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Shibumi

if someone needs something about Italian food I can help!

Eld

Shibumi said:

if someone needs something about Italian food I can help!

I need more of it. In my face.

Berenene

Just made this delicious meal for dinner tonight.

Silverbeet, Kale, Dill & Lemon Risoni.

Ingredients

1pkt San Remo Risoni

3tbsp olive oil

2tbsp crushed garlic

1 red chilli, deseeded, sliced

1 bunch silver beet, washed & chopped finely

1 bunch kale, washed & chopped finely

1 bunch of dill, chopped finely

1 cup vegetable stock

2 lemons, zest of 1 & both juiced

½ cup grated pecorino

Salt & pepper

Method

Cook pasta as per packet directions.

In a deep pot, heat olive oil on high. Add the silver beet, kale, garlic, chilli & cook for 3mins, stirring continually.

Pour stock into the pot and cover with a lid. Cook greens for 5 mins or until greens have wilted.

Strain pasta and add to the pot. Finally add lemon zest, juice and the dill. Turn off the heat.

Add salt and pepper to taste.

Serve with pecorino over the top

The amount here serves 4.

It was amazing!

Note: Picture not my meal, but from the website where the recipe is from:


http://everydaygourmet.tv/recipe/silverbeet-kale-dill-lemon-risoni/

Sybilla

Made this wonderful chickpea and butternut squash curry sort of following this recipe.

Berenene

Just discovered a recipe for a Tim Tam cheesecake.  So, I'm going to have to try making one.  Who wants to be my test subjects?

Trilliana

I think by the time it gets to me, it'd be bad

I want to try Tim Tams

Berenene

Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!


There are for @Kross seeing as he wanted someone to bake something for him

Melodie

I will also take a batch, please and thank you with much promises to return the favour.

Jozlyn

Sybilla said:

Made this wonderful chickpea and butternut squash curry sort of following this recipe.

@Sybilla‌ you can move in now, please. 

Blujixapug

Berenene said:

Just discovered a recipe for a Tim Tam cheesecake.  So, I'm going to have to try making one.

Yeah my immediate reaction to this was "lol so naive, that's how you end up eating a whole cheesecake".

Then I went and made a cheesecake.

Plain crust. Chocolate fudge layer. Brownie chunks embedded in vanilla cheesecake. Salted caramel glaze.

Berenene

Blujixapug said:

Berenene said:

Just discovered a recipe for a Tim Tam cheesecake.  So, I'm going to have to try making one.

Yeah my immediate reaction to this was "lol so naive, that's how you end up eating a whole cheesecake".

Then I went and made a cheesecake.

Plain crust. Chocolate fudge layer. Brownie chunks embedded in vanilla cheesecake. Salted caramel glaze.

No, not naive. After my discovery of the nutella cheesecake, I learnt very quickly to foist it onto others than to leave it in my house for longer then an hour...

Tibitha

I baked an ugly ass birthday cake!

It was going to be an intricate Halloween creation but a combination of getting a flat tyre on the way to the ingredients shop, an overly long after work nap and a whole bucketfull of "Screw this", resulted in the below.

I would be ashamed but it's my birthday and screw this! XD

Berenene

I'm sorry, but that cake looks nothing like an ugly ass.

Tibitha

Yes yes I bake like a 5 year old.  

Tharvis

Tibitha said:

Yes yes I bake like a 5 year old.  

still better baking than me

Berenene

I'd be happy to give you lessons...

Harmonia

pineapple upside-down cake.

Jeslyn

This was last night's "make the boyfriend happy so I can play achaea" dish. The recipe is below:

Four Tilapia fillets
1/3 Cup of white wine. I prefer American Sauvignon Blanc or a Riesling
1/8 tsp of Salt and Pepper
3 tbsp of unsalted butter or olive oil
1-2 cloves of garlic minced
2 tbsp of finely chopped mixed herbs (I use rosemary, thyme, oregano, and parsley)
1/8 tsp of paprika
3 tbsp of Lemon Juice
Handful of Cherry tomatoes and Asparagus

Combine the ingredients together in bowl and baste it over both sides of the tilapia, tomatoes, and asparagus. Bake uncovered @ 425 degrees for 13 minutes.

