Favorite easy recipe

[danielmarshall]

Howdee y'all

So.... spill yer secrets to a quick and easy meal/ drink/ snack that everybody seems to love.

Here's my fave:

Banana smoothie

Coudln't be easier, just peel half a banana per person and pop into your food processor allong with a scoop of icecream or just plain ice, some sugar to taste, top up with milk and blend! The banana emulsifies the mixture into a beuatifully thick frothy drink that's amazing! Season with some cinemon to make it extra nice :) You can also add an egg white if you want for extra protein.

[volts_wagen]

nice thread by the way, i'm moving out soon so it might be very useful sometimes..




honestly, the quickest, easiest, healthiest, most filling, and possibly the cheapest meal to have during the day, is..

weet-bix, milk, and a banana.

takes about 30 seconds to make and 5 minutes to eat, and i can survive on it for 3-5 hrs.


K.I.S.S. :)

[JzooJzoo__xoxo]

Yum! When i want to whip up a quick filling meal, i love to make up a bowl of fried rice topped with fresh tuna and onion. :)
I also love to make salads as they are heathy and refreshing, especially during summer.:)

[big eddie]

always have a few gormet sausages in the fridge...

few of them start frying in a pan, get some wholegrain bread out, put in toaster.. get a tin of bakedbeans out, put half a tin in a microwave safe saucepan, cook in microwave... turn sausages, butter toast, put sausages on toast. pour baked beans over.

enjoy.

will keep you going for ages ;)

[DiscoLou]

I am HOPELESS (and I mean HOPELESS) in the kitchen - just ask my bf!So I was pleasantly surprised when I was able to make this really yummy fettucine with lamb and mint pesto sauce, it's really easy even though it sounds tricky...

You chop up some lamb (about 300-400g for 2 people - or 1 if you're starving!) and brown it in a frypan with some olive oil, then take it out - while the lamb is cooking you blend about 150-200mls of cream with a cupful of fresh mint leaves, a handful of grated parmesan,a teaspoon of sugar and a nice big handful of pinenuts, and a splash of olive oil - then chuck the lamb and sauce back in the pan and cook it together for a few more minutes, and then mix in some bolied fettucine and there you go........yumyumyum

and for dessert i like following a Jamie Oliver recipe - icecream mixed with crushed Maltesers - yummy!:) :)

[Sid Ferret]

Im recently developed a love for poached eggs on toast, delicious.....i cant stop eating them. Piece of piss to make, get some water boiling in a pan, put some bread in the toaster, crack a couple of eggs and shot them in the pan. Leave to simmer. When toast pops up, butter it...by this time eggs should be ready. Scoop out of water and place on top of toast. Lovely!

[bumba]

spinach and fetta agnolotti with creamy pesto sauce

slice mushrooms, sprinkle on some nutmeg, fry them up with some butter, stir in about 500-600ml cream, then a couple of teaspoons of pesto

let that simmer while u boil some latina spinach and fetta agnolotti, that takes about 5 mins

add the 2 and pig out

tuna mornay

boil and mash about 3-4 potatoes, add some milk, butter, and onion salt (my fave)

mix up either a cheese sauce, or a white sauce and add some grated cheese

mix in a can of tuna

put tuna mix into a casserole dish, layer mashed potato on top, melt some butter on top and sprinkle with some breadcrumbs

whack in the oven on 180 for about....20 mins?

eat

;D

[Atlantis]

Oriental Beef Stir Fry

1/4 cup of beef stock
8 teaspoons of soy sauce
1 tablespoon of fresh ginger
1 clove garlic, crushed
4 teaspoons of veg oil
1 thinly sliced piece of steak

Mix stock, soy sauce, giner and garlic in a bowl

In the wok heat oil, add beef and stirfry. when cooked, take out and put aside.
Add veg, stir fry for a few mins
add stock etc and stir fry
then add beef and stir fry

add rice or noodles and yay, stir fry!

[DarkenRahl]

My favourite easy dinner is shaking beef:

500g's of beef cubed (fairly small)

Marinate for an hour with:

1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 tspn salt
1 tspn palm or brown sugar
1 tbl spn oil
1 tbl spn of fish sauce
2/3 cloves of garlic very finely chopped

Cook in a very hot wok or in smaller batches if you've got an electric stove.


This is so easy to prepare and it is so tasty. Key is not to overcook the beef and you cant go wrong. Can serve with a salad or with rice.

[groper]

Gropers yumo breakfast pasta

ingredients
2 rashes of bacon
1 small onion
1 egg
2 or 3 mushys
1 or 2 cloves of garlic
cream
parsley
pasta any will do i prefer angel hair spaggetti

method
put pasta in to salted boiling water
finely chop onion bacon parsley and mushys
brown onion in frying pan add bacon and garlic and cook[do not over cook] Add seasoning [salt and pepper]
add cooked pasta mushys cream parsley and beaten egg stir through over low heat. When the sauce begins to thicken, serve topped with freshly grated parmeson cheese.

bon apetite

be carefull after adding the egg not to heat to quickly and always keep it moving in the pan or it will not combine properly

:-D

[Chrysoula]

This would have to be one of my fave recipes to make and came about by accident when I was in the kitchen started making a stir fry but hadnt any other ingredients so improvised...

In a large fry pan put....

Olive Oil
Crushed Garlic (depending on how much garlic you like more or less to suit your tastes)
1 Onion fine chopped
I large squirt of honey
1 large squirt soy sauce

Lightly fry the onion in the pan on a low heat then add enough chicken breast meat finely sliced into the pan and soak up the honey and soy mix and let the chicken cook mostly...

Add to the Chicken mix a jar of Dolmio or Rageletto Red Wine and Garlic Tomato Pasta sauce and leave to simmer on low for 15-20 minutes..

Serve with ontop of Jasmin rice...

Everyone that comes to my place and I cook this for cant get over what the taste is that makes it different to normal tomato based sauces but the honey and the soy with the salsa make a gorgeous sweet combination...

Sorry I was a bit vauge with measurements but I just go by what I think looks right.. be generous with the honey and soy...

Enjoy :)

[horst]

Originally posted by Chrysoula

Olive Oil
Crushed Garlic (depending on how much garlic you like more or less to suit your tastes)
1 Onion fine chopped
I large squirt of honey
1 large squirt soy sauce



Hurrah for mod oz

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by horst
Hurrah for mod oz

huh???:|

[mrtimotae]

I made up a recipe myself with what was in the kitchen, its pretty much a sauce. Great with chicken or use a pasta sauce. I don't have measurements so just guess

lemon juice
mushrooms
spring onion
cream
garlic
olive oil

1. Cook olive oil, garlic, spring onion and mushrooms together in pan.

2. After 3 mins add small amount of water and some cream.

3. Simmer for 1 minute then add lemon juice. Make sure you don't add too much lemon juice, it can be overpowering.

4. Simmer for a further minute or until it thickens slightly. You may need to add a small amount of cornflour to thicken the sauce at this stage.

5. Add salt and pepper to taste.

6. Serve over chicken or throu pasta.

Best thing i've ever invented. Enjoy!

[JasonRhee]

I LOVE eating cold Heinz spaghetti from the can.
Just pop the top, scoop with fork and eat.
If you don't have a fork just open your mouth really wide and drink it.:P

Otherwise,
Korean Shallot Pancakes
-A bunch of shallots. Clean and chop into 15cm lengths
-You make a bowl of basic batter = flour, water, pinch of salt.
-Fold the the shallots through the batter.
You can add whatever like seafood (prawns kick ass) or fried strips of beef or cooked chicken breast.

Pour some of the mixture onto an oiled hot pan (basically a pancake) Make sure the shallots are laid out flat and cook til you see bubbles.
Flip once.

The dipping sauce:-
Soy Sauce 2:1 white vinegar or lemon add chilli flakes.

Rip off chunks of the pancake with your chop-sticks dip in the sauce and YUM YUM!!

If you make too many they keep really really well in the fridge. and heat up well in microwave..

[bumpmek]

Keep this thread going people....

It's great to give everyone ideas in the kitchen!!! :P

[Flying_High]

Originally posted by DiscoLou


and for dessert i like following a Jamie Oliver recipe - icecream mixed with crushed Maltesers - yummy!:) :)

How good is that recipe
1) get maltesers
2) Smash them
3) Put on icecream

Instant choc honeycomb icecream:D

[NrGiZa BuNnEe]

Oh! Good thread!

Heres my fave meal of all time.. and easy to make!

Fettucine Bolognese

Can of Tomato Soup
Mince (usually about 400g)
Onion
Garlic
Fettucine

1. Finely chop onions and garlic (add them to pan with some olive oil)

2. Add mince to pan when onions and garlic are cooked

3. Add soup to pan when mince is cooked, simmer til you feel its ready.

4. Serve on top of fettucine. Voila! :-D

[Flying_High]

The other day i wanted to cook fish and i hadn't cooked it before.

I got advice from a whole heap of people and kinda made it up as i went along - and it was so good.

1 fish fillet per person (i used John dory - but any white fish)

Brush both sides of the fish with olive oil

Squirt some lemon juice (get the stuff in the bottle that you put on pancakes its the bomb)

Add salt and pepper

Put about two sprigs of thyme on each fillet (grow the stuff in a pot its so usefull)

Put little chunks of butter along the fish.

Cover it in alfoil and cook it at 200degrees for about 20-25 mins.

[lexah]

This is my favourite dip ever

250g fetta cheese
2 T sour cream
2 T olive oil
2 T lemon juice
Handful of basil, chopped
Handful of parsley, chopped
2 small sping onions, sliced finely

Mix in the cheese, sour cream, oil and lemon juice. Use danish fetta if you want it creamy, or greek fetta which I prefer.

Then mix in the herbs and spring onions.

That's about it! Doing this from memory - sounds about right :P

[boz-e]

this is a really simple noodle soup recipe - its perfect for dinner the night after a big night out cause its simple, quick and nourishing and you should have all the ingredients in your fridge/pantry

ingredients:
1 chicken thigh
1 bak choi
1 250ml tetra pak of real stock (chicken)
water
rice noodles
dash of miso powder (if you've got it)
corriander

what to do:
tear or cut the thigh into its constituent muscles and put it any sort of marinade you've got in the fridge (I use green curry paste, chilli sauce and whatever else I can find)
put the stock + about half the volume again of water in a saucepan and bring to the boil
add the miso powder and as many rice noodles as you feel like (let the rice noodles cook for as long as the packet says)
fry the chicken in a wok or frying pan
just before the noodles are done chuck the bak choi in with the stock/noodles
pour the noodles/stock into a bowl - put the chicken on top then sprinkle with corriander
(serves 1)

[Reffie]

Fat Bastard Sandwiches

bread with jam and whipped cream


warm chicken salad
This has never failed.....

Diced Chicken Breast
Slivered almonds
Ranch Dressing

brown the chicken breast and add the almonds, then turn heat to low and add ranch dressing (if its too hot the oil will seperate from the dressing)

Then use any of these in the salad;
Avocado
Lettuce
Capsicum
mushrooms
carrots
brocolli
snow peas.. etc etc

[tetsuostu]

- cook a pack of latina-style ravioli, drain

- heat up anchovies with the oil, add garlic

- chuck in the pasta, coat with the oil

- add parmesan

- eat from the pot while continuing to watch the ITM forums

- spill on new shirt, hit wall

(taste's fucking great!)

[damsel]

Spastic Frog Salsa with Fettuccine

Salsa

Half a bunch of Shallots
Can of tomatoes *crushed*
2 Gloves of Garlic *crushed*
Sachet of tomato paste
Two table spoons of vegetable stock

Heat some oil in a pan or pot, cook shallots until transparent, then add the rest of the ingredients, simmer for 10 minutes.


Fettuccine

500grms of Fettuccine
3 tea spoons of Vegeta
2 Table spoons of Butter

Cook pasta according to directions on packet. Drain, add the butter and vegeta, stir through and serve.

[DarkenRahl]

Chilli Beef

Another simple one that gets a good work out at my place.

500G of beef cut into thin strips.
2-3 Cloves finely chopped Garlic
8-10 Red/Green medium sized chillies finely chopped, no seeds.
Half a cup or more of roughly cut fresh basil
Some brown sugar and a couple of tablespoons of fish sauce.

Put the beef in a bowl and cover in salt and pepper. Cover and wang it in the fridge.

Chop up the other ingredients while the beef sits in the fridge.

Get your wok to a Ladylex/Blue Steel (for the ladies) level of hotness and pour in a bit of peanut oil. Once the oils reaching critical mass throw the garlic in. (Nothing smells better than frying garlic!)

Once thats browned chuck in the beef, do it in batches if you don't have a gas burner as the wok will cool down to much.

Once the beef is all nicely browned throw in the chilli's.

Cook for a couple of minutes and then put in a table spoon of brown sugar and a couple of tablespoons of fish sauce. Cook for as long as you like depending on your tastes.

Just before you turn off the gas throw the basil in. Serve immediately on a bed of rice.

---

I normally add a few more chilli's to this dish when I get a cold. Next day cold is gone.

If you don't like hot food get really big chilli's and only use a couple.

The only way you can ruin this dish is putting the fish sauce in before the meats well browned or overcooking the beef to buggery.

If you want more vegetables add some snow peas/onions.

[Spam]

This is my favourite way to roast a chook:



Lemon Rosemary Chicken

(Depending on your taste use as much or as little garlic, rosemary & lemon as you like)
Split the chicken down the backbone with scissors or sharp knife & firmly press the chicken flat in the roasting pan
Using a sharp knife, pierce the skin in several places & into these piercings stuff sliced garlic & rosemary sprigs
Dot butter over the chicken or drizzle with olive oil & then squeeze lemon juice over
Sprinkle flour over the chicken (makes skin go crispy)
Bake @ 190 C for about 1&1/4 hrs, basting often with pan juices

It's great cause it doesn't take too long & the chicken is all juicy - Yum

[DarkenRahl]

I do legs of lamb in a very similar way.

Put rosemary, garlic, bacon and lemon juice along the bone and in lots of holes poked into the lamb.

Wang it in the oven on a rack and let all the juices drip on the chopped taters in a tray below. I baste it regulary with more lemon juice and rosemary.


It is insanely delicious. I used to get big brownie points cooking this for my ex's family all the time. There was never enough taters even when I had like two roasting dishes of them. :(


EDIT: I'd just like to add that this is the first useful thread I've read on itm in quite some time.

[Jentai]

here is a random reciepe I made up out of whatever I found in the sparsely stocked kitchen and damn it tastes good, no measurements tho, just should be moist but not too gooey as it is a filling and season to taste

mix 1 can drained tuna (in springwater tastes best), some heinz big red tomato soup, sour cream, grated cheese and chopped spring onions in a sauce pan til just warm and cheese is melty

then get sheets of filo pastry (puff pastry is very yummy too but quite unhealthy) take one sheet, brush with small amount of butter, fold in half length wise, place spoon of mixture at one end the fold up like a samosa. cook in oven at about 190 til brown. yummmmmmm!!!!

[princess01]

I just luv Donna Hay books, especially "Off The Shelf" cos everything's easy and not diffcult to shop for. My favourite recipe from it is Cherry Tomato Pasta. It's so quick and easy and tastes like restaurant food. Sometimes I add slices of cooked chicken.

