Health Tips for eating good food on a budget

[Shell]

Shell

I ad lib my recipe depending on what I have but this is close.

Ingredients

• 2kg ripe tomatoes
• ½ a bulb of garlic
• 2 red onions
• 1pinch of dried oregano (or thyme)
• EV olive oil
• 1 litre organic vegetable stock (you can use water or chicken)... I use water
• a few sprigs of fresh basil
• 1 x ciabatta loaf
• red wine vinegar
• extra virgin olive oil

Basically roast all the tomatoes onion, garlic and herbs with oil s&p
Blitz add liquid and basil leaves
dunk with a good bread

Roast tomato & bread soup | Vegetables recipes | Jamie Oliver recipe

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I will write this in my recipe book for sure- otherwise ill forget about it.

Cheers.

 

[Shell]

Ive also got a chocolate cake recipe that'll blow your god damn socks off. A woman at work made it and brought it in. We srsly thought it was store bought it was that awesome.

 

[Hawk Dork]

I will write this in my recipe book for sure- otherwise ill forget about it.

Cheers.

My wife loves it and is always asking for it

I will have to make some soon

 

[Shell]

Moist chocolate cake recipe - BBC Good Food

 

[Shell]

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Theres nothing more beautiful in this world, than that cake.

/why dont pics post like they come up as you type them. Annoying.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Moist chocolate cake recipe - BBC Good Food

I made a sacher torte for the wife for her birthday

I will do this for her too one day

 

[Hawk Dork]

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Theres nothing more beautiful in this world, than that cake.

/why dont pics post like they come up as you type them. Annoying.

 

[Shell]

I made a sacher torte for the wife for her birthday

I will do this for her too one day

Its the best chocolate cake, ive ever had, period. We didnt believe her when she said she made it.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Lasagna V Pastitsio challenge
Shell


Lasagne gets made tomorrow for NYs day

Bolognese sauce was made for spag bol a few days ago

Heres a basic Recipe for the meat sauce

• a big glug of EVOO
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped (dont add these until the mirepoix/ "Soffritto" is softened )
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 carrot
• 1 stick of celery
• fist full of parsley
• 2 bay leaf
• 1kg minced pork
• 2 rashers of bacon
• 2 tbl spns tomato paste
• 2 x 400g cans whole tomatoes
• 1 cup (250ml) chicken stock
• 2 cup of water
• 2 cloves
• oregano
• splash of fish sauce

Brown the meat well in a fry pan (nice and brown thats flavour)

while gently sweating the mirepoix/ "Soffritto" in the main pot

Then cook out the tomato paste and combine everything in one pot cleaning up all the brown bits with water(you can use wine but I think it adds a sourness I dont like) and adding it into the main pot.

Add stock tomatoes and more water and let simmer for hours


Bechamel

About a 1/4 of a stick of butter
A few tablespoons of flour
A few cups of milk
Bayleaf
White pepper
Pinch of nutmeg
Handful of grated parmesan


Melt the butter add the flour slowly add the milk
Put the bayleaf in while its still wet before it thickens

fish the leaf out add the pepper nutmeg and parmessan

whisk or stir like made to keep it lump free

or give it a whack with the bamix

I will try and photograph assembly tomorrow


I leave it in the fridge over night as it softens the lasagne sheets nicely more than one day and its too soggy




Im also doing my NYs eve Paella for tomorrow too

so busy day

 

[Shell]

Ill post the pastisio recipe when i get on the laptop- bit later on

 

[Shell]

Actually nah i havent got it saved. I must have printed it out and deleted it.


Will have to wait well over a week until I get home

 

[RobbieGray17]

Pasta, chick peas, frozen vegies, chilli/tomato sauce. about $1 for a very filling meal buying San Remo, .70 with the Woolies brand. These people talking about 30c meals are full of it, or eating virtually nothing.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Traditional Easter Lasagne is getting assembled today for tomorrow

 

[DickieKnee]

Traditional Easter Lasagne is getting assembled today for tomorrow

Should have just ordered a frozen one from Chrico. More convince.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Just picked a million eggplants trying to work out what to do with them

Mousaka pre-assemble and have ready for Hawks V Crows 12.30 Sun to eat under my chin at the tv

2 birds 1 stone

Shell

 

[Cruyff14]

Throwing them out is a good option.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Throwing them out is a good option.

but they look great in the fruit bowl

 

[Kram]

Throwing them out is a good option.

Chook food!

 

[74561347]

this was the best lasagna on the market until they found horsemeat in it

i loved it as a kid

 

[Hawk Dork]

this was the best lasagna on the market until they found horsemeat in it

i loved it as a kid

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neigh thats no how you make lasagne

 

[the_interloper]

The seafood marinara mix is $12 bucks a kilo at Coles, it's decent and a fish pie is easy and cheap to make, lasts the whole week.

 

[FRUMPY]

this was the best lasagna on the market until they found horsemeat in it

i loved it as a kid

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Did it not taste as good even though it had the same ingredients?

 

[74561347]

Did it not taste as good even though it had the same ingredients?

no you couldnt get it anymore in australia

 

[FRUMPY]

no you couldnt get it anymore in australia

Hate when that happens, good food items discontinued or made unavailable

 

[Shell]

I would cut off my right arm for an old school toffee apple bar