Chicken and chips

After a horrible, no-good afternoon I just threw some chicken breasts and chips into the oven and Grant did steamed butternut and onion. Brownies and ice cream for dessert because I NEED COMFORT FOOD TODAY!

Vegetable soup

Vegetable soup and easy cheese scones (which only I liked, but whatever).

Easy cheese scones
2 cups self-raising flour
2 cups grated cheese
1¼ cups milk

Mix the flour and cheese together then stir in the milk until all blended. This will make a wet dough. Use two spoons to scoop lumps of the dough onto a greased baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 200°C.

(Optional: add herbs, spices, garlic, etc to the dough if you want to.)

Pizza

We ordered pizza from Pizza Hut tonight - well, the boys and Grant had that and I had leftover lasagne.

Lasagne and macaroni cheese

We had the Coyles visiting and we had lasagne, macaroni cheese, steamed carrots and corn, and garlic bread. Sticky toffee pudding and ice cream for dessert.

Potjie

Our main meal was in the afternoon when visiting with my uncle, aunt and cousins - we had the most divine potjie I've ever tasted, served with rice. I made brownies and German apple pudding with ice cream for dessert.

Sausage soup sauce

I made sausage soup but kept it thick (didn't add stock, just a stock cube) so we could have it as a sauce over pasta.

Sausages

Sausages, curly fries, broccoli and cauliflower cheese, steamed carrots and green beans. Ice cream and hot fudge sauce for dessert.

Curry and rice

Curry made with a mix of lamb and beef mince, served with basmati rice, Mrs Ball's chutney and buttered bread.

Breakfast

Our main meal today was lunch and we had grilled garlic mushrooms, bacon and egg on toast.

Fresh fish

Now that we are a little more settled here in NZ I thought I'd start posting here again. Tonight we had fresh kahawai fish, caught today by Grant. (He went fishing on Paul's boat with another friend, Thomas.) It was delicious. We had it with shoestring fries and steamed corn and peas.

Spaghetti bolognese

Spag bol - a different recipe than my usual, from the River Cottage cookbook I got out of the library.

Boerewors rolls

Boerie rolls with onions and Mrs Balls chutney. Yum!

Spag bol

Spaghetti bolognese - actually taglietelle, not spaghetti.

Fried chicken

I tossed some chicken breast pieces in a flour / breadcrumb / herb mixture and fried them. Served with savoury rice and salad.

Fish and chips

Daniel wanted fish and chips from the chippie, so that's what he had. I just had chips. Noah had pasta with pesto and cheese. Grant is at work.

Carbonara pasta bake

Dolmio carbonara pasta bake, with added onions and bacon.

Cereal

None of us was really hungry so we just had cereal for supper.

Burgers

Hamburgers and potato salad.

Leftovers

Leftover pasta and leftover pizza from lunch (we had friends round), with coleslaw and fruit.

Chicken pasta bake

I made a simple pasta dish - cooked pasta, cooked cubed chicken breast, can of chicken soup and some mayonnaise, cheese on top and baked until golden.