60g pasta (rigatoni or penne)
2 cloves garlic, crushed or chopped
350g cherry or grape tomatoes
handful of basil, torn up
balsamc vinegar
salt, pepper and parmesan

Put pasta in boiling water. Meanwhile, melt butter, fry garlic, then add tomatoes for about 5-6 mins (until soft). Add basil and stir for a minute. Drain pasta and toss tomato mixute through, sprinkle with balsamic, parmesan, salt and cracked pepper.

[danielmarshall]

Man some of you are real wizzes in the kitchen! Mmmmh Wizz in the kitchen gaaaarrrl...

OH here's something cool my mom figured out the other day that you can try when baking just ordinary flake to make it taste like salmon! Well sorta like salmon, but shitloads better than flake.

Jenny's Amazing Salmon Alchemy

Just put 1/2 to a full a cup of milk (depending on how thick you like it) with Philadelphia salmon flavored cream cheese (YUMMY on those South African Provita biscuits btw if you can find it.) and microwave for a while till it all starts to mix nicely. Then stir it up, baste over the flake and bake as usual.

[a_618allstarr]

Whilst it's summer time, make the most of fresh salads. So many tasty ingredients that are in season and low in fat.

Thai-influenced chicken salad

500 g dried rice vermicelli noodles
olive oil spray
2 skinless chicken breast fillets cut into thin strips
1 large mango
1 punnet cherry tomatoes
4 spring onions
1 Leb. cucumber,
2 tablespoons lime juice
2 tablespoons Fish Sauce
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce
1 small red birdseye chilli
1/3 cup fresh coriander leaves
1 small cos lettuce

Cook noodles in a large saucepan of boiling water until tender.
Drain, rinse thoroughly with cold water and drain well.

Spray a nonstick frying pan with oil and heat. Cook chicken over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes or until browned and cooked through.

Place noodles, mango, tomato (quartered), spring onion (sliced up on the diagonal), chilli (diced, seeds optional if you like it hotter), cucumber (ribbons with a peeler) and chicken in a bowl.

In a small bowl or jug, mix lime juice and sauces. Pour over noodle salad and toss well to combine.

Divide among serving plates, and sprinkle with coriander. Serve lettuce on the side. Garnish with extra spring onions, if desired.

[a_618allstarr]

If you need a recipe and don't know where to start, try these books:

Any of the 'food' series: Bowl food, hot food, cold food, bbq food and so on.

Marie Claire and Donna Hay cook books.

Jamie Oliver cookbooks are good if you want to be a little more tricky (for some) but the recipes use heaps of fats. It's heavily influenced by traditional english cooking. Some fats and oils are good, but many are of course bad.

The AIS puts out excellent cook books for those who want low fat recipes.

bbc.co.uk has a ton of recipes on its website.

Simple salsa I made tonight to go with cajun chicken was simply:
1 lebanese cucumber
1 large vine ripended tomato
2 corn cobs

boil the corn for about 5 mins and cool. dice all other ingredients, taking most of the seeds out of the cue and tomato. Slice corn of cob and break up.

All in a bowl with about 2 tbsps of lime juice and a dusting of fresh black pepper.

[Drexciyan]

Drexciyan pasta salad

-cook pack of small shell pasta (any small thick pasta will do)
cook until its al dente, dont over cook, very important!

-strain pasta and run it under cold water and allow it to cool to room temperature.

-after its all cooled down, stir in one pack of small bocconcini cheese (I usually cut these in half so they go along way)
-a serving of semi sun dried tomatoes (chuck in the oil that they come in as well)
-add some more good olive oil and fresh basil ripped up roughly ---and add salt and pepper to taste.

Stir it all up and refridgerate for a few hours... its perfect for hot days:)

Don't worry to much about measurements, you can chuck in as much or as little of all the ingredients as you like!

[horst]

Originally posted by Chrysoula


huh???:|


mod oz has become a byword for the fearless pursuit of mixing cuisines, in your examle italian (pasta sauce) with asian (soy and rice) and I'm all for it, if it works why not.

There's a sign in Brighton Le Sands advertising "Greek Yum Cha"
cracks me up every time

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by horst
mod oz has become a byword for the fearless pursuit of mixing cuisines, in your examle italian (pasta sauce) with asian (soy and rice) and I'm all for it, if it works why not.

There's a sign in Brighton Le Sands advertising "Greek Yum Cha"
cracks me up every time

Wasnt sure what the term meant thanks for clarifying that with me :)

:lol: at the Greek Yum Cha... Swishfish told me about something like that in Sydney.. Not sure how that would go though. be interested to suss it out and pinch the bannner :lol:

[random josh]

Originally posted by a_618allstarr
The AIS puts out excellent cook books for those who want low fat recipes.

the AIS cook books are fantastic! they one i had was called 'survival for the fittest', and is easy to make low fat food. my favourite recipe from there was called louise's secret lasange

you get:
about 800g of mince beef
one jar of tomato pasta sauce (500g-ish, pref with herbs & spices)
one can of tomato soup (420g-ish)
pack of pre cooked lasange sheets (latina or whatever)
shredded cheese (about a cup)

first off, cook the mince in a fry pan until it turns brown, and then add the pasta sauce and simmer for a few minutes. then spray a lasagne dish with non stick stuff, and put a layer of sheet and a layer of meat etc until you end on a layer of sheet. then just get your soup and pour it evenly over the top, and spread a nice (i like it thick) layer of shredded cheese over the top.

chuck it in the oven at about 200 degrees for 25 minutes, and you have fucking awesome lasange.

[rchinn]

MAIN (cooked in pan)
* generous serving of olive oil
* garlic (4 cloves minimum)
- beef = cracked pepper + sea salt
- chicken = chilli
- fish = sea salt

SIDE
* rocket, pear & parmesan (walnuts optional), or
* spinach, beetroot & feta (marinated in olive oil with basil)

[Leelaki]

Linguine with a creamy tuna & asparagus sauce

You'll need:
1 can (Sirena) tuna in spring water, 1 bunch of asparagus or a zucchini depending on availability, half cup of chicken stock, half tub of light cream, salt, pepper, 1 lemon (zested and juiced), 250gm linguine pasta, parmesan and parsley.

Method:
In a deep based pan, bring stock to boil, add cream and lemon juice. Allow to simmer and reduce slightly. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Bring pot of water to boil, add linguine and cook for approx 8 mins or to your liking - it's better not to overcook because it absorbs some of the sauce when you combine them.

Cut asparagus or zucchini into pieces and add to pan along with drained tuna. Simmer until asparagus is tender.

Turn off stove, add a handful of parmesan to sauce - if you add while it's cooking it goes very gluggy.

Drain pasta, add to pan and mix together.

Serve with sprinkle of parsley and extra parmesan. Enjoy! :D

Quick chicken strips

You'll need:

2-3 chicken thigh pieces (or breast if you prefer)
Soy sauce, honey, garlic, ginger

Method:
Place about 3-4 tablespoons of soy and 2 tablespoons of honey in a bowl, microwave for 10 seconds to melt honey. Stir in garlic and ginger to taste. Add cut chicken pieces (2x5cm strips work well) place on a foil lined oven tray and bake for 10-12 mins turning once.
Serve with green salad.
Note: This recipe tastes almost better the next day cold.

Tuna or BBQ chicken salad

You'll need:
Can of (sirena) tuna in chilli oil or BBQ chicken pieces, Baby spinach or rocket, 1/4 avocado, 1/4 lebanese cucumber, 1 celery stick. You can also add grated carrot and tomato.

Method:
Place rocket or baby spinach in a mixing bowl with avocado (cubed), celery and cucumber (sliced).

Drain tuna and separate before adding.

Mix well and serve with one of the following dressings

Balsamic vinegar, olive oil, lime juice and salt
Lemon juice, olive oil and salt
or greek yogurt (Jalna is a good one) and lemon or lime juice.

Note: The Chilli tuna is quite salty so I don't find I need to add extra salt.

I have heaps more but I'll come back another time :)

This is making me hungry!!

[krafty_x]

1. Whoever it was who said to use the lemon juice you get in a bottle instead of real lemons should be dragged into the street and shot. If you're not impressed with the quality of lemons on the market buy limes. I often sub lemons for limes in cooking anyway because I like their flavour better. Even with fish.

2. Cookbooks. I have copies of two Jamie Oliver cookbooks and although I didn't mind some of his cooking on TV I thought the cookbooks were below par. Averyone should own a copy of the Stephanie Alaxander Bible IMO.

3. My Fabulous Crab Dip.

Fill Bottom third of a bowl with cream cheese and a little worchester mixed together.
For the next layer about 3/4 of a cm of spicey red sauce
Next layer about 3/4cm fresh or good quality tinned crab meat
Next layer 3/4cm finely chopped parsley.

Use whatever you like as a dipping bikky.

k_x oxo

[bumpmek]

This would have to honestly be the best useful thread EVER!!!!

Well done people.... keep them coming...

I can't cook for shit, so this is all quite new and exciting for moi! :P

[horst]

Originally posted by krafty_x
1. Whoever it was who said to use the lemon juice you get in a bottle instead of real lemons should be dragged into the street and shot. If you're not impressed with the quality of lemons on the market buy limes. I often sub lemons for limes in cooking anyway because I like their flavour better. Even with fish.



Shooting someone because of ignorance is going a little far,
maybe it's us and we buy the wrong brand, but I've never tasted bottled lemon or lime juice which wasn't just plain awful, and made whatever it was put into worse.

Another good souring agent, with great utility is Tamarind, you
can buy it in jars already watered and pulped, so you don't have to buggerize with getting the seeds out.

[krafty_x]

horst. The taste is one thing but it's more the preservatives and processes it goes through before it gets bottled that turns me off.

Besides. Lemon's aren't exactly hard to get so I don't see the need to substitute.

My cooking motto is if you don't need to don't.

For example I hate dried herbs. Wouldn't even out them in cooking if I didn't get them fresh. they taste foul.

k_x oxo

[defKon]

2 min noodles is as gourmet as I can go :lol:

[ponsdale]

Here is a very fast, simple and relatively nutritious salad. High is protein and quite low in carbs and fat.

Mix:
- one pack of either tuna or salmon
- one small can of corn pieces
- one diced tomato
- one small can of 'four bean mix'
- some shreaded lettuce

eat.

[willis]

1 slice of bread
some margarine or butter
some hundreds and thousands
1 fried or bbq'd sausage

make fairy bread.
cook sausage.
wrap sausage in fairy bread.
eat.

seriously.....it's good

[LoRa]

when i dont have time to cook something decent i make a bbq meat lovers breville..

make breville as u normally would but add some hungarian salami, cheese and bbq sauce.. its pretty tasty and filling too!

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by LoRa
when i dont have time to cook something decent i make a bbq meat lovers breville..

You ppl are queer... calling them brevilles.. Thats the bloody brand name....

Same as you dont call it fritz but devon instead :?

[DarkenRahl]

Originally posted by Chrysoula


You ppl are queer... calling them brevilles.. Thats the bloody brand name....

Same as you dont call it fritz but devon instead :?

I call it a toasted cheese sandwitch maker and have done so since I was a wee chillun.

[a_618allstarr]

Originally posted by Chrysoula


You ppl are queer... calling them brevilles.. Thats the bloody brand name....

Same as you dont call it fritz but devon instead :? Fritz by name is unique to SA, just like the stobie pole. It's not that weird.

Do you blow your nose on a tissue or a Kleenex?

Do you do the vacuuming or Hoover it all up?

Jaffle or Breville?

Sulo, Otto or wheely bin?

Popper, fruit box or juice?

Genericide is rampant in the English language.

[bumba]

Originally posted by a_618allstarr


Do you blow your nose on a tissue or a Kleenex?

Do you do the vacuuming or Hoover it all up?

Jaffle or Breville?

Sulo, Otto or wheely bin?

Popper, fruit box or juice?


tissue

we have a Kirby, i vacuum

toasted sandwich maker, toasted sandwich....a sandwich made with pieces of toast is "(insert food here) on toast" or "sandwich made with toast please)

otto bin

popper

hehehe

[SpaceMonkey]

Seared tuna with citrus soy dressing

ingredients
300g tuna steak
sesame seeds (or better still that mixture of sesame seeds and dried nori seaweed you get in japanese shops to put on rice)
1tsp sesame oil
2tsp lime juice
1tsp brown sugar
2 tsp dark soy sauce (pref good Japanese stuff)
1Tbsp mirin (japanese cooking sake), rice wine or dry sherry
salad greens

wash tuna and leave slightly damp, coat well with sesame seeds or seaweed/sesame mix
heat up bbq or grill pan to full heat
sear tuna for 15-20s on all sides so cooked round the outsides
mix oil, lime juice, sugar, soy sauce ans sake and place in small bowl for dipping sauce
make a simple salad with some lettuce, tomato, cucumber and spring onion
slice tuna crossways into thin slices, should be raw in the middle with slight cooked layer on outsides, arrange on plates
serve with dipping sauce and salad.

serves 2

Tortellini with zuchinni, chilli and proscuitto

1/2 large pack of fresh mixed veal tortellini
1 zuchinni, sliced
4 slices of proscuitto
70g low fat riccotta
2 red chillies, de-seeded and chopped
1 clove crushed garlic
freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup fresh italian broad-leaf parsely, chopped

fry zuchinni, chilli and garlic in a little olive oil until zuchinni is soft and browned. heat up grill and grill proscuitto until crisp. Cook pasta in boiling water until done, drain. In a bowl combine pasta, zuchinni, ricotta, and parsely, cruble cooked proscuitto into mixture, sprinkle liberally with freshly ground black pepper and serve with freshly shaved parmesan cheese.

Krafty, if people who use bottled lemon juice should be taken out and shot, then people who use dried parmesan cheese should be tarred, feathered, whipped, boiled in oil, hung, drawn and quartered. That stuff is foul and bears zero resemblance to the delicate flavour of fresh parmesan. I don't know how many people assume that parmesan is some foul substance resembling dried sick or flaked athlete's foot because of that dried muck.

[breaksRbest]

Chicken and Goats Cheese wrapped in Vine Leaves

breasts of chicken, skinned
slices of goats cheese
lemon juice (bottled or fresh, you're only cooking with it ffs)
salt & pepper

squirt some lemon juice on the chicken and vine leaves, put salt & pepper on the chicken, put a slice of goats cheese on each chicken breast, wrap it up in the vine leaf and cook in a frypan on low heat for about 20 minutes. turning once.


and on the side...

Stuffed Capsicums

Capsicums (ones that will sit up by themselves in a pan)
Rice
Tomato Paste
any other stuff you'd put in fried rice


make up fried rice in a frypan, but don't cook it properly coz it's gonna get baked later. add some tomato paste or pasta sauce so it's a good consistency, cut the stump from the capsicum and fill it with the rice. bake it in a stinkin hot oven with some water in the bottom of the pan so they don't dry out.

and.......

Baked Roma Tomatoes

Roma Tomatoes
Garlic
Olive Oil
Basil
Oregano


cut the tomatoes in half, drizzle with olive oil, herbs to taste, bit of garlic. bake in the oven for as long as you want. the longer the better.

