Whats for dinner?? Anybody cooking anything yum??

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

Whats everyone having for dinner?

Cant be too bothered here..might add a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar on top of the butter..

 

and a cup of tea..

[kopenhagen5]

It's the night for it. 

I made shell pasta carbonara.

[tasfleur]

That sounds splendid Kopes.  Any chance of the recipe please?

[kopenhagen5]

Simple. Well I don't know if it's strictly carbonara as it's my own version. 

Boil shell pasta in salted water.

Fry a finely chopped onion in butter.

Press a clove of garlic in.

Add chopped virginian ham.

Add finely chopped mushroom, I had **bleep**ake mushies.

Add cream and coarse ground pepper.

Then include cooked pasta and sprinkle in some finely chopped parsley.

I sometimes put in a little 7 spice, makes it yummy n nice. 

Edit - Darn bleeps, S.h.i.t.a.k.e. mushrooms.

[tasfleur]

Thank you so much Kopes, much appreciated.   I've copied it and will try it out over the weekend.  Sounds absolutely delicious xx

[imastawka]

I do mine the same way Kopes, except I use chopped bacon instead of ham.   Any pasta

And I use Carnation Lite cooking cream.   You can't tell it's lite, it's really good

( you have to shake it a lot before opening, otherwise it splits)

[kopenhagen5]

Tonight was fillets of chicken breast sautéed in butter with sliced button mushroom and cracked pepper.

Served with steamed carrot, broccoli and beans covered in a cheese sauce.

A potato with sour cream.

And iced peach tea seeing as we are having a beautiful evening here in Melbourne. 

[ooak3]

ooooh   kopen can i ask how you make iced peach tea ??

it sounds so good 

we are addicted to orange tea atm 

[kopenhagen5]

I was hoping you could tell me. Lol.

I bought some when I went shopping. (An all natural one though)

[kopenhagen5]

Just found this from googling. I would probably not use so much sugar.

Ingredients

SIMPLE SYRUP

• 1 cup organic cane sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 ripe peaches, thinly sliced + more for serving

TEA

• 2-3 Tbsp loose leaf black tea (3-4 tea bags), depending on how strong you prefer it
• 8 cups filtered water

Instructions

1. Bring sugar, water and peaches to a boil in a small saucepan. Then lower heat and use a wooden spoon to stir and crush the peaches to infuse the flavor.
2. Once the sugar is dissolved, cover, remove from heat and let steep for for 25-30 minutes.
3. In the meantime, brew your tea using either a large pot or a tea maker. I use this loose leaf tea steeper from IngenuiTEA. NOTE: Use less tea if you prefer it weaker, or more tea if you prefer it stronger, and try not to let it steep longer than 4-5 minutes or it can get bitter.
4. Once brewed, remove tea bags or strain out loose leaf tea and transfer to a pitcher. Refrigerate to cool.
5. Once your simple syrup is finished, pour into a bottle or container over a fine mesh strainer to strain out peaches. You can reserve the peaches for later use, such as to place over oats or ice cream sundaes.
6. To serve, either set out simple syrup and add as much to the tea as you like, or add all of the simple syrup to the tea and stir. I prefer leaving it separate. Serve tea over ice and fresh sliced peaches. Yields about 10 servings (with ice and peaches).

[ooak3]

haha  i thought you made it might try it though if i get sick of the orange tea 

normal tea bag with a thick slice of fresh orange and sugar to taste 

i think it will be nice chilled in summer also