One Pan Sausage Bake with Gravy

Found this on RecipeTin, and it's delicious!! 

I was out of oregano so I added a little paprika, celery salt and mixed herbs.

One Pan Sausage Bake with Gravy  (Serves 4 – 5)

 

Vegetables:

 700g / 1.4 lb baby potatoes halved

3 carrots, 2”/5cm pieces

2 red onions cut into 8 wedges or 1 large onion

2 garlic minced

2 tbsp olive oil

2 tsp dried thyme

1 tsp dried oregano

Salt and pepper

8 Sausages of choice (500 - 700 g / 1 - 1.4 lb)

Oil spray (optional)

Gravy:

2 tbsp (30g) butter unsalted

2 1/2 tbsp flour (plain / all purpose)

2 cups (500 ml) beef broth/stock (or chicken)

DIRECTIONS 

Preheat oven to 200C (standard) or 180C (fan forced)

Place vegetable in a large bowl, along with oil, garlic, thyme, oregano, salt and pepper.  Toss well to coat. 

Add sausages and toss briefly, pour into pan, move sausages to top. 

Gravy 

In the same bowl used for the vegetables, add butter and flour. Whisk. Add a bit of beef broth and whisk, then whisk in remaining broth. Pour down the side of the pan (don’t pour over the sausages or veggies). 

Optional: Spray sausages with oil - browns slightly better (especially lean sausages). 5. Bake 25 minutes. Turn sausages. Spray again with oil (optional) then bake for a further 25 minutes or until sausages are browned and potatoes are soft. 

Serve Sausages and Vegetables with Gravy on top, garnished with fresh thyme leaves if desired.  If gravy is too thin, remove vagetables and sausages and return pan to over for a few mins to thicken.

Classic cinnamon tea cake

Ingredients

60 gram butter, plus 15g extra (both portions at room temperature)

1/2 cup caster sugar, plus 1 tablespoon extra

1 egg, at room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup self-raising flour

1/3 cup cup milk

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced).

2. Cream butter, sugar, egg and vanilla until light and creamy. Stir in sifted flour and milk, beat lightly until smooth.

3. Spread mixture into well-greased 20cm sandwich tin and bake for 15-20 minutes.

4. Turn onto wire rack. Combine extra sugar with cinnamon and sprinkle over cake. Serve warm with butter.

April Catch_Up 2026

 April was a bisy month!

Renee and Jack come over for Easter and bonus she was here for her birthday too!  We had a lovely day easter egg hunting with a morning tea, then out to dinner that night as the Kalamunda Hotel.

 

I finally to to try out my circut mini heat press!

 

on the 11th, we had a picnic at Whitemen Park and watched the Tractor Parade - Granddad has been a volunteer at the tractor mussum for quite a while, and this is one of the tractor he has rebuilt.

16th My new lounge room curtains went up! 

Which of course ment I needed new plants as I lot on my didn't survise being outside due the ceiling replacement, and others had simply got too big and have found homes in the patio.

I got new earings!  Tony and Amanda gifted me a voucher to Sarah & Sebastian to get my ears re-pierced....As it turned out my ears had not closed over, so she just placed my new earing in and that was it. 

 

My new earring sare clalled Crystialline, in Platium.  And my ears haven't reacted at all, so I might be shopping of more platium earrings! 

I enjoyed a great day with my sister-in-law, something we haven't done a lot of, just us girls together! 

on the 25th , Ethan flew off to Melbourne to for a weeks holiday with Izzy.

And I scrapped 2 page all month....

Creamy Paprika Chicken with Rice

This has been given the families stamp of approval!

Super easy and ready in about 30 mins

I found this on line at Easy Recipes  But have tweeked it a bit.

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts (cubed) 

1 cup heavy cream - I use 1 tub of Philadelphia light cooking cream

3 garlic cloves (minced)

1-2 tsp paprika 

1 bunch of broccolini

1/2 diced onion

2 tbsp butter 

1 tbsp olive oil 

Salt & black pepper 

Fresh parsley 

Directions

Season chicken with paprika, salt & pepper - let marinage while you rincse the rice and put on to cook, dice the onion and wash the broccolini

Cook chicken in butter & olive oil until golden 

Add garlic and onion, then pour in cream & simmer 5 mins.