[Delerious]

Lemon Fisted Chicken

this is so easy I have taught loads of people who can't cook how to make this

take one whole raw chicken
take some cut up lemons, limes or any citrus fruit of choice
squeeze some of the juice over the chicke (all over, rub it in)
insert the rest of fruit into the chicken's "bum"
baste with a lil bit of olive oil

bake in oven at 200 degrees (half an hour per pound/1 hour per kilo)

just keep checking it .. the citrus will steam and ensure you never have a dryed out bird ... use the juices to make gravy ... its yummo!


TTSIB's bondage fish
take one large whole snapper or similar fish
stuff with slices of lemon, butter and fresh thyme
wrap in vine leaves and tie up so leaves do not become loose
cook on bbq ... medium fish will take 15 to 20 mins

make some lemon thyme butter (just mix all three ingredients)

put some of the above butter on each portion as you serve.

its kick arse!

enjoy

del :o)

[danielmarshall]

Finally a thread of mine becomes a sticky! I can die a happy man now!

[DarkenRahl]

Originally posted by Delerious
Lemon Fisted Chicken


Ffffft... Fnnnar Fnnar... Yuk yuk yuk!... Chortle chortle...

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by a_618allstarr
Fritz by name is unique to SA, just like the stobie pole. It's not that weird.

Do you blow your nose on a tissue or a Kleenex?

Do you do the vacuuming or Hoover it all up?

Jaffle or Breville?

Sulo, Otto or wheely bin?

Popper, fruit box or juice?

Genericide is rampant in the English language.

Hmm found that when I was in QLD they say alot of things different too

For me its tissue, vacuuming, Toasties, wheely bin, Fruit Box

Notice that they call recess at school little lunch or play lunch, cocktail frankfurts they call little boys or weeners, and poppers for fruit boxes..... Tis weird for me.. same as beer sizes interstate are different to ours In SA....

[krafty_x]

1. Beer sizes are the same they're just called different things. Also I have been absolutely horrified to discover they generally don't drink schooners in QLD. Everyone drinks pots (our equivalent of a middie). When looking puzzled everyone tells me it's coz they get warm too quick. I just told them to drink quicker. Softcocks!

2. You're all a bunch of wankers. It was supposed to be easy recipies and you've all decided it's a big culinary show off fest. Pffft. (Some nice recipes there all the same.)

3. Tissue, vac, breville, otto and poppa.

:D

k_x oxo

[princess01]

Originally posted by a_618allstarr

Fritz by name is unique to SA, just like the stobie pole. It's not that weird. Absoutely. Devon ain't the same as fritz either.

Do you blow your nose on a tissue or a Kleenex? Tissue

Do you do the vacuuming or Hoover it all up? Vacuum. Actually I like to say wacuum.

Jaffle or Breville? Moo-snack.

Sulo, Otto or wheely bin? Wheelie bin.

Popper, fruit box or juice? Fruit box. I think this might be a state-based thing, when I was a kid in Adelaide all the school tuck-shops only had Fruit Boxes.

[a_618allstarr]

Originally posted by princess01
Popper, fruit box or juice? Fruit box. I think this might be a state-based thing, when I was a kid in Adelaide all the school tuck-shops only had Fruit Boxes. [/B]Fruit boxes, Growers Choice Apple or Orange juice and DV cartons of milk.

...oh and who remembers the 'Snip'. Like a Sunnyboy but with strawberry or chocolate flavouring.

[princess01]

Originally posted by a_618allstarr
...oh and who remembers the 'Snip'. Like a Sunnyboy but with strawberry or chocolate flavouring.

Yessss! And then as you ate them all the flavouring would come out faster than they melted so the last quarter of it would just be this chunk of flavourless ice.

Kind of like Ice Storms from Hudsons.

[krafty_x]

:lol: @ sunnyboys.

We had choc and strawb flavoured things like that but they weren't called snip.

Funny faces?

k_x oxo

[Chester]

hmm in WA we say things a little different i guess.

Devon or fritz? neither its polony
a toasted sandwich maker
wheelie bin
fruit box

and if ya get a beer its a midi

Easy Fettucine Carbonara

left over ham (what ever you have) diced and sliced
mushrooms whatever you have left -finely chopped
cream -small carton
herbs (mccormacks mixed hers is great to have in the kitchen)

heat pan with oil and add herbs cook for a coupla min then add ham and mushrooms. When nicely cooked add cream, heat for a couple of minutes and then added cooked fettucine and then toss.

Enjoy.

Easy peasy and cheap as

[Delerious]

/me hits Krafty with her bondage fish :p

you can have gourmet and it can be easy too ... I'm sure you are the first to know that one babe!

I'm always on the rampage for teaching people to eat better, fresher and be a bit more daring ...

dat is all

del :o)

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by princess01
when I was a kid in Adelaide all the school tuck-shops only had Fruit Boxes.

We dont call them tuck shops either it's the canteen... :lol:

I better contribute andother recipe seeing I'm high jacking this thread..

Coconut and Chocolate Balls

My mum makes these you can just ommit the cocoa and add apricot pieces or other fruit and it takes good too..

You will need:

1 1/2 Packets Milk Coffee Biscuits
2 Tbspn Cocoa Powder
1 Tin sweetened Condenced Milk
2 Tbpsn Coconut
Margarine
Extra coconut

Use a food processor to crush the biscuits down to a fine powder/crumb

Add the biscuit mix. cocoa and coconut in a bowl and mix through thoroughly.. The mix should turn brown from the cocoa... Add the condensed milk and mix through.. When the mix becomes hard to stir with a spoon use your clean hands to combine..

Wash your hands and your ready to roll... Use a little margarine to smear all over the front and back of your hands.. This helps the mix from sticking to your hands and also helps the coconut stick to the balls.

Roll mix into medium sized balls and then roll then in a tray of coconut to coat the outside and then into a container...

These are best left over night to harden but usually at my place go within a few hours of making them....

[Royal]

Originally posted by Chrysoula


We dont call them tuck shops either it's the canteen... :lol:
I had a tuck shop and I went to school in Adelaide!

[Royal]

Originally posted by Chester
Easy Fettucine Carbonara

left over ham (what ever you have) diced and sliced
mushrooms whatever you have left -finely chopped
cream -small carton
herbs (mccormacks mixed hers is great to have in the kitchen)



Where's the egg in your Carbonara??? Seems odd.

[bumpmek]

No more hi-jacking of this speshial thread please, otherwise i'll BAN YOU ALL........ MWAHAHAHAHAHA (evil laff) :P

[krafty_x]

I know Del.

Your recipes were easy.

It was people who were saying to mix all this shit together and marinade for 2 hours before cooking that was shitting me. That's not a whip up after work kinda easy IMO.

:D

Although better than a slap in the belly with a wet fish.

k_x oxo

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by Royal
I had a tuck shop and I went to school in Adelaide!

Was that when you had to walk 20ks to school in the rain with no shoes though and it was up hill both ways :P

[Delphin]

Originally posted by Chrysoula


quote:
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Originally posted by Royal
I had a tuck shop and I went to school in Adelaide!
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Was that when you had to walk 20ks to school in the rain with no shoes though and it was up hill both ways


That was all my bloody male primary school teachers used to go on about at the morning assembly - WHO had to walk to school the furthest!

I better put in a recipe:

Tonight I had the Fantastic pad thai noodle recipe. It's simple:

*Find a packet of pad thai noodles in the supermarket (either fresh or dried noodles, but the dried ones also have a flavour sachet which is good if you don't keep much in the way of sauce ingredients).

* Ensure you have some meat (pref chicken and prawns), shallots, eggs, garlic, lime juice. Optional (according to me): Bean shoots, peanuts, chillis.

* Follow the recipe on the back of the packet.

* In 15 minutes or so you'll have takeaway class pad thai!!

(Oh - and I call them devon, tissues, sandwich makers, wheelie bins and poppers. I really dislike using brand names unless it's for things I never realised were / are somewhere brand names.)

[the_pezman]

a slight twist on a classic i lived on at uni

take youre average run of the mill ham and cheese jaffle but wack in a sprinkling of mixed herbs and tomato sauce to your liking, you now have the jaffle equivalent of a pizza! :D

[Funkedub]

Originally posted by danielmarshall
Finally a thread of mine becomes a sticky! I can die a happy man now!


you stole my idea :~(

[Funkedub]

oh ... and its a jaffle ;D

and u can put ANYTHING in a jaffle

eggs
cheese
baked beans
mushrooms
pesto
leftover and cheese
more cheese

[Chrysoula]

Yeah tosted sandwiches are good and easy... My dad puts eggs in them though half the time the eggs run out of the bread :lol:

With all the short cuts and jars of stuff I dont know why more people dont cook more.. anyone that says they cant cook is a liar.. they just need to learn too...

This is My tuna Mornay and it rocks---

boil i packet of large shell pasta

in a sauce pan use 4 packets of white sauce following the instructions on the packet and add 1 tspn crushed garlic and i tbpn mixed herbs and a handfull of cheese and one small onion sliced.

Combine in a large bowl the cooked pasta, i small tin of drained peas and corn and 1 tin tuna (flaked up) in spring water add white sauce and mix well...

Spray a deep baking dish with non stick kitchen spray and spoon mixture in. Cover top with a layer of shredded cheese and take until the top is golden and serve hot...

This keeps really well and is good cold the next day or when you get home too.. Never lasts more than a day in my house before it goes.. Decided to make my own Mornay up as I didnt like my mums with bread crumbs or mashed potato on top...



My Warm potato Salad Recipe too

Peel and boil about 1kg of potatoes (more or less depending on how many ppl you need to feed)

In a small sauce pan add one chopped onion
olive oil
Mixed herbs
1 tspn garlic
2-3 cups diced bacon pieces

Lightly fry all ingredients together but do not let them brown too much...

In a large bowl add hot Potatoes, i container thickened cream, i cup mayo and then the bacon onion mix... combine this all together but be carefull not to break the potatoes up too much...

Add some grated cheese to the top and leave to sit for 5-10 minutes before serving.. The cream and mayo are absorbed by the warm potatoes and the bacon and onion and garlic give a lovely taste too...

[Miss Special K]

easiest thing in the world to make.....

Pizza

any leftovers in the frige just check it on a pizza base... (artichokes, feta, semi sundried tomatoes...mmm yummo)

also great

rice paper rolls

step 1: buy the rice paper and soak it.

step 2: put chicken/prawns lettuce cucumber and avacado inside.

step 3: wrap it up

step 4: dip in mix of soy and oyster sause with crushed cashews on top

is this thread making anyone else hungry?? :meh:

[Miss Special K]

oh oh oh i forgot......

chilli sqid!!

cut sqid in tube into rings

soak in milk

wash milk off (der)

marinate in chilli/soy/whatever else u like/garlic

chuck on bbq

voila!!

[princess01]

I've just thought of another one. It tastes kind of like pumpkin soup but it's a pasta sauce.

Creamy Carrot Pasta

6 carrots
1/3 cup cream
1/2-2/3 cup grated parmesan (you can use the dried stuff, it doesn't make much difference for this)
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp cinnamon
gnocchi or spinach fettucine

Peel & cut up the carrots and boil them till they're cooked. Start cooking the pasta. Drain the carrots and stick them in a blender with the cream and blend till really smooth like thick soup. Pour the carrot mixture back into the saucepan and add the parmesan, nutmeg and cinnamon, stir until all smooth. Pour sauce over pasta and add more parmesan, salt and pepper if you want.

The sauce is supposed to be a golden colour. If you've used really big carrots and it's too orange, add a bit more cream & parmesan. It's also nice with shredded cooked chicken in it.

[djway]

Originally posted by DarkenRahl

EDIT: I'd just like to add that this is the first useful thread I've read on itm in quite some time.

I'd just like to add that this is the first set of useful posts I've read from you on ITM in quite some time :)

DR U're a machine in the kitchen ;)

--djway

PS no1's taken it 2 sex in the kitchen, bravo!

[krafty_x]

[COLOR=deeppink]Personally seafood is my favourite.

Buy 1 kg of prawns.
1 dozen or more oysters.
1 Crab
1 Lobster

peel prawns
break open crab and lobster and wash.

Eat!

k_x oxo

[big eddie]

spanakopita

packet of filo pastry
2 bags of baby spinnach (I prefer houstons)
medium tub of ricotta cheese
small to medium block of feta
1 onion (white or spanish *not* brown)
couple of eggs
black pepper
nutmeg

steam the spinnach lightly in the bags in the microwave
put it in a mixing bowl
chop the onion finely and add it to the bowl
add the ricotta
crumble the feta reasonably finely into the bowl
crack eggs into a cup and beat lightly with a fork, pour them into the bowl
couple of decent grinds of black pepper
pinch of nutmeg

combine the mixture in the bowl until it has reached a nice consistancy and is mixed through well.

line your oiled baking dish with filo pasty
scoop in the mixture and make sure it is even
put some filo on top
give it a light brush with some oil if you desire.

bake until golden brown.

[Delerious]

Originally posted by krafty_x
[COLOR=deeppink]Personally seafood is my favourite.

Buy 1 kg of prawns.
1 dozen or more oysters.
1 Crab
1 Lobster

peel prawns
break open crab and lobster and wash.

Eat!

k_x oxo

You need a cocktail sauce to go with this

Mix in a bowl the following:

half cup mayonnaise (good quality, whole egg mayo, no PRAISE!!)
1/3 cup cream
some tabasco
some tomato sauce
a clove of garlic crushed
some worcester sauce

ey voila! you have a yummy home made cocktail sauce to dip your lush seafood in!

enjoy!

del :o)

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by djway
PS no1's taken it 2 sex in the kitchen, bravo!

But you've thought about it and mentioned the word so thats good enough :P Sneaky bugger you...

[Maiden]

Asian Noodle Soup

220g thin dried egg noodles (i always use rice noodles cos they go better in this recipe)
7cups chicken stock
3 green onions thinly sliced
8 slices(15g) of fresh ginger
2 teaspoons soy sauce
3 chicken breasts sliced thinly
1 long red chilli
then i usually put in some boc choy or broccoli or some form of vegies

Place noodles in a heat proof bowl and cover with boiling water. Allow to stand for 6 minutes, then drain and set aside.

Place stock, green onions, ginger and soy sauce in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to the boil, add chicken and chilli and simmer for 5 minutes. Add noodles and vegies and cook for 1 minute. Serves 4

[Funkedub]

Originally posted by Maiden


Asian Noodle Soup

..... Serves 4



surely that depends how hungry you are :P

[Maniia]

fry up some salami and onion with a little garlic, cook some bow pasta, mix together once salami is nice and fried, add some pesto (or as my mum does - olives and sundried tomatos) and serve!! easy and filling - now i'm hungry :(

[smilla]

i find pasta bakes mega easy and they almost cover a weeks worth of lunches at work so i freeze up portions.

pasta bake jar of your liking (i like creamy tomato)

cook up a load of noodles (spiral, shell or chopped up spagetti)

put them in a casserole dish.

I add
pasta bake sauce
tinned of chopped tomatoes with herbs
small handful of shredded tasty cheese


mix it all up and put cheese sauce on top (i make up a packet of 4 cheese sauce with boiling water)
then a layer of shredded cheese
then a think layer of bread crumbs
then some small lumps of butter

the cheese, bread crumbs and butter all combine to make this chewy cheesy crust which is the best!

