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While I am feeling a little more upbeat today, I have cooked a big pot of curried sausages. Food doesn't have that much appeal for me at the moment but I know that I have to eat and healthy meals will stop me eating junk food. My curried sausages is minimum effort, but tastes pretty good. First I brown the sausages in a big pot with a little olive oil spray. Then I cut them into bite size pieces. Then I add a jar of curried sausages simmer sauce and a whole lot of mixed frozen vegies (that are wonderfully peeled and cut up already). That's it, just let it simmer on a low heat while the vegies cook. I serve with a small amount of brown rice. It is filling and does stop my comfort food cravings. I usually get 4 to 5 meals out of a big pot. It's easy to just put some into the freezer and heat in the microwave at a later date.The simmer sauce that I get isn't too hot and spicy either, just enough to give the meal some flavour. Hope that helps someone out who can barely be bothered eating, let alone cooking (how I am so often). Take care!
That's thoughtful of you @SpiderLady to post a simple easy meal. I didn't even know you could buy a curried sausages simmer sauce...did you get it at the supermarket?
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Hello @SpiderLady , I love curried snags but no one else in my house eats it so I don't get it very often. I generally feel to exhuasted to cook dinner and look forward to the cooler months when I can throw stuff into my slower cooker in the morning and it's ready for dinner with very little effort on my part. Hope you have a good afternoon and enjoy your dinner later
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TABSenior Contributor
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Sounds delish @SpiderLady my mother used to do curry with layer of mashed potato on top it had sultanas in it as well , it worked
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SpiderLadySenior Contributor
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Hey @TAB that sounds yummy!
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TABSenior Contributor
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It was mince tho not sausages but good curried sausages are hard to beat esp w tom sauce or HP sauce lol @SpiderLady
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SpiderLadySenior Contributor
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That's a shame @Former-Member that noone else at your place likes curried sausages. I am so with you with the slow cooker. Chuck it in and forget until dinner time. I am not really a fan of cooking and that's why I cook big batches and pick a day when I'm feeling a bit better. I have been so organised today that as well as the curried sausages, I have made a pot of a kind of beef chow mein with rice and what are supposed to be stir fry vegies. I am just letting them simmer. It will still be healthy, just not as enjoyable as a fresh stirfry. I probably won't cook again for a week. The end of the day is my worst time (tired, depressed, pain) so I have my main meal at Lunchtime when I can. That means that I can cook late morning when I don't feel as bad. Have a good afternoon and I am sharing my curried sausages with you online and in spirit.
Yes @NatureLover. Both the big main supermarket chains stock it. It's in a glass jar and I don't think that it's very expensive either. I also don't mind cooking this because I only use one pot, less washing up. (Which I hate and sits and sits until it starts to stink.) It can be difficult to keep motivated don't you think?
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I am glad you where able to get a few meals cooked today @SpiderLady I hope you enjoy your curried sausages 😭 I am not a huge fan of cooking but I love to bake. Everyone in my house knows if mumma is in the kitchen and baking more than one thing, just back away slowly she is not having a good day. The end of the day is the pits, it is my worse time and I dread the night every night. Feel free to tag me in anything. I am always up for a chat.
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NatureLoverSenior Contributor
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@SpiderLady you've inspired me and I've made some cheese sauce for macaroni cheese tonight, for baking properly in the oven and not just chucking grated cheese onto boiled pasta lol. I'll steam some veggies to have with it.
@SpiderLady wrote: The end of the day is my worst time (tired, depressed, pain)...
I am the same. Good on you for cooking ahead of time.
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