Good Morning Beach Cottage peeps, how the devil are you? Well I am all good, we are having lovely weather here in Sydney…the sun is out, the sky is blue and the ocean is very inviting.
So, it’s about time we had a bit of a Beach Cottage Too Easy Recipe, yah? This has to be the ultimate in Dump & Go all-in-one cooking…you literally shove all this in, scrunch it up and throw it somewhere to get it some heat.
This recipe is in various guises all over the internet..I got it from the budget cooking forum I used to be belong to…it was actually posted in reply to a question from someone on the forum as what to take food-wise for a camping holiday where the budget was low and the food all needed to be catered…this recipe was one of the replies, coming from a lady with an RV who used it all the time around the camp fire…
…you often see this ‘in-a-bag’ recipe without any carb in it, hence you have to bother with cooking rice or some other, what I liked about this one is that if you don’t want to do anything else, you don’t have to
I found this recipe about 12 years ago and I have been using it ever since, indeed I have taken it camping myself and there is nothing like it…we have cooked it all over the place…on one of those disposable barbecues on Tankerton beach in Kent, tucked up behind the breakers, with friends for lunch in the garden of this old place under the fig tree on a warm Australian day and we have taken these Chicken Packets with us on days out to find new beaches and thrown them on the bbq.
The Beach Cottage Crew used to love love love this when they were littlies…I dunno quite what it is about the little packets, I guess it’s like getting a parcel or a present, you are eager to unwrap it….
this though, is a different kind of gift, when you open it you are rewarded with the most amazing herbal fragrance
Now they are older though it’s working equally well, for a few reasons…I make these up in the morning or the night before, stash them in the fridge and then open the oven and throw them in with abandon at various times of the evening when various members of this old cottage are in and out from sport…everything is in the bag, done and very much dusted, all one tired taxi-driver Beach Cottage mum has to do is provide a plate and at a push open a bag of salad, though even that is not mandatory.
The other great thing about these is said teenagers above can very easily do this themselves, even the male ones…you see the trouble I am finding now as they are growing taller than me, is that because I have always fed them stuff I like and absolutely refused to go down that fussy eater road (mostly full of garlic, lemon, wine and other various delicious things like that), it means that now, I do actually, have fussy eaters… shove a frozen pizza in the oven and Make It Yourself? No thanks. Baked Beans on Toast? Purrrrlease.
I think that is the proverbial shooting oneself in the foot.
So making up these if I am actually not going to be around and the Beach Cottage Crew have to fend for themselves, is all so very easy…
As you read through this, you may think that your life is too short to make a bag out of foil.
You would be wrong. This is hardly taxing and once it is done, that’s it…you just add, dump & go.
Beach Cottage All-in-One Chicken, White Wine & Herb Packets
1 carrot thinly sliced
1 piece chicken
1 small clove garlic finely chopped
1 – 2 tbsp butter
handful mushrooms sliced
3/4 cup white wine
squeeze lemon juice
salt & pepper
herbs (whatever you have works, I like Italian Parsley, a dash of Rosemary and Sage)
1 – 2 potatoes finely sliced
1. make up your foil bag by taking a piece of foil about 60cm long and folding the top to bottom edges together
now double this up so you have a fold on the ‘bottom’ of the ‘bag’
fold the sides of the foil in to make a tight seal
(you should have a 3 sided foil ‘bag’)
2. now fill your bag with all the ingredients, lastly pouring over the wine
3. cook in the oven 190C for 30-40 minutes (check your chicken)
4. dump straight on the plate & eat from the bag
serves 1
Beach Cottage Recipe Notes*
ok the combos are endless on this…very finely sliced onion tastes delicious, replace the chicken with fish (& test the cooking time), use different vegetables (just ensure the size you slice them works with the amount of cooking time…) *use store-cupboard dried herbs / garlic powder if you don’t have fresh herbs *if your bag looks a bit suspect the first time you make this put a baking dish under it in the oven to catch any wine * you can throw these in the crockpot for a few hours on high *great for having friends over… a packet each, a bit different but too easy *make up a larger bag to serve more *use any combo of herbs
I hope you like it Beach Cottage ladies, it’s so tasty….best thing is it ticks the mummy and the foodie boxes…tasty, easy, simple ingredients that make you look like a Goddess when really you have been doing not much…plus suits a busy lifesytle whether you are out at work or day or a mum-on-the-run just beautifully
and that is the way I like it
It’s the muts nuts, yee will think that too I believe!