[nettsu]

porridge with bananna, berries & brown sugar :)

quick
simple
nutritious
and sooo yummy :D

[LoRa]

Cut up a granny smith apple in a bowl and pour as much Natural Yoghurt as u like Mmmmm Yummy :p

[Chrysoula]

Being lucky that my parents have orchards where they grow fresh stone fuit spent the day preserving peaches and making apricot jam with my greek granny today..

I always have a jar or two of preserved peaches or even other tinned fruits in my pantry for emergency desserts when people come for dinner.. Dried fruits also soaked in a nice brandy or marsala can always be kept in the fridge and used as well..

On a large plate lay out some of the soaked fruits dust lightly with icing sugar and use some either marscapone or cream cheese or fresh cream to go with the fruits.. Easy and tastes nice.. Figs, apricots and peaches are nice fruits and can be cold in summer or heat in the microwave then serve with cream or ice cream in winter....

[nrjize]

Originally posted by Funkedub
oh ... and its a jaffle ;D

and u can put ANYTHING in a jaffle

eggs
cheese
baked beans
mushrooms
pesto
leftover and cheese
more cheese

Great call, tho i am kinda over jaffles at the moment, me and my mates kinda overdid them second semester of uni but my faves are definitely tuna, tomota and cheese or pesto and mozarella.


One of my favourite quick recipies is:

Slice up a chicken breast and then crumb it.

Brown in pan with some oil.

Heat a jar of amatriciana sauce and then pour over chicken.

Add some mozarella over the top and let it melt.

Yummo

[THEHEATH]

Originally posted by Maniia
fry up some salami and onion with a little garlic, cook some bow pasta, mix together once salami is nice and fried, add some pesto (or as my mum does - olives and sundried tomatos) and serve!! easy and filling - now i'm hungry :(

My variation on this:
Combine chopped garlic, onion and 1/2-1 of a green and a red chilli (depending how spicy you like it) in a frying or saucepan.
Add Sliced Salami to the pan.

Crumble a block of fetta cheese into the pan (crumble it so it melts easily)

Add as much of small tin of light evaporated milk to the saucepan so as to make a sauce. Stir till the fetta is mostly melted.

Watch and SMELL as the garlic, onion, chilli and salami flavours combine and melt together with the fetta and evap. milk.

Add to cooked pasta.

MORISHHHHH MMMMMMMMMMM

[mitsubachi]

My experimenting today lead to a kahlua ice coffee. It was tricky getting right, but fun in the practising *hic*...
1. make a black, sweet coffee and cool in the fridge an hour or so...kinda lost track of time there.
2. crush up some ice a bit rough then throw in your blender/milkshake cup/whatever. Sink is not a good idea, although it may seem it at the time.
3. Top with kahlua, cold coffee, little ice cream and milk. More ice-cream = kahlua milkshake (tasty but not so quick to down, nor overly refreshing on the palate what with the milky scum on the throat).
4. Blend baby blend
5. Recline at an appropriate angle, using multiple straws to link your mouth to the glass so you dont have to move.


and my other basic is salt n pepper squid:
take your squid tubes n ring and score them, or buy ready done raw calamari rings. Toss in a bowl with olive oil, salt n pepper.
BBQ until they curl.

Remove and stuff in gaping maws.

[bumpmek]

Does anyone have a sure-fire easy recipe for a yummy cheese sauce?

[nettsu]

milk
flour
cheese (normally use a combo of tasty & parmesen) - but suit yourself
pepper (freshly cracked)

heat milk in saucepan
start stirring flour in
stir madly to get rid of the clumps
as it starts to thicken add the cheese in (i normally use heaps as I'm a cheese fiend)

It works for me :) its a bit of a cheese adaption on a white sauce

[Chrysoula]

My dad makes a nice white sauce and is the one they use at the resteraunt he works at


In a saucepan (depending on how many people for either double but this serves about 4 ish and is good for veggies and meat)

1/2 cup flour
2 tablespoons butter

let the butter melt in with the flower and form a thick paste (keep an eye on it not to burn the mix) Then stir in milk gradually with a whisk until the mix starts thickening up and forms your sauce

You can add a bit of pepper and salt and cheese also is a good combination..

For a richer sauce substitute milk for cream instead...

[dopamine]

When doing a bechamel sauce for a cheese sauce you should cook the roux (flour and butter - always exact even amounts of each) until it reaches a sandy texture. Make sure you have the milk hot in a pot beside the roux pot so when you start adding the milk it incorporates faster and reduces the risk of lumps. One ladle at a time is ideal, dont add more until the current milk has been absorbed by the roux. When all the milk is incorporated you need to turn the heat right down and simmer for at least 20 mins to cook out the flour - otherwise it will taste raw. It will catch to the pot easily so dont forget to stir.

There is an easier way though which I learnt during my apprenticeship. Make the roux first then place in a bowl off to one side. Heat the milk and add about a third cream to what you have milk. This will help stop it from sticking and make it a little richer. As the milk comes to boiling point (dont boil the hell out of, just as it reaches the boil!!) whisk in the roux, turn it down and simmer.

When adding cheese do it LAST minute. Never boil the cheese! It will separate and become tough and bloody horrible. Gruyere and parmesan work best. Always use good cheese - Heidi Gruyere is the best. A grana padano will suffice for parmesan.

Christ, did i just type all that about cheese sauce? eek....

____________________________________


Lamb Tenderloins with soft parmesan polenta and baby spinach

Despite the elaborate name this is really easy.

Lamb tenderloins - clean off sinue
garlic
basil
worchestireshire sauce
olive oil
pepper + salt

fine (instant) polenta
chicken stock
cream
Parmesan

Baby spinach leaves

Marinate lamb in a bowl with w/s sauce, garlic, basil, pepper and oil for at least an hour.

Bring to the boil - 2 cups of chicken stock with 1 1/2 cups of cream in a heavy based saucepan. Whisk in 1/2 cup polenta and season with s+p. Keep stirring! Depending on the polenta (as they can vary greatly) cook for around 8-10 minutes on medium heat. You might need to add more stock or cream if the mixture gets too thick. When it's ready (taste it, it shouldn't be grainy - add more salt if it needs it) stir through the cheese which you grated earlier. Not too much you dont want to kill the dish.

Now BBQ the lamb for a few minutes either side. I like mine rare - just do it how you like it.

Heat some olive oil in a fry pan and quickly sautee the spinach leaves - toss in a little garlic and salt n pepper - only until the spinach starts to wilt, no more.

Now stack it all up. That's it.

Matt

[princess01]

OK I made polenta last night for the first time, very similar to the recipe Matt just posted but with milk instead of cream. It tasted like the semolina that I used to have for breakfast when I was a wee kid. Not that there's anything wrong with that but it just didn't work as an accompaniment for veal scallopine. The packet said "coarse polenta" - is this where I went wrong? Or do I need to broaden my horizons?!

[Chrysoula]

I love polenta squares where you bake the mix in the over then brush with a bit of oil and brown on a grill... yummmy...

I also love Sago (tapioca) pudding.. tastes so good and is good either hot or cold... we used to call them frogs eyes when we were little...

Use one cup sago and one cup milk and heat the milk in a pan then add sago.. Cook on low and make sure you do not burn the milk or let it boil over like I have many a time.. do this for about 15 mins till the sago is absorbed in the milk and thickens.. The granules have a clear little coating around the outside that look like frogs eggs..

Serve either warm with a few teaspoons with sugar or let set and serve cold.. yummo..

Another desert i love is custard with banana's and custard

Make real custard from the packet over the stove , slice up some bananas and then put them in the bowl and sprinkle coconut over top... yummo

[dopamine]

Originally posted by princess01
OK I made polenta last night for the first time, very similar to the recipe Matt just posted but with milk instead of cream. It tasted like the semolina that I used to have for breakfast when I was a wee kid. Not that there's anything wrong with that but it just didn't work as an accompaniment for veal scallopine. The packet said "coarse polenta" - is this where I went wrong? Or do I need to broaden my horizons?!

Like I mentioned, there are different varieties and grades of polenta. The easiest one to get on with is fine/instant polenta as it's ground much finer and cooks faster. You actually have the best type (course) but it takes a lot longer to cook (40 mins or more) with constant stirring involved. Just cooking it with milk is pretty uninspiring, you have to have good quality chicken stock and cream to achieve something both tasty and creamy. You have to season polenta correctly too - dont just add a pinch of salt and expect that to be it - you have to taste as you go.

Chrysoula, yeah I love sago too. I'm a big fan of those Taro Pearl Sago drinks you can buy at Supercafe down in Chinatown. Or the Warm sago pudding with the caramelized top at Kam Fook's Yum Cha.

[Chrysoula]

As soon as I had seen that you had contributed something to this thread forged why was it my mind was going into cirlces as to the exact content it contained :?

Thought it would have been something like that too you silly thing you :lol:

[EmmeJay]

have sliced hard boiled eggs on taoast with tasty cheese and sloced tomato with a hint of salt and pepper... its a great filling and healthy snack.

[phunkdust]

Phunk's Jackpot Pasta Special

You need a big electric frypan for this one... I usually cook it at the start of the week and reheat it during the week if I cant be bothered cooking. Makes about 6 serves and keeps well in the fridge for 7-10 days.



Put plenty of olive oil in the frypan and chuck it on medium (180 or so) to warm up
Put a big pan on to boil some water
Dice up an onion and chuck it in the frypan and cook it up till just before the browning stage
Chuck in 800g of good lean beef mince, break it up with a spoon or whatever as it cooks so it goes nice and fine (like for spag bol) and cook it till all brown
Water should be boiling by now so chuck in a decent amount of good dry penne pasta. Probably like 8 good handfulls? Depends how much pasta you like to go with the sauce.
Turn down the heat (about 120) and throw in 1 can (425g or so) of CONDENSED tomato soup, 1 can of corn (drained) and 1 small tub of tomato paste (regular or garlic style up to you) - you can substitute the soup+paste for a good sized jar of pasta sauce but not too thin otherwise it'll be sloppy!
Stir this all up and bung in some grated cheese, I like to add about 1/2 to 2/3 of a decent sized block. I like cheese.
Add pasta and mix it all up, leave it for 5-10 just to absorb all the flavours and shit and for the cheese to melt, serve with some bread. Chuck the leftovers in the fridge.


Voila!

[phunkdust]

Originally posted by Chrysoula


You ppl are queer... calling them brevilles.. Thats the bloody brand name....

Same as you dont call it fritz but devon instead :?



I've always called it a Breville, thats cos in my family we have this really old ancient bright orange breville toaster from like the 70's (with fabric covered power cord) and it doesn't make triangular shape toasted sangas, it makes soldiers, with a funky-arse pattern in them... So they're not sangas any more they're brevilles.


It's bloody brilliant, and the noise it makes, fizzes and spits and sizzles and smoke and steam go everywhere, and it doesnt have any sort of timer or gauge you just time it yourself... I swear it tastes so much better than the newfangled teflon ones.

[phunkdust]

Originally posted by Chrysoula


You ppl are queer... calling them brevilles.. Thats the bloody brand name....

Same as you dont call it fritz but devon instead :?



I've always called it a Breville, thats cos in my family we have this really old ancient bright orange breville toaster from like the 70's (with fabric covered power cord) and it doesn't make triangular shape toasted sangas, it makes soldiers, with a funky-arse pattern in them... So they're not sangas any more they're brevilles.


It's bloody brilliant, and the noise it makes, fizzes and spits and sizzles and smoke and steam go everywhere, and it doesnt have any sort of timer or gauge you just time it yourself... I swear it tastes so much better than the newfangled teflon ones.


And for me its tissue, vacuum, breville, wheely bin, and PRIMA!

And I always said play-lunch. Little lunch sounds ghey. Recess is for high school. And it's TUCK SHOP.

Oh, and the best ever Breville?

Do the bread as per normal but then put down 1 slice of tasty cheese, spread a little tomato paste on the cheese, put on some PIZZA SHAPES, then another slice of tasty cheese, then a litle more paste, then the top bit of bread.

Toast that motherfucker and you have the cheesiest tomatoiest thing ever. And the pizza shapes go soft and add flavour!!!

Used to make em all the time at school (we had toasters in the common room)

[phunkdust]

Originally posted by nrjize

One of my favourite quick recipies is:

Slice up a chicken breast and then crumb it.

Brown in pan with some oil.

Heat a jar of amatriciana sauce and then pour over chicken.

Add some mozarella over the top and let it melt.

Yummo


Thats just a bastardised chicken parma...

[phunkdust]

Originally posted by Chrysoula
My dad makes a nice white sauce and is the one they use at the resteraunt he works at


In a saucepan (depending on how many people for either double but this serves about 4 ish and is good for veggies and meat)

1/2 cup flour
2 tablespoons butter

let the butter melt in with the flower and form a thick paste (keep an eye on it not to burn the mix) Then stir in milk gradually with a whisk until the mix starts thickening up and forms your sauce

You can add a bit of pepper and salt and cheese also is a good combination..

For a richer sauce substitute milk for cream instead...

Chrys has the correct method, altho methinks a bit too much flour... I usually use equal quantaties, but i dont measure I just bung it in.

You melt the butter, add the flour and stir it quickly until it cooks a little and forms what the french call a Roux (pronounced "Roo")

Once you have the Roux (should be a nice smooth paste) then you add some milk and grated cheese... Enough cheese to be cheesey and enough milk to get the right consistency... Dont have the heat too high, nice and low once you've done the Roux part, so all the cheese melts evenly and keep stirring the fucker so it's nice and smooth.

With a bit of practice and TLC this should result in the smoothest cheese sauce ever.

You can add some salt to taste if you require (depends on the cheese you use)

I use this as a base for the sauce in my Extra-Super-Special Tuna Casserole.




Dopamine has the textbook version... takes too long but... ;)

[rattw]

Originally posted by phunkdust

Dopamine has the textbook version... takes too long but... ;)

There is an easier way though which I learnt during my apprenticeship. Make the roux first then place in a bowl off to one side. Heat the milk and add about a third cream to what you have milk. This will help stop it from sticking and make it a little richer. As the milk comes to boiling point (dont boil the hell out of, just as it reaches the boil!!) whisk in the roux, turn it down and simmer.

How does that take too long? Depends if you want a quality end result I suppose. I dunno, I dont really go in for crap food myself but each to their own. ;)

Matt

[FunkyCaity]

Originally posted by nettsu
porridge with bananna, berries & brown sugar :)

quick
simple
nutritious
and sooo yummy :D



I hear you man- porridge rocks! Keeps you full for hours and is indeed yummy and so cheap!!

I cook my Quick Oats in the micro. Just put in the oats and milk, then chop up a banana straight into the bowl. Cook for a couple of minutes, then drown that shit in milk and honey!! mmmm..... :blush:

[JasonRhee]

Originally posted by FunkyCaity




I hear you man- porridge rocks! Keeps you full for hours and is indeed yummy and so cheap!! :blush:

:lol: If you move the "hyphen/dash" one word forward you have quite a different statement.

