cakes with raspberry jam and fresh cream in it, put small slice of that into dishes and topped it with vanilla ice-cream, fresh raspberries, a dollop of clotted cream and a quick twist of chocolate sauce.  There wasn't much left at the end!

That means that tonight I won't have to cook.  We can have cold beef and salad or something similar. :nod:

Right! That's it! Next time you're having roast beef and Yorkshire pud, I'm on the next plane over!

And you'd be welcome any time! :tup:

Having reheated, frozen left-over stew tonight, cos I can't be bothered with anything else. :fever: :irked:

Pork and pineapple casserole, mashed potatoes, beans and cauliflower.

Chicken Chasseur with mash potatoes, carrots and brocolli.

Oh dear...this thread needs resurrecting!

Dinner last night - apple and maple marinated pork steaks with hot kumara slices and broccoli

dinner tonight...seafoos subs - my home made version of Subway, with all the seafood trimmings! So much cheaper!

Salad, chicken.... every different way imaginable ..  so that I can keep my cals under 1200.  IT's WORKING!

Chicken and salad is great...you're doing great, smilie!

Last night I made the most of my son not being at home for dinner and baked myself a potato in it's jacket and then stuffed it with salmon. Heaven!

Tonight was Lamb Kofta with fat reduced sour cream, and a sald

Gunna have baked tatties with cheese tonight. :yum:

I had salmon with a baked jacket potato - sounds extravagant, I know...but I did manage to get a fillet of salmon marked down and cut it into two pieces...froze one. Was delish

I've not cooked 'properly' for several days. :erm:

Dings!  you gotta eat propa!!  if you don't look after yourself.. who will??

I've cut out 80 % potatoes rice noodles bread... Haven't missed them  too much 

Hmmm what to do with mince tonight?

Chili con Carne

Oh that would have been an excellent idea!!  (son would have been happy too!)   popped in too late
ended up making meat loaf  (yeah has bread crumbs in it..)

Was the yummiest one I've made...  thanks google!

Oh I LOVE google!  :)

and I love Chili con Carne too  :lol:

My chilli's like my spag bog, but with kidney beans and lotsa chillies ... paste (sambal oelek), ground and fresh! :dragon:

Not had it for ages though. :sigh: