Friday 12th November - rice, prawns, vegetables, cous cous and lemon and coriander dressing

Lunch was left over stroganoff, made rice in the TMX.

Dinner - Made a lemon and coriander dressing
1 clove garlic
small bunch of coriander
1 small lemon
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp brown sugar
100ml EVOO

chop garlic and coriander for 5 secs, spd 5
Add lemon juice and other ingredients and mix 10 secs sp 4.


This was to go with prawns and vegetables done in the Varoma. I also did some cous cous in the varoma for dd2, the rest of us had leftover rice from lunch.

Really yummy meal, nice and light and fresh. Also very quick (used thawed frozen cooked prawns, added water to the bowl and heated for 5 mins whilst preparing the veg (didn't clean the bowl out after the dressing) and then put the varoma on for 7 mins.


And made chicken stock from the chicken carcass from mother's group yesterday (it isn't really sad to leave mother's group at someone else's with the chicken bones is it????!!!!)

Thursday 11th November - porridge, playdough, stroganoff

Breakfast - porridge.

Made some red and yellow playdough much to the kids excitement, they all love making things with playdough esp dd1 and dd3 so some new colours were much appreciated.



Dinner - stroganoff - with added carrots and green capsicum. The green capsicum I just dropped in for the last 5 mins as don't like it over cooked.

Wednesday 10th November - strawberry sorbet, potato bake, bread

Afternoon tea - Strawberry sorbet - was hot today and this was a lovely refreshing afternoon treat.

Dinner - potato, courgette and mushroom bake - prepared the onion, garlic and herbs in the TMX and parboiled the potato slices in the TMX.



Also made a loaf of bread.

Tuesday 9th November - smoothie, kfc chicken, potatoes, vegetables

Breakfast: Banana smoothie

Dinner - used chookies kfc recipe http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=4364.0 and coated some chicken breast pieces, cooked in the oven sprayed with a little oil. Very nice.
Served with wedges (parboiled in the TMX, cooked in the oven) and vegies (steamed in the varoma).

Monday 8th November - kfc spice mix, meatballs, flat bread, salad

Made up chookie's kfc spice mix from the Thermomix forum.

Dinner was a request for the Skewered meatballs with Rosemary Flatbread, and Carrot Salad that was featured on last week's Junior Masterchef masterclass.

Here is my version adapted to the TMX.



Meatballs (though I think of them more as kebabs).

Ingredients
2 tsp cumin seeds
2 tsp coriander seed
1 tsp paprika
2 tbsp parsley
2 tbsp coriander
sprig rosemary
1/2 onion
400-500g beef (cubed)
zest 1 lemon

Method
Place cumin and coriander seed in bowl and cook 3min 100° sp 1
mill 20 sec sp 8
set aside
add onion, parsley, coriander, rosemary and lemon zest
chop 6 sec sp 5
Add meat and spices and mix to a smooth paste - closed lid position, pulse 4-5 times.

Place around a soaked skewer or rosemary stalk. (I did both and don't think using the rosemary stalk skewers added anything - though maybe as I'd added rosemary to the recipe).

I cooked mine in the oven for 15 mins but would be lovely grilled, fried or bbq'd.

Rosemary Flatbread

There recipe was
1 1/2 tbsp EVOO
1/2 cup warm water
250 g plain flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp rosemary

I mixed this up and then kneaded for 2 mins but it was too dry so added more water and rekneaded. It should be elastic and slightly moist but not too sticky.

Leave to stand for 20 mins, then break into small balls (1 inch round approx), and roll out on a floured surface (will need quite a bit of flour) until thin. Heat a non stick pan and dry fry the flatbreads.

Salads

I didn't make their carrot salad as it didn't appeal to us, but made 2 salads
1. Carrot, cabbage, green capsicum, parsely and coriander - chopped in the TMX with the juice of a lemon.
2. Tomato and Cucumber salad - chopped tomato and cucumber, tossed with chopped parsley and coriander and olive oil.
3. Didn't have any spinach so served plain yoghurt.

This meal was a winner and everyone liked all the components. Very easy to make and lovely and fresh with the parsley and coriander.

Sunday 7th November - ltm's, bread, rice, veggies, lemon feta sauce

LTM's - kid's rice bubble snacks. Some I put choc chips on the top, some sesame seeds, others plain.



Bread rolls and loaf of bread.

Dinner - garlic rice, steamed carrots and beans and lemon feta sauce (to go with bbq chicken pieces)