Polish Sausage Salad

I found this recipe on my original blog.

Polish Sausage Salad
6 large potatoes
6 eggs, hard boiled and peeled
2 slices thick 1/2 inch double smoked ham, optional
1 cup garlic chives or
(garlic & red onion chopped finely)
1 tablespoon mild mustard
8 polski or gerki (gherkins)
5 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 teaspoons salt
cracked pepper (optional)
1 (KR?) Polish Sausage or 2 sticks export polish sausage chopped
1 green spring onion chopped
Mix onion, mustard, mayonnaise, garlic, set aside.
Serves 6.
Adapted from goodrecipes.

Indian & Pancake Menu

My husband was very lucky to get a crepe pan from the op-shop on a Thursday when he was taking my car to get a new modified exhaust system.  We found he needed one, and one appeared.  It is a lovely frypan.  So I hope we can make crepes especially to see how it goes with them.  

Tuesday ~ Crepes with Chinese Chicken
Wednesday ~
Thursday ~ Roasted Sumac Pumpkin and Feta Soft Tacos
Friday ~ Moroccan-style Shepherds' Pie (uses harissa)
Saturday ~ Butter Chicken Wraps (uses chicken mince, chapatis) from Coles magazine
Sunday ~ Pies
Monday ~ Pizza
Tuesday ~ Left-over Minestrone Soup
Wednesday ~ Pea & Ham Soup with Krankys
Thursday ~ Indian Chicken & Cauliflower Pilaf
Friday ~ Vegetable Kedgeree (from magazine to use up almonds)
Saturday ~ Indian Pancakes with Tomato & Coconut Relish
Sunday ~ Creamy Corncakes with Curry Mayo
Monday ~ Left Over Pumpkin Minestrone Soup

Interesting recipes:

Borlotti Bean Mole with Pumpkin
Black Bean & Pumpkin Chili
Black Bean & Pumpkin Soup
Black Bean, Jalapeno, Pumpkin Quesadillas
Black Bean & Pumpkin Soup 2
Black Bean & Pumpkin Adaptation
Pumpkin Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream
Eggnog Pancakes

Baking:
Herb and Cheese Scones with Chive Cream
Muesli Pikelets
Fruity Carrot Slice

School Holiday Menu

We had another go at Gozleme this week, with mixed results again.  I had a left over one for lunch today and was really impressed with the dill flavour.  The pastry wasn't quite cooked, it was just as good as cafe food though I think.

Tuesday ~  Beef Chow Mein to use up beans will try this later  Beef Crepes with Gruyere Sauce
Wednesday ~ Pies
Thursday ~ Japanese Pancakes or swap because I used the cabbage
Friday ~ Chorizo Potato Salad
Saturday ~Tuna & Feta Salad
Sunday ~Mustard Chicken with Mixed Beans & Peas (uses up some things) no chicken at shop
Monday ~ Woman's Weekly Tuna pie instead of Cauliflower, Blue Cheese & Spinach Frittata
Tuesday ~ left over silverside and potatoes
Wednesday ~ Red Salmon, Witlof & Rocket Salad
Thursday ~ Chorizo & Feta Gozleme with Tomato Salad
Friday ~ Sausage Stroganoff
Saturday ~ Bacon, Egg & Sausage Burgers
Sunday ~ Slow Roasted Spicy Beef Tacos (uses silverside)
Monday ~ Chorizo, Corn & Black Bean Salad with Tortillas
Extra subs for chicken dish and using up cabbage:
Minestrone with Pumpkin

Winter Menu

Some of these recipes I think can be adapted.  Like I may use normal pasta instead of wholemeal, and I have used a few recipes to come up with my own Gozleme using another lady's idea, she tried it and it worked, so we will try our own version following her idea.  I am not having actual roast chicken, just a BBQ chicken from the shop with gravy over it.  The ideas came from sale items at the green grocers and the left over silverbeet I have.  We tend to keep adding to our knowledge of variations of things or combinations of foods that we have enjoyed before.  Hence the haloumi.  If we can't buy rocket pesto we will use another one we make ourselves, that is in a sausage bake I have posted before.  I have rocket left over from one of the other dishes.  Swap recipes on my site, are recipes using ingredients I have already bought but are similar and usually don't use the meat that I end up not being able to buy.  However I do except my food budget to improve.  But in the meantime I have learnt to appreciate the simpler dishes in most cases.  Looking forward to eating more tuna.  Going to use half chicken on special for one recipe and another with the half jar of pesto in our fridge. 

