Top 5 meals I ate within the week #5

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I’ve always said that 5 is my lucky number.

I just have to share 5 meals in week #5 of this contest with you after I’ve been invited 5 times to participate.

Name: Hearty oxtail stew with dumplings or rice

Type of meal: Supper on Monday

Cost of meal: +/- R 150 (South African Rand) or 48.77 Steem

Servings: 6

There is nothing nicer on a cool winter’s evening than a warm stew, and if it is with oxtail, it is fit for a king. I first browned the oxtail and then slow cooked it for +/- 3 hours until it was soft and tender. The vegetables were added for the last 15 – 20 minutes.

To top it off, I made some dumplings.

I made the dumplings from 2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 2 dessert spoons of butter or margarine, and lastly, salt and pepper to taste. I mixed all the ingredients with my fingers until it was smooth. I then add some mild to make it into a dough texture.

I then dropped spoonfuls of the batter into the boiling stew and let it simmer in the grave for 10 minutes. They are absolutely delicious, especially when they’ve soaked up the gravy.

As my husband is not very fond of dumplings I cooked some rice for him.

Name: Crackling pork chop with smashed potatoes and sour cream served with an avocado salad

Type of meal: Supper on Tuesday

Cost of meal: +/- R 100 (South African Rand) or 32.51 Steem

Servings: 4

We love pork and have pork chops at least once a week. I will bake them in the oven until the skin is crackling.

What I made for this evening with the pork chops were smashed potatoes. Yes, you’ve read it right. Not mashed potato, but smashed potato.

I will boil the potatoes until almost soft, place them in the pan with the pork chop, take the masher, and smash the potato until it is almost flat. I then add some olive oil and potato spice and let it bake with the pork chops until the skin is all crispy. It is to die for. You can also top them with cheese before you bake them. Once cooked, I added some sour cream to them, as I had some in the fridge.

I served a healthy avocado salad with it.

Name: Breakfast pizza

Type of meal: Breakfast on Saturday

Cost of meal: +/- R 50 (South African Rand) or 16.26 Steem

Servings: 4

This is my famous breakfast pizza. I will fry some bacon in a big round pan. I will then add whatever left-over food I have in the fridge. In this case, I added some smoked cheese sausages and mushrooms. I will then whip 4 eggs with a bit of milk and add them to the pan. Lastly, I will add some seasoning and top it with cheese. What is a pizza without cheese? Everything is then left to slowly cook on top of the stove, or it can be baked in the oven.

Once cooked, I will slice it into pieces with my pizza cutter and serve it just like a pizza.

Breakfast pizza is a family favorite.

Name: South African braai

Type of meal: Supper

Cost of meal: +/- R 160 (South African Rand) or 52.02 Steem

Servings: 8

South Africans love to "braai", similar to an open fire barbeque.

When there is rugby, there is a braai!

Yesterday, our national rugby team, the Springboks, played Wallace in a warm-up match before the start of the Rugby World Cup next month. This was a good reason to light the fire.

On the grill, we had peri-peri chicken with smoked pork sausage, which I get from a butcher nearly 700 km from us. I served it with Portuguese buns, lightly buttered. We ate it from the grill as the match unfolded.

It was a win not only for the family but also for South Africa. Just the right taste of what is coming with the World Cup.

Name: Rice pudding with vanilla custard

Type of meal: Lunch

Cost of meal: +/- R 30 (South African Rand) or 9.75 Steem

Servings: 8

Dessert is a must on a Sunday. Today I took some leftover rice and turned it into a dessert.

Put the rice in a buttered dish. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the rice and place some humps of butter or margarine here and there. Whip 6 eggs and some milk together, pour it over the rice, and bake it in the oven until the egg is cooked.

All that is left is to serve it with custard or ice cream.

This concludes my 5 top meals for the week.

All that is left is to wonder what I can put on the menu for this coming week.

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