Whats on the menu for dinner these days??

[horrie hastings]

The tomatoes have such a intense flavour, wow. Have taken them out of the oven now and put in chicken thighs and roast veges for dinner, will give the tomatoes another hour or so after the roast.

[horrie hastings]

Duck salami is sensational with some smoked cheese and the semi dried tomatoes i did the other night.
Making a Karen Martini one pot lamb recipe with potato, red capsicum and tomatoes.

[mightyrooster]

You’re a great cook Horrie. We’re having my favourite beef stir fry with baby corn, broccoli, carrot and red capsicum tonight. Served with noodles.

[horrie hastings]

Thanks MR, really a joint effort here tonight making dinner. I'm not a real lamb chop fan but i like them done this, there is red wine vinegar in this dish which cuts through the lamb fattiness
What type of noodles are you using ? i love the thick Hokkien noodles in the stir fries.

[mightyrooster]

Thanks MR, really a joint effort here tonight making dinner. I'm not a real lamb chop fan but i like them done this, there is red wine vinegar in this dish which cuts through the lamb fattiness
What type of noodles are you using ? i love the thick Hokkien noodles in the stir fries.

Yes definitely the Hokkien noodle. I agree that lamb can be very fatty. My favourite lamb dish is probably shanks cooked very slowly in the oven with red wine, rosemary, bay leaves, carrots and some other things I can’t remember! It’s a great winter dish. I also love a good lamb cutlet with Moroccan seasonings but they are ridiculously expensive and then you still have to trim all the fat off.

[horrie hastings]

Yes definitely the Hokkien noodle. I agree that lamb can be very fatty. My favourite lamb dish is probably shanks cooked very slowly in the oven with red wine, rosemary, bay leaves, carrots and some other things I can’t remember! It’s a great winter dish. I also love a good lamb cutlet with Moroccan seasonings but they are ridiculously expensive and then you still have to trim all the fat off.

Yep shanks are definitely my favourite cut of lamb, yes to the ingredients you mention to cook them with, plus celery, actually picked up some nice shanks reduced at Coles last week so they are in the freezer now awaiting to be cooked when the weather cools down.
There is another dish i like making, basically meatballs with tomatoes and risoni, i used to use beef mince for the meat balls but tried it with lamb mince and loved it so only use lamb mice for the dish now.
Also a roast leg of lamb is a nice winter dish but i will always pick chicken, beef, pork and turkey in preference over lamb but once every now and then you cant beat a roast leg lamb.

[mightyrooster]

Yep shanks are definitely my favourite cut of lamb, yes to the ingredients you mention to cook them with, plus celery, actually picked up some nice shanks reduced at Coles last week so they are in the freezer now awaiting to be cooked when the weather cools down.
There is another dish i like making, basically meatballs with tomatoes and risoni, i used to use beef mince for the meat balls but tried it with lamb mince and loved it so only use lamb mice for the dish now.
Also a roast leg of lamb is a nice winter dish but i will always pick chicken, beef, pork and turkey in preference over lamb but once every now and then you cant beat a roast leg lamb.

Yes celery, onion, stock. I had to have a quick look at my recipe. Also, I cook a roast quite a bit in winter too as a roast dinner is the other half’s favourite meal. Mostly chicken or lamb. He loves the lamb and gravy. I find it fairly fatty but my favourite part of that meal are the roast potatoes and veg. I usually only cook roast pork at Christmas as it’s special with the crackling..yum, yum. It’s not good for you so it’s only a one day of the year type of thing. I’ve tried a few different types of meatball recipes over the years and never really settled on one. There is a local chicken shop here which makes some great chicken meatballs with a tomato based sauce which I have got into the habit of buying the past few years. But when I’ve made my own it’s usually beef mince, or beef and pork. The lamb ones you make sound good.

[redwhiteblue]

Salmon with broccoli, peas, snow peas and green beans.

[horrie hastings]

Yes celery, onion, stock. I had to have a quick look at my recipe. Also, I cook a roast quite a bit in winter too as a roast dinner is the other half’s favourite meal. Mostly chicken or lamb. He loves the lamb and gravy. I find it fairly fatty but my favourite part of that meal are the roast potatoes and veg. I usually only cook roast pork at Christmas as it’s special with the crackling..yum, yum. It’s not good for you so it’s only a one day of the year type of thing. I’ve tried a few different types of meatball recipes over the years and never really settled on one. There is a local chicken shop here which makes some great chicken meatballs with a tomato based sauce which I have got into the habit of buying the past few years. But when I’ve made my own it’s usually beef mince, or beef and pork. The lamb ones you make sound good.

