Saturday, November 13, 2010

day three....

woke early and feeling rested...bit of a surprise as the nights sleep was pretty broken.
The dreaded shopping beckoned, so off I set, shopping list in hand, half way down the hill I decided to pick up the Grandies.....hehehe, those little guys hate food shopping as much as I do, so they can be relied on to find and supply some light entertainment.  
We had a few distractions, about 2 1/2 hours worth actually, we were expected home and hadn't even got near the supermarket......however we did buy a few absolute necessities for Xmas, you know the things, advent calendar, decorations for the yard, etc...etc.
We stopped off at muffin break, I had a flat white, they had a feed.

Eventually we had a trolly full and scooted back home to ham and salad sangers for lunch, then a board game or two and then off to the park, got them home about 4 ish.....believe me, it's the only way to attack the dreaded shopping.

A quick lie down with a cuppa, courtesy of the darling and eventually made a bit of a quick meal.  Butterflied fillet steaks with a tomato sauce, jacket baked potato with a greek yoghurt and cottage cheese topping and a green salad.  No sign of Donna at all, but still, although not pretty it was healthy.
Tomato Sauce     makes about 2 cups
1 onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 can chopped tomatoes
1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
tinsy pinch of brown sugar - unless of course the canned tomatoes contain sugar
cracked black pepper and salt
1 teaspoon oil

heat the teaspoon oil in saucepan over medium heat, add onion and garlic and cook over low heat until onion becomes translucent.
Add canned tomatoes, ketchup and sugar if needed.
Season with pepper and salt.
Cover and simmer gently until thickened.
Herbs to suit can be added if desired.  Basil, Thyme, Parsley, Oregano

Potato Topping
1/4 cup greek style yoghurt
1/4 cup cottage cheese, creamed or other
1 teaspoon sweet chilli sauce
dash of minced chilli
finely sliced green onion to garnish.
Mix yoghurt, cottage cheese and chillies together, sprinkle green onion over.

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