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Cakes / Re: Rhubarb Slice Cake
« on: May 30, 2013, 06:55:36 am »
I love this recipe, it's so good for using rhubarb :D :D :D

But I have 2 in the oven and I still have over a kilo of rhubarb :-\

Oh well, I'm sure the cakes will be gone just as quick as last time, then I can make some more ;D

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: May 30, 2013, 12:10:06 am »
Can't wait for a photo Maddy :D

Yesterday I made a double batch of pumpkin soup and two pumpkin fruit loaves. I still have half a massive pumpkin so today I will make pumpkin cookies and maybe a quiche :)

Then onto the rhubarb :-\

Then the chillies :-))

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Main Dishes / Re: Bacon, Leek and Tomato Risotto - cookie1
« on: May 29, 2013, 11:15:03 pm »
Thanks ladies :)

Cookie, that was the third serve I'd dished up to try and get it looking good :-))

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Chit Chat / Re: Secret Santa 2013
« on: May 29, 2013, 11:13:18 pm »
You sure are Gert ;D

Thanks for the PM Brum, I'm adding you now :D

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Chit Chat / Re: What is for Lunch Today
« on: May 29, 2013, 01:03:29 am »
Good on you Mich, enjoy :D :D

Leftover risotto here :)

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Chit Chat / Re: Secret Santa 2013
« on: May 28, 2013, 02:26:10 pm »
I'm nothing if not organised Maddy, and I'm very pleased you'll be joining in again this year :D :D

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Chit Chat / Re: What are you cooking today?
« on: May 28, 2013, 01:23:23 pm »
They look great Kimmy! :D Is the recipe on here? Or did you convert it?

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Bread / Re: Pizza Rolls
« on: May 28, 2013, 01:22:19 pm »
Quote from: astarra on May 28, 2013, 12:59:53 pm
I wrapped mine individually in gladwrap and froze them, DH has made no complaints so they must have been fine...? Think he gives his a few seconds in the m-wave before eating them tho, so that might make a difference.  ???

That would have been the problem then , thanks astarra ;) After further investigation, I found out that SD had been travelling to another town on business when he stopped for lunch, so he wouldn't have been able to microwave them :P

Problem solved :D

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Starters and Snacks / Re: Zucchini, Cheese and Bacon Mini Quiches
« on: May 28, 2013, 01:18:26 pm »
Awesome review, thanks Moo2!! That's very handy to know about the batter too :D :D :D

Sorry, I couldn't help making it into a little rhyme... ;D

I'm very glad the kids enjoyed them. It's a sneaky way to get vegetables in the lunchbox ;)

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Chit Chat / Re: What have you been doing today?
« on: May 28, 2013, 12:28:25 pm »
Oh what a bummer Den :(
I don't suppose the breakfast was worth the drive? :-))

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Chit Chat / Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« on: May 28, 2013, 12:27:29 pm »
They look great Julia! :D

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Main Dishes / Re: Bacon, Leek and Tomato Risotto - cookie1
« on: May 28, 2013, 11:49:16 am »
I made this for dinner tonight cookie, it was absolutely delicious and we all loved it :D

A couple of tweaks I made:
I rinsed the bacon in boiling water to remove some of the salt after reading some comments of previous members finding it a bit salty. I sauteed the leek, bacon and garlic for a bit longer than stated, and I also added mushrooms, peas and a few extra tomatoes. It was quite soupy when it finished cooking, but I let it stand while I cleaned up the kitchen and washed the dishes, so probably about 10-15 minutes, and then it was perfect :D

Thank you so much for this recipe :)

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Chit Chat / Re: Meal planning for dummies needed
« on: May 28, 2013, 11:43:30 am »
Allegra, I've divided my "to-try" list into different sections to correspond with the guide I use to plan my meals. It took me a while to do this but now it only takes me 5 minutes to make a meal plan each week. The guide I use is purely for nutritional purposes, to make sure I use a variety of ingredients that cover our nutritional needs. My guide goes something like this:

2 pasta based
2 potato based (1 sweet, 1 white)
2 rice based
1 bread based

1-2 red meat
2-3 chicken
2 fish/seafood
1-2 vegetarian

So a typical weekly plan might look something like this....

Monday: chicken curry with rice and veg
Tuesday: spaghetti bolognese with lots of added veg
Wednesday: baked fish on sweet potato mash with homemade tomato sauce and steamed veg
Thursday: chicken and vegetable stir-fry with noodles
Friday: homemade pantry pizzas
Saturday: pasta fagioli
Sunday: slow roasted lamb with roast potatoes and steamed veg

I usually do red meat on a Sunday, so if there's a particular recipe using red meat that I want to try, I would put it there instead of the roast. Same with any other days and recipes :)
And sometimes I deliberately change them around completely just to keep things interesting. I also try not to plan consecutive meals using the same ingredients.

I hope I've helped! :) :) :)

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Bread / Re: Pizza Rolls
« on: May 28, 2013, 08:37:50 am »
Has anyone else frozen these? I sent one of my leftover frozen ones to work with SD today for his lunch, he said it was very dry :-\

Thoughts or tips anyone? :)

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Chit Chat / Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« on: May 28, 2013, 08:28:31 am »
Some sort of risotto here tonight :)



Decided on cookie's Tomato, Leek & Bacon. Delicious!!!

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