Curried Sausages


Ingredients

* 1 kg thick beef sausages
* 1 tbs peanut oil
* 1 medium brown onion, sliced
* 2 tbs curry powder
* 1 cup (250ml) beef stock
* 400g can diced tomatoes
* 1 cup (150g) frozen peas
* I carrot sliced
*1/2 capsicum sliced

* Serve with rice

Method

1. Place sausages in large pan, cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat, boil 2 minutes. Drain sausages.
2. Heat oil in large saucepan, cook onion, stirring about 3 minutes or until soft. Add curry powder, cook, stirring about 1 minute or until fragrant.
3. Add sausages, stir to coat in curry mixture. Add stock and tomatoes, simmer, uncovered about 5 minutes or until thickened slightly. Stir in peas, carrots and capsicum . Cook a further 5 minutes until thickened and peas are heated through. Serve with rice.

(if too thin for your liking mix a little cornflour with water and add…stirring)

Oh and if you want a sweet curry then I add 2 teaspoons of plum jam

serves 4

Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Soup

90 butter
4 large diced carrots,
4 large chopped onions,
8 large peeled and diced potatoes,
2 sticks diced celery,
3 litres chicken or beef stock
salt & pepper to taste
1 cup cream
2 tblspns chopped parsley

Melt butter in a saucepan, add vegetable and cook for 15-20 mins – stirring occasionally (this step is not essential but greatly enhances the flavour). Place vegetables in Slow cooker, add stock and seasonings. Cover and cook on 1 (low) for 6-8 hours. Just before serving, add cream and parsley.

Serves 16

Slow cooker pot roast

POT ROAST

2kgish brisket, rump roast, or pot roast
2 to 3 potatoes, peeled and quartered
2 to 3 carrots, peeled and thinly sliced
1 onion, peeled and quartered
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup of beef stock
2 or 3 cloves of garlic..finely chopped.

Put vegetables in bottom of crockpot. Salt and pepper meat, then put in pot. Add liquid. Cover and cook on low 10 to 12 hours. (High 4 to 5 hours). Meat can be browned first prior to placing in crockpot.

Another option is to also add about half a cup of either red wine or a dark ale. Delicious served with cabbage and pumpkin.

Da Bird

We were so excited! Mum got us a new Da Bird! We haven’t had one for years, we broke our last one and because of customs issues with feathers, we haven’t been able to have a new one :( It was our most favourite toy, much better than the fluffy stick. Mum found us one on eBay.
(it may look like we were so excited, we lost our heads…but that’s just Dad’s wonderful photography skills, he says it’s extra artistic that way :lol: )

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Our fun was cut short, when Alex got a little rough and broke it. So we hope Dads fixing skills are better than his photography.