What's for Dinner Tonight?

[JulieO]

Amy I haven't done grapes like that either but they were lovely.  They were cooked in the pan with the chicken and white wine, stock etc but they kept their shape as you can see.  When eating, they were warm and gave a burst of sweetness, really good. 

[Tasty]

Lovely dinners Julie, Mandi and Amy and that selfsaucing pudding looks so inviting EmeraldSue.

Amy - I've been wanting to try more stirfries. Did you make that in the TMX by any chance or did you use a wok? Would love the recipe.

We were meant to have the roasted butternut and apple soup for dinner but my parents came over and had it for lunch. I only got a taste as hubby took some for lunch too and it only serves 3.

So I made some African Quinoa Stew instead.

[obbie]

tonight is chicken something.... haven't decided yet.

[Halex]

Left overs from freezer tonight & tomorrow night. Makes me happy that we are getting through them

[Amy :-)]

EmeraldSue, thats a great trick with pureed cauliflower I've been meaning to try it for ages!

Julie, you're really selling me those pan-fried grapes Next time we have grapes I think I will try them like that

Tasty, I did use my wok for this one because I haven't liked the way my stirfries have turned out in the TMX when I have done them in there before I cheated in this one and used a bottled sauce (I wanted to get it out of the pantry) but I can give you the recipe for my usual one which uses a blend of spices if you like?

tonight is chicken something.... haven't decided yet.

Chicken surprise....

[astarra]

Dinner tonight: Slow cooker beef chops with gravy, mashed potato, steamed  zuch+ carrot ribbons, and hot tomato wedges with sour cream and chives.
Watermelon for after.

[JulieO]

Left overs from freezer tonight & tomorrow night. Makes me happy that we are getting through them

Hally, I clear mine out every 3 months ie. end of March, June etc that way nothing is over 3 months old in there.  Those couple of weeks make for cheap grocery shopping and I know that there isn't any old meat etc in there.  😄

[deedub]

Chicken tikka masala with rice & veggies. I think I have just enough tikka paste left, amazing how quickly we go through it.

[mab19]

Left overs at our house tonight.

[Halex]

Julieo, i remeber you said that before, but how do you cope with no cooking?
 

[JulieO]

I still cook as it's mainly meat, chicken, seafood that I have in my freezers from when I see something on special or if I didn't get around to cooking what I intended to on any given day that week.  Occasionally there will be something like cottage pie filling that I just need to heat and add fresh mashed potatoes, or individual pies that are ready to bake, but again I need to make the accompniments to go with. 

Generally any left over meals gets portioned into containers and goes into a separate freezer that I have just for my DH's meals for work.  He can grab something out there and know it will be a good meal for work.

I remember years ago being advised that meat especially starts to deteriorate after 3 months in most domestic freezers, so have always done the 3 monthly clear out to avoid this. 

[dede]

Try this one I use it for curried sausages all the time. I have also used chicken thighs instead of sausages. If you like a spicier curry add a Tspn of curry paste.

Ingredients
200 grams basmati rice
1 liter water
20 gram oil
1 small green apple
2 onions
1 kg sausages
1 tbsp curry powder
2 cups water mixed with 1 tbsp vege stock
1 tbsp flour

Method
Place rice into basket and rinse. Add water to TM bowl and insert basket.
Place sausages in varoma tray and place on top of TMX. Cook for 25 mins/Varoma/speed 4.
Remove rice and keep warm. Set aside sausages to cool slightly.
Drain water from TMX and add apple and onion to bowl - chop for 5 secs/speed 5.
Add oil & curry powder to the bowl. Sauté for 3 mins/Varoma/speed soft.
Add stock and flour and cook 5 minutes 100° Speed 1.
Remove skins from sausages and slice.
Add sausages to the curry mix and cook for 5 min 100° reverse speed 1 to coat sausages.
Serve with rice.

Just an update DG on the curried chicken, it really was very yummy and enjoyed by all. Have printed it out and modified it for chicken curry ready for next time.
So thanks again DG

[Amy :-)]

I made up this recipe for Borlotti Bean and Vegetable Bolognese. It was delicious! I'll be posting the recipe soon because I would love for others to try it too

[Tasty]

Amy - the bolognese is not one for me as I am not a fan of beans however I am slowly increasing the variety of beans I'm eating.

We had tuna pasta for dinner. Just a simple meal.

Halex - I would love it if I didn't have to cook. It's not something I particularly enjoy but a TMX does make it easier for some meals.

[Rara1]

Made oatey burgers with chilli lime dressing from the taste of vegetarian cookbook (have reviewed)


Followed by banana splits......yummm
I didnt have any chocolate sauce so I used nutella instead...oh my stars it was darn good!!

Rara x