Had friends over for lunch (M, H and T) - decided to make filo pastry type thingies for lunch (using the "pie sheets" from the sueprmarket. Had several different filling recipes in mind, but decided to go with chicken (seared) stuffed with alfredo sauce mushroom, and rolled in a slice of bacon. They turned out really nice!!
Served with salad (yikes - had no lettuce, so used the few measly leaves of サラダ菜 left, and boofed it up with 大根、 avocado and sun dried tomatoes.
Store-bought pizza for the kids.
Also made up a pumpkin soup using this recipe - it was a bit too heavy on the spices for the kids (actually, not sure if it was the garlic or the spices, but it was not kid friendly) but yummy all the same.
Not sure what we are gonna do for dinner - am kinda hoping J doesn't come home for it, as I am full a goog right now, and all that is left over is soup. Not really feeling like making up a meal either.......that's bad isn't it. (oh well)
*Edit* J came home around 8pm - it was curry and rice leftovers for him, and taco left overs for me. K had rice and shirasu. Cleaning out that freezer....
Showing posts with label entertaining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label entertaining. Show all posts
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Xmas 2009
We bought a 5kg turkey at Costcos around Thanksgiving time, and it has been sitting in the freezer waiting for its turn to shine. And that it did on Xmas!!
Since 23rd was a public holiday, we invited PIL over for lunch (I realised a few days before that J and his parents had assumed we would be doing dinner, which is what they seem to do in Japan, but since it was a public holiday it made more sense to do lunch. And we have ALWAYS done Xmas lunch (in Aus), so even tho it was 2 days in advance, we were doing lunch this year too!! lol.
I had thought of a few different things for lunch, but since it was only the 4 of us, decided that we should try to keep it a bit simple - cooking the turkey, a first for us in the new steam oven was going to be enough of a challenge, I reckoned anyway!!
So:
roast turkey with roast potatoes, steamed beans and honey glazed carrots, gravy and apple sauce (since left it to late to find cranberry sauce)
pressed salmon sushi 
tabara crab (for the IL's. personally crab doesnt do much for me, esp. tabara which I find a bit watery always.)
pumpkin salad
christmas pudding with custard and whipped cream
and individual strawberry shortcakes for dessert for us
and xmas pudding (Japanese style) for K
Since 23rd was a public holiday, we invited PIL over for lunch (I realised a few days before that J and his parents had assumed we would be doing dinner, which is what they seem to do in Japan, but since it was a public holiday it made more sense to do lunch. And we have ALWAYS done Xmas lunch (in Aus), so even tho it was 2 days in advance, we were doing lunch this year too!! lol.
I had thought of a few different things for lunch, but since it was only the 4 of us, decided that we should try to keep it a bit simple - cooking the turkey, a first for us in the new steam oven was going to be enough of a challenge, I reckoned anyway!!
So:
and individual strawberry shortcakes for dessert for us
and xmas pudding (Japanese style) for K 
Monday, November 16, 2009
Party
Saturday
Saturday was a housewarming party with J's friends, so we indulged in:
* corn chips
* dip (from the three threes pickles hp, introduced to me by my Auntie E!, yum!)
* french bread
* french cheese (not for me)
* spanish olives - yum yum yum! thanks to K for bringing those along - I think i ate the whole can of them myself
* salami
* carrot and cucumber sticks (my attempt at pretending to be healthy)
and that was just for appetisers!
dinner - tacos with
* lettuce
*guacamole
* taco mince
* refried beans
* tomato
* cheese
* salsa
dessert - caramel creme pudding (J made it in the oven)
and supper - fresh bread in our NEW BREAMAKER!!!! woo-hoo - it was a housewarming present from the gang.
Sunday
Sundy breakfast with the hanger-on-er-ers:
* french toast (use up those eggs) with maple syrup and/or capilano honey
* bacon
* eggs sunny side up
Lunch - sushi for J and K from supermarket, and tuna-bread from bread shop for me
Dinner - went to try new Chinese joint down the road, but it was full, so went into 焼き豚 (?) place beside it, and had ￥2000yen p.p. course menu which was more than filling and 100yen yuzu sherbet to finish off.
All in all and over-indulgent weekend in every way, but boy was it enjoyable!
Saturday was a housewarming party with J's friends, so we indulged in:
* corn chips
* dip (from the three threes pickles hp, introduced to me by my Auntie E!, yum!)
