20/03/2011

whats cooking this week

the weather is just terrrible here been raining for days and is a bit cool with it aswell. not much has been cooking been off with a cold had roast lamb th other night and left overs from it last night. just working ut our meals for the next week pretty basic but all very yum. we have a casserole currently cooking in the slow cooker smells delicous can wait for dinner, so on the menu we have a.

chicken sweet chilli stir fry.
Rissoles and sreamed vegies
Beef Stroganoff
Meat balls and spaghtetti
Chicken Caccitore this is a new one for me
sweet potaoe soup another newbie
chilli con carne
home made lasagne with out pasta.

currently have choc muffins into cook and my dear 2 yr old keeps asking ready mummy.

16/03/2011

Chicken and corn noodle soup

so its a little cool here to day and i'm not feeling the best so decided to make some chicken and corn soup loved having mums as a kid.

chicken corn noodle soup

ingredients:
200g chicken thighs
2 cups of chicken stock
salt to taste (i don't cook with salt much)
1 onion finely diced
1/12 cups frozen corn or a tin of corn i used a tin today can be creamed corn to.
spaghetti as much or as little as you like.

method
put 2 cups of chicken stock in a lge put cover and bring to boil mean while dice the chicken up into small pieces. once stock has come to a boil reduce to a simmer and place in chicken corn salt and onion cover and simmer till chicken is cooked will cook quicker if pieces are small. once chicken is cooked place in spaghetti i brake min into 3 places so that i have small noodles turn stove of and leave on hot plate until noodles are cooked. if soup is to watery for you mix half a cup of lukewarm water with corn flour till you have a lump free paste mix into soup to make thicker you can repeat this process as many time you like to ensure you have the right consistency of the soup.

alternative if you have a slow cooker place all ingredients and only 1 1/2 cups of stock in cooker and place on low and cook for 6 to 8 hours.

for that extra zing and to give a oriental feel place 1 tablespoon of soy sauce in soup mix while cooking.

Mrs Butterfly's kitchen first blog

ok so this is m first ever blog and to be honest i'm a bit nervous and not sure what to write i'll start with my and why i'm doing this blog i'm a sahm (stay at home mum) and a wife first before anything else. i love to cook and i have decided to wrtie a blog about me my cooking and anything else that pops up. i have started on a cook book of my own of all my favourite recipes that i love to cook for my family and friends to enjoy and yes my potato salad is in :). so welcome to mrs butterfly's kitchen and i hope you enjoy your reading.