What are your Too Easy recipes, I am looking for recipes to try???…comment me
I love this! I’m going to add this to my list of quickie recipes. Right now I am hooked on a new one that I made up Thai Meatloaf with peanut sauce. Great leftovers too.
Yum! I am making this tomorrow night for dinner. I have a Fish Fillets, Tomato and Mushroom Packets recipe that is quite similar and always easy and good.
I have a baked blue tongue on my blog today that yours might be too old for but it is very Australian. I’m going to try yours tonight while the carb kings are away on camp.
Oh my gosh, hehe…I clicked on your link preparing to be horrified as I love blue tongue lizards. I cried when I saw a dog at work having a good old chomp on one that had sadly entered the yard of two staffies I reckon any kid would love to make your version.
Y.u.m. My Mum used to do a foil thingy with fish, slices of tomato, lots of parsley and toasted breadcrumbs on top and somehow the breadcrumbs stayed crunchy! I just love all in one meals. Even with only the two of us because I work fulltime, the late afternoon and early evening is my knitting time and anything that cuts down on food prep/cooking is wonderful. x
Hello Lovely, this looks delicous.
Ive recently posted my version of a dump and go snack I make on a weekly basis so I have something sweet but healthy to grab from the fridge instead of reaching for cake or bikkies.
Will def give this a try – love that fact there are no roasting pans to clean up after!
Love fleur xxx
Thanks for the yummy recipe Sarah… We always cook fish like this when we are away camping. Whole fish, lemon, tomatoes, onion, good knob of butter and some mixed herbs.. Never thought to put some potatoes in there!!!!!
Sarah too easy… I am so desperate for non carb recepies…I have to be on a restrictive diet no carbs or any high GI foods I am so limited in what I can eat, very frustating for someone with an appetite (for good and delicious food too) like mine… Will be trying this one…I really like the idea of using it with fish we love fish but don’t have it often enough! Ohhh and about your kids only like good food… Sarah even though it’s a pain in the butt it is also a blessing… It doesn’t ease the pain in the butt but one I would gladly (and I have) endure hee…hee…
Hi Alice. I noticed above that you have a very restricted diet… geez that must be hard! If you’re able to eat carbs at all than maybe you could give this a go – Spaghetti Squash. Its a yummy low carb vegetable that we use instead of rice or pasta. It tastes like a mix between sweet potato and pumpkin. Cut it in half long ways, drizzle with a very small amount of oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and throw it in the oven on a tray, flesh down. Cook on medium heat (180 degrees Celsius). once cooked, let it cool down a little then scrape the flesh with a fork – it comes away like small strands of spaghetti. Otherwise quinoa, Im told, is also lower carb than rice etc – tastey too, we use it a lot http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/cooking/a/spagsquash.htm
Unfortunately pumpkin/squash is a no no for me (it’s on the not allowed to eat list along side potatoes, bread, rice, pasta etc and practically all fruits known to man except for strawberries/blueberries/passionfruit ). I will try this for the kids though, what a great idea! Yes I have heard of quinoa they even make them in flakes, it’s also high in protein I am told. Hard to find around here I will have to try one of those health/organic food stores. I didn’t know it could be used as you would rice… It’s not on my list though so I will have to be a guinea pig and test to see if it causes me any problems…Thanks for the link.
I love easy and quick dinners like this. I make a similar thing as a side to grilled steak or fish using vegetables. Just cut up potatoes, carrots, pumpkin ,zucchini, onion and garlic. Plonk in the centre of a sheet of foil. Place a dollop of Philadelphia low fat cooking cream and a smidge of butter, salt and pepper, wrap up and bake until veggies are cooked through. I bake mine in the oven but can also cook on the BBQ.
Thanks Sarah for your beautiful blog…
Wow. Unfortunately the man in my house wouldn’t settle for anything mild. Think a bit of cayenne pepper will do the trick?
Love your recipes Sarah. I’ll copy cat them but give the credit too if it ever comes on my blog.
Btw, this blogs become a bad place it seems. spams and copying and backbiting. All for an online journal- unless its paying your bills.
Hi, obviously not Sarah here, but I adored those white glasses too – the ones on the counter holding silverware? I saw them recently at Ikea! I don’t know if that’s where Sarah got hers but the ones at Ikea are so cute and CHEAP!