[dopamine]

Fry off the onion and garlic in some olive oil first then add the wine 2/3 cups is quite a lot but it should be OK.Reduce wine by at least a half before adding other liquids.

Make sure the broth is boiling before adding the mussels and cover the pot with a lid while the mussels steam open. Remove mussels when they are opened - dont overcook them.

To add a nice touch to that dish you could add leeks to the onion mixture. Reduce the broth a little after removing the mussels and add a dash of cream and a handful of baby spinach leaves.

Superb with lots of crusty bread.


Matt

[groper]

Originally posted by NoSoup4U


hey grover i made your brekky pasta for breakfast after the aussie day long weekend, it turned out more like carbonara! but very tasty, i think i may have put in too much pasta & cream & not enough egg Mmm

sweeeet !!
glad you liked it
it is bassicly a cabonara but cause its got the bacon and eggz i just put my own name to it.

ps its groper
8-) :-D

[ezza69]

Im not sure if this is really that simple but ill put it here anyway. I discovered this when camping out in the bush with mates. Now adays I use my webber.

- Firstly you get your webber going with tonnes of heads beads at the bottom of the webber.
- Get 1 full pumpkin. Cut the top off and keep it. Empty the seeds.
- Depending on how many people, get some pieces of veal or beef and cut them into long strips.
- Cut capsicum into long strips.
- Cut carrots into long strips
- Add other vegies. Use your imagination
- Get all these cut up stuff and mix em together. Add some flour and water and mush it all up.
- Put all this mushed stuff into the pumpkin
- Add a generous amount of soy sauce
- If you like herbs or whatever add that aswell.

Then you put the top of the pumpkin back on and bury the pumkin in the heat beads. Make sure its completely buried.

Usually 1.5 - 2 hours is good. Take out the pumkin with a shovel carefully. Take off the top of the pumpkin and scoop out the stew inside the pumpkin.

It goes well with mashed potatos and soy sauce :)

[CharlieBrown]

The Easiest and Yummiest Stir Fry Around

Chicken
Snow Peas
Pumpkin (the orangiest one on the shelf)
Spring Onions
SoySauce
Sweet Soy
Sweet Chilli
Spray Oil
Fresh Limes

Cut pumpkin into cubes and place in a microwavable bowl and microvave until cooked but not mushy. For about 350gms of pumpkin about 7-9 mins.

Spray wok with a little oil. cook chick till cooked. then add sliced spring onions. cook a little Then add pumpkin. last minute add snow peas. Then add a dash of all the sauces and stir fry for a couple of minute. If the snowpeas go dark green and floppy then you have cooked it to much.

Serve with bowl rice and squeeze lime juice on top. and serve with a quarter of a lime.

Yum yum in my tum:blush:

[Jentai]

Best Ever Chilli Mussels

Hmmm, I am obsessed with chilli mussels and after years of perfecting my mum and I have come up with this receipe however we don'ty have measurements- just add to taste really and depends on how many mussels your cooking

finely sliced onion
fresh garlic finely sliced (to taste- can use minced garlic but it tastes better fresh)
basil (cut up relatively small)
tins chopped roma tomatoes (drain as well as you can)
some chopped fresh tomatoes (try to get out the seeds beforehand)
fresh chilli- cut up really fine unless you like big chunks burning your tast buds off
white wine
salt and pepper

in a large pasta pot cook onion and garlic til onion starts to go clear, add rest of ingredients and simmer for 15 mins or so - until some of the water/wine boils off, tip in mussels and stir through (sauce shouldn't completely cover mussels, it's fine if they are only half covered as long as you cook with the lid ON and stir halfway through) then cook mussels for approx 20mins til most are opened. then enjoy- but remember not to eat any that aren't open as they won't be cooked - as long as there is space for sauce/steam to get in then they should be fine.

this is really yummy served with homemade garlic bread. yummmmm!!!

[Heaven]

Last night I just cooked a quick easy recipe for the first time

Tuna & Mushroom Enchiladas

Can of Tuna
Mushrooms
Baby Spinach
Enchilada Kit
Oil

Heat oil in pan and mushrooms cook til reduced.
Add tuna and half of enchilada sauce cook for 5min
Heat tortillas in microwave 50secs
Add spinach to tuna mix
Spoon small amounts of mixture onto tortillas
Wrap and place on baking tray repeat
Pour remaing enchilada sauce over the top and sprinkle with cheese
Place in oven 180 for 10min or til cheese melts and serve with salad or rice

Yumo

[nettsu]

Plain yoghurt
Packet of blueberries

Get a fork mash up blueberries
Get a spoon scoop blueberries into yoghurt
swirl

and wacko :)

(one day I will actually start cooking properly *again*)

[Xpose]

Italian Stylee Chicken Breast

Chicken Breast (Skinless)
sundired Tomatos
Bocconcini Balls
Rosemary Sprigs
Natural Yoghurt
Fresh Basil
Polenta to serve
Grape or Cherry tomatoes on Vine preferably

Get appropriate Quantitys for number os peeps

Open out chicken breast fill with Sundried tomatoes and sliced bocconcini layeyered alternately, re fold chickne breast and secure shut with sprig of rosemary seaon with salt and pepper to taste. Place in a shallow baking tray place tomatoes around outside season them and drzlle with a touch of al if you want Bung in oven @ 180 for roughly 25mins
Just before serving finely chop basil and stir through yoghurt.
Serve on polenta with roasted tomatoes and dollop of yoghurt

[hunter]

quick n easy bevvie:

*turn espresso machine on (warm up h20)
*fill filter head with fresh blue mountain coffe grinds
*place 4 heaped teaspoons of milo in warmed mug
*place 3 heaped teaspoons of king island dairy double thick cream in mug with milo
*pour 3 fresh double espresso shots into mug with milo & cream
*add one teaspoon demerara sugar into mug
*stir v.well

quick n easy snack :

*extract one cigarette from pack
*place cig in mouth - butt end in
*light cigarette
*inhale
*exhale
*repeat method until finished

[boz-e]

I just posted this in the reporters forum - spose I should finally put it here too - and once again I'd like to take this opportunity to apologise to everyone who ate a few too many cookies at good vibrations (myself included)

here it is:
BARBARA BUSH'S FAVORITE COOKIE RECIPE

-------- ------------ --------------------------------
1 cup Flour
2 tablespoons Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 cup Butter -- softened
1/3 cup Packed brown sugar
1/3 cup Sugar
1 Egg
1 1/2 teaspoons VERY Hot Water
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Semisweet choco-chips

1. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt onto waxed paper.
2./ Beat butter, brown sugar, sugar and egg in large bowl with electric mixer until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in hot water and vanilla. gradually beat in flour mixture until blended and smooth. stir in chocolate chips.
3. Drop dough by well-rounded measuring teaspoonsfuls onto large greased baking sheet.
4.Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. 5. Cool on sheet on wire rack for 1 minute. remove cookies from sheet to wire rack to cool completely.

My modifications to this recipe are:
Instead of using plain flour and baking soda I use half plain half self raising
I add macadamia nuts
I use a hell of a lot more vanilla
I use coffee instead of hot water
For this batch I added a punnet of raspberries
And unlike the former first lady, I don’t just soften the butter ;)

the green butter is easy, just boil the leaves up for a few hours in a saucepan half full of water with a stick of butter innit - strain the water/butter/leaves into a big jug and put in the fridge so the butter solidifies on top - skim the butter off the top and voila

[grover]

I've been meaning to ask you for your recipe boz, so ta :D

La and I are planning a night of baking cookies soon XD

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by hunter
quick n easy snack :

*extract one cigarette from pack
*place cig in mouth - butt end in
*light cigarette
*inhale
*exhale
*repeat method until finished

:lol: I know this one ohh to well.. When I was studying and living on bugger all money when given a choice between eating really well or smoking I parted my money and bought smokes.. I knew that I could supress my appetite with them and then I'd have money to go out still :) Plus sif you wanna eat much when your getting messy all the time. Though I have kinda changed my habits now. In summer not much of a fan of food so it's ciggys and sugar that keep me going..

[hunter]

Originally posted by Chrysoula


:lol: I know this one ohh to well.. When I was studying and living on bugger all money when given a choice between eating really well or smoking I parted my money and bought smokes.. I knew that I could supress my appetite with them and then I'd have money to go out still :) Plus sif you wanna eat much when your getting messy all the time. Though I have kinda changed my habits now. In summer not much of a fan of food so it's ciggys and sugar that keep me going..

i actually gave up smoking two weeks ago tomorrow (@2pm)

i've been bent for two weeks straight though (which isn't anything at all unusual), but now i'm REALLY eating heaps and to be honest, for the past 3 months at least twice a day i've been making mysekf a bowl of alfalfa, tomato, capsicum with french dressing and a small bowl of salt & vinegar crisps. i'll have a banana or two if i'm hungry or heat up a portion of pasta i've bought & divided prior.

i don't actually cook a lot because i don't need to.

a truly quick recipe though is as follows:

grill/toast one side of a slice of bread - when this is done, spread gherkin relish onto the un-toasted side.

get a tiny can of tomato & onion tuna and spread the contents onto the side of the toasted bread that already has the gherkin relish on.

spread grated cheese (the tastier the better) ontop of the tuna and replace the bread under the griller/toaster oven until cheese is melted to your personal taste.

sounds 'interesting' but bugger me if it doesn't taste awesome!


failling that - piece of bread with slice of cheese on it in micro for 45 seconds
(:

[KrayC Cat]

Originally posted by Sid Ferret
Im recently developed a love for poached eggs on toast, delicious.....i cant stop eating them. Piece of piss to make, get some water boiling in a pan, put some bread in the toaster, crack a couple of eggs and shot them in the pan. Leave to simmer. When toast pops up, butter it...by this time eggs should be ready. Scoop out of water and place on top of toast. Lovely!

Hey Sid...I share your love for poached eggs on toast. I'm fortunate enough to have this contraption (does anyone use that word anymore) for poaching the eggs and it gets them perfect everytime! You may have seen them being used at Subway for breakfasts, but it has two circular compartments for the egg. To get it perfect, I spray the bottom of each 'ring' with cooking spray, crack an egg into each, put 2 teaspoons of water in with each egg, stab the yolk, put on the lid and pop it in the microwave for 2 mins on m/low. The, as Sid said, you put your toast on and by the time it's up and buttered, you've got two perfectly poached eggs out of the microwave for a quick and fairly nutricious meal! I know it hits the spot for me at 11pm.

[bigblue]

1 can of Tuna in springwater mixed with dutch mayonaise (Thomy) served on bread... its special and got for the stretch marks also...

*dribble*

[nettsu]

*gasp*
I cooked for real ;)

0k...
1 onion
1 chilli (or more depending on preference) or alternatively use dried chilli flakes
250g bacon
1 can tomatoes or diced tomatoes
packet penne or spiral pasta

chop bacon into slices fry till crispy
take off heat
chop onion & chilli - fry till onion turns translucent
put bacon back in pan
add can of tomatoes - simmer till liquid reduces

cook pasta according to directions on packet

mix pasta into bacon sauce

throw some parmesan on top (i used feta as I had to use the feta before it went feral)

its yummo :)
basically the only advice I can give at this stage is to use chilli to your discretion - just using the one I found a bit weak but I likes spicy food - and I am also considering throwing some mince in the next I make this...

The beauty behind this is that i can do that I guess :) and I loves my pasta ;D

[beebop]

Originally posted by Maiden
Asian Noodle Soup

220g thin dried egg noodles (i always use rice noodles cos they go better in this recipe)
7cups chicken stock
3 green onions thinly sliced
8 slices(15g) of fresh ginger
2 teaspoons soy sauce
3 chicken breasts sliced thinly
1 long red chilli
then i usually put in some boc choy or broccoli or some form of vegies

Place noodles in a heat proof bowl and cover with boiling water. Allow to stand for 6 minutes, then drain and set aside.

Place stock, green onions, ginger and soy sauce in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to the boil, add chicken and chilli and simmer for 5 minutes. Add noodles and vegies and cook for 1 minute. Serves 4

i made this last night!

aside from a few measuring problems (am in uk and none of my jugs measured in cups!) and the fact that i ended up putting too many noodles in it was delicious!!! and easy. the next batch will be better :) ;D

[mitsubachi]

Bowl of ice cream.

Add chocolate sauce.

Chop a kahlua bikkie and throw on.

Mix together with your spoon.


Voila! Kahlua-Choc ice cream!



(The crunch is most delectable)

[Chrysoula]

Being so hot and all I havent been ultra hungry though the other night i did get hungry and having not much at all in my cupboard had to improvise with what i had in my cupboard and I was pleasently surprised...

Boil up some rice.. ( i had jasmine rice )

Open and combine one drained of juices:

Tin of peas
Tin of corn
Tin of salmon (or tuna)

Mix that all together and serve on top of warm rice then to add extra flavourness some sliced or grated cheese on top and put in the microwave for a minute then eat...

Yoiu alternatively can mix the cheese through with the rice and tuna mix which is yummo... I ate that for 2 days for dinner and lunch and loved it...

Also when I want something light I boil up some rice
add a little salt or soy sauce and some cheese to melt with the rice.. Alot of people think that rice and cheese are a crazy combination but I love it at the moment....


Also made chocolate crackles today... Followed the instructions on the copha packet but they werent as dark as I remembered them being when i was a lil girl... I needed a chocolate fix and they still taste good.. but i being good and not eating many cause I melted the copha up and realise how bad that stuff is.....

They dont take long to make and are yummo....
I'm gonna have a go at Honey Crackles tomorow...

[dopamine]

Originally posted by Chrysoula


Tin of peas
Tin of corn
Tin of salmon (or tuna)



That's where you lost me. :(

Matt

[special ed]

I too made Maiden's Asian noodle soup last night.

It rawks!!!

[special ed]

Originally posted by Chrysoula
Tin of peas



You what!!!! yuk!

[Leelaki]

Buckwheat Pancakes

I made buckwheat pancakes for brunch on Sunday from a packet mix (Orgran brand) which is wheat and gluten free.

They are really good and easy although by following the directions on the packet you get realllllyy thick batter. I prefer to thin it out a lot and have crepes. Also cook them in butter rather than oil.. tastes much better.

Anyway.. on Sunday we had maple syrup and thick (not sour) greek style yogurt - tastes a bit like creme fraiche and lemon & sugar (old time favourite). They are very filling sustained my energy from midday till about 8:30pm!!

Then with the left over batter last night I made savoury crepes for dinner. I sauteed mushroom, zucchini and spinach in olive oil then added some ricotta, parmesan and a little grated cheese and wrapped it all in a crepe.. yummo!!

Had them for lunch today too.. healthy, filling and tasty! :D

[Chrysoula]

I dont see the problem with those ingredients.. I use them in my tuna mornay anyways so it's all good.. The combination is really nice together...

Question does anyone have a recipe for chocolate pancakes??

[nettsu]

make pancakes as per normal but add chocolate chips or alternatively replace some flour with cocoa...

thats what my aunt used to do

altho I prefer adding the choccie chips :)

[Chrysoula]

Thanks for that nettsu

I try tonight... something so simple and i didnt think of it

[nettsu]

my pleasure :)

enjoy

(also choccie pancakes are really nice with sliced banannas & cream)

[Chrysoula]

I cannot eat cream.. never have liked it at all and scrape it off cakes and dont like it whatsoever...

