What is for dinner tonight?

[Dani]

I need dinner ideas ladies! :D

[Amelia's Mummy]

We got takeout so I'm no use.... sorry :(

[Dani]

We got takeout so I'm no use.... sorry :(

Oh hun, don't feel bad cause I am the takeout queen! :o

I seriously suck at cooking!

[Amelia's Mummy]

Oh hun, don't feel bad cause I am the takeout queen! :o

I seriously suck at cooking!

Urgh, I hate cooking late in the evening and with BF not getting in from work till 8pm I hate it even more!

[Dani]

Urgh, I hate cooking late in the evening and with BF not getting in from work till 8pm I hate it even more!

Oh that sucks! My big problem is that I never know what to make?!:confused: I would cook if I had any creative ideas or better yet any variety. I am tired of making the same stuff day in and out.

[Amelia's Mummy]

Oh that sucks! My big problem is that I never know what to make?!:confused: I would cook if I had any creative ideas or better yet any variety. I am tired of making the same stuff day in and out.

I know that feeling... I can spent hours sitting trying to decide what to make and then end up with nothing! :rolleyes2:

What do you normally make?

[SoSassy]

Pizza and Im about burnt out on it.

[Dani]

I know that feeling... I can spent hours sitting trying to decide what to make and then end up with nothing! :rolleyes2:

What do you normally make?

We eat a lot of meat, potato/rice, veggies but that gets boring quickly! I need some good ideas I guess for marinating etc. Flavour is everything!

[Amelia's Mummy]

We eat a lot of meat, potato/rice, veggies but that gets boring quickly! I need some good ideas I guess for marinating etc. Flavour is everything!

Well then I definately can't help you! lol. I know no recipes for marinating! I tend to cook things that come out a packet... :blush4:

[Toodles]

We eat a lot of meat, potato/rice, veggies but that gets boring quickly! I need some good ideas I guess for marinating etc. Flavour is everything!

this is a SUPER fabulous chicken recipe. dh and I LOVE it!!! and his parents were here for a week and they LOVED it too.

and it is VERY easy to make :)

http://chicken.betterrecipes.com/lemonchickenwithroastedgarlic.html

[mommy2alex]

Marinated chicken salad with paw paw salsa and deep-fried filo pastry


Serves: 4
Prep: 40 min, plus marinating
Cook: 20 min


Ingredients
4 skinless chicken breast fillets
115ml coconut oil
Olive oil, to cover
chicken stock or water, to poach
vegetable oil, for frying and deep-frying
2 large sheets filo pastry
sprinkling of curry powder


For the marinade:
dashes of Olive oil
1 red onion, roughly sliced
1/2 bunch of fresh coriander, chopped
4 Chillies, halved and deseeded
2 tbsp curry powder
1 tbsp chopped garlic
grated zest of 1 lime
1 cinnamon stick, broken into pieces


For the paw paw salsa:
2 paw paws, peeled, deseeded and cut into small dice
1 tbsp Honey
1 chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
salt and fresh ground black pepper
grated zest and juice of 1 lime
2 tbsp Olive oil
2 tbsp chopped coriander


Method 1. To make the marinade, heat the olive oil in a pan and add all the other ingredients. Cook gently until the onion is softened.

2. Put the chicken breasts into a large bowl, add the marinade and the coconut oil, and top up with olive oil to cover the chicken. Leave for 4-6 hours to marinate.

3. Remove the chicken from the marinade, drain off any excess oil and roll the chicken in cling film and then in kitchen foil. Poach the wrapped chicken in stock for 6-8 minutes, then leave to cool.

4. Heat a little more olive oil in the frying pan. Unwrap the chicken, season with salt and pepper, and gently fry the fillets until lightly browned on both sides.

5. Make the salsa by mixing all the ingredients together.

6. Preheat vegetable oil for deep-frying until moderately hot. Arrange the sheets of filo pastry on top of one another and cut out 12 double-layered rounds of filo pastry with a medium-sized pastry cutter. Deep-fry in the oil for 30-45 seconds, then remove the pastry from the oil and lay on kitchen paper to drain. Lightly season with salt and pepper and a sprinkling of curry powder.

7. To serve, cut each chicken breast across into slices, lay a half of each breast on one round of filo pastry, followed by some salsa, then place another round of filo on top and repeat the layers, finishing with a final round of filo. Repeat with the other chicken breasts and filo rounds.

8. To serve, put a handful of the salad leaves on each serving plate, place a filo chicken layer on top and scatter the rest of the plate with salsa.

ENJOY!!!

[amelia's granma]

Wow,Maria are you cooking when you come to Vicky's?;)That recipe sounds great:D

[mommy2alex]

Wow,Maria are you cooking when you come to Vicky's?;)That recipe sounds great:D
I tell you what...my hubby started laughing when I told him what you wrote. He said: ''Tell her that I gave you the receipe and that I know how to cook it, not you''
He's right, he is a better cook then I am...LOL

[Amelia's Mummy]

I tell you what...my hubby started laughing when I told him what you wrote. He said: ''Tell her that I gave you the receipe and that I know how to cook it, not you''
He's right, he is a better cook then I am...LOL

You mean you didn't turn into a domestic goddess overnight when you had Alex???


Nope, me neither! :rolleyes2:

[Olivia_Karhis]

Im no help... we had pizza hut :p hehe

[Amelia's Mummy]

Im no help... we had pizza hut :p hehe

Hmmmmmm, I love Pizza Hut! I'm jealous! :D

[amelia's granma]

I tell you what...my hubby started laughing when I told him what you wrote. He said: ''Tell her that I gave you the receipe and that I know how to cook it, not you''
He's right, he is a better cook then I am...LOL

I will rephrase this then.Is your hubby coming with you,if so,is he cooking:D