I make a somewhat similar recipe with fish in a foil bag :
Make a foil bag, put in some bread crumbs, put in the fish and spread some mustard on it.
Add red onion rings, tomato slices, mushrooms, red apple slices. (all very fine sliced)
Pour a little cream over it and season with salt and pepper.
Close the foil bag and put in the oven for 30 à 40 minutes.
You can add white wine if you like (omit the bread crumbs then). I have tried it with and without whine and it’s both very nice!
You can add potatoes in the foil bag or serve with rice.
My kids love it and they are only 2y and 5y old. But I do use very little mustard on their fish.
This sounds great and the perfect solution for my late work evening on Thursday…Thanks Sarah, and thanks to your followers for other ideas and suggestions, too. Luv them all!
Hey Sarah,
I’ve loved all of your recipes that I’ve tried so far! Following is a “Dump and Go” in our household! I use the crock pot for this, but an oven would work, as long as you had a deep enough dish. I took it from my sister and I believe that she calls it Coconut Curry Chicken.
You HAVE to try this; it is so simple, but everyone who has ever taken this recipe from me, raves about it!
Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
1-2 cans coconut milk
1 jar of salsa
1Tb (or so) of curry powder
Ha! That’s it! Dump it in a crock pot and you’re good to go and it is amazingly good! We serve it over rice, but it would work over noodles, too. I recommend some type of grain/pasta, though, because the coconut milk and salsa creates so much sauce. If you want something fresh, you could also add some fresh cilantro. This is just so “Dump and Go” for me, that I’ve rarely had the fresh herbs on hand! Let me know if you ever try it out!
I actually love anything ‘dump and go’ my le creuset dish is probably my most used pot in the house! I love nothing more than languishing in my bath while dinner’s cooking! Cheers, Jules x
Yummmm Sarah.The chicken parcels sound delish and are definitely on our menu plan for March and I might even try them with some nice flathead fillets as well and see how that goes. Thanks for another fabulous recipe.
Our favourite dinner atm is Barramundi with a Pineapple Salsa. I use Julie Goodwin’s delicious recipe usually from her new book, but I have noticed noosafoodie.com.au has an equally delicious version ( I hope I can say that?) .Very simple, very quick, oh so tasty and so good for this hot humid weather as you can throw the fish on the barbie and make the salsa in the cool of the day.
I am also intrigued by Jen’s Waikiki meatballs ( more pineapple..yum!) and will be trying that as well. Kinda like Sweet and Sour meatballs..yum!
We do this similar on the BBQ…. make packets of veggies and add herbs and all . Delish !!!! I will try yours. Sarah your killing me
again , the blue tea towel….. where did you get it ? Love it !!!!
My husband and two boys and I like tent camping over here in the States. We make these many times, usually with many additional family members involved! My Mom-In-Law and I tear off large sheets of heavy duty foil, about 12-18 at a time. Now the key here is HEAVY DUTY foil! Once, we made 18 of these and put them under the coals of the campfire and when we came back an hour later, there was NO evidence of them to be found!
Then we make a log of ground meat and lay it on the top piece of foil, then the next person puts a handful of baby carrots on it and then slides it to the next in our little assembly line, they put a handful of potato wedges, another does onions, some do a small handful of corn, one sprinkles with salt and pepper or any other liked seasonings and then we fold all of them up! If there are some that are “custom made” for one individual, we mark it with a permanent marker and then put them all on the grill or in the oven.
We call these “Hobo Pies”! There are so many ways to make these and, of course, cleanup is a breeze!
Really enjoy your site-I’m new and found you from Between Naps on the Porch! Have a great day on your side of the world!
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
I love this! I’m going to add this to my list of quickie recipes. Right now I am hooked on a new one that I made up Thai Meatloaf with peanut sauce. Great leftovers too.
wow I have never thought of Thai meatloaf
love you to share the recipe here x
Yum! I am making this tomorrow night for dinner. I have a Fish Fillets, Tomato and Mushroom Packets recipe that is quite similar and always easy and good.
Thanks, Sarah!
Ooooh, ummm . . . think I need more pictures – how do you make the foil bag again?
