What's Cooking This Weekend.?

[EcclesCake]

I've got a pot of Chilli Colorado simmering away that I'll have with plain rice and a tomato and pepper salad later.

I'm going to cook extra rice for fried rice tomorrow that I'll have with some sort of sticky Chinese chicken and a cucumber salad.

What have you got lined up for lunch/supper this weekend?

[mallyh]

spiced chicken pieces coleslaw jacket spuds and salad followed by fruit and greek yogurt

[woofgang]

sweet potato and lime soup with king prawns last night, either paella or clam chowder tonight.

[NoMercy]

Rotisserie chicken with salad later on. I have not got a clue about tomorrow yet.

[EcclesCake]

I've been really fancying a baked spud but can't be bothered for just me. Had I been better organised I could have cooked my chilli in the oven and had a spud cooking alongside :-(

That all sounds lovely Woofgang, what other flavourings go into the sweet potato soup?

[anneasquith]

chilli colorado ? do you have the recipe. ?

[anneasquith]

baked spud, really quick in the microwave

[mallyh]

you can do spuds in microwave then just give them a 15min blast in the oven

[Buenchico]

There's a casserole in my oven at the moment. (Probably for consumption around 4pm but I might turn the gas down and have it later). It's hardly 'haute cuisine'; it's just oxtail (cup) soup plus tomato puree, with some 'value' mince in it, together with onions, leeks, carrots and baby new potatoes.

However the casserole dish is completely full (as I will be later!) and the whole lot only cost around a pound, so that will be my main meal for the day. (Indeed, it might be my only meal; I'm a light eater, so I might just have some cheese and biscuits at suppertime).

[shaneystar2]

Tonight I've got to cook a small gammon joint as it went out of date yesterday,so that with new potatoes and salad and tomorrow my son is coming for his dinner so it's beef goulash,potato dumplings and savoy cabbage.

[tenrec]

I will have a choice of "knock downs" from various shops. Haven't decided quite what, but could be interesting food combinations!

[rockyracoon]

I love these threads, you get so many good ideas :)

I'm going out for a curry tonight so no cooking for me, yay.

What's Chilli Colorado?

[Buenchico]

>>>I will have a choice of "knock downs" from various shops.

That's definitely the best approach. The reason I'm having a casserole is to finish off the bag of short-dated casserole veg I bought in the Co-op the other day.

[EcclesCake]

Hope you are settling into your new home NoM.

Anne, chilli Colorado is a beef stew similar to chilli con carne but cooked with cubed beef and no beans. I don't really follow a recipe, mine is made with a purée of roasted New Mexico chiles. You can cheat and use chilli flakes and or chilli powder, I also add ground cumin & coriander, dried oregano & tarragon. Leave it to gently simmer for a few hours.

Sorry guys, but I loathe spuds that have been nuked in the microwave, IMHO they need the long cooking in the oven to drive off some moisture to get the lovely fluffy inside.

[MadMen]

Jacket potato. Tuna. Loads of salad.

Microwaving a spud is murder!

[Buenchico]

>>>What's Chilli Colorado?

Chile with garlic:
http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/authenticfamilyrecipes/r/chilecolorado.htm

[Buenchico]

What, no garlic in yours, EC?

I also tend to make chili dishes without the beans, and also on a no-recipe 'just chuck it in' basis. I'll often add ginger.

[MadMen]

In fact, cooking anything in a microwave is murder.
They should be banned!

Forgot to say, I'll be having Mexican tomorrow. Lush!

[Clanad]

Here in the western U.S., Chili Colorado[i is long simmered chunks of beef (usually rump roast or some such cheaoer cut) in a [i]Colorado] suauce. Colorado sauce has to do with the color... red and takes some planning and work since the ruly Mexican version we use takes several different chilis to get the right flavor... There's several good recipes n the web if you want to try it.

Meat should be seared first and then slow cooked until it tends to fall apart.

Real secret to great Chili Colorado is a home cooked pot of Frijoles... staple of any Mexican cooking...

[EcclesCake]

I took the base of fried onion and garlic as a given Chris :-)

I know longer have a microwave and don't miss it at all.

[ummmm]

I prefer baked potatoes done in the microwave.

Not sure what we're having yet.