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Alluvial · 06-08-2009, 11:35 PM

Jinx those look so good! Crunch crunch crunch!

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

One layer with chocolate frosting and sprinkles.

You have great ideas. I put chopped pecans and sprinkles in the brownie batter. Yes they're scrumptious!

Tonight I was adventurous and made a pasta salad with a peanut sauce. It was pretty good.

Aliantha · 06-08-2009, 11:45 PM

Talk about fusion meals! lol

I would never have thought of doing that.

Alluvial · 06-09-2009, 09:19 AM

I can't take credit for the idea; I came across the recipe on another board and thought I'd try it. It's a refreshing change from mayo-based salads & standard "italian" salads.

Sundae · 06-09-2009, 11:29 AM

Alluvial, I'm sure you're a lovely lady.
But you sure know how to ruin a salad.

Peanuts?
Sigh.
Might as well go ahead and put banana in it now.

Pie · 06-09-2009, 12:07 PM

Yesterday, it was brats with a side of sauteed diced radishes, radish greens, spring shallots and new potatoes.

Tonight it's going to be grilled flank steak and asparagus with ... polenta? or a little pasta? in a tarragon-caper butter sauce. Subject to change if Badger doesn't make it back from Dawl-gren at a reasonable time. Or if I just change my mind.

Alluvial · 06-09-2009, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Might as well go ahead and put banana in it now.

Ha! Fruit salad? :p

Aliantha · 06-11-2009, 05:25 PM

lemon meringue pie (last night)

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morethanpretty · 06-11-2009, 06:22 PM

Turkey and Italian Sausage Meatloaf!
1: Before oven
2: After oven...I ated it before I remember to take another pic, oops.

Aliantha · 06-11-2009, 06:25 PM

Speaking of meatloaf, it's not something we 'do' over here, but i decided to make one a couple of weeks ago. It went down a treat with the family. They really loved it. I'm going to do another one soon. Hmmm...Maybe even tonight! Thanks for the inspiration mtp.

Alluvial · 06-11-2009, 07:07 PM

If you like meatloaf, you should try the meatball recipe which Jill posted in the ultimate recipe thread.

Aliantha · 06-12-2009, 10:38 PM

This is a platter I've put together for entree tonight.

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This is a prawn salad with kiwi fruit, roasted grape tomatoes and watercress, to be served with a lime wasabi dressing.

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I've also made a spinach pie and will serve boiled baby potatoes in their jackets with sour cream and chives, and we'll be BBQing the amberjack (15kg/35lb) Dazza caught last weekend.

To finish, we'll be having chocolate mud cake (cause that's what the kids wanted).

Sundae · 06-13-2009, 05:44 AM

Wow - my kinda meal!

I'm also considering a meatloaf dinner for the future too.
Trouble is, the only lw fat meatloaf recipe I have is bleurgh - I know, I tried it.

Have to go a-searching...

kerosene · 06-14-2009, 11:01 AM

I made my most recent meatloaf with ground turkey instead of beef. I think it was a little less fatty. It was just as good, anyway.

DucksNuts · 06-15-2009, 05:04 AM

We have Meatloaf a couple of times a month, because its super easy and I can slip a heap of grated vegies into it without the little people noticing too much. Actually, its only the redhead that is anti-vegie, but he devours anything fruit like.

Fruit kebabs are a winner here too, coz the boys can *build their own*.

Sundae · 06-16-2009, 12:41 PM

Dad has been complaining that we only eat what Mum and I like recently.
Not true, because Mum & I stopped cooking together about 2 months ago.
And I have been eating separately in this time - see weight loss chart for verification.

But instead of challenging his assumption - he is in his 70th year after all - I offered Mum spag bol this week as a sop. Now, she loves it when I cook - she doesn't have to cook AND I wash up as I go along. The usual deal is one cooks and the other cleans up, so there is far less work when I cook (also because I'm of a one-pot style).

So it's turkey mince (already bought and in the freezer) and an Aldi vegetable sauce. Aldi is a cheap European supermarket, but I'm not gloating over what the sauce cost me, it's the fact it's low fat and loaded with veg (carrot, courgette and peppers) and he thinks he's getting away with something because he's getting meat and shop-bought sauce and pasta (hehehe).

