Do you ever have an ‘Anything Night’? Perhaps to use up leftovers, clear out your cupboards, or simply because you can’t be arsed cooking? We don’t have them very often because I generally have a weekly meal plan posted on… Read More ›
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Creamy Carrot, Broccoli and Silverbeet Soup
Description This dish takes a while to make, but it is worth every minute. Like many green foods, it looks a little gross but I assure you it tastes absolutely delicious. Filling enough to serve as a meal for eight… Read More ›
Spicy Pasta Yasmina
My beautiful daughter Yasmine created this delicious dish, which we then named after her. It is very economical and feeds a family of 6. Thanks to my husband for allowing me to re-publish this from his blog, A Wombat’s Web…. Read More ›
Roast Beef Challenge Summary
Our Roast Beef challenge was a pleasure for us all. In the end, I was surprised to get twelve meals from one humble roast. I had no idea that I would be able to stretch my roast to cover so… Read More ›
Meal 9 – Sandwiches
Having cooked the remaining beef in the slow-cooker yesterday, I decided to use some of the meat in the childrens’ lunch – it sure beats the usual jam or Vegemite! Thus the children are heading off to school with beef,… Read More ›
Meal 8 – Steaks
We thawed out the other half of the roast and carved off some steaks. These were fried up and served with cold hard-boiled eggs, sliced beetroot and tossed salad. The remaining uncooked beef was returned to the fridge. I haven’t… Read More ›
Meal 5 – Soup
This is another slow-cooker meal. Into our slow-cooker, I placed spuds (cut into quarters), pumpkin (cut into pieces around the same size as the spuds), sliced carrots, the rest of the beef (chopped), the leftovers from the pie and pizza… Read More ›
Meal 4 – Pizza
We used a pre-made pizza base from the bread section of Woolies for this meal. We spread the pizza base with salsa instead of tomato paste, because we already had the salsa in the cupboard. Next we sprinkled a small… Read More ›
Meal 3 – Leftovers Pie
For this meal, we took all the leftovers from the roast – meat, veg, spuds pumpkin, pumpkin skin and all – and cut them into bite sized pieces. We had enough leftovers to fill our pie, but if you don’t… Read More ›
Meal 1 – Slow-cooker Roast Beef
I went to my local butcher to purchase the roast for my Roast Beef Challenge. The roast I ended up buying weighs just over 5kg (11lbs) and cost me just over $46. When I took the wrapper off this morning,… Read More ›
Onion Spaghetti
Description: I got this recipe from AllRecipes.com and cooked it tonight. Everyone loved it! The only thing I did different was serving the spaghetti on individual plates and spooning the sauce over the top instead of mixing it all together… Read More ›
Easy Satay Chicken
Description: This chicken dish is both delicious and quick to cook. It is very popular with my children! I tend to add a small amount of curry at first, then serve the kids portions before adding more curry for hubby… Read More ›
