Recipe for Italian Sausages

This is for normal Italian sausages, if you buy hotter ones, I suggest making chilli out of it, unless you like really hot things. This reicpe is a family favourite from AWW Italian Cookbook no.2

Fettuccine with Italian Sausage and Olives

500g fettuccine pasta
500g Italian-style sausages
2 tablespoons olive oil
150g mushrooms, sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
100g large green olives, seeded, sliced
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
300ml cream

Add pasta to large pan of boiling water, boil, uncovered, until just tender, drain well. Cook sausages in dry pan over medium heat, turning regularly, about 10 minutes or until browned and cooked through; drain on absorbent paper. Cut sausages into 1cm slices.

Heat oil in pan, add mushrooms and garlic, cook, stirring, about 2 minutes or until mushrooms are soft. Stir in sausages, olives, rind, juice, parsley and cream, simmer, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes or until reduced by one-third. Stir in pasta, cook, stirring, 3 minutes or until pasta is heated through. Serves 4.

A low fat recipe:

Pea & Sausage Risotto

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Hamper King Menu

That time of year again! Hamper deliveries.

Tuesday 16th November ~ Pizza
Wednesday ~ Pizza
Thursday ~ Lasagne
Friday ~ Lasagne
Saturday ~ Pie
Sunday ~ Quiche & Salad & ?
Monday ~ Hamburgers
Tuesday ~ Hamburgers
Wednesday ~ Tuna Mornay with Cherry Tomatoes
Thursday ~ Salmon & Dill Potato Cakes (low-fat)
Friday ~ Leek & Sweet Potato Soup (low-fat)
Saturday ~ Salmon & Vegetable Pasta (low-fat)
Sunday ~ Ricotta & Rocket Quesadillas with Fried Egg (low-fat)
Monday ~ Pumpkin, Asparagus & Feta Risotto Patties (low-fat)

Success from last week:

Chicken Coleslaw Very excited about this. Thought it would be plain. It is like getting a twister at KFC.
Black-eyed Bean & Vegetable Soup this soup is terrific. It reminds me of a soup we used to make years ago from the Italian Soup mix packet. I made it from the water of boiled silverside with added spices. This soup has the spice, mine balls, but this powdered. Very clever.
Braised Pork with Fennel & Borlotti Beans an old-fashioned dish that is low-fat

Smoked Paprika Menu

I also got a large jar of anchovies so have included them in the menu as well. Finished up with vegetarian recipe to keep costs down.

Sunday 31st ~ Chicken Coleslaw
Monday ~ Potato & Spinach Frittata
Tuesday ~ Spicy Chorizo, White Bean & Tomato Soup
Wednesday ~ Roasted Tomato & Chilli Pasta with Parsley Salad
Thursday ~ Chorizo & Chickpea Panfry
Friday ~ Sweet Potato, Rocket & Bacon Frittata
Saturday ~ Vegetable Slice with Asparagus Salad
Sunday ~ Fennel, Olive & Parmesan Pizza
Monday ~ Spicy Chorizo Penne
Tuesday ~ Chicken & Broad Bean Bean Casserole
Wednesday ~ Baked Penne with Roasted Vegetables
Thursday ~ Penne with Tuna, Capers & Lime
Friday ~ Pappardelle with Tuna Ragu
Saturday ~ Bucatini with Salsa Verde
Sunday ~ Vegetable Pasta Bake (uses silverbeet)
Monday ~ Bacon, Thyme & Parsnip Soup

Success from last week:

Chicken & Capsicum Hotpot this dish I wasn't sure about. It is low-fat, and we raved about it when we were eating it. It is like a modern version of a late 60s dish stuffed Hungarian peppers which both my husband and enjoyed at the time.

Speaking of which I found this great recipe using pork mince and sugo.

Pork, Tomato & Cabbage Rolls

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Dry Land Crop - The Sunny Cowgirls

I wonder if they will feel exactly the same way when they are 46?

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Low Fat Menu

Last time I bought for my menu but we made these instead. Only had to dash out for pies and chips I think, was a bit short on olives for the pasta salad but it didn't matter, and I think we got a couple of cans of soup and brussels sprouts to have with the kranskys, it is a standby so I thought of it on the spot. My new shopping day is Thursday 21st.

