For dinner tonight i am making pork sausage in a nice gravy with mashed potato and veggies.
I have put my pork sausage into my electric frying pan, added onions and home grown tomatoes chopped up small, added a beef chilli stock cube, a left over gravy, some spices and herbs and I am letting it cook slowly on a low heat till supper time.
I am preparing mashed potatoes.
Pumpkin cooked in a little bit of water with some crushed ginger and garlic, a few spoons of brown sugar, cooked for about 10 minutes.
Serve, with a nice glass of white wine.
A nice dinner for an autumn night.
What are you having for supper tonight?
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Cous Cous
Cook Cous Cous according to packet instructions.
I always add ingredients to Cous Cous to give it flavour, I add my favourites spices, herbs, maybe some Worcestershire sauce, flavoured stock cube, fried onions, mushrooms, green, red peppers etc. Cumin and Coriander are great spices to add.
Add sweet chilli sauce to give a sweet spice, kind of morrocan flavour.
Whatever it takes to give the Cous Cous flavour as Cous Cous on it’s on has no flavour hardly.
I always add ingredients to Cous Cous to give it flavour, I add my favourites spices, herbs, maybe some Worcestershire sauce, flavoured stock cube, fried onions, mushrooms, green, red peppers etc. Cumin and Coriander are great spices to add.
Add sweet chilli sauce to give a sweet spice, kind of morrocan flavour.
Whatever it takes to give the Cous Cous flavour as Cous Cous on it’s on has no flavour hardly.
Savoury Rice
I cook my rice in the microwave. Add double the water to rice, and a little bit extra water, cook for the required length of time ± 20 minutes.
I add ingredients to give rice flavour, depending on what I’m serving with the rice.
I add sliced/diced Onions, sliced/diced Mushrooms, Worcestershire Sauce, spices, herbs
Frozen Vegetables
Stock cubes
Herbs and spices
Sweet and Sour Sauce with Pineapples
Sweet Chilli Sauce etc
I add ½ teaspoon Turmeric to the rice before cooking, if I am serving the rice with curry.
I add ingredients to give rice flavour, depending on what I’m serving with the rice.
I add sliced/diced Onions, sliced/diced Mushrooms, Worcestershire Sauce, spices, herbs
Frozen Vegetables
Stock cubes
Herbs and spices
Sweet and Sour Sauce with Pineapples
Sweet Chilli Sauce etc
I add ½ teaspoon Turmeric to the rice before cooking, if I am serving the rice with curry.
Butternut/Carrots/Pumpkin with a hint of spice
1 Butternut or Packet of Carrots or 1 Pumpkin
1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
1 splodge of Golden Syrup
2 teaspoons Ginger Spice
3 teaspoons of Brown Sugar
Peel, Slice, Dice butternut/carrots/pumpkin into a pot of cold water. Add the rest of the ingredients, cook for 30 minutes, when cooked add a little bit of Parsley and serve hot.
1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
1 splodge of Golden Syrup
2 teaspoons Ginger Spice
3 teaspoons of Brown Sugar
Peel, Slice, Dice butternut/carrots/pumpkin into a pot of cold water. Add the rest of the ingredients, cook for 30 minutes, when cooked add a little bit of Parsley and serve hot.
Chocolate Mug Cake
Ingredients:
1 x Coffee Mug
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) mini chips would be the best
Small splash of vanilla
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips and vanilla, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. Delicious
Add cream to make this decadent.
This recipe is a favourite around the world, to those who know about it.
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1 x Coffee Mug
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) mini chips would be the best
Small splash of vanilla
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips and vanilla, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired. Delicious
Add cream to make this decadent.
This recipe is a favourite around the world, to those who know about it.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Chicken Soup for a cold day
Our weather has turned very cold overnight literally. Its unreal, on Tuesday night we sat outside till dark and had a braai chatting over a glass of wine and then next morning its cold, just like that. That means its time for Soup, the minute it turns cold my first thoughts for dinner is always soup. This is what I made, I took out my slow cooker. Placed in two jugs of cold water and stired in a packet of Mushroom soup mix (PicknPay own make), we had chicken left over from the night before, my hubby took the meat that was left off the chicken discarded the bones as they were very little and then popped the chicken into the slow cooker. then I popped a pot on the stove and added patato's which I had peeled and cut into chunks, peeded carrots cut into rounds, leaks and turnip cut into chunks, added a chicken stock cube to the pot and boiled for about 10 minutes just to soften the veggies I than added them to the slow cooker, added black pepper and let them cook all day, by 7pm we had a lovely bowl of soup ready to eat and it was very tasty. Just the right meal for a cold day.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Sweet Potato Pancakes
Ingredients
2 Cups peeled and grated raw sweet potatoes.
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp Salt
1 tbs Flour
Pinch Baking powder
1 tbs Brown Sugar
2 tbs Sunflower oil
· Mix sweet potatoes with eggs, salt, flour, baking powder and brown sugar. Heat oil in large frying pan over moderately high heat.
