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Offline judydawn

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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19875 on: July 02, 2020, 07:32:32 am »
Feed the man meat, love it Julie.

I had stir fried spiralised veggies with a couple of slices of reheated chicken loaf from the freezer.
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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19876 on: July 02, 2020, 11:11:01 am »
Nice meals Julie and Judy. 
Leftovers tonight.

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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19877 on: July 03, 2020, 07:43:50 am »
We had roast chicken and roast veggies last night. It was delicious.
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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19878 on: July 03, 2020, 09:12:25 am »
I was curious to see how this recipe would work out, cooking winglets in the TM bowl.  Supposed to use 1kg, my 2 packs came to 1.3kg but the bowl handled them well. At the end of cooking, I removed one and pulled it apart to make sure they were cooked and they were, tasted good but I had an idea.  I put a large non-stick frypan over a flame and added the chicken in one layer until sizzling.  I then poured in about half of the cooking liquid and allowed that to reduced down to a lovely sticky mess, turning the chicken over now and then until coated in the goo  ;D  Much more flavourful and only took a few mins to do. I would do this again.

I cooked rice in the TM5 while the chicken was cooking in the 6. Will serve the chicken over the rice with a drizzle of the reserved cooking sauce and just a side salad.

As you can imagine, not a lot of meat on the winglets but it has made lots of them so they will still make a filling meal with the rice and salad.  :)

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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19879 on: July 03, 2020, 10:40:47 am »
Great idea Julie, they look very tasty.

Tonight I had Thai chicken curry/wholemeal pasta/steamed veggies.
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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19880 on: July 03, 2020, 11:01:25 am »
Thanks Judy, DH just said they were delicious, so it's a win  ;D

I picked up a box of this pasta today from woolies for the next time I need to have some.  Made from chickpeas, they look good will be interesting to see what they taste like.


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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19881 on: July 03, 2020, 11:05:23 am »
Are they lower carb than normal pasta Julie?
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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19882 on: July 03, 2020, 11:18:41 am »
The box says;

Barilla Chickpea Casarecce, made with just 1 ingredient: 100% chickpea flour! It's Gluten Free, rich in plant-based protein and full of fibre. Taste the difference! Casarecce is a shorter pasta noodle that appears to be rolled upon itself with a groove down the middle and traditionally pairs well with Pesto recipes. Barilla Chickpea Casarecce cooks to al dente perfection in just 10 minutes.

Carbs, Av quantity per 85g serving; 38.3g.  Does that sound right?  I really don't know what 'normal' pasta would be, I've only used wholemeal pasta when having it in MB recipes.  Thought this chickpea one would be interesting.  I see there's also a red lentil penne too.

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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19883 on: July 03, 2020, 12:39:43 pm »
Thanks Julie, I also use wholemeal pasta and a serving for diabetics is 1/3 cup cooked (70g), that’s not a lot but it’s OK for me as I don’t need to eat a lot of pasta.  Next time I’m at Woolies I’ll compare the nutritional information of some of the different types of pasta.
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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19884 on: July 03, 2020, 12:48:38 pm »
JulieO the protein in chickpeas is meant to be high , good for building up protein in a diet . Looks interesting.

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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19885 on: July 03, 2020, 10:25:22 pm »
Love Chicken wings.  Usually use RTE method, but reduce the baking powder.  Julie, that does sound nice. 
I’ve also got some of that pasta.  Haven’t used it yet.
Last night we had a made up stir fry.  Lots of red capsicum, mushrooms and green beans, then added Squid tubes, then precooked pasta.  I added a bit much chilli flakes but otherwise delicious.

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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19886 on: July 03, 2020, 11:47:27 pm »
Sounds nice too Chookie.
Thanks Katie for that, will try these new ones to see what they are like.  :D

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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19887 on: July 04, 2020, 11:56:26 am »
I noticed the pasta when I was shopping the other day. I use my pasta maker. 
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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19888 on: July 04, 2020, 12:52:46 pm »
Skinnymixers tuna bake so easy .

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Re: What's for Dinner Tonight?
« Reply #19889 on: July 04, 2020, 11:45:26 pm »
Cookie, you could make some.
Sausages, mashed potatoes and capsicum peppers.