Tuesday ~ Gozleme
Wednesday ~ Roasted Potato with Haloumi & Rosemary & Roast Chicken & Gravy
Thursday ~ Wholemeal Pasta Spirals with Rocket Pesto, Green Beans & Potato
Friday ~ Cauliflower, Pumpkin & Pea Korma (uses left over tomatoes)
Saturday ~  Tuna Pilau
Sunday ~ Tuna, Fennel & Caper Spaghetti
Monday ~ Salami, Broccoli & Cabbage Pasta
Tuesday ~ Savoury Mince & Potato Wedges
Wednesday ~ Chicken Schnitzel Burgers
Thursday ~ Chicken & Tomato Pesto Pappardelle
Friday ~ Savoury Mince & Chat Potatoes
Saturday ~ Paella
Sunday ~ Pumpkin & Bean Salad with Feta
Monday ~ Moroccan Lentil & Chickpea Soup

Interesting recipes:
Gozleme (silverbeet snack with homemade flatbread and feta inside)
Greek Pasta Filo Pie (uses lamb mince)
Warm Potato & Sausage Salad (uses Italian sausages)
Warm Potato & Sausage Salad (uses chipolatas)
Tuna & Hummus Wraps
Ham, Bean & Cabbage Soup
Pumpkin & Feta Arancini
Lentil & Haloumi Salad

Success from last week:  
Chicken, Silverbeet & Fennel Potato Pie

Baking:
Apple & Almond Pie
using gifted apples
recipe from Foodworks calendar from notes section on their facebook page, I can buy the almonds with my fruit and vegetables

Birthday & Play Menu

Tuesday ~ Roasted Pumpkin & Spinach Pasta
Wednesday ~ Lentil & Vegetable Cottage Pie
Thursday ~ Pumpkin Noodles
Friday ~ Gnocchi Carbonara
Saturday ~ Greek Zucchini Pie
Sunday ~ Chicken, Silverbeet & Fennel Potato Pie
Monday ~ Pies, Potatoes, Peas
Tuesday ~ Fennel & Broad Bean Soup with Ricotta and Oregano Gnocchi (uses silverbeet)
Wednesday ~ Chicken, Zucchini & Feta Pilaf
Thursday ~ Chargrilled Pumpkin and Haloumi Salad
Friday ~ Beef Sausages 700g Cheesy Sausage Rolls
Saturday ~ Mushroom & Butter Bean Soup
Sunday ~ Pies, Potatoes, Peas
Monday ~ Pies, Potatoes, Peas

Swap recipes:  
Pumpkin, Zucchini & Feta Frittata
Zucchini, Feta & Dill Frittata, merged together
Cheesy Bacon & Pea Macaroni


soft drink party, tub of icing for devil's food cake, chips
Baking:  Banana Date Loaf

Success from last week:  Roasted Vegetable & Bacon Soup made from our left over vegetables except I stole the leeks from myself
Magic Bean Stew, or Soup with 4 Bean Mix  

Interesting recipes:  Pumpkin Fruit Cake
Haloumi French Toast with Chorizo & Mushroom
Braised Lentils & Italian Sausages

