try ( cook ) something new challenge.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

i am totally in a food rut....i have slipped into either chips from the chip shop.... or cooking the same basic meals every week....

the kids are starting to say ' i'm fed up of ........'

since i have been concentrating on turning my hobby into a business..... all thoughts of what i am going to cook for food has gone out the window....

so i am going to set myself ( feel free to join in ) a food challenge..

try ( cook) something new .....today ......( well at least one new dish/meal per week)

i have bought a slow cooker.. but no recipe book etc so will try and look into that....

today from the butchers i bought...

8 lamb and mint with a hint of garlic sausages
5 quarter pound steak burgers...
2 chicken breasts
1 large bag of beef mince
1 large bag of beef pieces..
about 12 - 14 spare ribs chineese style
4 individual stuffed rolled lamb
£5 worth of roast ham

so tonight i was thinking of doing the ribs with h.m wedges.....

with the wedges i have only made them with the packet stuff......

so any suggestions ..on what i can use....
i have sea salt.... and various dried herbs and curry powders etc in the cupboard....

i have some bramleys that are desperate to be used up so.... will make a crumble ..which we can have with ice cream for afters....

fizzel81

when i make wedges i do a coating of garlic and herbs, add a small amount of olive oil to a bowl add dried garlic or and herbs (ive never done it with fresh but imagine its just as easy) toss the wedges in the oil and the cook

so yummy forget the on toastt night im now going for egg and wedges (ham and wedges for Bradley)

vivaladiva

A couple of tablespoons of olive oil and about 1/2 to 1 tsp paprika usually goes well here.

Pink.

Hi Cooltrikerchick,

There are loads of suggestions on how to make the potato wedges on this thread:

Potato Wedges? - All you ever wanted to know about how make potato wedges

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newbiemum05

Count me in !!
I've found that although my family arent' complaining yet, we're having a lot of the same stuff all the time too.
I have some aubergines which I have never cooked before in my life !! So that will be the basis of our try something new this week - any ideas for aubergines welcome LOL

As for the wedges, I usually coat them in oil, then mix together garlic powder, paprika, chilli powder (not a lot), salt and pepper - and sprinkle over the wedges !! mmmm lovely

Pink.

I've just come across this older thread that might interest anyone taking part in this challenge: Make A Change Challenge

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oops_a_daisy

I tried changing our weekly meal plans a few weeks ago but could not get agreement on any of the new dishes that I tried so gave up in the end funnily enough though the only thing to come out of us trying new stuff was that I made potato wedges just with olive oil and sea salt and they are now a favourite so possibly not such a complete disaster after all. The only other 'new' things that I tried was muffins which were a success, but what I was looking for was a change to main meals like spag bog & chilli con carni because I was getting bored with them. After a couple of weeks of trying new stuff my DD was actually asking for spag bog so thats what we have on the menu tonight

fizzel81

the last new thing i cooked was a few weeks back and i must admit it went down well with 2 of my 3 boys lentil bake it was lovely i got some more lentils from the market yesterday so its something i will cook again.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks pink-winged.... will read the the old thread later....

with my family they are not too keen on pasta... or rice dishes....

typical meat meals they like......

so i need to find recipes with a new twist to traditional meals....

funny enough we are going through the spag bal....practically every other day ( well thats what it feels like ...lol....)

Little_Miss_Saver

I know what you mean about being in a food rut. We always seem to eat the same food. This is mainly due to time constraints ie needing something quick and easy. However when I am off school and have more time to cook food I do try and cook something different.
I also post and read the meal plans thread each week for inspiration!!
I will watch this thread with interest.

LMs xx

malvena_2

I have been a bit stuck in a rut recently with food due to shift work, and found I was eating to fuel and not to enjoy. So today just as was about to have spag bol with pasta tubes instead of spagetti. I decided to chop in some chorizio(sp) and make it into a pasta bake. It was lovely and I completely surprised myself ( not being the worlds best cook).

Shall definately be trying a few new things from now on. Hope this thread will keep me inspired.

M x