yummy veg recipe in the mickey wave..

don't discount the easy to make dishes with few ingredients - sometimes they punch above their weight!

2 cups of diced yellow pumpkin, steamed in the microwave
1 tbsp light curry powder
1 tin of brown lentils, drained and quickly rinsed in the can (just fillup the can with water, tip most out but leave just a little bit left. u want a bit of the flavour and salt the can contains)
handful of washed baby spinach leaves
light vegetable oil (I used a quality peanut oil)

Method

once the diced pumpkin has been steamed, season with the curry powder, and just tip the lentils in, drizzle a good couple of tablespoons of light vegetable oil
add the baby spinach leaves and stand for a couple of minutes.
mix together with a spoon and then serve on a platter

can be eaten as a quick and easy main dish, or as an accompaniment.
serve with crisp breads to soak up the goodness!!
would go really well with baked lamb

The tastiest meal I've had in months..

Served up this little ripper of an asian beef noodle dish last night.  It's Indonesian/Malaysian in style as most other south eastern asian nations steer away from beef for religious or other reasons.

what you need:

packet of good beef bones from coles ($7.50 per kilo)

packet of mee goreng beef noodle and spice mix (65c)

packet of salad greens ($2)

about 1 litre of cold water

in a sauce pan brown the beef pieces over medium-high heat, making sure that the meat is moved around so no sticking or burning occurs. There is no need for oil as the meat will render some fat.

Once brown, add the spice mix, and stir for 1 minute.

Add the cold water, then bring to a boil, turn the heat right down and simmer with a lid on for 40 minutes.

To serve:

As the meat pieces were on the bone, I served the pieces first and just ate with my fingers. Yummy.

Then I turned the soup back on the heat, added the noodles and let it simmer for 2 minutes. Then I served back in the bowl with the salad leaves.  The soup was deliciously beefy and flavoursome from the spices.  The greens just topped it off.