What are you cooking today?

[mab19]

No cooking here.

[judydawn]

Chookie buying bread!  What’s up Chookie?

[achookwoman]

Chookie buying bread!  What’s up Chookie?

Ha.  Every now and again I need a reality check.  We are fortunate in that we have  4 very good SD commercial bakeries near us. So sometimes I buy a SD loaf.  However when I want crap white bread, I buy Bakers Delight Hi Fibre.    We had a visitor for lunch and it was hot.  Ham, fresh pineapple and French mustard sandwiches were requested.  Fruit platter to follow.
Surprised that it contains a lot of sugar.  Can tell how quickly it browns in the toaster.

[cookie1]

A reality check can be just that. Fortunately when we only go away for 4 nights we can take enough bread for us in the van freezer. DH likes wraps. I make Jamberie’s pizza dough, break it into 55g lots and flatten it a little. Then DH rolls it out and cooks it at breakfast time. I’m trying to find him a roti maker from Aldi. That will make it a lot easier for him when we are travelling.

[K Atie]

The other night I made watercress soup .

[achookwoman]

K ATIE, I love watercress.  Experience to buy so I usually use land cress which is easy to grow.
Chooks did well out of freezer.
Today I have cooked corned beef in SC, raspberry and plum jam in TMX, steamed potatoes for chips, steamed eggs in TMX and steamed Asparagus.

[K Atie]

Chookie I found it at Wilsons , I’m pretty sure . Love the mustard type flavour . DH frowned again having this he said it was nice ... such a basic food man but at least he try’s . Lots of cooking going on for you Chookie .

[mab19]

I'm making a batch of Christmas red & green shortbread to send to GD in Qld along with her Christmas scrub tops.

[judydawn]

They’re great Margaret, what a lovely Grandma you are.  She will bring a smile to patients faces wearing those, you might be inundated with orders from her workmates.

[cookie1]

What brilliant scrub tops Mab. I showed them to DD and she said a lot of people at work are wearing them. They have a uniform but many are changing to scrub tops.
Your GD will love them and so will the people she cares for.

[Cuilidh]

They look so cheerful, Margaret,everyone will love them.

[achookwoman]

Mab, you are amazing.  Lucky GD. She will think of you every time she pops one on.
Not many in my family eat Xmas Pud so I am going to make single serves . I will steam them in the Varoma. Most of my friends love it but don’t bother.  I will use my recipe that has grated carrot. 
I pretend it is healthy.
I might play around with the light and soft Brioche recipe and see if it produces a nice fruit bun. 

[achookwoman]

This is a photo of the Xmas Pud recipe, made by someone back in 2009. It was posed on my blog by Thermomixer


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[JulieO]

Nice pud Chookie 

Mab love the tops, so bright and cheerful 

I've made a Malaysian coconut chicken marinade (cookidoo) and have butterflied a chicken which is now marinating in it, supposedly overnight.  Not sure whether I'll cook it on the grill later or leave for tomorrow, will see. 

[Cuilidh]

BBQ rub, tofu and cashew curry and a (savoury) nut loaf (an experiment for Xmas!)