The culinary adventures of a real food fanatic
Posted in Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Vegetarian, thermomix on May 12th, 2008
All it takes is one Ankle Biter to cause a ruckus at 3.30am and the whole family suffers. By this afternoon, I was completely wilted and the AB’s could have whinged for Australia. Major distraction necessary. The pasta machine always works. They love turning the handle on that thing. A few stirs at various other […]
Posted in Budget, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Seafood, thermomix on Apr 18th, 2008
I’m getting right into the swing of this, I estimate that this meal cost around $4 in total. Not bad for a meal for four. I should say thanks to Rhonda for the inspiration. Factors that kept the price really low included;
buying the marinara in bulk and using only 250g for this meal
buying close […]
Posted in Carnivorous, Pasta, Noodles & Rice on Mar 3rd, 2008
I bought some oxtail at market the other day intending to make an oxtail lasagne. Only thing was that we’ve already had bolognaise this week and it just seemed too ’same’. I’ve been wanting to make a variation on Pioneer Woman’s Chicken Spaghetti and the combination of those two thoughts inspired this dish. I made […]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Ankle Biter Cooking, Leftovers, Pasta, Noodles & Rice on Feb 25th, 2008
From time to time the day on which I do my supermarket shopping seems to change. I’m not really sure how or why it happens. It just does. Accept it. Currently it’s Monday. Which kind of sucks because I’m having trouble coming to grips with Mondays. It’s a mad flurry of drop Son and Heir […]
Posted in Carnivorous, Pasta, Noodles & Rice on Feb 18th, 2008
Son and Heir is feeling pasta deprived. Or so he says. My freezer is bereft of bolognaise. I did find yet another small chunk of topside though. So tonight we will have pasta with a simple ragu. I’m waiting for the Lil Miss to wake so we can go food shopping so vegetables will be […]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Breakfast, Budget, Leftovers, Lunch, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Poultry on Jan 22nd, 2008
Day Four in Sydney and a continuation of Holiday Meal Planning.
We actually had a meal today that I didn’t cook so don’t expect a recipe for lunch! It was delicious. Probably a tad to much chilli though. I like it hot but it killed the actual flavour of the laksa. We ate in the […]
Posted in Budget, Carnivorous, Leftovers, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Poultry, Salads & Vegetables on Dec 30th, 2007
I cooked a lovely roast chook the other night and padded it out with lots of salad and baked potato. It was a great big one so I intended to leave myself enough leftovers for a couple of meals. I can justify paying around the $20 mark for an organic chook if I can get […]
Posted in Leftovers, Pasta, Noodles & Rice on Dec 22nd, 2007
The pantry raid (phew, lucky I didn’t leave that ‘r’ out), continues tonight with a recipe I’ve been meaning to try for ages plus a sauce cobbled together out of leftovers.
I generally do my supermarket shopping at a wonderful IGA, Leo’s. Apart from not belonging to Coles or Woolworths which is a major plus in […]
Posted in 10 minute meals, Pasta, Noodles & Rice, Seafood on Dec 4th, 2007
I was running a bit late tonight so had a quick peek in the fridge to see what I could whip up in a hurry. I found a bit of leftover cured salmon, a couple of mushrooms and a dash of cream on it’s last legs. Brilliant. Not much quicker and easier than pasta.
Creamy Salmon […]
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