Pollo in Pottachio (link to recipe)
I've made this before and we all enjoy it. I use stock or fruit juice in place of the wine. I served it on pasta.
Slow cooker beef stew served with pasta or rice.
Jacket potatoes with cheese and baked beans.
Homemade pizza with ham and pineapple on.
Chinese style sticky pork served with rice and stir-fried vegetables.
Low fat oven chips with oven fish.
Toasted sandwiches with cheese and baked beans or ham and cheese.
Poppy seed chicken (link to recipe) served with rice.
Showing posts with label tomatoes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tomatoes. Show all posts
Monday, 25 June 2012
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Some of this week's meals
Pork chops with roasted diced potatoes, steamed carrots and broccoli, and gravy.
Skinny Chicken Enchiladas (link to recipe)
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
I only had 10 inch tortillas so I used 4. I found this recipe serves 4 if the enchiladas are all you have. They were delicious! However, the kids didn't think so and acted as if I was poisoning them.
Stuffed pepper soup (link to recipe) out of the freezer as I wasn't in the mood to cook after a day at work.
Bobotie served with rice and steamed carrots and broccoli.
Pam's Lamb stir-fry (frozen product). It was okay, probably won't re-purchase.
Skinny Chicken Enchiladas (link to recipe)
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
I only had 10 inch tortillas so I used 4. I found this recipe serves 4 if the enchiladas are all you have. They were delicious! However, the kids didn't think so and acted as if I was poisoning them.
Stuffed pepper soup (link to recipe) out of the freezer as I wasn't in the mood to cook after a day at work.
Bobotie served with rice and steamed carrots and broccoli.
Pam's Lamb stir-fry (frozen product). It was okay, probably won't re-purchase.
Sunday, 22 April 2012
Some of this week's meals
Slow cooked BBQ beef (link to recipe)
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
We had this on rolls with not much else - bit of a rushed meal. It was good but the sauce is quite strong - I'll use fewer ingredients next time and add some water.
Cheesy taco pasta (link to recipe)
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
Delicious. It is a small-ish portion, don't know if it would truly feed 6 as the recipe states. We got 4 generous portions out of it - in future I'd probably split it into 5.
Pasta with Italian chicken sausage, peppers and escarole (link to recipe)
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
I tweaked it a little: left out the red pepper flakes, added a can of chopped tomatoes to the sausage mixture, and left out the escarole.
Cheeseburger casserole (link to recipe)
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
I didn't have turkey mince so I used 350g steak mince and the rest turkey sausage meat. I also didn't have low fat evaporated milk or the cheese product - I used grated cheese and low fat sour cream. Everyone except Noah enjoyed this. I found the recipe served 4, not 6 (the portions would have been too small) but maybe that was because I was so hungry by the time it was ready.
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
We had this on rolls with not much else - bit of a rushed meal. It was good but the sauce is quite strong - I'll use fewer ingredients next time and add some water.
Cheesy taco pasta (link to recipe)
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
Delicious. It is a small-ish portion, don't know if it would truly feed 6 as the recipe states. We got 4 generous portions out of it - in future I'd probably split it into 5.
Pasta with Italian chicken sausage, peppers and escarole (link to recipe)
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
I tweaked it a little: left out the red pepper flakes, added a can of chopped tomatoes to the sausage mixture, and left out the escarole.
Cheeseburger casserole (link to recipe)
(A new-to-us recipe which I will make again.)
I didn't have turkey mince so I used 350g steak mince and the rest turkey sausage meat. I also didn't have low fat evaporated milk or the cheese product - I used grated cheese and low fat sour cream. Everyone except Noah enjoyed this. I found the recipe served 4, not 6 (the portions would have been too small) but maybe that was because I was so hungry by the time it was ready.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Spag bol
Spaghetti bolognese except I did it with pasta as I didn't have enough spaghetti - we spontaneously invited friends round for dinner.
