Evening Party Meal

Hallo citizens of earth,

How are you people doing today? So I decided to do this post after a lot of thinking. I wasn't sure if I should do this post or something different. As guys know by the title this is a evening meal party. I named it this because, yesterday my friends was eid! since I am a Muslim I celebrate that and I thought of doing a party meal. I also think it will be a fun post as i didn't really give this before and it also has 5 different recipes in 1 so I hope you guys like it if you don’t tell me why in the comment box!

Starter : Pitta Chips with a creamy spinach dip

Ingredients

4 large pita bread

½ teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons olive oil

4 ounces dry vegetable soup mix

8 ounces light sour cream

1 cup  light mayonnaise

10 ounces frozen chopped  spinach

8 ounces water chestnut

Method

• To make the pita chips, split the pita breads in half and cut into 4 triangle shaped pieces.
• Oil a large baking sheet with olive oil and line the pita slices in even rows. Salt the slices well for taste. You can also add some black pepper for a little more spice to it as well.
• Bake at 375 for about 10-12 minutes and the slices are toasted to a golden brown.
• To make the dip, empty the soup mix packet into a medium sized bowl. Add the sour cream and the mayonnaise and stir well.
• Add the drained spinach and the optional water chestnuts and stir well to combine. Chill for at least 2 hours.

Main: Tuna Pasta Bake

Ingredients

600g rigatoni

50g butter

50g plain flour

600ml milk

250g strong cheddar, grated

2 x 160g cans tuna steak in spring water, drained

330g can sweetcorn, drained

large handful chopped coriander

Method

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Boil the pasta for 2 mins less time than stated on the pack. To make the sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour. Cook for 1 min, then gradually stir in the milk to make a thick white sauce. Remove from the heat and stir in all but a handful of cheese

Drain the pasta, mix with the white sauce, tuna, sweetcorn and parsley, then season. Transfer to a baking dish and top with the rest of the grated cheese. Bake for 15-20 mins until the cheese on top is golden and starting to brown.

Sides: Vegetables

Well you can serve any boiled vegetables as you like I am thinking to do peas, sweetcorn and cucumber

Dessert: Classic creamiest rice pudding

Ingredients

4 Cups Whole Milk

1/2 cup raw medium white rice

pinch salt 

1/2 tsp. Vanilla Extract

2 large egg yolks

1/3 cup sugar

Method 

1. Put the milk, rice and salt into a large, heavy saucepan.
2. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
3. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer gently, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Uncover and continue simmering, stirring frequently, until the rice is gentle and the pudding is reduced to about 3-1/2 cups, about 8 minutes. It's important to let the pudding simmer gently, not boil, and you'll need to stir constantly toward the end of cooking to prevent scorching.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla extract  Slowly add the cooked rice mixture,
5. Whisking constantly. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan, making sure to scrape the bowl.
6. Set the pan over medium-low heat and cook, stirring and scraping the sides and bottom of the pan constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture has thickened and coats the back of the spoon, about 1 minute.
7. Remove the pan from the heat. Transfer the pudding to a bowl or serving dish and lay a sheet of plastic wrap right on the pudding's surface to prevent a skin from forming.  

Stuck on a Drink?

Watermelon flavored slushy

Watermelon Slushy

Ingredients

4 cups seedless watermelon

10 ice  cubes     

1/3 cup fresh lime juice                                                           

¼ cup white sugar

1/8 teaspoon salt

Method

place watermelon and ice into a blender.

Pour in lime juice, sugar, and salt. Blend until smooth.

This recipe makes 5 cups. If you want more slushie for more people simply just add more watermelon pieces and ice cubes but 2 ice cubes for each serving

Tuna Pasta Bake

Rice Pudding

Pita Chips with spinach dip

Vegetables !