I bought smoked paprika when I was in Coles on a shopping trip. Nice to see some recipes using it. I have quite a lot of ingredients already, so that is good. Last shopping trip was still cheaper than what I used to spend last year on food, so I was happy.

Swapped: Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup
Tuna, Lemon & Rocket Risotto
Pies & Chips
Chicken & Lentil Soup
Pea & Ham Soup with Kranksys
Tuna, Olive & Pasta Salad

Tuesday October 19 ~ Bacon, Tomato & Rocket Spaghetti (low fat) had left over rocket
Wednesday ~ Bronwyn's Californian Lasagne
Thursday ~ Bacon, Zucchini & Asparagus Pasta (low fat)
Friday ~ Mushroom Boc Choy Risotto
Saturday ~ Barbecued Chicken Burgers (low fat)
Sunday ~ Beef & Broccolini Noodle Stirfry (low fat, uses mince)
Monday ~ Beef Stroganoff (low fat)
Tuesday ~ Black-eyed Bean & Vegetable Soup (soaking required, low fat)
Wednesday ~ Braised Pork with Fennel & Borlotti Beans (low fat)
Thursday ~ Cauliflower, Bacon & Split Pea Soup (low fat)
Friday ~ Chicken & Capsicum Hotpot (low fat)
Saturday ~ Chickpea & Pumpkin Casserole (low fat) garbanzo
Sunday ~ Chilli Chicken Pasta with Garlic, Olives & Capers (low fat)
Monday ~ Chorizo, Mushroom & Spinach Penne (low fat)

Interesting recipes:
Rocket Pesto & Chicken Spaghetti
Stir-fried Rice with Chilli Tuna
Ants Climbing A Tree (uses pork mince) we have made something like this before from the Changs site, beautiful

Pork Sausage Recipes

Hofbrau House - Lunch, originally uploaded by VirtualErn.

In the past I was collecting these pork sausage recipes. Recently I have pork chipolatas from Coles, but not pork sausages as I haven't been driving to the shop I used to go to. But if I start doing that again, since then some new recipes have been published on the web. I will put the ones that look vaguely interesting to me, then when I try them I'll have to let you know my favourites.

Asparagus, Pork & Potato Omelets
Spinach & Pork Sausage Risotto
Pork Meatballs in Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Foodworks plus Oddbod Beans Menu

My husband seriously wants to go back to eating beans mostly, more than meat. We feel we lost weight as a pair of jeans I used to wear were very big on me this week. I think we were mostly beans etc. for five months March through August perhaps?

I found the cooking part from recipes that were not online last week very hard.

On to new recipes, our son will be with us for part of the time on a mid-semester break.

Because of a few ingredient shortages at the end of my last menu I have added three days using what was there, only buying an ingredient on Monday:
Saturday ~ Salmon & Bean Salad
Sunday ~ Fried Rice with Sausage, Egg & Peas (uses pork sausages)
Monday ~ Sausages and Lentils with Polenta

Tuesday 4th October ~ Aduki beans, Pumpkin & Ginger Casserole
Wednesday ~ mung beans both left over
Thursday ~ Hot Pot Soup with Basil Dumplings (uses Kranskys)
Friday ~ Broad Bean & Silverbeet Soup
Saturday ~ Greek Lentil Soup
Sunday ~ Creamy Sweet Potato Pasta
Monday ~ Mince with Black-eyed Beans
Tuesday ~ Pumpkin Noodles
Wednesday ~ Roast Pumpkin & Black Lentil Soup
Thursday ~ Sausage & Bean Casserole (uses pork chipolatas)
Friday ~ Portugese Chicken Burgers (uses Turkish bread rolls)
Saturday ~ Asparagus, Rocket & Ham Omelette
Sunday ~ Low-fat Pasta Carbonara (uses fresh basil)
Monday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise

Success from last week:

Red Curry Sausages (uses pork chipolatas)
Lentil Tabouli with Crisp Garlic Bread