I find the chicken or the lamb are the easiest roasts to cook, i could eat roast chicken 7 days a week if given a choice ( not really but it is my favourite of all the roasts ), if i am out though i will order roast pork quite often as i like it but don't like cooking it, the few times i have cooked it it though it has come out perfect, no exact science to cooking it but it has worked the few times i have done it, especially the crackling. Like you though i do love the roast veges, potatoes yes, sweet potato too, i usually do roast carrot also and love roast parsnip, not overly keen on roast pumpkin but will sometimes cook it if i am in the mood ..If i am doing lamb i will bake the smaller eschalots onions as they become sweet and soak in the juices.

One thing i am going to try and roast one day is a leg of goat, i have seen a couple of butchers nearby selling them and the price point is about the same as a leg of lamb, i have had goat meat before and enjoyed it so next step is try and cook a leg of goat.

[mightyrooster]

I find the chicken or the lamb are the easiest roasts to cook, i could eat roast chicken 7 days a week if given a choice ( not really but it is my favourite of all the roasts ), if i am out though i will order roast pork quite often as i like it but don't like cooking it, the few times i have cooked it it though it has come out perfect, no exact science to cooking it but it has worked the few times i have done it, especially the crackling. Like you though i do love the roast veges, potatoes yes, sweet potato too, i usually do roast carrot also and love roast parsnip, not overly keen on roast pumpkin but will sometimes cook it if i am in the mood ..If i am doing lamb i will bake the smaller eschalots onions as they become sweet and soak in the juices.

One thing i am going to try and roast one day is a leg of goat, i have seen a couple of butchers nearby selling them and the price point is about the same as a leg of lamb, i have had goat meat before and enjoyed it so next step is try and cook a leg of goat.

Yes I always roast carrot and am not a fan of roast pumpkin either - my mum used to always cook it and make me eat it as a kid though. A baked dinner or tea as she called it was one of her specialties. I will roast pumpkin if entertaining other guests though but not it it’s just our little family. I’ve never thought about goat. I guess it would have a similar flavour to lamb? All this talk of roasts is making me want one on a drab miserable day like today.

[rented tracksuit]

Was lazy so bought a roast chook from Cokes yesterday. Bloody hell… how small are they now?!? The thing could hardly pass for a quail!

[horrie hastings]

Was lazy so bought a roast chook from Cokes yesterday. Bloody hell… how small are they now?!? The thing could hardly pass for a quail!

You get what you pay for with the Coles and Woolies chooks, i will buy one some times for a quick dinner after the beach or when i want chicken sandwiches, between 2 people we will get enough for one meal of chicken then left overs for sandwiches or make a pasta dish out of. If i roast a chicken at home, anything from a size 18-24 we get enough for two full meals or if we buy one from one of the charcoal chicken places there is generally enough for two full meals each, i suppose you look at the price point $11 for Coles or Woolies chicken or around $17 from a charcoal chicken place.

When i used to do the closing shifts at work i would sometime go into Woolies and get the chicken when it was marked down right close to closing, they would generally land at around $6 so reasonable value then.

[Big Dog]

Besgetti and meatballs tonight.

[mightyrooster]

Chicken enchiladas tonight.

[rented tracksuit]

You get what you pay for with the Coles and Woolies chooks, i will buy one some times for a quick dinner after the beach or when i want chicken sandwiches, between 2 people we will get enough for one meal of chicken then left overs for sandwiches or make a pasta dish out of. If i roast a chicken at home, anything from a size 18-24 we get enough for two full meals or if we buy one from one of the charcoal chicken places there is generally enough for two full meals each, i suppose you look at the price point $11 for Coles or Woolies chicken or around $17 from a charcoal chicken place.

When i used to do the closing shifts at work i would sometime go into Woolies and get the chicken when it was marked down right close to closing, they would generally land at around $6 so reasonable value then.

Pretty sure I saw roast chooks in Costco today for $6.50 and they were twice as big!

The big 2 are playing people for fools. It’s not just inflation.