What are you been cooking today

[achookwoman]

Disaster. Fig and pear paste didn’t work. The sugar in the mixture burnt before the mixture reached the right consistency. I’ll stick to making jam with the rest of the figs.

[cookie1]

That’s disappointing Chookie.

[achookwoman]

Going to try Helen Goh’s recipe for Anzacs. Also making another lot of Portuguese Custard Tarts. These are for a local Anzac get together.

[K Atie]

Chookie the only Anzac’s are your Macadamia Anzacs , truly a family stable ! Yet after all the times I’ve made I could not remember the recipe! Looked and did not find the printed recipe. So I am so appreciative that Cookie booted up the forum ! I could have contacted you too , my mind has been a tad in overdrive, not thinking clearly. Now ti get a moment to make them . 

[mab19]

Over the past couple of weeks I have made a Lemon Belgium Teacake, 2 lots of chilli jam, pizza dough for the freezer, 2 casseroles for the freezer and GS, sausage rolls and pastie slice and vegetable soup.  That's a lot more cooking than I have done for some time.

[achookwoman]

My neighbor has been giving me buckets of organic carrots. She works at a farm where they develop new varieties of veggies. They are not allowed to sell or donate the excess, but staff can take home. I distribute them and make lots of carrot based dishes. I made a cake to send back to the farm and carrot and lentil soup. Also healthy balls of carrot, nuts, dates and dried fruit.  She also gave me some red and green chillies and capsicums. I’ve added roasted red capsicum to hummus and roasted 1/2 capsicum filled with cheese mushrooms and egg.

[Cuilidh]

Crumbs, that's a lot of carrots, Chookie.

This weekend it is corn chowder, sweet potato and peanut soup and a bean salad - it is obviously getting into soup season now!  Made a huge pot of stew last week so we have quite a bit stocked in the freezer and DH also made some dahl and rice so we are set up for the week.

[K Atie]

I’ve made a very tasty leek and potato soup and now pumpkin soup ! DH has appreciated it out on the tractor. Also Uber eats Katie for DH yesterday lunch ! Lucky I just made the pumpkin soup and grabbed a roll at the bakery ! Filled a container with leftover chicken and salad things and cranberry sauce! Quickly made it up and gave to him as he passed in the paddock! Now the canola is in before the rain .

[cookie1]

We hope to go away on Tuesday for a few days. Therefore we all needed bread. I made a rye SD, a Classic loaf, a fruit loaf and the Turkish Rolls.

[K Atie]

Cookie well done , looks incredible.

[achookwoman]

Lovely Cookie. So much better than that bought rubbish.
On Friday I had my annual meal of KFC. I swear it gets worse each year.
Bought some fresh chestnuts as we came through Daylesford yesterday.

[K Atie]

Chookie fresh chestnuts- yum saw a bakery that had used them in a crème in a pastry . Made chicken coconut lemon soup . Quirky Jo recipe. Hopefully DH will enjoy this for lunch . DH has been working long days , we may as well live in another time zone ! Lunch seems to be 2-3 then dinner 8-9 . I end up have meals earlier . But the awake late !