Yeah same here
Probably you could google directions??
just take a long strip of foil and fold it in half so you have a ripped edge to ripped edge
now do this again so you have four layer thickness of foil
now fold and crease in the sides so you now have a foil envelope with an open top …pop in the ingredients and scunch/fold closed
x
OK, gotcha. Thank you!
no worries x
I have a baked blue tongue on my blog today that yours might be too old for but it is very Australian. I’m going to try yours tonight while the carb kings are away on camp.
Oh my gosh, hehe…I clicked on your link preparing to be horrified as I love blue tongue lizards. I cried when I saw a dog at work having a good old chomp on one that had sadly entered the yard of two staffies
I reckon any kid would love to make your version.
Y.u.m. My Mum used to do a foil thingy with fish, slices of tomato, lots of parsley and toasted breadcrumbs on top and somehow the breadcrumbs stayed crunchy! I just love all in one meals. Even with only the two of us because I work fulltime, the late afternoon and early evening is my knitting time and anything that cuts down on food prep/cooking is wonderful. x
Hello Lovely, this looks delicous.
Ive recently posted my version of a dump and go snack I make on a weekly basis so I have something sweet but healthy to grab from the fridge instead of reaching for cake or bikkies.
Will def give this a try – love that fact there are no roasting pans to clean up after!
Love fleur xxx
I am sooooo going to try this. You come up with the best ideas. Thanks
This will be a great one to remember when I start working until 6pm on a school night – I like the crock pot tip! Perfect : )
Good one Sarah
Thanks for the yummy recipe Sarah… We always cook fish like this when we are away camping. Whole fish, lemon, tomatoes, onion, good knob of butter and some mixed herbs.. Never thought to put some potatoes in there!!!!!
Sarah too easy… I am so desperate for non carb recepies…I have to be on a restrictive diet no carbs or any high GI foods
I am so limited in what I can eat, very frustating for someone with an appetite (for good and delicious food too) like mine… Will be trying this one…I really like the idea of using it with fish we love fish but don’t have it often enough! Ohhh and about your kids only like good food… Sarah even though it’s a pain in the butt it is also a blessing… It doesn’t ease the pain in the butt but one I would gladly (and I have) endure hee…hee…
Hi Alice. I noticed above that you have a very restricted diet… geez that must be hard! If you’re able to eat carbs at all than maybe you could give this a go – Spaghetti Squash. Its a yummy low carb vegetable that we use instead of rice or pasta. It tastes like a mix between sweet potato and pumpkin. Cut it in half long ways, drizzle with a very small amount of oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and throw it in the oven on a tray, flesh down. Cook on medium heat (180 degrees Celsius). once cooked, let it cool down a little then scrape the flesh with a fork – it comes away like small strands of spaghetti. Otherwise quinoa, Im told, is also lower carb than rice etc – tastey too, we use it a lot
http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/cooking/a/spagsquash.htm
Unfortunately pumpkin/squash is a no no for me (it’s on the not allowed to eat list along side potatoes, bread, rice, pasta etc and practically all fruits known to man except for strawberries/blueberries/passionfruit
). I will try this for the kids though, what a great idea! Yes I have heard of quinoa they even make them in flakes, it’s also high in protein I am told. Hard to find around here I will have to try one of those health/organic food stores. I didn’t know it could be used as you would rice… It’s not on my list though so I will have to be a guinea pig and test to see if it causes me any problems…Thanks for the link.
this looks and sounds delicious sarah! healthy, fresh, easy, yummy – ticks all my boxes! ill definately be giving this one a go
I love easy and quick dinners like this. I make a similar thing as a side to grilled steak or fish using vegetables. Just cut up potatoes, carrots, pumpkin ,zucchini, onion and garlic. Plonk in the centre of a sheet of foil. Place a dollop of Philadelphia low fat cooking cream and a smidge of butter, salt and pepper, wrap up and bake until veggies are cooked through. I bake mine in the oven but can also cook on the BBQ.
Thanks Sarah for your beautiful blog…
Waikiki Meatballs. Google it
(And just use Ikea meatballs!) Fast and easy – the whole fam devours it. Serve over rice.
Wow. Unfortunately the man in my house wouldn’t settle for anything mild. Think a bit of cayenne pepper will do the trick?
Love your recipes Sarah. I’ll copy cat them but give the credit too if it ever comes on my blog.
Btw, this blogs become a bad place it seems. spams and copying and backbiting. All for an online journal- unless its paying your bills.
Oh and I really wanted you to ask about the white glasses in your kitchen. They look fantastic. Are they stoneware/porcelain or glass?
