Lunch should have its own thread

[Rebelda]

Roast chicken, potatoes, broccoli, beans, cabbage and gravy.

 

[sojourner]

Yep - houmous on toast is fucking well lush.

 

[bi0boy]

Cold sliced roast beef, egg mayonnaise, emmental cheese, mixed lettuce leaves, butter, pita bread, dipped in cold beef gravy

 

[May Kasahara]

We went to PILs' for lunch: roast chicken, roast potatoes, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, peas, gravy, followed by lemon tart, cream, ice cream, raspberries and blueberries

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Tin of baked beans with chilli flakes.

 

[Biddlybee]

Bacon and mushroom sarnie, bit of salad, one falafel with houmous, scone for pud.

Need tea, but no milk

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

Beans on toast.
Coffee.

 

[May Kasahara]

We had chicken and bacon tagliatelle with courgettes, peppers and wild garlic pesto.

 

[polly]

Avocado and lettuce sandwich, then I comfort-ate an entire Easter egg while listening to the news headlines.

 

[May Kasahara]

A massive hummus and salad wrap - it had cucumber, pepper, beetroot, carrot and peppadews in it.

 

[ringo]

Experimental sandwich. Bloomer with egg mayonnaise, ham, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, red onion, salad cream and black pepper.

The salad cream was a mistake, too sloppy and messy to eat but otherwise very nice. Although I do now feel a bit sick.

Might not have again [emoji23]

 

[Biddlybee]

Salad cream and mayo?

 

[ringo]

Salad cream and mayo?

I KNOW THAT NOW

 

[sojourner]

I made a tomato biryani for the first time on Saturday and omg it was fucking well nice!! Didn't put cloves in cos hate them, and used some creamed coconut cos no tinned. Wow. Erm, and the point of saying all that was that I had leftovers of it for my lunch today

 

[polly]

I made a tomato biryani for the first time on Saturday and omg it was fucking well nice!! Didn't put cloves in cos hate them, and used some creamed coconut cos no tinned. Wow. Erm, and the point of saying all that was that I had leftovers of it for my lunch today

Ooh, sounds lovely - have you got a recipe??

I had a big piece of toast with feta, chopped up raw sugar snaps, chilli, olive oil and mint. I picked the mint in the garden and shortly after eating it discovered a ginormous, dog sized* turd that my cat had not even bothered to cover, right nearby Having very hot tea now to kill any germs in my stomach

*like a dog might produce, not the size of an actual dog

 

[sojourner]

polly - I have this. I'd only skim read it in the past so when it came to cooking it, the line about 'electric rice cooker' threw me a little haha I just followed my own method of doing basmati rice and that worked fine. And that method is bring to boil, lid on, simmer on lowest light for 10 mins, turn off heat, leave for 5 mins. Ready. Nom. Didn't bother pureeing toms first either, just chopped up some vine toms and fried 'em.


Tomato Biriyani

4 Tomatoes
2 Onions
4 Cloves
3-inch Cinnamon stick
1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
few Curry leaves
1/2 cup Coconut milk
1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
1/2 tbsp Chilli powder
1 1/2 tbsp Salt
1 1/2 cup Rice
2 tbsp Oil

Puree the tomatoes initially and set it aside.

Heat oil in a pan followed by cloves, cinnamon, ginger garlic paste, curry leaves, onions.
Saute it until the onions turn reddish brown.

Then add the tomatoes to it along with turmeric, chilli powder and salt.

To it add coconut milk followed by rice. Pour 2 cups of water to it.

Let it boil for 3 minutes. Switch off the pan.

Transfer it to the electric rice cooker.


It's from here...Tomato Biriyani : Sri Lanka Recipes : Malini's Kitchen

 

[polly]

Thanks so much for writing all that out sojourner that sounds lush!

 

[sojourner]

Thanks so much for writing all that out sojourner that sounds lush!

You are more than welcome It is soooo good! I'd been meaning to do it for ages and never got round to it, but needed to boost meagre freezer-foraged curry, already had tomatoes and a block of creamed coconut and rice so did it. Deffo gonna be a regular I think!

 

[polly]

You are more than welcome It is soooo good! I'd been meaning to do it for ages and never got round to it, but needed to boost meagre freezer-foraged curry, already had tomatoes and a block of creamed coconut and rice so did it. Deffo gonna be a regular I think!

I have freezer content envy! Mine is full of frozen mice (for the pet snake) and chicken dippers. I also realised that I am living under the tyranny of other people's irrational anti tomatoism, so might have to make a big batch and find some room in there so I can forage curry just for me too

 

[sojourner]

Today I had a tin of sardines in tommy sauce, on 2 pieces of buttered toast, with a dollop of chilli pickle ont side.

 

[polly]

Big piece of sourdough toast with feta, mint, grated courgette and chili. Then sweet chili Ritz crackers.

 

[May Kasahara]

Meal deal from M&S - cheese and onion sandwich, s+v crisps and some fizzy water, eaten in a room on my own while waiting for someone who was two hours late to a meeting.

 

[Rebelda]

Brown rice, salt beef, mint, salad, red cabbage (cooked but cold), gherkins and horseradish. Delicious.

 

[polly]

Toast with avocado and garlicky chili sauce with leftover pasta sauce on top. Hot and cold together

 

[polly]

Chips in pitta. Nowhere near as nice when one is not shitfaced.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

I am making tomorrow's lunch - pea and ham soup, but going off piste by adding half an already cooked parsnip, some asparagus remains, a rind of parmesan cheese and half a chipotle (?) chilli.

 

[Callie]

Linguine vongole

 

[May Kasahara]

Linguine vongole

Mmmmmm.

I had a tuna, cheese, cucumber and peppadew sandwich on sourdough bread.

 

[May Kasahara]

Spiral pasta with halloumi, flash-fried tomato and pepper with garlic, capers, basil and olive oil.

 

[Biddlybee]

Mmmmm, apart from the capers

I had falafel, chips, half a flat bread and houmous. Girl had sausage and chips.

On the sofa in front of the telly