Dinner at home - from the garden!

My veggie garden provided some of the ingredients for our dinner!!! Very very exciting to get to eat something I grew myself!





I recieved this Thai Marinade paste when I went to Black Pearl Epicure for a fantastic Bloggers dinner and pantry tour, so I decided to put it to use right away.



I marinaded some tofu in one bowl, and some chicken thigh in another bowl.

I left it for only about half an hour, since this was not a well thought out dinner, and we were hungry!

I then simply stir fried the chicken or tofu with some vegies, and a splash of soy sauce to  create a very tasty meal! Both dishes were served with some brown rice!




here is my dinner - the tofu version!



and Janets meal - the chicken version!

The marinade had a really fresh zingy flavour! And my lovely fresh vegies were absolutely delicious!!!!

Out to dinner - Thai Emperor, Augustine Heights

We found yet another Thai Restaurant to try out..... this one is at Augustine Heights (just past Springfield Lakes).  Quite a small restaurant - they were making good use of the outside area to fit more people in!

Crispy Prawns

Spring Rolls (of the meaty variety)

I ordered crispy tofu as an entree, however was later told they had run out of Tofu, but could make me a vegie soup. When it arrived it had Tofu in it! I will assume that the crispy tofu was going to be made using silken tofu!  THis soup was quite bland - just vegetables and tofu in a plain vegetable broth - could have used some chilli or something to give it a bit more flavour! However, it was a huge serve and it would have done me as a main meal.

Chilli Basil Tofu - this was very tasty - a delicious sauce, and nice still crisp vegetables. I could only eat about a quarter of it though, since the soup filled me up!

Massaman Curry (Chicken)

Thai Marinated Chicken - Janet loved this - it was deliciously succulent chicken served with a sweet chilli dipping sauce.

Phuket Thai - Browns Plains

We got a takeaway menu in our letterbox for a Thai restaurant at Browns Plains. I think is where there used to be an Indian restaurant. So we decided to ge some takeaway....

Some vegie spring rolls, which were very tasty

Stirfry tofu with Cashews for me - lots of tofu in this one, I could only eat half of the container - so there is another dinner in the freezer for another day

Sweet & Sour Lamb for Janet.

Might have to go back here again sometime to eat in, since eating in is always better than takeaway -  although it was a little tricky to get to be facing the correct way on the road to turn into the shops.

Out to Dinner - July - Shala Thai, Browns Plains

We were actually planning to go to the new Montezumas at Browns Plains, but so it seems was everyone else. Next time we will book :-) So we happily went to the new Thai place instead.





Fresh flowers on the table

We were given a complimentary plate of prawn chips, which Janet enjoyed.

Whats this? no spring rolls for me? I branched out and ordered the Tofu satay. This was delicious! Crispy on the outside, soft in the centre with a tasty sauce. This would have done me as a main meal.

Janet had the Spring Rolls - these were meaty ones

Steamed rice - yum!

I chose the mongolian tofu - it had a very gingery tang to the sauce. They had heaps of tofu options on the menu, and I want to go back and try some others! I couldn't eat all of this, and took the rest home for another day!

Janet had the honey king prawns

location : shop 5/18 commerce drive, browns plains (behind bunnings)