tomato risotto – Tonotopics

January 12, 2022January 11, 2022

Fireside dinner menu # 29 – the holiday highlight edition

To make up for my silence, I will be enticing you with a menu fit for any holiday. Apologies to those who have decided to only eat salad in January.

The stuffed pork neck was a wonderful surprise and loved by all (especially the cook because it was easy AND budget-friendly). Also featured today are Hasselback sweet potatoes, Trinchado, Bobotie burgers and baked meatballs. I did these with beef instead of lamb. The tomato risotto has been posted before, but I am sharing it again, because it might just be my favourite side.

I realised that not all of you know that these are linked. All the underlined dishes have a link to the recipe in the PDF that you can download below… that’s why I bother!

FSM-29-menu Download

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021

Fireside dinner menu # 20 – the meat-free edition

I think together with new year resolutions and attempts to reinvent ourselves, there is definitely a trend currently to have a few meat free meals per week. We have not yet gone there, but I did chat to a friend this morning who said that they have now incorporated this into their weekly meal plan.

Cyclone Eloise has brought wet weather to our parts and soup and curry is definitely back on the menu this week!

I, therefore, decided to give you a few options that can be done on the braai. Try these as a side or a main. Scroll down to download the menu with clickable links.

FSM-20-menu-meat-free-options Download

And yes, I know the zucchini slice has bacon listed, you can leave that out.

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