Vegetable & Lamb Curry

You just can't go wrong with curry. Tons of meat. Tons of veg. Tons of flavor.

Ingredients: recipe adapted from this Vegetable & Lamb Curry

30g butter

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1/4 cup red curry paste

1 sweet potato, chopped

1 potato, chopped

400g can tomatoes

400ml can coconut cream

3 cups roughly chopped roast lamb

100g green beans, trimmed, halved

Directions:

Heat butter and oil together in a large saucepan on high. Saute onion and garlic for 1-2 minutes. Stir in red curry paste, cook for 1 minute until aromatic. Add both potatoes and cook, stirring, for 1-2 minutes. Mix in tomatoes and coconut cream. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, until vegetables are tender. Stir in lamb and green beans. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 2-3 minutes to heat through. 

E: 8

A: 9

T: 8

HH: 7 - he liked it, but I wasn't a huge fan of the lamb

Chicken Dressing and Sweet Potato Fries

This meal was very delicious.  I was originally planning to make chicken tenders, but as I was making it I decided to pile them together into a baking dish and it turned out more like dressing.  I love dressing, so I was excited.

Chicken Dressing:
    Ingredients:

• Chicken tenders
• Triscuit Crackers (about half a box)
• Parmesan Cheese
• Milk
• Dash of Olive Oil
• Itailian Seasoning
• Salt
• Pepper

    Directions:
       Preheat oven to 375.  Mix milk, olive oil, Italian Seasoning, salt, and pepper in a shallow bowl.  Crumble Triscuits (I use a food processor), then mix Triscuits and Parmesan in another bowl.  Dip the chicken in the liquid mixture, then the dry mixture and cover well.  Then place the chicken in a baking dish, stacking on top of each other.  Pour the remaining dry and liquid mixtures on top.  Cover and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
  
Here's what it looks like in the pan:

Sweet Potato Fries:

    Ingredients:

• Sweet Potatoes
• Olive Oil
• Italian Seasoning
• Salt
• Pepper

    Directions:
     Preheat oven to 450.  Peel and chop potatoes into 1/4 inch thickness.  Toss potatoes in olive oil and seasoning then pour out on a baking sheet in a single layer.  Bake for 15 minutes, flip and bake for another 15 minutes.  Next time I probably won't use the Italian Seasoning, I didn't really love the flavor it added.  Overall it was a great meal though!

E:  8
A:  7
T:  7

HH: 9

Easy Cottage Pie

I'm on the other side of the world, therefore I'm in the midst of winter. I know, it's weird. My body is confused by the weather. I decided to make this warm meal on a cooler evening. This was the 3rd meal I chose from the Cole's Supermarket website this week.

I love to look through cookbooks or magazines. The images are so tantalizing. I think it's hilarious when I finish cooking and my creation looks nothing like the image. Here's an example:

Easy Cottage Pie - go here for the recipe and the picture-perfect pie

And here's mine...

It tasted delicious, so who cares what it looks like, right? We froze half of this one, so our freezer is filling up.

E: 7 - the sweet potatoes took some time peeling and slicing

A: 7

T: 7 - I'm learning to use a gas stove/oven for the first time (I love it!)

HH: 8 - reminded him of Shepherd's Pie