A Pleasant Evening.

I had my birthday dinner last night, and it was a very enjoyable evening, with some family and close friends.:) Good food & good wine was had by all.:)
The menu I served,
Starters: Stuffed Onions on Jasmine Rice with Mushroom & White Wine Sauce.
Main: Slow Cooked Pepper Steak with Hokkien Noodles and Honey Pineapple Chicken.
Dessert: Passionfruit Cheesecake.

We had an audience, you can just see Oggy in prime spot under the table.:rolleyes: :D
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And here's a pic I did for Pamela's Kitchen of the stuffed onions.:)
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The Recipe,
Stuffed Onions /inspired by Pamela’s Kitchen

· 8 large white onions
· 250gm beef mince
· 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper
· 1 egg, beaten
· 3/4 package cream cheese, softened
· 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
· 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
· 2 tablespoons butter, melted
· 1 thai chili sliced
· 1/2 teaspoon paprika
· 1 cup of cooked rice

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. Lightly grease a baking dish.
2. Prepare rice. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Peel onions and slice off the tops; boil for 12 to 15 minutes, or until tender but not mushy. Drain, cool and remove the centers, leaving the shell intact. Chop onion centers and reserve 1/2 cup.
3. Place mince in a large, deep fry pan. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain and set aside, reserving drippings. Saute green pepper and 1/2 cup chopped onion in mince drippings, add chili.
4. In a large bowl combine green pepper, onion, mince, egg, 1 cup cooked rice, cream cheese, oregano and parsley. Spoon mixture into onion shells and place in prepared dish. Combine melted butter and paprika; brush tops of onions.
5. Cover and bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Uncover, and bake an additional 5 minutes.
Mushroom & white wine sauce:
10 button top mushrooms diced.
1 tablespoon of butter
2 tablespoons of plain flour
½ cup of dry white wine (use something that you would drink. A good excuse to open a bottle in fact)
1 cup of beef stock
Salt & fresh ground black pepper
Sauce: Saute mushrooms. Mix flour with 3 tablespoons of pan juices. Place pan over a low heat. Add wine & stock & stir until thickened. Season with salt & pepper.

Trev sounds like an awesome Birthday dinner, hope it was not spoilt by the Rugby, he he sorry just had to take a dig, BTW Aussie started off really well though.

Your menu sounds very nice indeed, I am sure a good time was had by all, BTW how old are you now? MANY HAPPY BELATED RETURNS.:)

Wow! It sounds great. Those stuffed onions look delicious. I would love to try those. I'm no cook though and I know they wouldn't turn out right for me;). The whole menu sound wonderful. Do you have recipes for everything? I think I need to visit Pamela's Kitchen;). Thanks for getting a pic in of those cute furkids also.

I'm glad that you had a very nice birthday celebration with your family and friends!

i will be using this recipie!! thanks trev

Sounds like wonderful celebration Trev!! The menu sounds devine! Glad to see the kids got into the action too. We love your house and it's another beautiful picture of Possum and Flute but we must be blind as we can barely see Oggy:) Thanks for sharing!

Terry, Daisy and Delilah:cool:

That sounds like a wonderful menu - and the onions look wonderful! Sounds like you had a good birthday also and I am glad:)

Thankyou everyone.:)

I'm 41 years old now Carol.:eek: and I was not unduly worried about the rugby, I actually thought we would get hammered by a lot more.:D (the cricket is a tad more of a worry:( )

I am glad to see you had a good eveing Trevor :D.

Happy birthday (late of course :o ) Trev! I just made Gini's potato casserole over the weekend for the family and it was a WINNER, so now I must try the stuffed onions. May I ask a silly question though? What would 250 gm beef mince be?? Just a tad of minced up cooked beef like left over steak or roast? Ground beef? Sorry, I guess I'm not as International as I had hoped :o It sounds like a lovely birthday and I'm so very glad to hear it :cool:

Sorry I just saw this. Trevor I am glad you had a great birthday and the dinner looks great! Happy Late Birthday!

Awesome sounding dinner!! I will have to try those onions, they look yummy!!

Ooh, you're making me hungry now! It looks great! Glad everyone enjoyed it.

Trev my son is somewhat dismayed with the cricket too, he wants you guy's to win, but it is not looking too promising is it?

41 eh mate you are still a spring chicken.:D

So sorry Trev, I missed telling you HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Dinner looks great. 41? I'm right behind you. Hope you had a great day.

Trev!!!

Happy Happy Birthday!!!

Damn shame we could not meet up last week!!!
Howz the new job going????