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Monday, 11 July 2011
Pizza
We ordered pizza from Pizza Hut tonight - well, the boys and Grant had that and I had leftover lasagne.
Sunday, 10 July 2011
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.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
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.
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Spaghetti bolognese
Spag bol - a different recipe than my usual, from the River Cottage cookbook I got out of the library.
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Sunday, 15 May 2011
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Baked Pasta with Sausage, Tomatoes and Cheese
200g dry pasta
400g sausage, casings removed [I used Weight Watches sausages]
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon tomato paste
salt
black pepper
paprika
Iatlian herbs
1 tin diced tomatoes
fresh baby spinach leaves (optional)
grated mozzarella cheese
grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 180.
In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package directions - drain and side aside.
Meanwhile, cook sausage and onion, in a large skillet over medium heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in tomato paste and let cook for 1 minute. Stir in seasonings and tomatoes then bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Combine cooked pasta and sausage mixture. Scoop half of the pasta mixture into a 4-quart casserole coated with nonstick spray. Top with the baby spinach leaves, if using, and half of mozzarella and Parmesan. Repeat layers. Bake until bubbly, about 25 minutes.
Grant and I enjoyed this more than the kids did, although it could just have been their moods.
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Mexican casserole
1 pound lean ground beef [I used lamb]
1 tin beans, drained [I used flageolet]
1 bag tortilla chips, crushed
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups grated cheese
1 package taco seasoning [I made my own]
1 tin cream of chicken soup
½ cup water
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. In a large frying pan or pot, brown meat and drain off fat. Stir in beans, tomatoes, onion, taco seasoning, soup and water. Simmer over medium-low heat until everything is well combined and heated through.
Grease a lasagne dish. Put down a layer of crushed tortilla chips, followed by a layer of the meat/bean mixture, then half of the cheese. Repeat layers. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until bubbly and golden.
Let sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. Top with sour cream and salsa if you like (we didn't).
We all really enjoyed this and I'll definitely be making it again!
1 tin beans, drained [I used flageolet]
1 bag tortilla chips, crushed
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups grated cheese
1 package taco seasoning [I made my own]
1 tin cream of chicken soup
½ cup water
Preheat oven to 180 degrees. In a large frying pan or pot, brown meat and drain off fat. Stir in beans, tomatoes, onion, taco seasoning, soup and water. Simmer over medium-low heat until everything is well combined and heated through.
Grease a lasagne dish. Put down a layer of crushed tortilla chips, followed by a layer of the meat/bean mixture, then half of the cheese. Repeat layers. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until bubbly and golden.
Let sit for 5-10 minutes before serving. Top with sour cream and salsa if you like (we didn't).
We all really enjoyed this and I'll definitely be making it again!
Tuesday, 5 April 2011
Small pasta with salami
Tried a Nigella pasta recipe but it really wasn't that good. Won't make it again.
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Easy pasta bake with meatballs
Yay for daylight savings which means that there is still daylight at supper time so I can take photos!
250g pasta
200g soft cheese
1 clove garlic
salt and pepper
Italian herbs
¼ cup Parmesan or grated hard Italian cheese
1-2 cups grated cheese
350g jar tomato sauce
about 16 small meatballs (optional)
Cook the pasta in a pot of boiling, salted water and drain when the pasta still has some bite to it, maybe two minutes before the end of the cooking time. It is also going to cook in the oven, you do not want your pasta to be overcooked. Reserve a little cooking water.
Mix together the soft cheese, garlic, herbs, salt, pepper, Parmesan cheese and half of the jar of sauce. I used Weight Watchers roasted garlic sauce (so I left out the garlic in the recipe) but any basic tomato pasta sauce will do, or make your own.
Add the soft cheese mixture to the pot. Mix until it coats all of the pasta, adding a little of the pasta water to thin it out. Spread the pasta evenly into a 9×13 inch casserole dish.
