Stir fry with prawns 3

The prawns were extremely sparse tonight and I added strips of cooked scrambled eggs. I've got the flavour right though, so we're on the right track.

Stir fry with prawns 2

Happy New Year!

A quick and easy meal tonight. It was a bit less flavourful than last time, less seasoning, but that made it more palatable to the kids.

Christmas #1

Can you believe I forgot to take my camera to Christmas dinner? The first of two: with Nat's family. We'll by with mine Christmas day this year. Nat says no one wants to read this if I don't have a picture, but for record keepings sake:

Afternoon nibbles:

Flavoured nuts and seeds

Corn chips and rice crackers with fresh homemade guacamole

Men shaped shortbread cookies

Fresh cherries

Dinner:

Roast pork (with perfect crackling)

Apple sauce

Gravy

Rice

Roast potato, kumara, pumpkin, shallots

Bok Choy

Fresh garden salad with dressing

Drinks:

Red sparkling grape juice

Water

Dessert:

Pumpkin pie (my mother's recipe)

Whipped cream

Apple pie

Custard

Vanilla ice cream

Supper (intended for entree but forgotten till later):

Butterflied prawns on soft fresh lettuce

To finish:

Red sparkling grape juice

Truffle chocolates

And just so you know there were only four adults (Nat, me and his parents) and two children (2 1/2 and 10 months) at the celebration today. We really ate to celebrate.

Midnight Spaghetti 3

Midnight spaghetti again. I overcooked the shallots though. And we had prawns with it this time.

Stir fry with prawns

Yummy stir fry tonight. I used a packet of stir fry veges from the freezer, and it was so time saving, and the flavour didn't suffer. The key to making it taste good tonight was that I didn't overseason it. I looked at shrimp stir fry recipes online and decided my seasonings were 2 Tbsp soy sauce, 1/4 cup chicken stock (not more than these amounts or it gets too salty!), salt and pepper, chili flakes, sesame seeds, ginger, garlic, onion, 1/2-1 tsp cornflour in the stock to thicken the sauce. Remember to de-vein your prawns! Works with both white and brown rice.