What are you cooking today?

[UnConundrum]

I made the pear chutney today.... it's still cooling off (I like that kind of thing cold or at room temp), but seems like it's a success   Wifey likes it

[Thermomixer]

Forgot to say that I also made Beetroot and coriander salad, and garlic and herb dip.  Yum.

Was that raw beetroot or cooked?

[Thermomixer]

but seems like it's a success   Wifey likes it

I feel another dessert may be possible now 

[UnConundrum]

Yeah, that last batch of rice pudding is GONE!!!  Debating what is next.  May have to try those cookies everyone is raving about

[brazen20au]

i'm just about to make a lemon poppyseed cake for my dad's birthday, i just can't believe he is 70!!!! (we have 4 big birthdays in our family this year with dad = 70, nephew = 18, me = 40 and SIL = 30)

[Amanda]

I have just made the quick chocolate cake from the Everyday Cookbook.  I will be picking up 5 teenage rowing boys this afternoon and need to feed them.

[Thermomixer]

I have just made the quick chocolate cake from the Everyday Cookbook.  I will be picking up 5 teenage rowing boys this afternoon and need to feed them.

So what are you cooking for the other 4? 

[UnConundrum]

i just can't believe he is 70!!!!

C'mon.  He's a spring chicken.  My father is 91 and still driving   He and my 87 year old mother live by themselves.

[CarolineW]

Forgot to say that I also made Beetroot and coriander salad, and garlic and herb dip.  Yum.

Was that raw beetroot or cooked?

Raw - it's the recipe in the Australian book (p39). 

By the way, if any non-aussie would like this recipe, let me know and I'll post it.

[CarolineW]

i'm just about to make a lemon poppyseed cake for my dad's birthday, i just can't believe he is 70!!!! (we have 4 big birthdays in our family this year with dad = 70, nephew = 18, me = 40 and SIL = 30)

Oooh - that sounds lovely!  Could you post the recipe, please?  (unless, of course, it is posted and I'm just blind!) 

[brazen20au]

no it's no yet 
it's this recipe http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/17880/orange+poppy+seed+cake made with lemons obviously  and i used GF flour too.
i'll try to post a conversion this weekend but i'm sure you don't really need one! 

[UnConundrum]

Finally got cooking again

My wife's favorite meal is something my son doesn't like that much (something we call stuffato, a seafood stew with fresh clams, mussels, crab, shrimp, scallops, and fish in a tomato basil sauce) which I'm planning to make for her for Valentine's day.  Soooooo, I figured I'd make one of his favorites tonight, lobster ravioli in a gorganzola sauce.   Figured I could adapt my sauce recipe to the    It worked great !!!  Josh said it was my best one yet   You can find the recipe and pictures HERE .  Be sure to follow the ThermoMix version.

[Amanda]

I made the pear chutney today.... it's still cooling off (I like that kind of thing cold or at room temp), but seems like it's a success   Wifey likes it

How did this turn out, Warren?
I might give it a go.

No cooking for me over the weekend as my daughter had her first ever polo-cross tournament that began on Friday night and finished sunday afternoon, so we ate there all weekend.
She played 4 games over the weekend and her side made it into the finals, but lost to a much better team.
Still, she can only get better - especially when we get our hand on another horse.  Her current horse is a little reluctant to get into the fray so we might have to swap him for one with more polo-cross experience.

Today I made a protein drink for breakfast,  loosely based on Cyndi O'Meara's recipe.  It oozes health and vitamins and, if I'm very good, holds me in check until lunch time!

[UnConundrum]

Amanda, if you like Gorgonzola, it was great!  My son rated it up with the best he's ever had   Let me know what you think.

[Thermomixer]

I actually did some cooking at the weekend 

Pasta in 4 styles - squid ink spaghetti, porcini tagliatelle and two lots of simple flat pasta that I intend to make into raviloi and lasagne.

Promise that I will post the recipes.