StickyDango

Made a 30h slow cooker girello (~~top~~ eye of round) the other day and turned it in to a girello and cheese toastie on sourdough bread for dinner tonight. Mixed in gravy and fermented BBQ sauce with the meat. It's 39C, I'm not making anything elaborate today!

Salad was a mix of cos lettuce, grated carrots, capsicum, tomatoes, cucumbers, and red onions. Papaya seed vinaigrette dressing.

Pretty yum and super easy.

I used this recipe for the girello: https://www.craftbeering.com/beef-eye-of-round-roast-slow-cooker/

This for the gravy: https://www.lecremedelacrumb.com/beef-broth-brown-gravy/

And this for the papaya seed dressing: https://houseofnasheats.com/papaya-seed-dressing/

Edit: Too many types of rounds. I meant eye of round, not top round.

What it says in the title. Toasted girello and cheese on sourdough bread.

Talking about cheese earlier today and yesterday made me cave... So I had some low fat tasty cheese to satisfy the craving.

Low cholesterol spread and a sprinkle of Achill Island flaked sea salt on the outside, and mixed in gravy and fermented BBQ sauce with the meat.

Had a salad on the side so it balanced the bread, meat and cheese. 😁 Might make the same again tomorrow, this was a pretty good toastie.

Edit: Too many types of rounds. I meant eye of round, not top round.

I hope this makes the sandwich cut. Lunch today.

Cucumber, lettuce, tomato, capsicum, lettuce, red onion, 30h slow cooked pulled girello 🥵, and some gravy made from the drippings. Dijon mustard and Mayo as the sauces.

Managed to keep most of the filling between the buns while eating.

Edit: I should share the recipes. For the girello/top round pulled meat: https://www.craftbeering.com/beef-eye-of-round-roast-slow-cooker/

And the gravy (admittedly not my favourite, but here it is): https://www.lecremedelacrumb.com/beef-broth-brown-gravy/

• I felt it was missing a little something something, so I thought I would add back in a little bit of fat to see how it went. I added about a tablespoon (or two?) of salted butter. It was better, but still missing something. Not in any way like KFC gravy, but it pairs well enough with the meat.

It doesn't look like eggplant curry, let's be honest 😂, but it tasted incredible.

I also replaced the coconut cream with cashew cream. Saw a 1.2kg bag for sale at Australia Aldi for 19.99 and said why not. It makes me feel way less guilty about eating creamy foods, which I love. My partner couldn't even tell that I'd replaced the coconut cream/milk. He can stop crying for creamy foods now because I've found an adequate coconut cream/milk replacement (I'm supposed to cut down on saturated fats...).

I doubled the eggplant recipe, and it turned out really well.

Also made some pulled girello yesterday, so I'll post a photo for the sandwich fiends once I get around to making said sandwich.

Eggplant curry: https://www.recipetineats.com/eggplant-curry-south-indian/

Cashew cream: https://detoxinista.com/cashew-cream/

Made chickpea curry with potato last night. Recipe called for less potato, but my potatoes were starting to become sentient beings so I had to put them to use.. And who doesn't love potatoes?!

Definitely on the spicy side, so I'd start with less cayenne and add more to taste. Probably didn't help that I used Malaysian curry powder, but it was still delicious and not painful. I'd consider using a bit of coconut cream next time to make up more sauce and mellow the spice for a nice creamy texture.

Highly recommend using a waxy potato so it holds together.

It makes a lot of leftovers. I think the recipe says 5 servings, but it'll do far more than that.

https://www.recipetineats.com/easy-chickpea-potato-curry-chana-aloo-curry/

Lemongrass rice bowl. Made it last night, and will have it again tonight and tomorrow. Chicken has got incredible flavours, and it'll definitely be in the rotation now, just with whatever veggies I have on hand.

Lemongrass chicken breasts, basmati rice, cos lettuce, carrots, cucumbers. I also made the nam jim jaew fish sauce, too.

https://www.recipetineats.com/thai-grilled-chicken-gai-yang/

https://www.recipetineats.com/thai-dipping-sauce-nam-jim-jaew/

Edit: Finished the post. Accidentally hit submit, and then Thunder/server crashed on me when trying to edit.

Toasted sourdough pastrami sandwich, with spinach, red onion, avocado, red capsicum, homemade pickles, mayo and mustard. It was decidedly too big to eat in typical sandwich form, so this was how it was consumed.

Wrap form (cos lettuce instead of spinach):

I made a giant couscous salad, and some pastrami last night in preparation for 40C+ heat this week. There's no way I'm turning on the oven or stove, and I'm not standing outside to BBQ in what feels like a hair dryer on the hot setting.

This will be for things like open-faced sandwiches and wraps. Shaving off the fat in the centre, though. I'm not sure how they managed that, unless the purpose was to "hide" it.

Delicious, regardless. Thanks again, to Nagi Maehashi of RecipeTinEats.

I finally have something a little more substantial to share, and I didn't want to flood anyone's feed every week, so here it is.

I wanted to do the banner just under "Begins" but I forgot that I couldn't source the colour at the time... So off to the shop I go!

Good evening, everyone!

I've done a search through this group and I'm not able to find anything on my topic question, so I'll create a post.

How do you organised your threads? I bought these plastic floss cards from Spotlight, and at first I thought they were a good idea because they'll last longer than cardboard ones, but I'm having troubles with the threads coming undone.

4-6 strands on one seems to hold well, but when there's only two, they start to unravel.

Any tips on how to manage this? Or should I start over with something else? I'm contemplating tiny pieces of painters tape to keep them together. I don't even know if I'm wrapping them correctly.

Also tried trusty Google, but I don't think I've used the right key words. A lot of results are not giving me what I need.

Thanks in advance. 🤗

Am I right to assume "FO" is "Finished object"?

Slow going, but I've had a busy week. Had a wild Friday night with the last of the back stitching.

Now to figure out what to do with it.. Frames can be expensive. 😣 While I think on it, on to the next one that's been sitting for a few months ready to go!

Happy Friday, everyone.

First time posting here. I've finally learned how to navigate Lemmy a little better and have landed here. Thank you for having me.

I used to cross stitch as a kid, and I've picked it up again 25 years later. I'm really enjoying it now that I can count better 😂

Here's a project I picked up last year. I bought it online on Etsy at https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/794868860/foxes-in-the-leaves-easy-cross-stitch?ref

Slowly making my way through it and enjoying every minute.

Edit: Have never attached a photo before, so I've attached it in to URL box.