Fettuccine Alfredo

Ingredients

500g fettuccine or tagliatelle
100g butter
1 & 1/2 cups freshly grated parmesan cheese
1 & 1/4 cups (300 ml) thickened cream
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Salt & Pepper, to taste

Method

Add Pasta to lage pan of rapidly boiling water and cook until just tender. Drain in a colander and return to pan.

While pasta is cooking, heat butter in a medium pan over low heat. Add parmesan and cream, bring to the boil, stirring regularly.

Add parsley, salt and pepper and stir to combine.

Add to pasta and toss well. Serve immediately.

Looking forward to Monday

I am so ready to menu plan again :D

I will once again have a post stroke blog ready for Menu Plan Monday.

Keep watching!

Cooking again :D

I am once again in control of my kitchen and it feels good.

Last Wednesday, the Occupational Therapist had a home visit instead of me going to the Rehab centre.

I made rissoles, mashed potato and vegies. Gravy as well of course :D

It felt so good to be making a meal from start to finish all on my own again.

I have another home visit on Friday with the OT but since she said I did so well and didn't say I couldn't, I started cooking by myself yesterday.

Started off easy with corned beef fritters (which we all love) and today I made chicken curry.

Woohoo!!!

Glad to be on the cooking train again :D

Still Not Cooking :(

Hey all *waves*

Hope everyone has been cooking up a storm.

I'm still not allowed to cook at the moment.

The sensations in my right side, especially my hand, are very slow at returning so I'm on a heat/hot ban until at least mid-July.

Bummer.

But I have a great friend who has an excellent food blog.

I'd like you all to check it out!

http://passthebeansplease.blogspot.com/

Say hello to Bonnie for me ;)

But keep checking in with me to see what I have for you over the next few weeks.

Sorry to go AWOL

I had a Stroke on the 8th of May so currently I'm not cooking. Until I've had therapy to help regain sensation/feeling in my right side - not allowed to cook :(

Hopefully though I'll be able to motivate myself to make some posts.

Monday's Dinner

Tonight we're having left over stew.I made it last night in the pressure cooker.If I had been organised more I would of made it in the slow cooker :DI'll add some pasta to it tonight to make it go further.Even the boys are eager to eat it again.

Ingredients

2kg Rump steak diced
8 Potatoes quartered
2 cups beans (fresh or frozen, however you like)
2 cups carrots
Salt
Pepper
3 cups water

I also add a sachet of Stroganoff seasoning

Once cooker comes to pressure, reduce heat
Cook for 1 hr
Release pressure and remove lid
Add gravy mix to thicken

Anniversary

On Monday it was our 18th Wedding Anniversary. We decided to go out for lunch on Tuesday when we were childless hehehehehe

We decided to go to the Hog's Breath Cafe.I love this place.
I've never had a bad meal yet.
True to form, the food was magnificent.
I had the plain Rib Fillet with curly fries, vegetables and diane sauce.

Gary had Garlic Mushroom Rib Fillet with mashed potato, vegetables and mushroom sauce.

We were so stuffed we had to walk for a bit after we ate :D

mmmmm so yummy

Tonight is Roast night and the roast today is Pork.

I love pork especially when its roasted. I'll blow my own trumpet here and say I make a darn good crackling too :D

Potatoes are cooking now.

I can't wait until dinner time mmmmmmmmmmmm

Menu Plan Monday ~ Toni ~ 6 April 2009

Monday - Pasta with cheese sauce & ham

Tuesday - Devilled Sausages

Wednesday - Crumbed Chicken and vegies

Thursday - Savoury Steak

Friday - Pizza

Saturday - Roast

Sunday - Eggs on Toast, Muffin

I must say - WOW!

Wow Melbourne. You're a great city to visit.

The foods that we ate last weekend from the various restaurants, eateries, cafes. Oh my gosh, it was devine.

So in saying that, I now have a bit of fodder for blogs :D

I still need to download pictures and scan images so next week I'll start posting with a vengeance.