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Chipolata sausage cassoulet & garlic bread {recipe}

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I am always trying new recipes that give old ideas and ingredients new life. If you have the same old meals on the menu every week you become bored so it’s always nice to have something exciting and different. When you hear the ingredient sausages you instantly think of bangers and mash or a sausage sizzle and while these are delicious comfort foods, this chipolata sausage cassoulet recipe with parmesan cheese garlic bread is to die for!

 Chipolata Sausage Cassoulet recipe

Ingredients

500g chipolata sausages (can be pork, beef, lamb)
4x bacon rashers, sliced
1x brown onion, sliced
1x tbs crushed garlic
1x tsp finely chopped parsley and/or rosemary
1x 400g can cannelloni beans
1x 400g can diced tomatoes

Instructions

1. Halve sausages on diagonal. Brown them in pan.
2. Add sliced onion, garlic, herbs. Mix through and fry until sausages are almost cooked through.
3. Add cannelloni beans, tin tomatoes and 1/4 cup of water. Mix through salt, pepper and 1 tsp of sugar. *Sugar stops tomato going bitter during the cooking process.
4. Reduce liquid on simmer heat.

Parmesan cheese garlic bread

Ingredients:

Ciabatta loaf, sliced
Butter
Garlic, crushed
Parmesan cheese, shaved
Parsley, finely chopped

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Mix butter, garlic and parsley together.
3. Brush one side of ciabatta bread slice with butter mix and top with parmesan cheese.
4. Put in oven until cheese is browned and crunchy.

ENJOY!

If you want to find more inspiration and meal ideas check out the recipes page. You will also find snacks, treats, cakes and breakfast recipes that will be a huge hit with the family over and over again. If you try any of the recipes you find on All Mum Said I’d love you to pop back over and leave your feedback on the post.

What is your favourite sausage meal? Do you enjoy sausage stews like this one?

Homemade chunky steak pie {recipe}

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If you enjoy delicious homemade tender steak pie than you will want to print this recipe out to try later! It is my own personal recipe that I whipped up one day when we had a whole lot of nothing left in the fridge. I can vouch this will become a favourite in your home once you’ve made it as it is simple, budget friendly and very tasty.

Homemade chunky steak pie

Ingredients:
1x onion – diced
2kg blade steak – diced
4x bacon rashers
2x tablespoons crushed garlic
small amount of oil – to fry off ingredients above
200ml condensed tomato soup
600ml brown onion gravy (I used gravox)
Puff pastry

Instructions:
1. Fry off onion, garlic and bacon.
2. Add chopped steak and brown.
3. Turn heat to low and add gravy and tomato soup.
4. Cook/braise until meat is tender (a few hours usually).
5. Grease oven-proof dish/pie pan and place pastry inside.
6. Stab pastry with fork a few times (prevents pastry puffing too much while cooking) and then add meat filling.
7. Place pastry on top as lid. Fold corners together and brush with egg.
8. Cook in oven at 180°c until pastry is puffed and golden.

ENJOY your delicious home-made steak pie! 

If you want to see more recipes that I have shared on the blog check here or look in the food tab on the home page to search specific main ingredients. Make sure you come back and leave a comment telling me what you thought.

Menulog Review + Giveaway

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Enjoying a delicious take away meal from somewhere other than a pizza shop happens few and far between in our house. This is usually due to us trying to save money or just not knowing what we feel like. Pizza is usually our pick because it is only $4.95 a pizza and that is pretty hard to beat. Up until a few weeks ago I had never heard of Menulog and I wish I had found it sooner. It allows me to search my area and find a selection of restaurants that I can order from online and if I don’t feel like leaving the house I can have it delivered. A lot of the restaurants have got deals as well like 20% off or buy 2 get one free, etc. Genius really!

Menulog is free and so easy to use and only requires a couple of steps before you have your dinner being made for you. Type in your postcode, select the desired restaurant from the list, add your meal to the cart,  place your order and then pick it up or wait for it to be delivered – whichever is your preference. It is really that easy! We enjoyed a delicious buffet of Indian cuisine last night from Mannu’s Kitchen and oh my goodness it was so good. A variety of curries, rice and naan was just what we needed on such a cold and miserable day. Does Indian takeaway & delivery sound appealing to you? Or perhaps you prefer Chinese or Italian? They have it all and I have a great giveaway so you can try it for yourself. With over 3500+ restaurants listed you are bound to find something you like.

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Disclosure: I received a Menulog voucher for review purposes. All opinions are my own.

Pumpkin Soup {Recipe}

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Soups are a popular choice in the cooler months. Lets face it we all love feeling that warm bowl of soup fill our bellies and with winter on the way this is a great pumpkin soup recipe to keep on hand. It’s a favourite in our home because it is very easy to make but it also tastes AMAZING!! My pumpkin soup is great served fresh from the pot or reheated, it can be frozen or even used as a sauce.

Pumpkin Soup Recipe

Ingredients
1/4 pumpkin
4-6 rashers bacon
1 large onion
1 tablespoon chicken stock powder
1 tablespoon curry powder
water
pepper

Method
1. Roughly chop bacon, onion and pumpkin (taking off skin).
2. Fry off bacon and onion.
3. Add chicken stock (just as powder – do not mix with water) and curry powder to bacon. Cook until bacon is coated and smelling delicious.
4. Add water – enough that the pumpkin is covered.
5. Bring to boil, then reduce to low heat and simmer until pumpkin is cooked and the flavours are infused.
6. Blend and serve with bread rolls.

Make sure you come back and let me know what you thought of my pumpkin soup recipe. If you are looking for other meal ideas, inspirations or recipes check out the FOOD tab in the main menu for specific main ingredients that are easy to find. If you just want to see a mixed bag of recipes check out this page.

Meal Plan Week 19 – 2014

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The kids are back at school now and routine has kicked back in, well for the most part anyway. I have been down with the flu for a week now and it seems that Poppet (10 months) has been struck by it as well. We look and feel miserable but she is keeping in high spirits (through the day anyway). Anyway lets get on with Meal Plan Week 19 – 2014 and see what what’s cooking this week.

Meal Plan Week 19 – 2014

Week commencing (05/05/2014)

Monday: Wedges with bacon, cheese, sour cream and sweet chilli sauce.

Tuesday: Dinner at the in-laws.

Wednesday: Creamy chicken noodle soup.

Thursday: Lasagne with vegetables.

Friday: Italian sausage stew with polenta.

Saturday: Zucchini slice, rissoles and potato bites.

Sunday: Chicken pastry parcels with mash and vegetables.

 I hope you have been inspired or at least found something a little different to your usual meals. Keep an eye out for some delicious recipes coming up soon.

What do you think this weeks menu? What is on yours?

Check back each week for the meal plan.

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