meat dishes Archives

sausage, cannellini bean and vegetable stew

Tasty and inexpensive, this sausage and canellini bean stew is bound to please everyone in the family.

easy thai beef curry

This is by far one of our favourite family meals. If you have pre-sliced the meat before freezing, then it is so quick and easy to prepare. In the above picture I have added sliced capsicum and some frozen beans, but I often use carrot and zucchini for the vegetables. Natural crunchy peanut butter works [...]

chicken and bocconcini pizzas

What’s so frugal about bocconcini pizzas? Well, I was crash tackling other customers rummaging around in the mark-down bin at the supermarket the other day and came across a tub of bocconcini for $2.50 and with still a whole week before the use-by date expired. I checked and they normally sell this for nearly $6. [...]

toddler food–homemade chicken nuggets

These nuggets go down such a treat with the little fella (and with DH and I). Actually, they don’t have to be toddler food at all. Easy to make, tasty and I just freeze the excess, quick and easy meals! This mix usually makes me about 36. These freeze and reheat well, just freeze on [...]

easy leftover lamb stew

This is how we used up the leftover roast lamb – in a quick and easy stew (and I made stock from the bone, but that’s another story). This recipe was adapted from one I came across and I admit it doesn’t pack a whole lot of flavour like we’re used to, but it’s a [...]

traditional lamb roast

What better dinner for Easter Sunday than a lamb roast? Um, this one was my practice run because it’s been some time since I’ve cooked a roast. It didn’t turn out too bad, even if I do say so myself, although maybe the picture isn’t all that appealing. I served this with roast vegetables, steamed [...]

homemade sausage rolls

DH likes to have a couple of pies for lunch on the weekend, but after a few weeks, this starts to add up (and they are very poor quality, so I don’t share his delight). As a change I made these sausage rolls and froze half for the following weekend. Put them in the oven [...]

spicy yoghurt marinated chicken drumsticks

I’m in love with this chicken recipe. It is so quick and easy. I found it in an old magazine, adjusted the ingredients to suit us and we’ve had it twice in the last month already. I like to prepare the marinade while cooking dinner the night before, then all I have to do on [...]

mince and cabbage stir fry

This meal can be literally on the table in fifteen minutes flat. That includes cooking and preparation time (chop the vegies while the mince is browning). What’s more, it is a one pan dish, saving washing up as well. And it’s cheap and tasty. What more could anyone want from a week day night meal?

Capsicum salsa steak sauce

This is a guest post from my husband Colin. I’m the guy who used to pick the capsicum off his pizza. When Mel’s talking food and makes comments about ‘fussy partners’ it’s me she’s talking about. My wife is a good cook who uses ingredients well. A quick search through the recipe section will show [...]