Carrot & Spice Teacake

Silverbeet & Zucchini Menu

Tuesday ~ Bacon & Pumpkin Pasta
Wednesday ~ Two bean Nachos with Guacamole
Thursday ~ Ham & Mushroom Homemade Pizza see below
Friday ~ Left Over Risotto
Saturday ~ Greek Zucchini Pie
Sunday ~ Chicken, Silverbeet & Fennel Potato Pie
Monday ~ Garden Frittata (uses dill, silverbeet & zucchinis)
Tuesday ~ Fennel & Broad Bean Soup with Ricotta and Oregano Gnocchi (uses silverbeet)
Wednesday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise
Thursday ~ Cheesy Broccoli Pasta
Friday ~ Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca
Saturday ~ Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes
Sunday ~ Pide Hamburgers
Monday ~ Chicken, Zucchini & Feta Pilaf
Swap recipe:  Creamy Lentil & Split Pea Dhal with Coriander
Roasted Vegetable & Bacon Soup
Strozzapreti, Zucchini & Pesto Salad 
Magic Bean Stew, or Soup with 4 Bean Mix 

packet cake mixes and scones

Swap recipes last week:
Pork and Fennel Pizza adapted from Egg & Roast Capsicum Pizza
Warm Potato & Chorizo Salad

Success from last week:
Roasted Chestnut & Herb Pesto Pasta with Mushrooms
Pan Fried Brussels Sprouts with Lentils and mashed potato?

Interesting recipes:
Spaghetti in Cherry Tomato Sauce
Crispy Greek Style Pie 
Warm Lentil, Cherry Tomato and Haloumi Salad 
Greek Pasta Filo Pie (uses lamb mince and silverbeet)

Brussels Sprouts Main Recipe

Brussels Sprouts with Lentils

(Serves 4 as a side)
- 3-4 cups Brussels sprouts, cut in qtr
- 1 cup cooked French lentils  (1/2 cup dried lentils)
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 1/4 cup chopped mint
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- sea salt

For dressing:
- 2 tsp hot English mustard
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoon white wine vinegar
- 1 tsp sugar
- salt and pepper to taste

Cook dried lentils with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp sugar for about 35 mins.
Heat olive oil in a large pan over a medium heat. Add brussell  sprouts and cook, stirring frequently for about 10 minutes, until they become browned in some parts.  Cover and allow to cook on low heat until as soft   Stir in lentils and remove from heat. add dressing and chopped parsley, mix well to combine. Serve warm. (season as reqd).
.Mix dressing by shaking in a small jar.

Serve with mashed potatoes.

Adapted from here.

A day out in town menu

I am extremely excited by having a great new site to find recipes.  I found a new to me Vegetable Japanese Pancakes.  The recipe we use, we use all the time when we have little money.  This is very exciting, this particular one uses sweet potato, the new one.  It is handy because they last so long in the pantry and are also a back stay, they just sit there until you are desperate in other words.  At the last minute I had to take out some cherry tomato dishes because of the price, I'm guessing because it is frosty now so harder to get.  I was able to get all the meat and beans I needed at the regional centre so that is good, just a couple of adjustments, but not the main recipes.

Tuesday ~Egg & Vegetable Curry
Wednesday ~ Smoky Pork and Black Turtle Bean Tacos (uses black beans and pork mince)
Thursday ~ Black Bean Chilli
Friday ~ French Sausage and Black Lentil Casserole (uses pork sausages)
Saturday ~ Pan Fried Brussels Sprouts with Lentils
Sunday ~ Warm Mexican Rice Salad with Borlotti Beans and Avocado Salsa
Monday ~ Roasted Chestnut & Herb Pesto Pasta with Mushrooms
Tuesday ~ Cheesy Broccoli Pasta Bake
Wednesday ~ Japanese Vegetable Pancakes (uses sweet potato)
Thursday ~ Crispy Greek Style Pie
Friday ~ Sausage & Bean Casserole (uses chorizo, adzuki beans & pork sausages)
Saturday ~ Penne Puttanesca
Sunday ~ Dried Fava Bean & Fennel Soup
Monday ~ Spaghetti Bolognaise

