home made pies

I got some lamb stew meat from my mother in law that she sent along with my brother in law for us along with some vegetable and fruitcake etc for Christmas and I cooked the meat today with a bit of carrots and potatoes and onions with some chicken stock I made previously and it came out so nice , I cut out all the fat and then rolled out some dough , cut it out with a small saucer and then add the meat and fold closed and voila , cornish pie !

 

it was easy to just cut the circle with a saucer /smallish plate as it makes it a bit neater

then you add the meat in the middle along with some carrots and potato , fold close and do the edges with a fork as it prevents the filling from spilling out , make a whole ontop with a knife for steam to escape .

it looks like a huge calzone pizza hahaha

you have to then brush the tops with some milk as it browns it quite nicely like that :) I do not use egg on my pies .
I somehow want to save a bit of money :) and milk does the trick also .

The end result ! my husband enjoyed it very much , he had two for dinner ,the other two he will eat tomorrow , I did not had any , but did taste , was delicious !

from the rest of the dough I made peri peri cheese straws for him, just added peri peri and a bit of grated edam cheese, made in twirls and baked in the oven .

Vegetable lasagna

the end result was really very tasty , I did not use pasta at all, just vegetables, it was my own recipe so I figured because it was in layers I call it vegetable lasagna , I used potato slices instead of pasta sheets, so I guess it could work, I started by layering a layer of half boiled potatoes that was boiled in salt water and then topped with a layer of beans red sweet pepper , onion jullienne carrots and mushrooms , then I made white sauce with mozzarella cheese and then I grated a bit of cheddar cheese ontop and baked in the oven, Husband and Vincent our next door neighbor and friend said it was very nice :)

Hamburger

End result , might not look like much but it is so yummy :) no sauce , no mayo , just like that , healthy and tasty , next time I will do my other hamburger with the lettuce and all the trimmings :)

This is what the cooked meat patties look like , the onion really taste very good .

cut two tomatoes in slices :)

Omega 3 different grain and seed buns and grated sweetmilk cheese make an awesome hamburger

first you take some lean mince and then you put a teaspoon Ina Paarman beef spice and a pinch of salt and pepper in the  meat with chopped onions , the chopped onions makes the meat juicy and very tasty and less time and not so oily as onion rings that has been fried in oil . You then make a ball and make it flat in your hand like a meat patty , then you dust it with baking flour :) 

Friday pizza night

so , what to make for a hungry Theo bear on a friday night for dinner , Home made pizza with lots of pepperdew! that always makes a yummy combination. tomato puree at the bottom then a bit of Edam cheese , then on the bed of cheese some chicken breast and then a layer of sweet green pepper and then cherry tomatoes and then a bit of sweetmilk cheese and then a bit here and there sweet chilly sauce and then four or five cherry tomatoes cut in half and then topped with bits of sliced pepperdew , round about 10 minutes in the oven and 1 minute in microwave, voila ! dinner for the husband :) 

no fuss no trouble, I did not have one, made chicken and salad for myself :)

easy and pie !

Tasty Chicken and broccoli with cauliflower as side dish

was really delicious :) 

This was dinner last week, my husband really enjoyed it , the thing about eating healthy is , you can have so little but you can really make it very tasty and with no trouble at all :)
I made a chicken breast stuffed with roasted veggies , the veggies was peas, asparagus, small baby mealies , green sweet peppers, and broccoli and cauliflower , courgettes and a few baby tomatoes .

you can buy a whole bunch of asparagus and cut a few of them in pieces per person , you do not have to cook the whole bunch all at once and with a variety of veggies it is not that expensive, so one can eat delicious food and yet it wont be expensive . some are just to lazy to rince veggies off and mix it in batches and devide and put it in seperate bags and freeze :)

I love using Ina Paarman's green onion mix on my chicken, it is really tasty

when I stirfried /roasted the veggies I add a bit of sesame seeds for the umph /mojo , it makes it so yummy and give the veggies such a nutty taste

I just cooked the broccoli and cauliflower in saltwater for a few minutes , it was still crispy and so good :)

the end result before I added the broccoli and cauliflower to the plate , my husband said it was so yummy :) 

October birthday dinner :)

the tip here is , it did not shrink much , is to seal the meat in a big pot first after you marinate it , here you can see the raw stage, did not shrink all that much :)
my husband bought me a flight ticket to go visit my dad in Pretoria , I had to make this for my birthday dinner , everyone had a great time , I flew back to Cape town the following day :) 

after you pushed it full of garlic you can marinate it for an afternoon in lemon juice rosemary and garlic slices and mrs balls chutney , yummy

Leg of lamb my dad bought , not a joke as this was round about R300-00 worth of leg and it was huge , I had to ask the guy to cut some fat off as I feel why should we pay for fat and not just the meat, I made it with the bone inside of the leg , my dad likes it that way , then got the rosemary ,mrs balls chutney and spices ready :) and lots of fresh garlic,rub with mrs balls garlic and then add lemon juice and rosemary and spices , beef spices will do :)

you must peel onion quite thick and let the leg of lamb rest on it while baking

first had to peel a lot of garlic to stuff the leg of lamb with , fresh garlic work the best :) yummy

sorry about being all back to front but this is what the dinner looked like when I cooked for my dad when I visited them the week of my birthday the 7th October 2011 just before I had to fly back to Cape town the following day .I made garlic potatoes with parsley and sweet pumpkin and green beans with onion and potato just the way the old boere tannies made it :) (kookkos)  and my famous mushrooms sauce :)

This was the leg of lamb when it got out of the oven , full of stuffed garlic , it was so juicy :)

One of  my dear friends that visited me on my birthday 

Bread in Afrikaans and English

Ingredients /Bestandele
15 g kitsgis / instant yeast
250 – 300 ml milk/milk
1 teelepel strooisuiker /castor sugar
450 g sterk broodmeel/bread flour
1 teelepel sout/salt
100 ml olyfolie/oliv oil
Metode/method

1. Meng die gis met 150 ml melk en die suiker.Mix yeast with sugar and milk
2. In ‘n aparte mengbak, meng meel, sout en olie. Vryf die olie in. In seperate bowl mix flour , salt and oil
3. Meng die meel en melkmengsel en voeg geonoeg van die melk by om ‘n klewerige deeg te vorm. Mix flour and milk mixture and mix with enough milk to form sticky dough mixture
4. Knie deeglik tot die deeg nie meer klewerig is nie. Knee the dough till its not sticky
5. Bedek met ‘n doek en laat dit in ‘n warm plek rys tot dubbel die grootte./cover with cloth and let it rise in a warm place to double in size
6. Knie weer vir so 5 minute en vorm dan vier 30 cm lang ronde brooodjies. knee the dough for another five minutes and form four 30cm long round bread
7. Laat dit staan tot grootte verdubbel en bak dan teen 200 degC. / let is rise to double in size and bake on 200 deg C till golden brown, if it gets out of the oven cover with wet cloth and let it cool off or take a bit of butter and rub it in warm crust , mmm yummy :)