Saturday was rainy and miserable, so felt no guilt at all sitting on my computer most of the day, and cleaning the house in between.
Saturday arvo we went and fed Yoda before heading to Mishi's for a games night.
Had some nibblies and then some yummy chicken wings and sausages at Mishi's. After dinner played a game of Trivial Pursuit (in teams so we had half a chance) except everyone else got questions that generally we could answer, yet the three or four times we actually got a go they were stoopidly hard questions that not even Stu knew the answers to. So that was all very depressing, but at least the game was over very quickly. There was then talk of playing Ticket to Ride, but there were seven people which made it too hard, so just had some tea and chatted for a while longer.
Sunday we got up and went over to Potty's cause Jeff and Ruth were in town and visiting. Helped do some hedging, but Potty came along with his electric trimmer after we were done and redid the whole lot, so we needn't have bothered *sigh*. At least we got a nice lunch. Did our shopping and came home.
Sunday evening we headed over to Windy's for eating and drinking and being merry. Lots of yummy roast pork and potato bake. I made a caesar salad and most of that got eaten which was a good thing. Then played some Singstar until got booted off so the kids could do High School Musical. So that was pretty meh. But Windy and I had a couple of games of Monty Python Fluxx before everyone left and we were finally allowed back on Singstar. Had a great time at that until everyone else got too tired. Surprise of the evening was doing exceptionally well at Aqua's Barbie Girl. Who knew I could be so good at a song I've barely heard in twenty years!
Today we decided to have a quiet day at home (with a quick trip to Bunnings thrown in). Did some gardening and a bit of tidying and watched last night's Bones and Castle online. Then cooked our anniversary dinner. $50 worth of ingredients! Would almost have been cheaper to go out! heh. I did Lana's
stuffed chicken (the recipe that has
won her a trip to Sydney to cook for Margaret Fulton!), which was yummy, but a little over cooked and a little too salty. Also did an asparagus bake (another one of our new favourite recipes) and for dessert did these mini pavlovas which epic rocked!
Still very full, but quite sleepie and thinking about going to bed soon...
Last night Libby came over for drinks, Europe photos, a good long swim, and dinner. Was a very pleasant evening. Discovered that our small wine glasses float very nicely in the pool :)
Tonight I cooked a potato bake and a tomato bake. The tomato bake is one of our new favourite recipes at the moment. Next time I make it I'll document it properly, because it's stoopidly easy and is totally delicious.
And a note to self: painkillers on an empty stomach aren't good at the best of times, but when you can *hear* them sizzling away in your stomach, nausea is sure to follow soon after.. hrmmm
To all those people who keep not coming over, this is what you've been missing out on ;)
On account of having been stood up two weekends in a row, we decided we'd do our own
fondue anyway. It was fricken awesome! ;) Altho I did mean we ate over half a block of chocolate each .. oops!! ;)
So I had most of the contents of a largish tin of tuna that needed to be eaten before I went away. The perfect solution? Tuna casserole! Except I didn't have either of my mum's recipes, and probably wouldn't have had the ingredients anyway.
So I improvised! Using whatever I could find in the house..
* most of a largish tin of tuna (I think I used springwater stuff - lower fat than in oil)
* a pack of alfredo pasta - one of those side dish packs
* a pack of cream of mushroom soup
* a small tin of corn kernels
* two tomatoes, diced
* a couple of handfuls of shredded tasty cheese
* a couple of cups of milk
* a cup or so of water
Top it with a mix of shredded cheese (finely grated would have worked better) and in this case wheatgerm in lieu of breadcrumbs.
Bung it in the oven for 3/4 hour or so
Enjoy!
(I shoulda taken a photo!)
Well my mini dinner party last night went well I think. Roasted a chicken for three hours in a very slow oven and it was utterly delicious. And, experimenting further with roast/grilled veggies, I found this recipe page, which I modified and simplified somewhat.
My variation:
Whole button mushrooms, stalks removed to leave a cup in the middle
Dollop a small spoonful of a premixed blend of butter (or margarine), garlic, lemon juice and chopped basil
Grill until mushrooms are cooked and butter is all melted through
Yummo!
