Lesley Posted October 24, 2009 Author Share Posted October 24, 2009 Yum!!! Were the lamb chops good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Yum!!! Were the lamb chops good? Best I've ever tasted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 2 lbs mince, 2 lbs steak casserole, sausage with roasted veg etc, cauliflower, mixed veg and lots of potatoes. lots for the freezer and some for individual portions for OH as I am off to ireland for a few days and will leave him his portions ready in the freezer good little wife that I am!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Did a mega tomato harvest in the greenhouse and then made tomato and coriander sauce - all bottled up and should keep until the depths of winter when I fully inted to eat it up with some tasty pasta and garlic bread and remember the summer that ripened the tomatoes - also makes a much smaller finished quantity than last years green tomato chutney - need I say more!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I have been a busy bee today.... 1. Massive chilli - some for tea...the rest portioned and in the freezer 2. Homemade Pizza - for lunch 3. Massive Beef Stew - still in the slow cooker - tomorrow night dinner and the rest will be portioned for the freezer 4. Quiche - for our packed lunches 5. Hob "Ooops, word censored!"s/oaty biscuits - to munch and dunk 6. Savoury Mince - portioned and in the freezer all of the above has been tested and YUMMY according to OH 7. Home made bread - first attempt - MASSIVE FAILURE Looks like the breadmachine is def going on the xmas list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Roast chicken lunch for 5, butternut squash and spiced apple soup for next weeks lunches and a loaf of bread (slightly sunken as it got left in the bread machine for rather a long time!). A good cooking sunday I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 This is wierd... I was just coming on here to say how pleased i was that my 1st attempt of homemade bread worked and tasted lovely. I was walking round the house with it showing everyone What went wrong with yours palmer07? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkor Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 This is wierd... I was just coming on here to say how pleased i was that my 1st attempt of homemade bread worked and tasted lovely. I was walking round the house with it showing everyone What went wrong with yours palmer07? ok, ok, no need to boast! I am not sure really - it looks ok but when I cut into it it was really dense and stodgy.......maybe i didn`t knead enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Bread does need quite a lot of kneading and a good long first rise. It is also important to cook it for long enough, until it sounds hollow when tapped underneath. I bake my large loaves for 40 minutes at 190 in my oven which cooks pretty hot. Another factor can be not enough water in the mix, the dough should be tacky but not actually stick to your fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Yeast can also be a factor, if you're using fresh be aware that it very definitely has a fridge life, about a week or two before it's just not up to the job. Even dried yeast can go stale. I actually don't knead for that long and it's always yummy, think I might have to get the loaf tin out now! Anyway, my kitchen smells nice as I've got the first of two Christmas cakes on the go, the one in the oven is alcohol free for mum, second one has the fruit steeping in raspberry vodka (it's all I had ) but smells really yum! I even added some of the fruit from the vodka to the dried fruit. Guess which one I'll be eating! BeckyBoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 We've just had the most delicious Pollack - we had it with chips made in the Actifry. I'm really impressed with the fish from Abel & Cole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 I've just made 100 mini cheese, sundried tom and olive muffins for Dad's wine tasting tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 Busy lady They sound yummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 The bottom layer of a trifle...with sponge of course! Mince pies to be made later today, plus any other Xmas concoctions I have the ingredients for. Hmmm shortbread, oatie biscuits, gingerbread men (oops I mean people), cinnamon stars & Xmas shaped biccies. Mulled wine making & Xmas carols. Oooo my kitchen will smell heavenly. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 2 dozen mince pies & 12 mini mincers later.... Rather yummy - just the one for me though, hubby has ate 4 already! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Not today, but yesterday! A large chocolate cake. As a thank you to OH who did a home made cauliflower and stilton soup that was to die for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 It's the things like that that keep a marriage ticking over I made some individual toad in the holes with a brioche tin and balls of sausage meat and they were far more attractive and tastier than those done in a big tray. I only did it as a laugh to see what would happen, cooking the same old things gets a bit tedious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 I've made .... 14 jars of Onion Marmalade 6 packs of Cranberry, Orange and Port sauce for the freezer 2lbs of Spiced Christmas Biscuit mix for the freezer so that I can make batches up quickly. 7 jars of Sweet Chilli Jam - a new recipe, not the Nigella 'slime' version I made last year. I wanted something more like a jam/chutney and it is gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 does putting boiling water over cous cous, reheating yesterdays tortilla, chopping it up, mixing together a la egg fried rice and calling it lunch count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 Of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 9, 2009 Author Share Posted December 9, 2009 Today I made 6 lbs of pastry - some to freeze and some made into mince pies. A small amount of Gluten Free pastry - made into 6 mince pies for MIL Bottled all the booze - and made labels ready to print. Choc truffle mix - ready to make into truffles nearer to Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Lesley - I'm coming round to your house. Today I have mostly cooked porridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 Lesley - I'm coming round to your house. I'm in panic mode - I had proper Flu two weeks ago and now I feel better but I know I have plenty of time to catch any other bug going around - I'm getting ahead just in case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Lesley, can you freeze the chocolate truffle mix? I need to make some up this week, and use soem now and keep the rest for later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 11, 2009 Author Share Posted December 11, 2009 I think you can but it will keep for ages in the fridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...