[nettsu]

maple syrup is always good ;)

hmmm - now I have a craving for pancakes....

[Jentai]

Originally posted by Chrysoula
I cannot eat cream.. never have liked it at all and scrape it off cakes and dont like it whatsoever...


me too! I also can't handle full cream milk- it just tastes wrong

[G8CRSHR]

these are meant to be easy things to cook!!!


Cheese Roasty
2 pieces of white bread
1 cheese slice

put cheese in between bread and bung into sandwich press thing for bout 1min. works a treat.

and for the posh side in us all, u can always add some ham..

[mrtimotae]

Even easier, 2 slices of cheese between bread and zapped for 30 sec. Only problem is it gets soggy

[fasty]

Ingredients: one can baked beans, 2 strips bacon,2 pieces white or wholemeal bread.

Directions:
1.Open can of baked beans, dice bacon.
2.Add B/beans and diced bacon to suitable heat proof bowl, non-metalic for this version.
3.Open Microwave door and place bowl with ingredients covered to minimise heat loss and splattering of food particles.
4.Set microwave to medium and for 80 sec's, keeps flavour in.
5. As food is heating in microwave place 2 peices of bread into toaster,set toaster to your prefered liking.
6.Once toast has ejected and the microwave has signaled time up.
7. Place toast onto Plate, pour carefully avoiding steam scalds the Baked beans and bacon over the toast.
8. Add chopped parsley for garnish.
9. For a night of hell raising dutch ovens i add chopped onion at step #2

Essential items needed to carry out this. Can opener and Microwave oven.

This is a gem for those struggling single's who can't be stuffed destroying a kitchen to prepare a meal for one.


Please feel free to email me for new and exciting single's meals or send yours in. Goodnight

[Birdseye]

Brown rice and beans is easy to cook, cheap and tastes kickass!

Chuck a chopped onion, capsicum, zucchini and a few chopped mushrooms into a pot with some oil, cook it up for a couple of minutes, add a can of chopped tomatoes and a little bit of water, add some taco seasoning (you can get it in little packets), cook it up for another 10 mins, then add in some cooked brown rice (or white rice if you can't hack brown) and stir it through.
Then eat it (or use it decorate your walls, i dont really mind)

[Xpose]

Tuna Pasta

Take one tin of tuna appropriate in size to your hunger chuck in saucepan with garlic and onion, boil your favourite pasta in another saucepan i rate fussili or penne. Add to tuna mix one tablespoon sundried tomato pesto, olives, capers. diced semi dried tomatos and chilli if you like, stir over low heat until pasta is ready. Drain pasta add to tuna mix combine and serve. dinner in under 15 minutes

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by mrtimotae
Even easier, 2 slices of cheese between bread and zapped for 30 sec. Only problem is it gets soggy

Ahh I've over come this problem.. but I like your method with tomato with the cheese.. Nothing wrong with it being soggy a little bit but

toast the bread in the toaster first and butter. then add cheese and zap in microwave for 30 seconds.. works a treat and tastes it too

[Xpose]

you are obviously just of inferior skill :p

I prefer to let polenta set the chargrill for a bit of a kick and also to stir through a wack of parmesan when just about cooked. Finally for a twist wrap around prociutto when baking

You could also replace tomatoes with baby spinach or similar if you are anti em :)

[princess01]

NoSoup4U: I totally relate to your polenta woes. See my earlier posts - I just don't get it. Let the polenta set? How?? Even cooking it in the first place - wtf??

How can something that's OK in restaurants be so impossible to replicate in your own kitchen?

[Xpose]

once it comes away from edge of pan almost like a ball put it in a baking tray in fridge then it sets

[princess01]

Originally posted by Xpose
put it in a baking tray in fridge then it sets

For how long? Then do you just slice it and stick it under the grill and toast it like bread?

[Xpose]

Then cut it into wedges and grill on a griddle pan or in a frypan if you aint got a griddle

[dopamine]

There are different grades of polenta. The fine/instant stuff is fairly crap and i'd never serve it in my restaraunt. You can get passable results with it though and most people probably wouldn't tell the difference anyway - unless they either grew up with it or are used to eating the good stuff.

There are some very important points to remember when cooking polenta:

Good stock. Polenta doesn't have huge flavour on it's own so you need a good base. Cambells just doesn't cut it. Make your own chicken stock and use wings as they are cheap and will guaruntee good flavour. Simmer stock for at least 6 hours.

Cream (if it going to be served soft)

Seasoning. Plenty of it but dont overdo it.

Butter - at the end.

Parmesan - optional but it makes a damn tasty polenta t have fresh grated grana stirred though at the last minute.

When cooking the good stuff (course) it's going to take at least half an hour - and up to 45 minutes to cook properly - stirring constantly. It's best to start with a lot of stock and not much polenta and let it gradually thicken than to keep adding stock as you go (which means it will take longer to cook and you'll wind up with way too much).


It's like risotto - it's not hard to make as long as you follow the rules - but get it wrong and it's horrible.

Matt

[princess01]

me/ Prints out this thread and vows to master this polenta-stuff if it's the last thing I do.

Thanks guys :)

[LoRa]

Stuffed baked potatoes..

Can be made as a side dish too..

-Place potatoes in a microwave safe dish/container.. Cook for 10 mins to get the potatoes soft..

-Allow to cool down till warm to touch. Cut the tops off so u can spoon out all the potatoe, so your left with kind of a potatoe shell.

-Next cut up half and onion, a few rashers of bacon and about 4 decent sized mushrooms. Fry in a pan till they get some colour.

-Next mix the onions,bacon,mushies and potatoe together adding fresh cream till it has a moist consistency, not runny..

-Pack the potatoes firmly (but not to firm to split the potatoe) just over the top of the hole..

-Place a decent amount of tasty shredded cheese ontop. Stick in the oven for 10-15 mins on 200 degrees or until cheese is melted and golden brown

-Eat with sour cream YUMMO

:blush: :p

[dopamine]

Originally posted by LoRa
Stuffed baked potatoes..

Can be made as a side dish too..

-Place potatoes in a microwave safe dish/container.. Cook for 10 mins to get the potatoes soft..

-Allow to cool down till warm to touch. Cut the tops off so u can spoon out all the potatoe, so your left with kind of a potatoe shell.

-Next cut up half and onion, a few rashers of bacon and about 4 decent sized mushrooms. Fry in a pan till they get some colour.

-Next mix the onions,bacon,mushies and potatoe together adding fresh cream till it has a moist consistency, not runny..

-Pack the potatoes firmly (but not to firm to split the potatoe) just over the top of the hole..

-Place a decent amount of tasty shredded cheese ontop. Stick in the oven for 10-15 mins on 200 degrees or until cheese is melted and golden brown

-Eat with sour cream YUMMO

:blush: :p

-There's no e in potato ;)

[Chrysoula]

All this talk today in chat has made me go and attempt the pancake recipe... Ymmmy

[SKNY]

jasmine rice boiled with coconut

[Xpose]

Yeah u gotta stir it :) You can serve it creamy but you really do need to flavour it with stock rather than water then add some butter parmesan salt n pepper just before serving. I prefer letting it set just for a nicer consistency

[uteah]

Nothing beats a cheese, tomato and salami toasted sandwich. Nice and greasy...

[Chrysoula]

Ham, cheese and tomato on toast... Great for when ones fragile and i've had 4 today...

I tend to get a craving for one thing. eat it flat out for a few days or week then never want it again for the next 6 months or something.. anyone else get like that??

[Tax Invoice]

My new fave easy meal is Atlantic Salmon with Dukkah :

1 x Atlantic Salmon fillet per person
Olive Oil (lemon flavoured if you have it)
Dukkah Mix (Egyptian dry crushed nut mix available at most deli's & supermarkets)

Rub olive oil over fillets then lightly press the Dukkah onto the fillets.
Place fillets onto a pre-heated BBQ or Pan-fry for 3-4 minutes each side to form a nice dukkah crust.

I like to serve this with grilled asparagus & mashed potato.

Very yum.

[Xpose]

Originally posted by Tax Invoice
My new fave easy meal is Atlantic Salmon with Dukkah :

1 x Atlantic Salmon fillet per person
Olive Oil (lemon flavoured if you have it)
Dukkah Mix (Egyptian dry crushed nut mix available at most deli's & supermarkets)

Rub olive oil over fillets then lightly press the Dukkah onto the fillets.
Place fillets onto a pre-heated BBQ or Pan-fry for 3-4 minutes each side to form a nice dukkah crust.

I like to serve this with grilled asparagus & mashed potato.

Very yum.

Dukkah rocks with chicken breaset also or just as sumfin to dunk your bread in after dipping in olive oil

[bumpmek]

Mustard Chicken

Easy, but fuckin tasty!

I normally cook this with a serving of mash potato and vegies on the side. Or you can also have it with rice.

I normally get 500grams of chicken tenderloins from the butcher, or i guess you can buy a few breasts and cut them up yourself.

All you do is cook the chicken till brown and then you add a quart of regular cream (not thick), or more if you need and then you add french mustard and stir it around till it becomes creamy. I haven't got measurements as you do it till it tastes yummy for you.

I normally make the sauce up in a separate bowl (ie mix up the craem and french mustard) and then add it, so i have the right consistency/flavour. The more sauce the better as you can scoop it up with some bread after..... YUM!

[beebop]

Originally posted by Chrysoula
I tend to get a craving for one thing. eat it flat out for a few days or week then never want it again for the next 6 months or something.. anyone else get like that??

i am so like that!! my flatmates think i am weird....

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by beebop
i am so like that!! my flatmates think i am weird....

Ahh we be weird together then.. this week mine is potato salad, snow peas and cherry ripes.. yummmm

[beebop]

this week its spring rolls, smartie chocolate and sainsbury's cheese twists....

i'm going to be fat forever :p

[Evangelion001]

Ingredients:


1 or 2 sheets of fresh baked lavash bread( depending on how hungry you are)
about 1/2 cup of grated carrot
about 1/2 cup of grated cheese
bean sprouts
1/4 spanish onion sliced finely( small spanish onion)
salt and pepper
enough mayo to spread over the bottom of the lavash
1/4 - 1/2 of avacado mushed up
1/4 - 1/2 tomato diced into small cubes

* Add your fav meat if u like meat, or add like grilled vegies ect...this is just a basic guideline

Method:

spread the lavash flour side down .

spread enough mayo to cover but leave about 2 inches of room along the longest side.

spread mashed up avacado on top of mayo.

sprinkle carrot, tomato cubes,spanish onion, and how ever much bean sprouts u want.

season the above with salt and peper.

Sprinkle as much cheese as you want over the top of that.

Add meat or in my case a soy shinitzel sliced , placed along the middle of the lavash.

the side that u have left free of any filling ect, fold that over into the lavash, hold it with one hand and start rolling it up, over the the folded side.

voila you have salad toll up, basic and simple but very tasty and healthy.

[risk]

Creamy Sundried Tomato Pasta

easy little sauce if you feel the need.

Half a jar of Leggo's Creamy Sundried Tomato Pesto
Half a bottle of cream
500g of chicken tenderloin/breast
200 grams of mushrooms (shredded)
Handful of chopped basil
Fettucine (don't ask me how much, i'm useless when it comes to measuring pasta)

Brown the chicken in a pan, then whack in the mushrooms. Pour in the pesto, then throw the cream in. Heat until chicken is cooked.

Stir the sauce through the pasta and serve.

15 minute improv session in the kitchen this arvo. it's quite delicious :-D

[Jentai]

pitta bread pizza...

easiest, yummiest food ever...

you'll need a packet of pitta bread- usually one per person but depends on the size of them (can also use lavash bread but if you use this you will need to use two pieces together for the base else it goes soggy).

okay all you need to do is spread tomato paste or pizza base sauce over the pitta bread, chuck on some toppings, sprinkle over cheese then bake in a hot oven til the cheese is melted and the bottom starts to crisp up. Our toppings usually consist of as much stuff as we can fit on there and is fantastic, we use: ham, italian sausage, red onion, capsicum, tomato, fetta, sundried tomato, basil, fresh chilli, avocado and then cheese.

yummm!

[gemz]

muffin pizza... any yummy pizza topings with lots of cheese then grill!!

[gemz]

bazil and tomato pizza... u need small pizza bases fresh bazil leaves and tomato , and tomato past on the base , lost of cheese then grill and u can add pesto if u really like the bazil flavor

[MsSpank]

Apricot Chicken

This is what I use when I'm cooking for 2

Ingredients

4 Chicken thighs
pkt of french onion soup
375ml of apricot nectar
1/4 onion sliced
flour (1/4cup)
salt & pepper

pre heat oven to 180C
put flour in a bowl and season with salt & pepper
coat thighs in flour
line tray with foil so the chicken doesn't stick
place chicken in tray and sprinkle french onion soup over (i usually use about a quarter of a pkt)
put onion over chicken and pour can of apricot nectar over chicken

cook for about 45mins, turning chicken every say 15mins

my measurements aren't great cos I just slap it together, but it is so easy and so yummy!!!

[Xpose]

Originally posted by MsSpank
Apricot Chicken

This is what I use when I'm cooking for 2

Ingredients

4 Chicken thighs
pkt of french onion soup
375ml of apricot nectar
1/4 onion sliced
flour (1/4cup)
salt & pepper

pre heat oven to 180C
put flour in a bowl and season with salt & pepper
coat thighs in flour
line tray with foil so the chicken doesn't stick
place chicken in tray and sprinkle french onion soup over (i usually use about a quarter of a pkt)
put onion over chicken and pour can of apricot nectar over chicken

cook for about 45mins, turning chicken every say 15mins

my measurements aren't great cos I just slap it together, but it is so easy and so yummy!!!

Yep they are all about right for a fruity kick add some dried apricots as well or even some pinapple.

Big ups to 70's cooking

[nettsu]

70s cooking???

does that include fondue nights? ;)

[Xpose]

Originally posted by nettsu
70s cooking???

does that include fondue nights? ;)

Yep also tuna casserole and salmon mousses's in salmon shaped moulds

[nettsu]

Originally posted by Xpose


Yep also tuna casserole and salmon mousses's in salmon shaped moulds

the salmon mousse reminds me of the meaning of life....

[feeble]

Pasta Salad Thingo.

Roast a box of baby tomatoes in the oven until they go all brown and squishy. While they're cooking, crisp about 5 strips of proscuitto under the grill, then break into nice little crunchy bits. Chuck some pasta (I like saffron fettucine, but I'm a food snob) on the boil. Meanwhile, chop some garlic and gently fry in olive oil. Take a handful of baby spinach, wilt (ie. put in the pan until it gets wilted and yum) with the garlic. Drain the cooked pasta, and toss it with the spinach and garlic over low heat, then add the proscuitto bits and the roasted baby tomatoes and toss the whole thing together. Pine nuts might also be nice at this stage. Grate some parmesan and stir through.

Damn good lunch. Off to make some now, I think.