Egg and Roast Capsicum Pizza Recipe

Egg and roast capsicum pizza

Ingredients (serves4)
* 1 cup tomato passata (sugo)
* ½ cup tomato paste
* 1 capsicum sliced thin
* ½ onion sliced thin
* 1 cup grated pizza cheese (or use a mix of mozzarella and cheddar)
* 1 egg for each person 4 or 5.
* 1 tsp Oregano
BASE
1 1/3 cups plain flour
 1 tsp yeast
Pinch salt, pinch sugar
160 to 170 ml warm water
Method
BASE
Put ingredients in a microwave proof bowl and mix together , mix to be slightly damp
Put mix in microwave for 15 sec on high, 5 mins off and another 15 secs on high
Knead the dough. Roll out on floured surface and put on large pizza dish

Grill onion and capsicum
Cut onion and capsicum into thin slices mix with salt and oil in a flat aluminium dish.
Put under high grill until cooked well

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C.
2. Spread the pizza base with passata paste mix, then scatter with capsicum and onion
3.  Bake for 5 minutes, then remove the pizza from the oven and use the back of a tablespoon to make 3 indents in the pizza. Crack an egg into each indent, season. Add herbs then cheese.
4. Bake the pizza for a further 5-6 minutes until eggs are just set, cheese is melted and base is golden.
5. Slice and serve.

Menu

Tuesday ~ Left over soup
Wednesday ~ Pumpkin & Bacon Pasta
Thursday ~Lentil & Olive Spaghetti
Friday ~ Papperadele with Pumpkin & Thyme
Saturday ~ Spiced Lentil & Pumpkin Soup

Sunday ~ Chorizo Frittata
Monday ~ Chow Mein
Tuesday ~ Taco Salad
Wednesday ~ Left Overs
Thursday ~Egg & Roast Capsicum Pizza made with microwave pizza dough
Friday ~ left overs
Saturday ~ Vegetarian Japanese Pancakes
Sunday ~ Middle Eastern Salad with Lemon Dressing (uses felafel mix and haloumi)
Monday ~ Boxing Day Soup (uses brussels sprouts)

Interesting Recipes:

Roast Pumpkin with Chorizo & Chives
Greek Pumpkin Pie
Penne with Fennel, Brussels Sprouts & Pancetta
Char Siu Pork with Sweet & Sour Brussels Sprouts
Pork & Bean Sprout Stir-fry (goes with plum sauce)
Black Turtle Bean & Ham Soup
Chorizo, Corn & Black Bean Salad with Tortillas
Bean & Rocket Salad (uses four bean mix)
Lentil, Pumpkin & Bean Dhal

Budget Menu

Tuesday ~ Lentil & Olive Spaghetti (uses canned lentils) (uses parmesan)
Wednesday ~ Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca
Thursday ~ Pea & Ham Soup with Kranskys
Friday ~ Rigatoni Milano (uses Italian Sausages)
Saturday ~ Pies (swapped with pasta dish, anchovies)
Sunday ~ Smokey Sausages & Beans served with mash (uses Beef Sausages)
Monday ~ Beef & Broccolini Noodle Stir-fry
Tuesday ~ Macaroni Cheese (uses leek)
Wednesday ~ Stir-fried Beef & Vegetable Chow Mein
Thursday ~ Pepperoni Soup
Friday ~ Pumpkin & Pasta Bake
Saturday ~ Tortellini with Bacon & Roasted Tomatoes
Sunday ~ Cauliflower, Potato & Chickpea Curry
Monday ~Horseradish Potato Salad with Fish Fingers

Success from last week:
Fried Haloumi with Chorizo & Cherry Tomato Salsa

Lunch:
Vegie Lavash Spirals

Interesting recipes:
Midweek Quick Roast Dinner (uses chipolatas)
Sausage Minestrone withBroccolini and Celeriac (uses beef sausages)
Greek Zucchini Pie gorgeous, have to try this, zucchini very expensive atm
Torta Pasqualina (uses silverbeet)