'cc' sunday ...

Menu.

Afternoon tea - banana bread (recipe in last post - didnt gave enough sour cream so substituted normal cream - worked just fine! Also didnt have cinamon so used ground anise)

Dinner - 'alio olio-esqe' leftovers pasta (recipe follows)

Dessert - Apple and pear crumble - (based on Jamie Oliver's recipe from last post,but with orange juice, orange peels and anise for the syrup)

Almost made entirely from things around the house and leftovers from other meals! All were yummy and went down a treat!

alio olio-esque pasta

Shopping trolley.
1.5 cups chopped parsley
6-8 cloves garlic minced
500g pasta
1 punnet cherry tomatoes, halved
shaved parmesan
3 pieces stale bread
2 hot chillies
olive oil
s & p to taste

Prepare.
- Decrust sliced bread and quarter. Blend until fine in food processor. Set aside
- Mince garlic and add sliced chilli. Set aside.
- Set aside chopped parsely in one bowl and halved cherry tomatoes in another.

Cook pasta according to packet directions.
Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan or wok - toss bread crumbs until golden brown. Transfer to bowl and set aside.

Heat 1-2 tbsp olive oil in same pan and sautee' garlic mixture.
Add cooked pasta and toss to combine. Add tomatoes and parsley. Combine. Add breadcrumbs and 1/4 cup parmesan cheese until combined. Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and lots of s & p.


Not the healthiest dinner but it is bloody good!

'cc' sunday

Today is sunday. It is also raining today. Also, I have a cold today. My throat and head feel terrible. Early start to the day at work, got out early which was nice! So many options for how I spend my day. Pottering about at home seems like the perfect way to wind down and relax.

I'm calling this particular sunday 'cc' because of the cooking and cleaning I intend to do today. I've already bleached the bins, soaked the woolens, done the dishes (many many dishes after A's saturday night Indian feast - compliments to food safari). Washing is on the racks, vacuuming has been done and bedroom is clean.

I'm staying at A's house for another week or so, depending on when my friends V and I have found a place to rent - homeless Brits lol. So housework and homemaking has been done ... now for the cooking! C brings home a box of fruit each week from his grandparents, sometimes we get through it all and other times, like this week, none of us have felt like eating fruit. So I thought I might use it to make poached fruit.

I've found this nice Jamie Oliver recipe for poached fruit crumble, which I think I can adapt to incorporate my fruits and lack of spices (all mine are at home!) to make a yummy dessert tonight!

We have quite a few bananas as well so I thought I'd try a banana bread - found this Bill Granger recipe on the smh website, which I think I'll use - got some sour cream left over from friday night's bisque which needs to be used up!

What else? Oh yes, C's girlfriend brought over a massive bag of shaved parmesan, we've got quite alot of parsley left from various meals this week as well as some ciabatta rolls that we picked up real cheap from the Preston Markets yesterday ($5 for a massive loaf of italian bread and the rolls!), so it occurred to me - why not make breadcrumb pasta for our lunches this week!? Popped into the grocers for cherry tomatoes and pasta - we'll see what I come up with.

I'll post photos of my sunday cc creations later today!


... wish me luck.

p.s the preston market rocks. cheap, multicultural, rushed and crowded atmosphere - sorta think it kicks Queen Vic's ass.