[Xpose]

Some goats cheese crumbled through that would be tasty too

[seanie]

mine is seafood laksa. first, buy the asia at home packet from the supermarket, plus some vegies and meat (chicken or prawns if you're feeling a bit speshal) and an extra thing of coconut milk cos there's never enough. then follow the recipe on the pack.

it's just so easy: a simple, easy to make asian meal just like you'd get at a restaurant.

also, polenta is a bitch goddess. avoid her. she will chew you and spit you out.

try risotto instead. she's give you what you're after. just keep working her or she's get all sticky.

[technobimbo]

...do 2 minute noodles count? otherwise its simple grilled cheese on toast...but not too much cheese... or its nachos...with sour cream, guacamole n lotsa melted cheese...oh n tomato n meat stuf...

[mike_L]

best breakfast ever - 'huevos fritos rancheros'

fried eggs with chilli and salsa

about the extent of my cooking ;D

[grover]

Originally posted by mike_L

about the extent of my cooking ;D what about the choc chip muffins we all made? XD

[Chrysoula]

I love Risotto and Paella.. Does anyone have a good recipe for either?? I had a great seafood risotto not long ago at an Italian place.. Was yummy..

[nettsu]

Originally posted by Chrysoula
I love Risotto and Paella.. Does anyone have a good recipe for either?? I had a great seafood risotto not long ago at an Italian place.. Was yummy..

http://www.arborfood.com/dining-in/gourmet-details/risotto.shtml

the rules :)
I found this quite handy when I attempted my first risotto (which was a wee tad of a disaster but live and learn... will teach me to drink *with* dinner not before)

[Xpose]

Originally posted by nettsu


http://www.arborfood.com/dining-in/gourmet-details/risotto.shtml

the rules :)
I found this quite handy when I attempted my first risotto (which was a wee tad of a disaster but live and learn... will teach me to drink *with* dinner not before)

aha the old one cup of white wine for the risotto.. oh shit ive got three cups left better not waste em ;)

[nettsu]

Originally posted by Xpose


aha the old one cup of white wine for the risotto.. oh shit ive got three cups left better not waste em ;)

*hic*

yep ;)

[nettsu]

500g fusilli (or pasta of choice - spirals are good - penne also works)
1 tbs olive oil
200g thinly sliced danish salami
2 cloves garlic crushed
3 small zuchinni thinly sliced
1 tsp dried chilli flakes (i use more than this but i like a kick)
700g bottled tomato sauce (normal pasta sauce)
1 1/4 cups seeded green olives (can also use black)
1 cup coarsely chopped parsley (this is *entirely* optional)

Cook pasta until just tender. Heat half the oil in a medium frying pan, cook salami, stirring until crisp. Drain on absorbant paper, cut slices into strips. Heat remaining oil in same cleaned pan. Cook garlic & zuchinni, stirring about 2 min or until zuchinni is just tender. Stir in salami with chilli, sauce & olives. Cook stirring until heated through. Stir through pasta and parsley (if you choose to go with the parsley).

[Bizzy]

To those of you trying the risotto......

Risotto is really good with cream in it! Very fattening yes! but also very yummy!

[dopamine]

Risotto.

This will serve quite a few, just use a 1kg pack of rice. Carnaroli is my preferred choice of rice - arborio is substandard but will do if it's a decent brand. Avoid those tacky looking brands from supermakets. Beleive me the difference is astonishing.

This is the basic base for what you can then make a variety of different risottos. The end result will be a little over 3/4 of the way cooked. When you want a serve of risotto you simply toss a few ingredients into a pan, add some rice and stock and finish the cooking - adding seasoning, butter and parmesan at the last minute. If you make this quanitity at the beginning of the week you can either freeze some or it will last for 5-6 days (risotto doesn't last that long in my frige before it's eaten though so no worries there....).

1 kg Carnaroli
2 ltrs good homemade chicken stock
1 large brown onion finely diced
1/4 bottle of whatever white wine you plan on drinking (good stuff)
olive oil
butter

-Bring stock to the boil in pot.
-Sweat onions in a separate heavy based pot until translucent in a little butter and olive oil.
-add rice and fry with onion to heat through. dont let anything colour.
-when rice is hot, add wine. stir and cook until the alcohol is cooked away (you can smell when)
-add stock in three stages. allow to almost completely absorb each stage. stir continuously. On the final stage turn the heat right down and keep stirring.
-when stock is all absorbed turn risotto out onto a large baking tray to cool down. The transfer to a container for refrigeration.

I'll post some recipes later - gotto split for dinner now.....

Matt

[trim]

Ingredients
Crumpets
butter
salt
Pepper
Toast crumpets add a little butter, then top with salt and pepper.
pukka mate!

[Chrysoula]

Originally posted by trim
Ingredients
Crumpets
butter
salt
Pepper
Toast crumpets add a little butter, then top with salt and pepper.
pukka mate!

:meh: and you ppl call me weird for eating cheese with rice.. I cannot see why you would put salt and pepper on crumpets.. thats weird..

Ohhh I'm trying the risotto tonight :) I'll let you know how I go.. How about a recipe for a good caramel slice and jelly slice..

I love jelly slice thing.. with the biccy base, the creamy white bit and then the red jelly on top. I missed out heaps as a kid in a greek family and we never had dessert :(

Ohh and I love bread and butter pudding too. However I suck at making sweets...

[Xpose]

Originally posted by Chrysoula




Ohh and I love bread and butter pudding too. However I suck at making sweets...

Next time you are in Adelaide go the Bread n Butter from the old lion made with chocolate croissants and baileys mmmm fattening and alcoholic

[silvaside]

http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2004/20040227l.jpg

[Xpose]

penne or Similar
300gm's chicken breast diced
75gms Sundried Tomatoes
Small Sweet Potato
Chicken Stock
Couple handfulls baby Spinach
White Wine
2 Tbs Honey

Microwave Sweet Potato till par cooked, slice place on chargrill or health grill till cooked slice to bite size move to side.
Boil Penne, whilst boiling fry off chicken in chicken stock till cooked remove from pan add white wine to stock add a little flour if you want thicker or cream if you like a creamy sauce. Reduce slightly add honey sweet potato and tomatoes warm through chuck through spinach and remove from heat. spinach should just wilt. Combine with Penne dish up wash down with left over white wine

[samara]

English Muffin Pizza'z.

English muffin's, split in 2
Pizza fixins
Tomato paste/pasta sause
Cheese

- Preheat gril till it's good and hot
- Spread tomato paste on top sides of english muffins
- Add your favorite topings
- Top with cheese
- Sprinkle with fresh or dry herbs
- Toast until cheese is to your liking.

These are so good! The outside edge of the English muffins gets all crispy and yummy and cheese encrusted. You can use your basic topings or go gourmet and use kalamada olives, feta, grated pumpkin or zucchini, semi-dried tomatos, artichoke hearts and anything else you like.

mmmmm tiny pizza's...... :)

[Dj Logik]

Originally posted by big eddie
always have a few gormet sausages in the fridge...

AC Butchery mate.

The best :D:-D


My favourite is a quick bowl of pasta topped with the finest Grana Podana cheese. :)

[gamblor]

CREAMY BROCCOLI AND BACON FETTUCCINE

500g fettuccine
30g butter
1sml onion chopped finely
2 bacon rashers chopped
1 clove garlic
250g broccoli pieces
chicken stock
300ml cream
Grated cheese (small handful)

Cook Pasta
Heat butter, add onion, bacon and some garlic (until onion and bacon brown)
Add broccoli and stock (cook about 5 minutes)
Stir in cream and cheese

-bring to boil, simmer for 5mins-

Mix sauce through the pasta and there you go…

[discotrash]

Originally posted by Chrysoula
I tend to get a craving for one thing. eat it flat out for a few days or week then never want it again for the next 6 months or something.. anyone else get like that??

That's me!

[Insomniac]

a new one i did for my gf and her fam the other night, easy as and quite tasty

you will need

750-800g pork fillet
4 parsnips
wholegrain mustard
olive oil
oregano
honey
cracked black pepper
sea salt


cut the parsnips lengthways in half and place them - cut side facing up - on a baking tray. sprinkle pepper and salt on top then drizzle with a little oil. whack in an oven preheated to 190C and keep them there for forty minutes.

the 800g of pork will probably be two medium-large fillets, so cut them in half (thus having four portions). spread mustard over them (how thinly or thickly depends on your own taste) and throw a bit of oregano over them too. then dress them with some honey - don't be scared of it, i like it in quite large proportions ;D when the parsnips have been in the oven for 40 mins, put the pork on top of them and cook it all for about another 30 mins (again depending on your taste)

when it's all cooked, put some fresh oregano on top just to liven it up a bit, cos the oregano you put on earlier will have been completely rorted by the heat by now.

voila!

(oh, and did i mention the bit about sucking up to the gf's parents by cooking their fam dinner...??)

[Azzir]

I made this one up myself... it's pretty tasty, and really easy :) The housemates love it too which is a bonus.

Bacon & Egg Pasta (And no, it's not Carbonara).

This is basically bucket-cooking so all quantities are negotiable :)

- Angel Hair Pasta broken up into little bits (enough for 4) (Can buy pre-broken)
- Chicken Stock
- 1 Large Onion, Diced
- 1 Red Capsicum, Diced
- 8 Mushrooms, Sliced
- 4 rashers of Bacon, Diced.
- 3 Eggs
- Sour Cream (3 decent sized dollops)
- Continental Parsley, roughly chopped
- Soy Sauce & Sweet Chilli to taste.

1. Boil pasta in Chicken stock.
2. While pasta is cooking, fry onions. When done, put aside in a large bowl & cover.
3. Ditto Capsicum (put aside in same bowl)
4. Ditto Bacon (put aside in same bowl)
5. Ditto Mushrooms (put aside in same bowl)
6. By this stage pasta should be cooked. Drain pasta and place back in saucepan. Dump Onion, Capsicum, Bacon & Mushrooms on top of pasta & cover (off heat).
7. Fry up eggs until nearly cooked (break yolks).
8. Put eggs with other ingredients, add soy & sweet chilli sauce, and stir it all through like your life depended on it :)
9. Add sour cream & parsley, resume stirring.
10. Serve with cracked pepper to taste...

Enjoy :)

[Pete Paranoid]

Gallina Fricassea Fredda-Cold Fricassee of Chicken

2 medium-sized chickens
1 clove of garlic
4 tbsps, butter
2 tbsps. Chopped fresh tarragon (or 1 tbsp. dry tarragon)
salt
black pepper
1 ½ cups dry white wine
a dash of chervil
1 sprig of parsley

Cut chickens into pieces, without braking the bones. Saute in butter over moderate heat, until golden. Season with salt and pepper, moisten with white wine, and allow to simmer, covered, for an hour and a half. At the last moment add garlic, tarragon, parsley, and chervil - all chopped finely – and season with freshly ground pepper. Arrange pieces of cooked chicken in a serving dish, pour over sauce, and allow to chill. When cold remove fat.
Serves 4

Razpect!

[Carley]

Easy peasy.

Cook one of those side dish pasta continental things as per instructions in the microwave. Stir in a tin of tuna. Mmmmmmmmmmmm:)

[Alex Reid]

;) Cookin' Class For Tha Lazy Ass ;)

INGREDIENTS:
Dark cooking chocolate
Sugar
Water
Hazel nuts

METHOD:
1. Melt chocolate

2. Melt sugar and water in a seperate pan on very high heat until caramelized, add the hazelnuts, stir, and then pour this mixture onto a flat baking tray and chill until hard

3. When the caramel mixture is hard, bash it with a rolling pin or something and it in a blender so it goes into exactly one million pieces

4. Stir the caramel/nut mixutre into the melted chocolate and pour this on to a baking tray – put in fridge until it has cooled down

5. Take bits of the mixture and make ball shapes rolling it in your hands. You can coat the balls using; icing sugar, chocolate sauce (melted), cocoa, or crushed maltesers or anything else you can think of

[starlet]

Chicken and Ham Linguine
500g linguine
500mL cream
200g ham
1/2 BBQ chicken
pinch of nutmeg
3/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
salt & pepper
[list=1]
Boil water and add linguine to cook
Meanwhile slice up ham into thin strips and chop up chicken meat into small pieces.
Add cream to small saucepan and bring to boil over low heat
Add parsley, nutmeg, chicken, ham and salt and pepper to cream and heat through
Drain linguine and stir through cream sauce
[/list=1]
Voila!

Serve with grated fresh parmesan and steamed asparagus spears :blush:

So quick to prepare since the meat is already cooked ;D

[frisky]

Nothing can beat the good old omlet.....!

Tomato, bacon, capsicum, egg, onion...

whatever you want...

Yum!

[lilsarah]

i dont know how to cook, so for others like me:

1. get some dinner rolls
2. turn the oven on to some hot degree
3. cut the dinner roll open and add chopt tomatoes and cheese in it
4. cook until the cheese is melted

1. get some garlic bread
2. cook the garlic bread (follow instructions on the packet)
3. dice some tomatoes
4. add some olive oil to the tomatoes (and a few leaves of basil if you have some)
5. put the tomatoes on top of the garlic bread

and this is what we have for dinner :(

it's good snack food I guess...

[Magnesium]

i love my rissottos but i can't seem to get the cooking time right or how "oozy" the end product is meant to be, i.e, if i plate it up how long should it take to spread out ? i can't seem to get it to "ooze" around the place without the rice only being half cooked dispite using about 5 different recipies, or do you just get a feel for it? i think imay buy one to see how it reacts to my prodding but mine seem to be a bit too heavy. nice thread by the way.

in adelaide while your trying out the lions bread and butter run across the road to "the store" and try their rissoto's they are fuck off and change day to day, nice one.

i don't like fritz
i use tissues
i vacum
i use an old school toasted sandwich maker which is probably a fire hazard
wheely bin
fruit box
had a canteen then went the tuck shop which is still an odd name

the only problem i find with recipies is having to go out and buy special ingredients or reading an english book and having to suss what the australian equivelent it, btw what the fuck is Creme fraiche ?.

[nettsu]

This just in from a friend :)

(altho I do acknowledge Martha Stewart is evil... but chocolate is good... so universal equilibrium is maintained)

BlankWhite Hot Chocolate
Recipe created by by Martha Stewart

Serves 8

INGREDIENTS
2 cups of heavy cream
6 cups of whole milk
12 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 block of dark chocolate

Using a vegetable peeler, shave chocolate into curls; set aside.

Place white chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl; set aside. Place milk and cream in a medium saucepan set over medium heat until bubbles begin to form around edges of pan (about 4 minutes). Do not boil.

Remove mixture from the flame. Immediately pour over white chocolate. When chocolate begins to melt, gently stir to combine.

Whisk in vanilla. Continue whisking until light foam forms.

Serve immediately. Garnish with chocolate shavings

Fran's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes 3 dozen large cookies

Rock-'n'-roll chef Jaime Laurita's sister makes a wicked chocolate chip cookie, and he shared her recipe with us!

INGREDIENTS
1 pound butter, softened
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
4 eggs
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
4–5 cups chocolate chips
2 cups chopped pecans
1 cup shredded coconut

Preheat oven to 350°F. Cream the butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add the sugar, continuing to cream until all the sugar is used. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.

Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda. Add all at once to the butter mixture, stirring well with a wooden spoon. Add chocolate chips, pecans and coconut and stir until mixed.