Berenene

Did it...did it work?

Jeslyn

Berenene said:

Did it...did it work?

Yes, he even finished up some chores for me afterwards. Hehe.

Ourania

Spiced vegetable rice roasted in peppers. No idea why this would be interesting, bar the fact it was nom. 

Kerria

My first attempt at noodles. I think I did good

Kerria

Made up on the fly, the noodles cook better than they looked.

3 (14 fl oz) cans of beef broth,
generous pinch of cilantro, basil and oregano
season with garlic, salt and pepper to taste.

bring to a boil, and slowly add in 2 handfuls of fresh noodles, a small amount at a time, and wait for it to bring back up to a boil each time.

when noodles are added, add in the cooked sausage (I used 1 lb but up to 2 lbs can be used)

add carrots, onions and celery (all optional)

reduce to simmer and cook for about 15 minutes. 

bowl and serve!

Mannimar

Did the noodles come out good?

Kerria

they came out perfect!

Mannimar

Your kitchenaide makes me jealous... ever since I first used one, I loathe anything else.

Berenene

So, my grandmother passed away at the start of this year, and mum and I decided to start a new tradition to remember her.  Every year at christmas, she would make her home made christmas pudding.  So that is what we've decided to do and much to my chagrin, mum insisted we do the whole lot the way nan did, by hand.  I have no idea how my 88 year old, arthritic grandmother managed all that damn mixing every year, because I was sorely missing my mixing appliances by the end of it lol.


Everything we need to get to work...not seen in the picture was the brandy...for reason *shifty eyes*.


Butter and sugar creamed.


In go the eggs, 5 once all is said and done.


Flour


The batter to see you with!




The mixed fruit, breadcrumbs and almonds!


Preparing to be wrapped


All wrapped and waiting to be boiled


And away she goes.  It gets boiled for 4 hours and then hung to be dried out.  Once christmas rolls around, it gets boiled for another hour before being served.

Ourania

I decided I would give 'microwave fudge' a go. I am unsure what the US considers fudge, but what it create (to me) wasn't fudge, it was truffle, so I treated it as such (rolled it in cocoa). Anyway, it is delicious, and makes a HUGE amount, and my house now smells like chocolate.

I used this recipe: http://fbshare.sfglobe.com/2014/11/24/simple-steps-to-make-fudge-in-the-microwave/?src=share_fb_new_20020

And I added sultanas soaked in Dissarono, then I rolled them in cocoa powder. To think of how much I made, this was half a strip from the pan, and the pan was cut into about 8-9 strips. So much...

Shara

Ourania said:

I decided I would give 'microwave fudge' a go. I am unsure what the US considers fudge, but what it create (to me) wasn't fudge, it was truffle, so I treated it as such (rolled it in cocoa). Anyway, it is delicious, and makes a HUGE amount, and my house now smells like chocolate.

I used this recipe: http://fbshare.sfglobe.com/2014/11/24/simple-steps-to-make-fudge-in-the-microwave/?src=share_fb_new_20020

And I added sultanas soaked in Disaronno*, then I rolled them in cocoa powder. To think of how much I made, this was half a strip from the pan, and the pan was cut into about 8-9 strips. So much...

A. You are totally right to question the Colonists' idea of fudge. Microwaving anything as a form of cooking is... strange to me.
B. Sultanas! Yes!
C. I think I'd still eat it on behalf of the alcohol abuse I would feel guilty of by saying no.

Aegoth

Cut up some chicken breast, roll it in semi-dry rub. Bake for ~20min. Voila



Rub:
- rubbed sage
- thyme
- crushed rosemary
- oregano
- parsely
- basil
- cayenne pepper
- paprika
- a bit of olive oil and lemon mixed in