December Photo Meme #18
December 18: A nice meal you had recently - chaquir
I was actually going to do a post on some of the nice meals I've made lately so how convenient that it was one of the suggestions for a photo post! I hope you're not too hungry or you'll be chewing at the screen at the sight of all this yummy food I've made.
This is shakshuka with a potato cake. Shakshuka is a Middle Eastern dish consisting of a sauce made with tomatoes, onions, peppers, chillies and cumin with eggs poached on top. The first time I made it, I was surprised at how tasty it is. It can be rather on the rich side though. I had some mashed potatoes left over from the day before so I made a potato cake to go with it and that helped counteract the richness.
Marmalade chicken with mash, carrots and broccoli. This is pretty much a Sunday dinner staple because it's incredibly quick and easy to make. It takes 20 minutes and has 4 ingredients: chicken breasts, orange marmalade, chicken stock and thyme. I put some dried chilli flakes in as well but they're optional, it just gives it a bit of a nice kick. If I've made it right, the marmalade sauce goes syrupy and it's so so nice.
Goulash with dumplings. I love goulash. The dumplings were incredibly disappointing though. I made them with gluten-free flour and they did not come out nice at all.
Another goulash! This is Chilli Bean Goulash. It's got chickpeas, baked beans, red kidney beans and sausages in it. It's supposed to be made with red kidney beans in chilli sauce but I only had the normal kind so I had to use those. This was the first time I'd made it and it was seriously yummy. I was really surprised with how tasty it was so I'm definitely going to be making this again.
And finally, Coconut Chicken which is another staple because it's fairly quick and easy to make. It's supposed to be made with leeks which would add a bit more colour but my mother doesn't like them so I use onions instead.
I was actually going to do a post on some of the nice meals I've made lately so how convenient that it was one of the suggestions for a photo post! I hope you're not too hungry or you'll be chewing at the screen at the sight of all this yummy food I've made.
This is shakshuka with a potato cake. Shakshuka is a Middle Eastern dish consisting of a sauce made with tomatoes, onions, peppers, chillies and cumin with eggs poached on top. The first time I made it, I was surprised at how tasty it is. It can be rather on the rich side though. I had some mashed potatoes left over from the day before so I made a potato cake to go with it and that helped counteract the richness.
Marmalade chicken with mash, carrots and broccoli. This is pretty much a Sunday dinner staple because it's incredibly quick and easy to make. It takes 20 minutes and has 4 ingredients: chicken breasts, orange marmalade, chicken stock and thyme. I put some dried chilli flakes in as well but they're optional, it just gives it a bit of a nice kick. If I've made it right, the marmalade sauce goes syrupy and it's so so nice.
Goulash with dumplings. I love goulash. The dumplings were incredibly disappointing though. I made them with gluten-free flour and they did not come out nice at all.
Another goulash! This is Chilli Bean Goulash. It's got chickpeas, baked beans, red kidney beans and sausages in it. It's supposed to be made with red kidney beans in chilli sauce but I only had the normal kind so I had to use those. This was the first time I'd made it and it was seriously yummy. I was really surprised with how tasty it was so I'm definitely going to be making this again.
And finally, Coconut Chicken which is another staple because it's fairly quick and easy to make. It's supposed to be made with leeks which would add a bit more colour but my mother doesn't like them so I use onions instead.