Hi, obviously not Sarah here, but I adored those white glasses too – the ones on the counter holding silverware? I saw them recently at Ikea! I don’t know if that’s where Sarah got hers but the ones at Ikea are so cute and CHEAP!
Yes! the one’s holding silverware. I’m going gung go for them. i hope she got them from IKEA.
I make a somewhat similar recipe with fish in a foil bag :
Make a foil bag, put in some bread crumbs, put in the fish and spread some mustard on it.
Add red onion rings, tomato slices, mushrooms, red apple slices. (all very fine sliced)
Pour a little cream over it and season with salt and pepper.
Close the foil bag and put in the oven for 30 à 40 minutes.
You can add white wine if you like (omit the bread crumbs then). I have tried it with and without whine and it’s both very nice!
You can add potatoes in the foil bag or serve with rice.
My kids love it and they are only 2y and 5y old. But I do use very little mustard on their fish.
Do you have any other slow cooker recipe ideas?
This sounds great and the perfect solution for my late work evening on Thursday…Thanks Sarah, and thanks to your followers for other ideas and suggestions, too. Luv them all!
Hey Sarah,
I’ve loved all of your recipes that I’ve tried so far! Following is a “Dump and Go” in our household! I use the crock pot for this, but an oven would work, as long as you had a deep enough dish. I took it from my sister and I believe that she calls it Coconut Curry Chicken.
You HAVE to try this; it is so simple, but everyone who has ever taken this recipe from me, raves about it!
Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
1-2 cans coconut milk
1 jar of salsa
1Tb (or so) of curry powder
Ha! That’s it! Dump it in a crock pot and you’re good to go and it is amazingly good! We serve it over rice, but it would work over noodles, too. I recommend some type of grain/pasta, though, because the coconut milk and salsa creates so much sauce. If you want something fresh, you could also add some fresh cilantro. This is just so “Dump and Go” for me, that I’ve rarely had the fresh herbs on hand! Let me know if you ever try it out!
I actually love anything ‘dump and go’ my le creuset dish is probably my most used pot in the house! I love nothing more than languishing in my bath while dinner’s cooking! Cheers, Jules x
Sarah, you are legendary! Going to make this tonight
Cas x
Yummmm Sarah.The chicken parcels sound delish and are definitely on our menu plan for March and I might even try them with some nice flathead fillets as well and see how that goes. Thanks for another fabulous recipe.
Our favourite dinner atm is Barramundi with a Pineapple Salsa. I use Julie Goodwin’s delicious recipe usually from her new book, but I have noticed noosafoodie.com.au has an equally delicious version ( I hope I can say that?) .Very simple, very quick, oh so tasty and so good for this hot humid weather as you can throw the fish on the barbie and make the salsa in the cool of the day.
I am also intrigued by Jen’s Waikiki meatballs ( more pineapple..yum!) and will be trying that as well. Kinda like Sweet and Sour meatballs..yum!
you are welcome I think flathead would be lovely!
I will have a look at the Julie Goodwin book…I have wondered if it was any good?
x
I llike easy and quick dinners like this, I am planning to coock it this evening. It looks and sounds delicious sarah! healthy, fresh, easy, yummy
We do this similar on the BBQ…. make packets of veggies and add herbs and all . Delish !!!! I will try yours. Sarah your killing me
again , the blue tea towel….. where did you get it ? Love it !!!!
My husband and two boys and I like tent camping over here in the States. We make these many times, usually with many additional family members involved! My Mom-In-Law and I tear off large sheets of heavy duty foil, about 12-18 at a time. Now the key here is HEAVY DUTY foil! Once, we made 18 of these and put them under the coals of the campfire and when we came back an hour later, there was NO evidence of them to be found!
Then we make a log of ground meat and lay it on the top piece of foil, then the next person puts a handful of baby carrots on it and then slides it to the next in our little assembly line, they put a handful of potato wedges, another does onions, some do a small handful of corn, one sprinkles with salt and pepper or any other liked seasonings and then we fold all of them up! If there are some that are “custom made” for one individual, we mark it with a permanent marker and then put them all on the grill or in the oven.
We call these “Hobo Pies”! There are so many ways to make these and, of course, cleanup is a breeze!
Really enjoy your site-I’m new and found you from Between Naps on the Porch! Have a great day on your side of the world!