Press meatballs into the pasta if using (I used thawed Ikea meatballs). I think it would be good with bite-sized pieces of cooked sausage.
Spread the rest of the tomato sauce on top. Sprinkle with the cheese. Bake at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Let the pan sit for about 10 minutes before you cut it.
250g pasta
200g soft cheese
1 clove garlic
salt and pepper
Italian herbs
¼ cup Parmesan or grated hard Italian cheese
1-2 cups grated cheese
350g jar tomato sauce
about 16 small meatballs (optional)
Cook the pasta in a pot of boiling, salted water and drain when the pasta still has some bite to it, maybe two minutes before the end of the cooking time. It is also going to cook in the oven, you do not want your pasta to be overcooked. Reserve a little cooking water.
Mix together the soft cheese, garlic, herbs, salt, pepper, Parmesan cheese and half of the jar of sauce. I used Weight Watchers roasted garlic sauce (so I left out the garlic in the recipe) but any basic tomato pasta sauce will do, or make your own.
Add the soft cheese mixture to the pot. Mix until it coats all of the pasta, adding a little of the pasta water to thin it out. Spread the pasta evenly into a 9×13 inch casserole dish.
Press meatballs into the pasta if using (I used thawed Ikea meatballs). I think it would be good with bite-sized pieces of cooked sausage.
Spread the rest of the tomato sauce on top. Sprinkle with the cheese. Bake at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Let the pan sit for about 10 minutes before you cut it.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Cheeseburger Pasta
500g lean beef or lamb mince
1 package taco seasoning (I made my own - see below)
1 tin chopped tomatoes
250g pasta
Put pasta on to cook. Brown and drain meat. Stir in taco seasoning and tomatoes. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat and cover pan. Simmer until pasta is ready.
Meanwhile, make the cheese sauce….
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
¾ cup milk
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Whisk in the flour and cook, whisking for a few minutes until fragrant and light brown in colour. Whisk in the milk and bring to a boil. Whisk until smooth and thickened. Remove from heat and stir in the shredded cheddar cheese until melted. Add the salt and pepper to the cheese sauce. Pour the cheese sauce over the mince mixture. Stir gently to combine and stir pasta into the sauce.
This dish is very good, the kids enjoyed it too. I made my own taco seasoning as I didn't have any in the house - here's the recipe, although I reduced the chilli powder by half and left out the cumin, which I hate.
Taco Seasoning (equivalent of 1 packet)
2 teaspoons mild or hot chilli powder (I used mild, and half the amount)
1½ teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoons onion powder (I didn't have any so I left this out)
½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoons garlic powder
½ teaspoons ground cumin (I left this out)
½ teaspoons oregano
1 package taco seasoning (I made my own - see below)
1 tin chopped tomatoes
250g pasta
Put pasta on to cook. Brown and drain meat. Stir in taco seasoning and tomatoes. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat and cover pan. Simmer until pasta is ready.
Meanwhile, make the cheese sauce….
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
¾ cup milk
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
salt and pepper to taste
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Whisk in the flour and cook, whisking for a few minutes until fragrant and light brown in colour. Whisk in the milk and bring to a boil. Whisk until smooth and thickened. Remove from heat and stir in the shredded cheddar cheese until melted. Add the salt and pepper to the cheese sauce. Pour the cheese sauce over the mince mixture. Stir gently to combine and stir pasta into the sauce.
This dish is very good, the kids enjoyed it too. I made my own taco seasoning as I didn't have any in the house - here's the recipe, although I reduced the chilli powder by half and left out the cumin, which I hate.
Taco Seasoning (equivalent of 1 packet)
2 teaspoons mild or hot chilli powder (I used mild, and half the amount)
1½ teaspoons paprika
1 teaspoons onion powder (I didn't have any so I left this out)
½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoons garlic powder
½ teaspoons ground cumin (I left this out)
½ teaspoons oregano
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)