Add broccolini and simmer for a further 2 mins

Serve over rice & garnish with parsley

Cowboy Butter Chicken Linguine

Found this dish on Facebookpost by Quotidian Recipes.

It's delish!!!   I switched the heavy cream to cooking cream, and skipped the chilli flakes and added a tiny dash of white vinegar.

Family said I have to make it again!

 

 Ingredients:

12 oz linguine pasta

1 lb chicken breast, sliced

2 tbsp olive oil

4 tbsp butter

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 cup heavy cream

1/2 cup chicken broth

1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 tsp Dijon mustard

1 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp chili flakes, optional

1/2 tsp Italian seasoning

Salt and pepper, to taste

Fresh parsley, for garnish

 

Instructions:

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the linguine according to the package directions. Drain and set aside. This takes about 8 to 10 minutes, depending on the pasta.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

Season the sliced chicken with salt, pepper, and paprika, then cook until golden and fully cooked through. Remove the chicken and set aside. This usually takes about 8 to 10 minutes total.

 

In the same skillet, melt the butter. Add the minced garlic and cook for about 30 seconds until fragrant.

Stir in the Dijon mustard, Italian seasoning, and chili flakes if using.

Pour in the chicken broth and heavy cream, then simmer for 3 to 4 minutes until the sauce thickens slightly.

Stir in the Parmesan cheese until melted and smooth.

Return the cooked chicken and linguine to the skillet and toss until everything is evenly coated in the creamy sauce.

Garnish with fresh parsley and serve warm.

A salad or crusty bread would go nicely on the side. Leftovers can be reheated gently in a skillet with a splash of broth or water.

 

 

Messy March Round-Up

 Well March was a very ....very messy month.

We decided to pause research on the kitchen reno and do the lounge/dinning room ceiling

On the 9th we, that's the royal we)..... Hubby and a mate starting pulling down the ceiling

  

New insulation

    

My floor getting absolutely ruined....

By the 17th it was up.....A week later Gary had washed the wall and I only have some little touch ups to.

I did entertain the idea of simble elegant hanging lights, but with the air vents we decided on downlights instead.   And we couldn't be happier with them!  A well light room is wonderful! ...haha! 

Sadly the floor will need some repair work at a later stage. 

New curtians have been ordered and hopefully will be up by the end of April when I will take a photo of the completed room. 

On the 29th of March I had lunch with Anne-Marie and Sue at Swan Valley 

I have starting designing kits for Mystical again, so I'm hoping to get a few ready soon...

February Round up

 February was a 'fairly' quiet month, but we did start on some big renovation plans! 

Finally caught up with my BBF for a late birthday lunch at Mash Brewery, nice food, but they don't serve coffee!

Girls spoiled me with some lovely gifts, a cute doormat and a colouring book, not pictured, and some extra cash, which I will use to replace my lounge pot planters.

We got started on getting some quotes for a new kitchen. After our bathroom disaster, the stress of trying to choose a good builder is really difficult.  I find myself second-guessing myself and doubting everything that I'm told!

Here's my colour inspiration

Had a lovely lucnh/afternoon with Anne-Marie at the Guildford Pub...

And had a quick mid week get-a-way to Sydney to see a show!

My cousin Frances came up form Canderra and we stayed at the faboulous Paradox Sydney.  Gorgeous hotel and amazing staff!

We saw The Grreat Gatsby by BIG Live

It was spetcular and Capitol Theatre was an eye opener too... Much bigger then our His Majesty;e theatre here in Perth.

Found a quaite pub for a little dinner and cocktail before the show

We had great seats! 

High tea at the Shangri-La... 

We had a lovely few days, meet Amander for lunch and just had dinner at the hotel.  It was so nice spending a few days together... I think a cousin get-a-way needs to become a regualar thing!! 

No scrapping for Feb, still enjoying a bit of a break