We are having a braai (bbq), so it's lamb chops, smoked pork rib, potato salad and hot buttered rolls. For dessert we will have milktart and honey cake (not the norm). So essentially, we're on a diet :D
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We are having a braai (bbq), so it's lamb chops, smoked pork rib, potato salad and hot buttered rolls. For dessert we will have milktart and honey cake (not the norm). So essentially, we're on a diet :D
What's cooking is my brain.
seafood tortellini, salad
Rice salad.
ham and veggies
Salmon steaks with roast potatoes dressed with Jack Daniels glaze and cosmopolitan salad... Followed by red grapes.
Fresh pasta with chicken and salad.
Tea and grapes for afters.
Chicken and salad wraps as I have indulged too much today.
salmon cakes, pickles, peas, challah
Sausages, feta cheese, olives and grapes with nan bread.
Lazy night.
chicken and avocado salad
Salmon steaks glazed with Jack Daniels with cosmopolitan salad and roast potatoes and steamed vegetables. Second time this week by popular demand.
Red grapes and mellon balls to follow.
To put this plan into action, someone needs to go to Sainsbury's, of course...
*sigh*
Shepard's pie, pickles, carrots & celery, H20 for the females (a cold beer for the Man of the house).
Raisin Bran
Bacon and eggs.
Pasta with tomato and basil sauce, salad and melon balls for afters.
Soup (not sure what yet but feel that we need something hot), chicken wraps and fruit salad.
hamburgers, green beans, challah
Beans on toast.
5 minutes to cook
5 minutes to eat
2 minutes to wash up.
Sorted.
my son is eating with his dad so it's red wine for me
Roast chicken (courtesy of Sainsbury's rotisserie), steamed vegetables, Yorkshire pudding and roast potatoes with gravy.
Lazy dinner.
raw salmon, black rice, cucumber and coriander rolled into nori rolls with vinegar and soy sauce.
Oven baked pasta topped with cheese and grapes.
Looking forward to tomorrow's lentil soup! :willy_nilly:
Home-made lentil soup with bread rolls.
I'm having people over for dinner so:
Avocado and prawn soup with crab sandwiches. This is easy to make, delicious and unique. I always make it when I’m trying to impress new people. All you do is sauté some onion and whatever other vegetable you want (maybe a little celery). Add spices (if you want). Dump them into chicken stock. Simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and put in a blender. Add avocados (one or fewer for each cup of broth). Blend. Add some prawns and heat before serving, but don’t boil (it will ruin the texture). Serve with a dollop of sour cream in the middle (if you want to impress your guests, you can float a thin slice of avocado and some paprika on the top, too). The texture and taste is great.
The crab sandwiches are open faced. Put the crab (with a little chopped onion and horse radish sauce) on the bread. Put a slice of tomato on top of it. Put cheese on top of that. Place under the broiler until the cheese melts.
Both dishes are super easy to make (although the crab is expensive), and it is impossible to ruin them. Guaranteed success!
grilled cheese (Colby & Gouda), bacon, sliced cucumber, tomato soup
I finally bought my own place and will be moving in a few months time. This means that I finally get to cook for myself every night. I really like to cook, but I haven't had much oppurtunity because my family's tastes are quite limiting. Now I can be my own guinea pig :D
Anyway, when I do move out, I will definitely visit this thread often for ideas. I love all the really great everyday meals listed here, because often times, what I find in recipe books and my tons of magazine cut outs aren't really practical for everyday meals (time and money wise).
Enchiladas and fajitas with mixed salad (yes, Mexican night at Scher-household).
Followed by red grapes.
I had nachos with taco beef on them. I just wasn't in the mood for real food.
Shrimp boiled with a bag of Zatarains's crawfish, shrimp and crab boil seasoning.
Shrimp are chilled on ice served with cocktail sauce and a bottle of cheap French table wine.
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Vegan eggrolls with sweet and sour sauce.
Eggrolls:
I use vegan wraps, but you can use any eggroll wrappers found in your deli
Smart grounds taco flavored
Red and green bell pepper
Green cabbage
Minced onion
Shredded carrots
Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Chili powder
Cayenne pepper (optional)
Soy sauce
Red wine (I use California Merlot)
Sauce:
Red wine vinegar
Pineapple juice
Brown sugar
Soy sauce
Corn meal
Red and green bell pepper
Ginger
This is a pretty flexible recipe. Meat eaters can use real meat. You can change up the vegetables. I cook the filling first in a frying pan, then I wrap it up and fry the wraps. I cook all of the ingredients for the sauce in a sauce pan until thick and bubbly. I wing it with this meal, so I don't have exact measurements. It's fantastic though.
I made my own egg rolls this past summer. These sound good from the ingredients.Quote:
Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin
Thank you! Eggrolls are fun. This is my grandmother's recipe (only she used real meat). People who hate sweet and sour sauce love my sweet and sour sauce. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
Leftover "student risotto."
Geez, it's been almost a year since anyone's posted on here!
So, tonight I'm making chilli fried calamari with an avo salad...and possibly potato wedges, depending on how hungry I am.
Fried bullfrog with lemon grass and other Vietnamese seasonings. For desert, lamb skewers and endless beers into the morning. Vietnamese people know how to live.
I'm going to skip the bullfrog bit and ask why dessert's not sweet? The horror.
Tonight we are having a braai with lamb chops and boerewors, with potato salad and rolls. For dessert there's malva pudding and custard. I can't wait :D
Fried Bullfrog? Hmmmm.
Also, TurquoiseSunset, what are braai, boerwors, and malva pudding? The lamb sounds good.
Broiled salmon and roasted broccoli. Oreo cookies for dessert. Yum.
A braai is a barbeque. So we barbequed some lamb chops and boerewors. Boerewors is a traditional South African sausage, made with mainly beef (and some pork and/or lamb) and spices (coriander seeds, pepper, cloves, etc.). This is what it looks like on the braai: wors and chops, yummy.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
Malva pudding is a baked dessert that looks like sticky toffee pudding. It's traditional Cape Dutch dessert. It's comforting and simple and easy to make...it's a store cupboard wonder. ;) I found a good recipe with nice pictures: here. Serve with ice-cream, custard or evaporated milk.