Hypno's "no more boom or bust" diary

hypno06

That looks like my sort of recipe, rtandon! Thank you very much.

gallygirl

Here's another one for you:

Put on slow cooker
cut up turkey/chicken/lamb/beef etc
soften onions, carrots & celery (plus other anything else of dubious origin, in proportion to number of people you have to feed/ how skint you are / how desperate you are to finish the meat)
add any stock cube bar fish (ignoring the best before date obviously)
add herbs & spices to taste (the 3rd jar along for herbs & the last jar along for spices, ah, you'd forgotten you had that one didn't you, shame you bought another last week:o)
add the remains of that random jar of chutney in the fridge (the one you bought from that posh shop that tastes just like Branston but was 4 times the price :rolleyes:)
add boiling water (making sure you leave enough for coffee obviously)

Cook for a few hours on low & serve with potatoes, rice or pasta (whichever you have the most of, probably pasta cos you forgot about the sack you bought from Asda), plus any veg too healthy to be included in the above.

Hope it works for you as well as it does for me. If you don't like the 3rd jar along for herbs you can substitute with 1/2 from 2nd & 4th (as long as they don't turn out to be the same :rolleyes:)

PS as a variation bung in a dish once cooked & top with the pasta etc plus grated remains of 'I Can't Believe This Was Ever Cheese' that was found lurking behind the chutney, stick under the grill till it looks edible

Call it Mummy's Surprise cos you have no idea what it will taste like and you'll be surprised if they eat it :rotfl:

se999

Hi,

It was nice to hear everyone's had a good Christmas.

My 2 DS's have just left after a super few days, eldest just happened to take my Wii fit with him Well I can't take it with me, too heavy for luggage allowance, so silly to leave unused in store, and youngest has his own. I am taking exercise DVD's with me though.

Going to enjoy the rest of today and relax, then it's packing and cleaning ready for flying out and moving out on the 31st EEK!!!!!

I am back into the Hypno disciples routine now, I didn't miss my scratchies etc so far this holiday, not sure if I should be or :j

se999

Just spotted your left overs problem, we normally have Christmas dinner soup!

All you do is put any left over gravy (unless you've added browning, but meat and vege juices are good too), bread sauce, stuffing, meat, potatoes, vege's all together, add extra water and a vege stock cube if necessary. If the lumps are big cut into small cubes. Iif not enough vege add frozen peas. Just heat through.

We had it one year, the next year I asked what the boys wanted for Christmas Dinner and they said the soup, I had to explain we had to have the dinner first

se999

rtandon27 wrote: »

we've got a duck to use up instead of turkey!

Not sure if it would work, but when we did a houseswap to france our exchangers cooked us duck in brandy and cream when we arrived, you don't need large helpings it's so rich.

Normally for four people you'd get 2 duck breasts, cut into small slices (size of small chicken nuggets), seal by frying in just a little butter, then you add the brandy and flame, once the alcohol is burnt off you pour in the cream (off the heat so it doesn't boil, the heat of the pan warms it). Serve with boiled rice.

I think it should work with cooked duck, by just warming through with a little butter, and then following the recipe.

P.S. It's a very quick and easy recipe for if you want to impress people but don't have much time

beanielou

Glad you had a good day.
Blooming cars are a total pain

hypno06

Loving the Mummy's surprise, gallygirl - I frequently make such dishes, and am sure there will be a fair few of them over the next few days!!

beanie, the car is very poorly - I am suprised we managed to get home from the football.......it is high on my priority list for my few days off, but of course I can't do anything until Tuesday at the earliest. Am having to investigate "sunday and bank holiday service" for a bus service that is already best described as "rural".......

Had a good time at the football with DS - we won 2-0, and it was a sell out so a fab atmosphere.....and of course I was given a ticket by one of the boys at work, so no cost to me.

I hope you are all enjoying boxing day x

gallygirl

hypno06 wrote: »

I hope you are all enjoying boxing day x

Not really.
Ate too many chocolates.
Feel sick.

Serves me right :rotfl:

hypno06

gallygirl wrote: »

Ate too many chocolates.

How can anybody eat too many chocolates........just not possible :rotfl:

rtandon27

gallygirl wrote: »

Call it Mummy's Surprise cos you have no idea what it will taste like and you'll be surprised if they eat it :rotfl:

haha:rotfl: sounds like what i normally cook - ignoring the bb dates is my specialty!

se999 wrote: »

duck in brandy and cream ... P.S. It's a very quick and easy recipe for if you want to impress people but don't have much time

OH is already impressed just by the recipe - sounds more posh than what I normally feed him! - he's even volunteered the rest of the Christmas rum as a substitute for brandy!



Have just spotted the back of the Campbell's soup tin! - There is a fabulous recipe for Tarragon Lemon Chicken - now if OH had been a little less helpful making us a bowl of soup for a snack that's what we'd be having for dinner!