Food and the preparation of such, outside of other creativity is without question one of my greatest passions! It does not matter whether I am frying eggs or prepping a 3 course meal for guests - I just love the therapy of it! Actually, if I am honest, I quite like ALL THREE of my passions combined - preferably simultaneously...lol! - That being food, music and wine! They truly are a fabulous combination!!!

Yesterday, as I shared in my Tomatoes, Tea with Audrey Hepburn and Dinner Decisions - #Ulog Entry No. 5 post - I had spotted a recipe in a magazine after using it as a backdrop to my brunch photo haha... and so I decided that "this" would be what I made for dinner...

This was the snap shop from the mag which caught my attention....

As ususal, I skimmed briefly over the recipe ingredients and then immediately summised my own evil and NON recipe compliant plans moving forward... MWAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

thanks Giphy

and so, as promised - here is my recipe/rule breaking concoction!!! hehehehe...

Coriander Curried Mince with Stir Fry Veg & Egg Noodles

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Ok so I did not do the mince in a traditional sequence and that was because I had to cook the mince "plain" to accommodate my 8 yr old son who is really not that in to curry yet lol (although, having said that - I did make him eat it as is tonight, and despite the moaning about his mouth spontaneously combusting - he actually finished it - with the help of the good Samaritan cucumber on his plate obviously. lol)

Right, so to start, I heated the pot (DUH!) with little olive oil, added one finely chopped onion a generous amount of chopped garlic and ginger and fried that until golden. Then I added the mince, a little salt and freshly ground pepper, a chicken stock cube and some red wine... Yes, I am turning my 8 yr old into a food alcoholic just like me LOL

After about 6 or 7 min, I removed his portion of mince and proceeded to add the HEAVIES haha... which consisted of Mother in Law Masala (you know its bad when... lol) and Eleven in one Masala and then some random generic "HOT" curry powder, compliments of Cartwrights. lol - I then added some more garlic and ginger, a generous handful of freshly chopped coriander - and some more wine - HAHAHAHA... just kidding!!!!! (maybe) lol

Once the zing zing was in,
I added the can of coconut milk and stirred that in...

Then I added the pre-packed stir fry mix, (yes because I was lazy 'n all) lol and let that diminish for a few min, which it does... and fast!

Turn the heat medium to low, pop the lid on an walk away! Thats the main done - all you have to prep after that is the pasta / rice etc. On this occasion, I opted for egg noodles over zoodles (@thereikiworld), mostly because Jude manipulated my rubber arm in the shop hahaha!!! Eggggg noodles mommmyyyy, EGGGGG NOOOOODLES!!!!! - it is challenging to say no to that lol!

And as a palate cool down, I did a salsa style, diced salad - consisting of cucumber, tomato, baby spinach, fresh coriander and feta cheese. (no seasoning - it REALLY isn't necessary, not in my opinion anyway lol)

and so peeps and @herverisson there it is... my re-hashed version of the original haha!

voila!

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Until next time...
Much Love from Cape Town, South Africa xxx

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