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    Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:45pm
I've gotten a bit complacent in the kitchen recently, cooking the same things over and over again just coz I know the kids will eat them. But this week I've been a bit experimental and the results have been surprising!

Inspired by the asparagus thread on here I bought a bunch of asparagus, I didn't expect the girls to like it and I *knew* Willie wouldn't but I figured I could eat the whole bunch even if no one else wanted it (mmm, asparagus!). Well I roasted it with a little garlic butter and it all disappeared! The gremlins ate theirs, Maya came back for seconds and Willie was disappointed that there wasn't enough for him to have seconds. Awesome - another green veg to add to my repertoire!

And today we had the spinach and ricotta cannelloni from the recipe Mazzy posted a few weeks ago, again I didn't expect anyone to eat it coz none of them like spinach but again it all disappeared and again Maya came back for seconds!

So now I'm feeling really adventurous. Anyone got any other things I can try?!
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No ideas but happy to come over for dinner anytime

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i make my own chicken nuggets and fish cakes,

what about spag bol, put into baked potatoes with cheese on top

chicken stirfry

not knowing what you already cook makes it harder to offer suggestions...lol


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I pretty much just do tuna pasta bake (the Maggi one), chicken and mushroom pasta, spag bol, cottage pie and casseroles in the slow cooker, and the only veg I do are carrot, potato and broccoli.

I hadn't thought of stuffing the spag bol into spuds tho!
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Home made pizzas!!
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The only pizzas I do here are the turkish pizza bases (can't remember the brand name, Turkish Kitchen?) and I spread hummus or some other dip and use a selection of the following as the toppings, smoked salmon, feta , mushrooms and sweetcorn.
mmmm haven't done them in a looonnng time.

My other 'lazy' dinner is stirfrying noodles with veggies and prawns/leftover meat in garlic, honey & chilli.

Another dinner that DH loves is when I coat a breast of chicken in cajun and grill it.mmmm

Oh and garlic mushrooms, coat the mushrooms in flour, then dip in garlic butter and then into breadcrumbs. I have 3 bowls and tongs on the go I normally do them on the george foreman but should do fine in the oven / grill too.

I reckon you could do the same with brussel sprouts as you did with asparagus. yum!
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OOohhhhh! Do you want a scrummy dessert!

Pre-heat the oven to 250degrees.
Whizz 6 egg whites into a stiff mixture, honestly I use 'turning the bowl upside down over my head' as the test.
Stir in a couple of dessert spoons of sugar.

Defrost frozen berries and place in an oven dish, put icecream on top of this. and then the egg mixture on top.

Put in the oven until the top is golden brown*.

delish!!

I'm not sure what the allergies are in your house though I made this for dinners when I was dairy free and used soy icecream.
It guaranteed silence and licked clean bowls after.

Right I'm off to get my stash of chocolate


I think the original recipe uses sponge as a base but I find without it is filling enough

*This takes about 5 - 7 minutes and the icecream is still frozen/cold when it comes out. The good / bad thing about it is it all has to be finished

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