Regardless, he'll enjoy it, and that's really what's important.

06-08-2009, 11:45 PM	#47
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Talk about fusion meals! lol I would never have thought of doing that. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-09-2009, 12:07 PM	#50
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Yesterday, it was brats with a side of sauteed diced radishes, radish greens, spring shallots and new potatoes. Tonight it's going to be grilled flank steak and asparagus with ... polenta? or a little pasta? in a tarragon-caper butter sauce. Subject to change if Badger doesn't make it back from Dawl-gren at a reasonable time. Or if I just change my mind. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

06-11-2009, 05:25 PM	#52
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lemon meringue pie (last night) __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-11-2009, 06:22 PM	#53
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Turkey and Italian Sausage Meatloaf! 1: Before oven 2: After oven...I ated it before I remember to take another pic, oops. Attached Images __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

06-11-2009, 06:25 PM	#54
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Speaking of meatloaf, it's not something we 'do' over here, but i decided to make one a couple of weeks ago. It went down a treat with the family. They really loved it. I'm going to do another one soon. Hmmm...Maybe even tonight! Thanks for the inspiration mtp. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-09-2009, 09:19 AM	#48
Alluvial Phenomenologist Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Central Mississippi Posts: 270	I can't take credit for the idea; I came across the recipe on another board and thought I'd try it. It's a refreshing change from mayo-based salads & standard "italian" salads.

06-09-2009, 11:29 AM	#49
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Alluvial, I'm sure you're a lovely lady. But you sure know how to ruin a salad. Peanuts? Sigh. Might as well go ahead and put banana in it now.

06-11-2009, 07:07 PM	#55
Alluvial Phenomenologist Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Central Mississippi Posts: 270	If you like meatloaf, you should try the meatball recipe which Jill posted in the ultimate recipe thread. __________________ “My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.” - Louis Adamic

06-12-2009, 10:38 PM	#56
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	This is a platter I've put together for entree tonight. This is a prawn salad with kiwi fruit, roasted grape tomatoes and watercress, to be served with a lime wasabi dressing. I've also made a spinach pie and will serve boiled baby potatoes in their jackets with sour cream and chives, and we'll be BBQing the amberjack (15kg/35lb) Dazza caught last weekend. To finish, we'll be having chocolate mud cake (cause that's what the kids wanted). __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-13-2009, 05:44 AM	#57
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Wow - my kinda meal! I'm also considering a meatloaf dinner for the future too. Trouble is, the only lw fat meatloaf recipe I have is bleurgh - I know, I tried it. Have to go a-searching...

06-14-2009, 11:01 AM	#58
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I made my most recent meatloaf with ground turkey instead of beef. I think it was a little less fatty. It was just as good, anyway.

06-15-2009, 05:04 AM	#59
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	We have Meatloaf a couple of times a month, because its super easy and I can slip a heap of grated vegies into it without the little people noticing too much. Actually, its only the redhead that is anti-vegie, but he devours anything fruit like. Fruit kebabs are a winner here too, coz the boys can build their own.

06-16-2009, 12:41 PM	#60
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Dad has been complaining that we only eat what Mum and I like recently. Not true, because Mum & I stopped cooking together about 2 months ago. And I have been eating separately in this time - see weight loss chart for verification. But instead of challenging his assumption - he is in his 70th year after all - I offered Mum spag bol this week as a sop. Now, she loves it when I cook - she doesn't have to cook AND I wash up as I go along. The usual deal is one cooks and the other cleans up, so there is far less work when I cook (also because I'm of a one-pot style). So it's turkey mince (already bought and in the freezer) and an Aldi vegetable sauce. Aldi is a cheap European supermarket, but I'm not gloating over what the sauce cost me, it's the fact it's low fat and loaded with veg (carrot, courgette and peppers) and he thinks he's getting away with something because he's getting meat and shop-bought sauce and pasta (hehehe). Regardless, he'll enjoy it, and that's really what's important.

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