World Cup Cooking

troll35

Sorry our computer went haywire and I've not had internet access for a few days. The cookings going great. Everything so far has gone done great with DH (not so great for DS 'cos he likes his food plain)
German Lebkuchen - kid's made before school, iced after school and ate really quickly Success!
Swedish Jannson's Temptation - absolutely divine would def. recommend.
Dutch pancakes - did my own version but DS has asked for them every day since:)
Italian pizza - well I'm sure I don't need to say anything about this.
Swiss raclette - quite nice but nothing out of the ordinary really
Spanish Ranchero (stew) - loved this too, though I did add a touch too much cayenne so it was a bit hot.

It's been brilliant so far. I've not watched any football though DS (aged 9) who's a bit of a Statto (fantasy football, if anyone remembers) spouts on incessantly with a running commentary and all sorts of wierd facts and figures

Crispy_Ambulance

We have had a few pasta dishes - one with meatballs to make it kind of swedish

We have also tried the Hausfrau pasty (post 4) which was great. The kids made their own with the bits in that they liked and it was all a bit of a doddle! Will be doing that again!

Last night was Callaloo Soup (Trinidad & Tobago) - which I had my doubts about but was very nice!
http://www.fairtradecookbook.org.uk/recipes/callaloo_soup_tt.htm
This would be good with a spicy accompaniment.

We are having Ranchero tonight, so will keep you posted. Thanks for such a great idea!

troll35

Tonight we had Costa Rican black bean soup (with lots of crusty bread because I didn't fancy tortillas with soup). It was really tasty and quite fragrant due to the amount of fresh coriander I added.
Mexican tomorrow:)

Crispy_Ambulance

haven't tried the black bean soup yet, but I fancy the sound of it.

Had Ranchero last night - mmmmm! Even the children ate some which is amazing considering how they normally react to stew :eek: Will do that one again - it will probably be good in the slow cooker.

we are having jambalaya tonight, which apparently originates in Ecuador!

Thanks again for sharing this idea. We can get into a real cooking rut so it has been great to try something new.

Crispy_Ambulance

Hope the mexican meal was tasty. Tonight Chez Ambulance, we had Jambalaya, from Ecuador

http://www.fairtradecookbook.org.uk/recipes/jambalaya.htm

and highly tasty it was too.

troll35

We had a change of plans on Saturday. We went for USA as DH really wanted a curry for dinner and we hadn't had a takeaway for yonks. We had doughnuts (not h/m) and DH had burgers for lunch and DS hotdogs.

Sunday we had our bbq, but also I made the Portuguese Caldo Verde soup which was delicious (using some of our homegrown spinach as I didn't have quite enough cabbage). Tonight we have had Spanish omelette..lovely.

Rest of this week:-
Tuesday - Callaloo soup from Trinidad and Tobago
Wednesday - Argentinian meatballs
Thursday - Italian spaghetti bolognese
Friday - eek France.....errr.... poisson et pommes frites:rotfl: :rotfl:

Sazbo

troll35 wrote:

eek France.....errr.... poisson et pommes frites:rotfl: :rotfl:

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Or you could have snails.........

troll35

Yup, we have loads of homegrown ones in the garden:rotfl:

I've got lots of apples so I may make a tarte tatin (?spelling) if I am able to summon up the enthusiasm after a long working week plus one of DS's friends is coming for tea

Sazbo

Well you've put in a lot of effort thus far, must say I'm impressed

Skint1

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