Breakfasts were easy, we had pancakes for two of the three mornings - these were eaten with strawberries for those who like them, maple syrup and ice cream. Perfect! The other morning cereal, porridge and toast were on the menu!
For lunch one day I served scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages, my home made baked beans, and chopped tomato. Served with lots of toasted baguette!
Another day we had 'Jo's Mediterranean chicken wraps'. These consisted of some chicken breast cut into strips and dredged in flour and some dried herbs...basil, oregano, thyme... and pepper and salt. There was a variety of fixin's on the table to add to the chicken, including lettuce, cheese, tomato, cucumber, mayo, and beetroot.
For lunch today I made some of 'Jo's minestrone soup'. This is the easiest and often the tastiest of soups really. It is just a matter of chopping up every left over vegetable in the bottom of the fridge and cooking it in some stock, tinned tomatoes, dried herbs, and throwing in some pasta towards the end. Today's variation had zucchini, capsicum, onion, garlic, carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, leek, sweet potato, tinned lentils and pumpkin. Basically everything in the fridge!
I served it with some dense wholemeal, seeded bread and a dollop of pesto on the top for those interested!
Along with the paella, for dinners we ate homemade pizza one night, and the other was a really tasty spagheti and meatballs. The taste of this meal was really all in the meatballs as the sauce was very basic - the only ingredients being tomatoes, fresh basil and chilli.
To make the meatballs though I mixed the beef with dried red chillies, ground cinnamon, grated nutmeg, garlic salt, black pepper, egg, Parmesan and lemon zest. It all worked out really well and of course I got the fun of squishing all the ingredients together with my hands. So tasty was this dish in fact that my S-i-l wants the recipe!
Of course what would a weekend away be if there were no sweet thing on hand. I made the 'never fail chocolate cake' again - but this time in muffin size. I also made some choc chip biscuits using both dark and white choc chips, and an apple crumble!
There was a request for yo-yos this morning. Mmmmm, the last time I made these biscuits 6 years ago they were a disaster and I clearly am still bearing the scars as I have never tried them again! What else can one do though...can't disappoint a niece!
I went straight to Donna - not the winter magazine - and she didn't let me down! My yo-yos were *very* rustic looking, but they tasted fine!
2 comments:
What? Who doesn't like strawberries? That is just crackers!
i know.... lestie doesn't eat strawberries...or bacon....or eggs...the girl has some weird tastes ;-)
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