Spicy meatballs with coconut noodles - by Jade Tsang

As this is the first post for the Rate my donna blog I'll keep it simple and not bore you with my waffling! This is the "donna" that gave me the idea to do this blog.

The magazine version

One day whilst heavily pregnant Che and I made Donna's spicy meatballs with coconut noodles from issue 54 - I made the mince mixture then went off to the gym, and he put the rest of the dish together. You'd think being 8 months pregnant and just having been to the gym I'd have thought whatever food was placed in front of me was a taste sensation, but both Che and I agreed that the dish was tasty - but - the sauce and mince mixture needed salt, and the mince could have done with marinating if you had the time. Also, we added twice the amount of noodles as the recipe suggested and whilst it wasn't quite as soupy, it worked better for us as we are fatty poombas and like big portions!

Tsanger version!

I made a note in my magazine as I do when I alter one of her recipes and that's when I started thinking wouldn't it be fab to have access to everyone else's little notes and alterations? So here we are! I hope this becomes a little community of cookery obsessed types, where we can show off our creations, inspire each other to give a "donna" a try and share our hints and tips. If I can type that sentence in the least corny way possible!

Issue 54, page 73

PS A big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Elizabeth!!! Yes, the full name, I'm sorry, but I can't change!