What's for Dinner Tonight?

[fundj&e]

spaghetti cauliflower and trifle

[maddy]

Yummy dinners and photo's 

Licorice all-sorts here tonight.
Hubby eating at cricket club, son wants chicken noodle soup, daughter wants chicken schnitzel roll, and I'm having leftover satay chicken.
Easy!

[CreamPuff63]

Looks delish as always JO, was it this recipe?

Fingers crossed this is not the first and last time I say this but...DS19 is making Spaghetti Bolognese from the EDC for tea tonight  I have to keep picking myself up from the floor when I think about it (and not because I'm rolling around and laughing - I don't want to tempt fate)

[Cornish Cream]

Looks delish as always JO, was it this recipe?

Fingers crossed this is not the first and last time I say this but...DS19 is making Spaghetti Bolognese from the EDC for tea tonight  I have to keep picking myself up from the floor when I think about it (and not because I'm rolling around and laughing - I don't want to tempt fate)

Good news CP,let's hope it becomes a regular occurrence.

[johnro]

Sticky chicken with vietnamese noodle salad and dessert cherry cream kuchen (thermie only came to the party for whipping cream and making the cherry - more trouble than it was worth to clean the TMX jug - whole meal is so easy.

[Frozzie]

haha cp maybe you need to invest in a spycam to record the moment without tempting fate!! good that he is cooking...your reaction gave me a laugh 

[Halex]

Robyn that looks amazing

[Cornish Cream]

Robyn could I have the recipe for the Sticky Chiken please

[Frozzie]

oh yum robyn...didnt see the photo when i posted well it hadnt come up yet...making me sooooooooo hungry!!

yes would love those recipes too robyn 

[JulieO]

Yum Johnro, they look wonderful.  I too would love to see recipes. 

CP, yes that's the one, it was so tasty,  this is what I did:

PESTO CHICKEN PASTA WITH PUMPKIN – serves 4
1kg butternut pumpkin, peeled, seeded, cut into 2cm pieces
pkt prosciutto
240g cherry truss tomatoes
400g dried spaghetti
2 chicken breast fillets, steamed whole until tender, then sliced thinly

½ cup olive oil
45g pine nuts
25g fresh basil leaves 
1 small garlic clove, halved
65g parmesan cut into cubes
½ cup buttermilk (made from butter I made a while ago that I froze)
Fresh basil leaves, extra, to serve (forgot to add)
 
Preheat oven to 200°C.

Place pumpkin on a baking tray and drizzle with a tbsp of light olive oil.  Sprinkle with sea salt & black pepper.
Lie prosciutto slices over the top of the pumpkin and bake for about 30 minutes.

Lightly toast the pine nuts in a non stick frypan.  Remove from heat and set aside.

Meanwhile, place cubed parmesan into TM bowl.  Grate about 6 secs/speed 8.
Add basil, garlic and pinenuts to bowl. Chop 10 secs/speed 6.
With motor running on speed 4, MC off.  Pour oil onto lid and allow to flow into bowl. Scrape into a small bowl. Stir in the buttermilk.

Remove prosciutto from tray onto a plate and leave to cool. 
Add tomatoes to the pumpkin and bake for around 15 - 20 minutes or until pumpkin is golden and tomatoes are soft.

Break up prosciutto with fingers once cooled and put aside.

Meanwhile, cook pasta in a pan of salted boiling water. Drain and place into a large warmed bowl.

Pour pesto/buttermilk mixture into the bowl containing pasta.  Add chicken and toss well.
Add the pumpkin and prosciutto, and gently toss to coat. Serve topped with the tomatoes and extra basil leaves.

[johnro]

Vietnamese noodle salad is on Taste. Except I used the thai lime and chilli cashews from Woolies instead of peanut. I also put 1 chopped lemon grass stalk in with the noodles while standing in boiling water

Sticky Chicken a bit of a mish mash but it is always a winner -

1 kg chicken thigh can be marinated if time allows in the following ingredients
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup soy sauce
4 - 5 lg garlic cloves and 2cm piece green ginger - whiz in TMX, add the liquid and whiz to clean the bowl. Pour over chicken and stand for whatever time allows.  Bake uncovered in a shallow type dish 180 degs until tender and cooked through - about 50 mins to an hour. The sauce is tasty drizzled over the noodle salad.

Cherry Cream Kuchen
puff pastry
500g ricotta cheese
2 tabsp castor sugar
300ml cream - semi whipped or sour cream works as well
2 teasp kirsch or cherry brandy
450g pitted cherries drained - reserve juice
2 tabsp cornflour

icing sugar to dust

Cut each pastry sheet into 1/4 's.  Fold 2 pieces in 1/2 and make cuts at 2cm intervals to within 2cm of edge. Unfold to original shape
Place both rectangles on papered baking tray - 220 deg oven until golden
Mix tog ricotta, cream, sugar and tsp kirsch.
Into TMX place cornflour and reserved syrup - combine speed 5 10 sec
Cook 90 degs 2 mins speed 3 - 4.  add extra kirsch and cherries and stir reverse speed 1 until combined
Cool completely  before spreading over pastry base (I break the pillow so that the cherries and ricotta sit in the well) - top with ricotta mixture.
Place cut pastry on top - refrigerate 15mins - dust with icing sugar

En joy and I hope this makes sense    

Julie thank you for posting that amazing dish!!!!

[Cornish Cream]

Thanks Robyn

[Frozzie]

yes thankyou lovely lady 

[tarasis]

Evening of failures really. Made the Butter Chicken from the Indian cookbook but it was too hot, particularly for the missus and made a packaged Cheesecake (Greens which is a brand in the UK) which used to have a wonderful taste 20 years ago but they've "improved" it somewhere along the way it seems and it doesn't taste anywhere near as nice as it used too

So yeah, an evening of fails.

[fundj&e]

We all have days like that tarasis. i know i do