* french bread
* french cheese (not for me)
* spanish olives - yum yum yum! thanks to K for bringing those along - I think i ate the whole can of them myself
* salami
* carrot and cucumber sticks (my attempt at pretending to be healthy)
and that was just for appetisers!
dinner - tacos with
* lettuce
*guacamole
* taco mince
* refried beans
* tomato
* cheese
* salsa
dessert - caramel creme pudding (J made it in the oven)
and supper - fresh bread in our NEW BREAMAKER!!!! woo-hoo - it was a housewarming present from the gang.
Sunday
Sundy breakfast with the hanger-on-er-ers:
* french toast (use up those eggs) with maple syrup and/or capilano honey
* bacon
* eggs sunny side up
Lunch - sushi for J and K from supermarket, and tuna-bread from bread shop for me
Dinner - went to try new Chinese joint down the road, but it was full, so went into 焼き豚 (?) place beside it, and had ￥2000yen p.p. course menu which was more than filling and 100yen yuzu sherbet to finish off.
All in all and over-indulgent weekend in every way, but boy was it enjoyable!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
too tired to bother
Wednesday and Thursday have been write-offs:
heating up leftovers of all sorts (curry/chicken soup), lots of toast and bread, onigiri lunch today on the way home from playgroup etc. May have used up some of the leftovers to give me some room in the fridge. Although, as from Saturday, I am not going to have to be worried about room in the fridge as the new 475L monster arrives YAY YAY and YAY!
Tomorrow is another day of ぷちentertaining, but as I have no umph to do anything except sit on the sofa drowning in my sorrows (feeling a bit icky the last couple of days - rediculously fatigued/headachy/crampy/easily wound up by all the things K is doing) we are keeping it very simple.
Friday lunch entertaining will be:
B.L.T.s on baguettes
french fries on the side and
pumpkin soup
and that is it. I had wanted to try some new ideas for lunch that don't invlove quiche or lasagna, but it will have to wait until I am feeling more energetic.
heating up leftovers of all sorts (curry/chicken soup), lots of toast and bread, onigiri lunch today on the way home from playgroup etc. May have used up some of the leftovers to give me some room in the fridge. Although, as from Saturday, I am not going to have to be worried about room in the fridge as the new 475L monster arrives YAY YAY and YAY!
Tomorrow is another day of ぷちentertaining, but as I have no umph to do anything except sit on the sofa drowning in my sorrows (feeling a bit icky the last couple of days - rediculously fatigued/headachy/crampy/easily wound up by all the things K is doing) we are keeping it very simple.
Friday lunch entertaining will be:
and that is it. I had wanted to try some new ideas for lunch that don't invlove quiche or lasagna, but it will have to wait until I am feeling more energetic.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
"doing" lunch
Had a friend over for lunch, and since
1) the oven is still in the lounge room
and
2) I don't even know how to use it
I decided to branch out, be brave, expand my repartee and step away from my standard quiche or lasagna and try a new kind of entertaining. I am not sure if it succeded or not, though!?? I was sort of aiming for something else (better) but this is what happened:
chicken and vegetable noodle soup (carrot, long onion, chinese cabbage, celery)
croissants and cheese and sesame seed bread rolls (toasted under the grill)
salad (baby leaf lettuce, yellow and red capsicum, three beans mix, cucumber)
tomatoes in sea salt and virgin olive oil
and yakitori
And for dessert, cuppa tea/coffee with matcha castella, to remind us of our time in Nagasaki together on exchange.
I wanted to have foccacia with the soup, but trying to find some nice bread in this area just about did my head in yesterday - one bread shop I wanted to try was closed (I can never catch them open!!), the bread shop at Daiei was crap, as was the one in Sotetsu Rosen. Ended up buying at Itoyakado (yes - three supermarkets and a bread shop later I finally bought bread, although it was still not what I was after). I really hope I can find a better bakery around here soon. Of course, once I get my little bread maker, it will be so much fun making our own BROWN bread - ahhhh, drooling at the thought of it.
1) the oven is still in the lounge room
and
2) I don't even know how to use it
I decided to branch out, be brave, expand my repartee and step away from my standard quiche or lasagna and try a new kind of entertaining. I am not sure if it succeded or not, though!?? I was sort of aiming for something else (better) but this is what happened:
And for dessert, cuppa tea/coffee with matcha castella, to remind us of our time in Nagasaki together on exchange.
I wanted to have foccacia with the soup, but trying to find some nice bread in this area just about did my head in yesterday - one bread shop I wanted to try was closed (I can never catch them open!!), the bread shop at Daiei was crap, as was the one in Sotetsu Rosen. Ended up buying at Itoyakado (yes - three supermarkets and a bread shop later I finally bought bread, although it was still not what I was after). I really hope I can find a better bakery around here soon. Of course, once I get my little bread maker, it will be so much fun making our own BROWN bread - ahhhh, drooling at the thought of it.
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