Form dough into large balls and press down lightly on an ungreased non-stick baking sheet. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes, being careful not to brown the edges. Remove from oven and place baking sheet on a wire rack; cool 5 minutes. Transfer cookies to rack; cool completely.

Recommended technique: Take half the cookie dough, put it in a ziplock bag and freeze it for a rainy day

[Xpose]

am so making that hot chocolate tonight mmmmmmmm white chocolate

[nettsu]

i might give the cookies a burl on the weekend :)

its been a while since i've done some baking

[Bizzy]

Nothing beats a chicken, cheese, avacado and sweet chilli toasted sandwhich!

For a dip cream cheese with sweet chili sauce poured over the top is really yummy with rice biscuits!

[Russx]

2 tins of creamed corn, 1 tin crab meat, 1 tin of prwns...add bit of milk, cracked pepper & heat.
Prep time 30 secs!:)

[Bizzy]

Yesterday a couple of friends and I decided to make a layer dip for dinner!

From bottom layer to top
Refried beans, Salsa, finely chopped lettuce, guacomole and grated cheese (we forgot to buy sour cream!)

It was absolutely delicious with the plain and Nachos Chheese corn chips!

[silvaside]

aji de pollo

:-D

[Bizzy]

Originally posted by silvaside
aji de pollo

:-D

Well! Where's the recipe? :p

[diskotek]

Patato Wedge Sandwich :D

More of a snack but hey, it fills you up

Get the trusty deep fryer out and throw enough wedges in for 2 sandwiches.

Butter the bread, chuck the wedges on when cooked, spread a bit of sour cream on the chips with a bit of sweet chilli sauce.

YUM!

[Brett James]

NOTHING beats the taste of home made pasta.NOTHING!!!!
my favourite is Ravioli made with:

Chicken -750g
bacon pieces -250g
ricotta cheese -500g
fresh basil -tablespoon
fresh majoram -tablespoon
fresh garlic -2 cloves
fresh oregano -tablespoon
fresh thyme -tablespoon

the pasta is easy to make, its just eggs(8) and flour(start with 5 cups). Its just like making dour, only ends up more like rubber.

Cook the filling ingredients, add the herbs and cheese, mince together and start making the little parcels of Ecstacy.

Guys, if you wanna impress a girl, make her some FRESH pasta.
Yummmy

[MiSsB29]

Originally posted by diskotek
Patato Wedge Sandwich :D
Get the trusty deep fryer out and throw enough wedges in for 2 sandwiches.
Butter the bread, chuck the wedges on when cooked, spread a bit of sour cream on the chips with a bit of sweet chilli sauce.

YUM!


Argh.. i dont even want to think of the fat content in that! mmm but sounds soooo yum *drool* :lol:

[Sistah Blue]

Being on a very restricted diet, my already questionable cooking skills have been given a workout. I don't enjoy my food anymore :(

I find stir fry's great to fill up on, especially if carbohydrate isn't a part of your diet, you can put stupid amounts of vegetables in and it'll fill you up without making you want to fall asleep 30 mins later. If you're lucky enough to live close to the markets, it's quite inexpensive too.

I tend to experiment lots with herbs and curry pastes.

[jibber]

dont settle for old el paso nachos with refried beans, yeck.

tin of red kidney beans
mexican spices (oregano, cummin, chilli for those that like to really go from scratch) but u can buy a jar of it mixed up already
avocado
sour cream
chips n cheese
and if you want chicken or beef(though i dont think it needs it)



get a tin of red kidney bins, nuke it for a bit, then mash em up with a fork. mix in some masterfoods mexican spices and a spoon or to of salsa and use that as your base, you can add chicken or mince (cook with more mexican spices, or use old el paso taco seasoning).

put chips in bowl, add bean mix and cheese and more chips(and meat if u went that way) into hot oven till cheese melts.. ten minutes or so

mash up an avocado with a small squeeze of lemon, mmm yummy guacomole and if your trying to lose weight , go easy on the sour cream. spoon em on when it comes outta the oven. yum.


the best part is you can makle this for one person or 7, just get more of evrything, it is so easy and so damm good.

[Cavey]

take two slices bread...spread with vegimite....put some tasty cheese on top and put under the griller :-D after cheese melt take out and cut in lil soldiers......

ok that prolly lame but it easy and goood :D

[G8CRSHR]

i made this the other night, while i was, um, hungry.

it doesnt have a name, it doesnt need a name. but ill call it the spaghetti sanga anyway.

there was some left over spaghetti bolognaise (spelling) in the fridge. so i put it between 2 pieces of bread, then added some lettuce, tomato, cheese, and french dressing.
it was unreal, believe it or not!!

[Bizzy]

Originally posted by G8CRSHR
i made this the other night, while i was, um, hungry.

it doesnt have a name, it doesnt need a name. but ill call it the spaghetti sanga anyway.

there was some left over spaghetti bolognaise (spelling) in the fridge. so i put it between 2 pieces of bread, then added some lettuce, tomato, cheese, and french dressing.
it was unreal, believe it or not!!

i would believe you! I have done a very similar thing with the part of the lasagne that has oozed out! It was quite delicious!

[Tarz]

Okay this is going off a dodgy memory so i could stuff up but these chicken pies are very very nice and pretty easy, im not usually a fan of the chicken pie but i like these, if you have the time.

large chicken
3 carrots
1 large white Onion
3 tablespoon cream
3 tablespoons Plain Flour
60g butter
3 sticks of celery
Dried Tarragon
Fresh Parsley and Chives
Puff Pastry
Salt n Pepper

Chicken: You boil the chicken for 1-1.5 hrs (put in some peppercorns, shallots, salt n pepper, i think there is another herb here so just put whatever), refrigerate until cool enough to handle and take off all skin and bones.

You then keep the water (stock) because its made for cooking the vegies and making the sauce.

Sauce: Fry onion in the butter on a light heat (10-15 to get the full flavour) add flour, then add 3 cups of the stock, stir this until boils and thickens.

Vegies: Cook the celery, carrotts in the rest of the stock, just cook until tender but still crisp.

Mix chicken, vegies, sauce, herbs and salt n pepper to taste.

Then put this all in a oven proof dish and on the top whack some puff pastry, put some steam holes, and cook in a hot oven until golden brown about 35mins.

Yum. Serve with mashed potato and peas.

(i might check the measurements tonite, but i think i got it all right)

[MiSsB29]

Ants on a Log

What you need:

- Six to eight stalks of celery
- Peanut butter
- Raisins

Wash celery and cut ends off. Spread peanut butter down middle of celery stalk and place raisins in a line on top of peanut butter. Just like little ants.. teehee loved making them as a kiddy still do also Fact: A good source of iron and protein
:lol:

[nettsu]

parmesan toast
(goes really really well with soup)

preheat oven to 200 degrees
get some turkish bread - cut the turkish bread into 1.5 wide strips - crush 2 cloves of garlic mix with some olive oil - brush oil & garlic onto both sides of the turkish bread - sprinkle with parmesan (i use shaved) - put in oven for 10 minutes

and voila :)

crispy crunchy garlicy cheesie heaven (and its really really nice dipped into either a pumpkin or a potato/leek soup)

[powell]

parmesan crumbing to fish is good too......:D


omg I had the best apple roly poly sat night *moanz*

[nettsu]

i'll have to give you my recipe for potato/leek & bacon soup - tis tres yummo

also gonna give roast pumpkin soup a burl during the week... (more reasons for parmesan toast)

[Russx]

I did a pumpkin soup at the weekend. Difference was I added a chopped up chilli to it before blending all & that gave it a nice little kick & warmth when eaten. With another pumpkin soup I added a teaspoon of peanut butter which was great, almost a satay type flavour. Soup weather roll on...:)

[Xpose]

Originally posted by MiSsB29
Ants on a Log

What you need:

- Six to eight stalks of celery
- Peanut butter
- Raisins

Wash celery and cut ends off. Spread peanut butter down middle of celery stalk and place raisins in a line on top of peanut butter. Just like little ants.. teehee loved making them as a kiddy still do also Fact: A good source of iron and protein
:lol:

I used to do that with cheese instead of raisins

i was so wrong !!!!

[Zerotonine]

In my mind, a quick and easy meal to make has to be a chicken and veggie thai style green curry.

Green curry paste
Coconut milk (or cream if you want it indian style)
Skinless chicken fillets sliced
A little fresh green chilli with seeds taken out
Fresh coriander (if you can get it, if not, one of those squeezy coriander tubes)
Masterfoods thai seasoning
Red, orange or yellow capsicum (sorry, green just doesn't cut it)
Broccoli
Carrots
Green beans
Snow peas
Frozen baby peas

Serve with steamed rice (get yourself a microwave rice steamer)

Cook chicken till brown with a little garlic and curry paste
Add coconut milk/cream
Bung the rest in till it's done (20 minutes or so)

I know it sounds like a lot of work, but it's just a case of messily chopping everything up and wacking it in.

[Russx]

Sounds delish.....but ...don't lose sight of the "easy" part of the thread:)

[danielmarshall]

Here's something I just came up with:

Avacado on whole grain toast with Paul Newman's Potato salad topping drizzeled over the top with black pepper and salt... YUM!

[Zerotonine]

Mmmmmm...I think you've given me a new snack idea daniel :). And russ, I see where you're coming from, it looks a little hard in writing, but in practicality it's a piece of piss! :D. The chopping up part is probably the most time consuming, but you don't even need to make that much effort...the messier the chopping, the better!

Seriously, you don't even need the veggies fresh. The easiest way I've found to store 'em is to go to a green grocer or market, buy the best ones you can find, and chop the buggers up into bite sized pieces. Then slap 'em all into those Glad ziplock bags and whack 'em in the freezer. They won't go off for yonks, and you only use as much as you want, when you run out, buy more, and reuse the bag.... ahhh...taste the lazy nutrition :).

[Bizzy]

To make Green Chicken Curry more authentic try adding grated palm sugar, fish sauce, kafir lime leaves and bamboo shoots.

Also the best Green chicken curry paste is in the little tins with basically no english on it!

[Russx]

Excellent tip on the vege storing Zero:)

[princess01]

Originally posted by Zerotonine
In my mind, a quick and easy meal to make has to be a chicken and veggie thai style green curry.
.....

I know it sounds like a lot of work, but it's just a case of messily chopping everything up and wacking it in.

I can't believe y'all forgot the magic ingredient - FRESH BASIL!! Sweet Thai basil if you can get it (Asian grocer).

I'm with you guys, it's easy as piss once you've cut everything up.

For those of you who don't like your curries too hot, start off with heating up the coconut cream/milk first, boiling it for a coupla minutes and then adding curry paste and chicken. (Frying off chilli, like in curry paste, makes it hotter).

[Russx]

Originally posted by Bizzy
To make Green Chicken Curry more authentic try adding grated palm sugar, fish sauce, kafir lime leaves and bamboo shoots.

Also the best Green chicken curry paste is in the little tins with basically no english on it!

I'm really suss about those tins with no english on them!. They can have the most authentic stuff in but if you get the wrong ones its a p*ss off. I got a tin of chickens feet once, in satay sauce! OK, but not my style. Was kinda funny:(

[Miss Special K]

Originally posted by Russx
I did a pumpkin soup at the weekend. Difference was I added a chopped up chilli to it before blending all & that gave it a nice little kick & warmth when eaten. With another pumpkin soup I added a teaspoon of peanut butter which was great, almost a satay type flavour. Soup weather roll on...:)

also a tin of creamed corn does wonders to pumpkin soup...

[Russx]

Creamed corn! I'll get back to you on that one. Sounds ok if there was cream/sour cream in the soup

[felicity jane]

the corn must be shampooed
your arms must be tatttooed
i like to cook food in the "rude"

[babyJ]

Sounds difficult but nothing is easier...

Cooked Prawns (tiger if possible) - as many as you can eat or afford
Rindless rashers of bacon - 1 per every 3/4 prawns
salt
olive oil
pepper
erbs & spices

Sauce:
Mayo
garlic
salt and pepper

1. Lightly grill the bacon so it is nearly cooked
2. cut into pieces that wrap around the prawn
3. before wrapping put a small amount of the herb of your choice (basil or mint works well) and wrap it inside
4. Put them under a very hot pre-heated grill
5. drizzle olive oil over the top

SAUCE
1. combine mayo, garlic, salt and pepper together and whisk

Serve together, takes about 15/20 minutes

[dopamine]

surf n turf sticks! :p

[Miss Special K]

made really good risotto the other night, cooked onion, garlic, added chicken and vegies

...then added veggi stock and brown rice

...as the rice absorbed the stock gradually add more.

..when the rice is cooked add some cheese and stir thru

serve....mmm delish

[Bizzy]

try adding some fresh cream to rissotto right at the end! Not good for our weight but it is sooo good!

[Mickstah]

:-0
lilsarah ur not serious that's what you have for dinner?! Heh, I can cook a few decent things ;)


nettsu cheers for the parmesan toast idea.


My idea of a quick and easy recipe is making up some mashed potatoe or making chicken 2 minute noodles with cheese mixed through. My favourtie though is getting broken angel hair and cooking that, then frying it in a wok with soy sauce, tastes excellent. And the best bit is if you've got any kind of asian vegetables lying around, just fry them up quickly while the noodles are cooking. I like to go for onion cut in strips, bok choy and champignions if I've got the time.

Also there's no reason why you can't get some meat and thinly cut it (or get your friendly butcher to do it :) ) and let it sit in some soy in your fridge for an hour or so. I usually go for blade or rib eye. Just make sure it's a nice high grade meat.

The fried noodles bit is the best part tho :D

now i'm hungry :(

[Russx]

My idea of 'easy' tho is something that can be knocked up super quick, minimal washing up etc....
:)
Eg got the major hungers late on the weekend & did the 'ole CC's in a bowl with the sauce & grated (frozen) cheese on top & zapped it for 3 minutes. Excellent, done in 5 & 1 bowl to wash.:)

[Lual]

Hey I love that - used to do it all the time!!! Left over Bolognaise sauce is also good. YUM!

[Russx]

I never thought of using another sauce...cool! I don't always have the Taco sauce stuff but there's usually something around. Anyone used other sauces for Nacho type thing?:)

[felicity jane]

TO MAKE GOSKY PATTIES
Edward Lear, 1870

Take a pig, three or four years of age, and tie him by the off-hind leg to a post. Place 5 pounds of currants, 5 of sugar, 2 pecks of peas, 18 roast chestnuts, a candle, and six bushels of turnips, within his reach; if he eats these, constantly provide him with more.

Then, procure some cream, some slices of Cheshire cheese, four quinces of foolscap paper, and a packet of black pins. Work the whole into a paste, and spread it out to dry on a sheet of clean brown waterproof linen.

When the paste is perfectly dry, but not before, proceed to beat the Pig violently, with the handle of a large broom. If he squeals, beat him again.

Visit the paste and beat the pig alternately for some days, and ascertain that if at the end of that period the whole is about to turn into Gosky Patties.

If it does not then, it never will; and in that case the Pig may be let loose, and the whole process may be considered as finished.

[lillipad]

yuk!

my fave recipe is:

1 tub of ice cream.
1 chocolate syrup.
1 packet of sprinkles.

mix.

eat!
:-D