Lunch should have its own thread

[iona]

Children, feta, beetroot, cherry tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber. Two cups of peppermint tea.

 

[Rebelda]

Small baked potato, quartered and fried in paprika and cayenne. Banana in a pitta.

 

[Epona]

Mushrooms on toast. If I can avoid anyone mentioning Bowie and bursting into tears in front of me for the next hour, I should be able to keep it down ok

 

[sojourner]

Leftover leek and potato soup, with a good dollop of cream stirred into it. Fuck me. Reckon it's the best leek and pot soup I've ever made. I mashed it slightly to break down some of the spuds, and blended about just under half of it. Unbelievably fucking gorgeous

Currently trying not to eat a Twirl as I woke up podgy today. Why does it happen like that? Go to bed feeling normal and quite lean, wake up all podgy!

 

[gentlegreen]

can of fancy lentil and courgette soup - 240kcals
can of ratatouille - 172 kcals
total 412 kcals

 

[iona]

Tuna, beetroot, feta, lettuce, cucumber and cherry tomatoes. Dried plums. Coffee.

 

[sojourner]

I'm experimenting with tinned soups this week, as it's so frigging cold at work I need something hot, and I'm sick of baked spuds, beans and noodles, and I just don't have the time to make something every night for lunch.

So today I tried Baxters 'Hearty' Tomato, Chorizo and Mixed Bean soup. And it was surprisingly good!

 

[iona]

Same salad I've been having all week, with cooked chicken pieces from a shop today. Coffee.

 

[Rebelda]

Falafel kofte, avocado, red jalapeños, gherkin, lettuce and coriander in a wrap.

 

[discobastard]

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[gentlegreen]

Can chickpeas, bag of crispy salad, honey and mustard dressing.

 

[Rebelda]

Wrap with avocado, lettuce, spicy lentil and coconut falafels (bloody delicious), coriander and lime pickle.

 

[colacubes]

Chicken and butternut squash soup.

 

[purenarcotic]

Wrap with avocado, lettuce, spicy lentil and coconut falafels (bloody delicious), coriander and lime pickle.

God I want this so very much.

 

[moose]

coconut falafels

coconutwhatnow? WHERE FROM, WOMAN????

 

[Rebelda]

coconutwhatnow? WHERE FROM, WOMAN????

These


Sainsburys, Morrisons and ocado do em.

 

[moose]

Fab, thanks, I'll look out for them!

 

[Orang Utan]

Bolognese sauce on a baked potato.
Had this yesterday and it was a bit dismal as I had to heat it up in the work microwave and though the bolognese was fine enough, the spud was soggy, esp the skin.
Anyone know if there's a way to keep things crispy in a microwave? Actually, might start a thread on it.

 

[polly]

Sainsburys, Morrisons and ocado do em.

Not round here they don't My local Morrisons thinks Dolmio and Old El Paso is World Food. Seriously.

I meant to ask if you made the falafel kofte yourself? Sounds like a great idea: giant falafel

 

[polly]

Bolognese sauce on a baked potato.
Had this yesterday and it was a bit dismal as I had to heat it up in the work microwave and though the bolognese was fine enough, the spud was soggy, esp the skin.
Anyone know if there's a way to keep things crispy in a microwave? Actually, might start a thread on it.

Oil on the skin first? It wouldn't help the inside though.

 

[Orang Utan]

Oil on the skin first? It wouldn't help the inside though.

Wouldn't that just make it, well, oily?

 

[polly]

Wouldn't that just make it, well, oily?

I don't know! I don't think so. But this says use salt, which sounds plausible but a faff if you're at work and people are tutting behind you for use of the microwave.

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't know! I don't think so. But this says use salt, which sounds plausible but a faff if you're at work and people are tutting behind you for use of the microwave.

that's for spuds that haven't been cooked all the way through yet though.
I've already baked it with oil and salt, like I always do.
A baked potato without crispy skin might as well be a boiled potato.

 

[polly]

that's for spuds that haven't been cooked all the way through yet though.
I've already baked it with oil and salt, like I always do.
A baked potato without crispy skin might as well be a boiled potato.

You're right, but the 'science' might still apply? Another site said wrap in paper towel to absorb moisture. That's all I've got. Baked potatoes should be things of beauty though, so I am sad that yours was shit. Let us know if you come up with the answer

 

[Orang Utan]

Yeah, I'm gonna wrap it in a paper towel and see what happens.
Wont's get to eat it until three though.

 

[Rebelda]

Not round here they don't My local Morrisons thinks Dolmio and Old El Paso is World Food. Seriously.

I meant to ask if you made the falafel kofte yourself? Sounds like a great idea: giant falafel

Oh dear. Online?

The kofte is the same brand.

 

[polly]

Oh dear. Online?

The kofte is the same brand.

Nah, they get the online stuff locally too I will just have to make something similar

 

[Rebelda]

Nah, they get the online stuff locally too I will just have to make something similar

I doubly they'd be difficult, I'm just lazy

 

[oneflewover]

Mature Cheddar and red onion sandwich with low GI doorstep cut bread and an eccles cake. The bread and pastry come from a local bakery, what Suvvern folk would call Artisnal and we Hull folk call local bakery

 

[iona]

Spinach, chicken and avocado with lemon juice.