Cooking for four

My husband's parents come to live with us for a week and it has been really fun.  I have a great relationship with my in-laws and I know I will miss them when they leave.  Since they have been here they have helped buy the groceries and make purchases for us.  It's been wonderful to not have to swipe the credit card as often or make any huge purchases.
I'm sorry that I haven't updated for a week but I have some great dinners for you to see.  I've been cooking up a storm but the most fun one to make was Nutella Star bread.  It is really easy to make and really good.

First I have to build up to the grand finale.  One evening I had to cook something really quick and had some beef steaks in the fridge. I sliced it up into strips and started sautéing them.  I then cut up some celery and broccoli.  I had to do something with those as they were starting to go bad.  I also had some tofu in the cupboard so I cut that up and tossed it together with the celery.  I tossed the beef strips with the broccoli, made some steamed rice and called it dinner.  This dinner took me a totally of 20 minutes and allowed me to watch the salt content, oil content and fat.  I was really happy and so was my husband.  He almost ate all of it.  I really want to try to eat less meat, less refined carbs and more veggie carbs and meat.  But moving on to the next picture you'll see that not true yet. 

So I had ground beef that also needed to be used so I decided to make a simple lasagna.  I'm one of those people that likes to look up recipes but when it comes to lasagna, I say anything goes and this was no exception.  I layered it the traditional way but I through it two layers of frozen mixed vegetables.  The vegetables were the perfect tenderness and added some much needed color to this dish.  I would high recommend doing that for all mothers who have picky eaters. 

Lastly I had this apple pie.  I'll be the first to admit that I didn't make this one. I bought it half off at Sainsbury's.  Usually 5 quid but on sale for 2.50.  I was really happy with how it came out and it wasn't sweet at all but nice and sour.  The way I like apple pie, you can taste the sourness. 

Now, the grand finale! Here is a picture:  I know....you are practically drooling over the computer right now.  And trust me it's as good as it looks.

I would recommend doing this and it's really easy.  Just make a basic bread dough, roll out four circles and layer with Nutella.  Then cut strips and twist.  Brush with egg wash and bake! Done!

GO NUTS