· Drop batter into hot oil by rounded tbs, flattening slightly with egg slice. Should get about 8 pancakes.
· Fry for about 5 minutes, or until golden brown on bottom.
· Flip and fry other side 4 – 5 more minutes.
· Drain briefly on paper towels and serve hot.
2 Cups peeled and grated raw sweet potatoes.
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
1 tsp Salt
1 tbs Flour
Pinch Baking powder
1 tbs Brown Sugar
2 tbs Sunflower oil
· Mix sweet potatoes with eggs, salt, flour, baking powder and brown sugar. Heat oil in large frying pan over moderately high heat.
· Drop batter into hot oil by rounded tbs, flattening slightly with egg slice. Should get about 8 pancakes.
· Fry for about 5 minutes, or until golden brown on bottom.
· Flip and fry other side 4 – 5 more minutes.
· Drain briefly on paper towels and serve hot.
Oat Biscuits
Ingredients
100g Margarine
100g Castor Sugar
25ml Golden Syrup
150g Rolled Oats
Makes approximately 15.
· Grease a 20cm square, shallow tin. Set the oven at 175ºC.
· Melt the butter, add sugar and syrup. Blend well.
· Stir in the oats and press mixture into prepared tin.
· Bake for 25 minutes and cut into squares while still warm.
Important!
Cut whilst still warm, else it will be too hard when cooled down.
100g Margarine
100g Castor Sugar
25ml Golden Syrup
150g Rolled Oats
Makes approximately 15.
· Grease a 20cm square, shallow tin. Set the oven at 175ºC.
· Melt the butter, add sugar and syrup. Blend well.
· Stir in the oats and press mixture into prepared tin.
· Bake for 25 minutes and cut into squares while still warm.
Important!
Cut whilst still warm, else it will be too hard when cooled down.
Roast Patatoes, my daughters favourites
Roast Potatoes cooked in either the oven or electric frying pan
Peel/cut large potatoes into quarters boil in slightly salted water for about 15 minutes.
In a mixing bowl add a few tablespoons flour, with flavouring, like garlic salt, rosemary, parsley.
You can also add curry powder or chilli spice for more flavour.
When potatoes have boiled, drain and then toss them in the flour in a large dish.
Put them into an oven proof dish or electric frying pan with a little bit oil, toss potatoes around in dish to cover each with a little bit of oil and bake or cook in electric frying pan for about 45 minutes turning every now and again. My daughter loves my roast potatoes, it’s her favourite.
Peel/cut large potatoes into quarters boil in slightly salted water for about 15 minutes.
In a mixing bowl add a few tablespoons flour, with flavouring, like garlic salt, rosemary, parsley.
You can also add curry powder or chilli spice for more flavour.
When potatoes have boiled, drain and then toss them in the flour in a large dish.
Put them into an oven proof dish or electric frying pan with a little bit oil, toss potatoes around in dish to cover each with a little bit of oil and bake or cook in electric frying pan for about 45 minutes turning every now and again. My daughter loves my roast potatoes, it’s her favourite.
Curried Beans
Ingredients
1 tin Mixed Beans
1 tin Tomato and Onion mix
1 tin Curry Vegetables
1 cup of mixed red, yellow, green peppers.
250ml or a handful of Frozen Vegetables
1 teaspoon Turmeric, Cumin and Coriander
2 teaspoons hot/medium Curry Power (or what you prefer for your taste)
1 teaspoon Ginger spice/powder
500ml curry flavour stock cube
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Chutney
Fry off the spices (turmeric, cumin, coriander, curry powder, ginger) till you can smell the aroma coming from the spices, add to Slow Cooker.
Add the rest of the ingredients to the Slow Cooker and cook on required setting; to be ready for dinnertime.
I sometimes add chicken to this curry.
Serve with Rice or Cous Cous and a glass of two of really Cold Beer.
1 tin Mixed Beans
1 tin Tomato and Onion mix
1 tin Curry Vegetables
1 cup of mixed red, yellow, green peppers.
250ml or a handful of Frozen Vegetables
1 teaspoon Turmeric, Cumin and Coriander
2 teaspoons hot/medium Curry Power (or what you prefer for your taste)
1 teaspoon Ginger spice/powder
500ml curry flavour stock cube
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Chutney
Fry off the spices (turmeric, cumin, coriander, curry powder, ginger) till you can smell the aroma coming from the spices, add to Slow Cooker.
Add the rest of the ingredients to the Slow Cooker and cook on required setting; to be ready for dinnertime.
I sometimes add chicken to this curry.
Serve with Rice or Cous Cous and a glass of two of really Cold Beer.
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