Lunch should have its own thread

[May Kasahara]

I'm at home with my daughter who has chickenpox (but is so not sick, iyswim ) so we've done the decent thing and had Heinz tomato soup with bread and butter on the side. Obligatory day-off-sick food.

 

[polly]

I'm at home with my daughter who has chickenpox (but is so not sick, iyswim ) so we've done the decent thing and had Heinz tomato soup with bread and butter on the side. Obligatory day-off-sick food.

Poor C...? I was going to have this lunch too but someone has eaten the soup. So I had a cheese and chutney sandwich.

 

[iona]

Homemade sweet potato falafel, roasted veg (courgette, red onion, red/orange/yellow peppers), feta, avocado, romaine lettuce and cucumber with loads of black pepper and lemon juice.

So good, I instagramed it

 

[Biddlybee]

Ooh that looks good!

 

[moonsi til]

Looks amazing iona

I have made a pasta salad with wholewheat pasta, roasted red pepper, chopped tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, basil & garlic. Should have chives but I don't have any and it smells so strongly of garlic that I'm afraid for me at work later!

 

[polly]

I'd pay good money for that, iona!

 

[Thimble Queen]

Cold chili wrap with all the things inside inc sweet red pepper, jalapeños, spring onion, tortilla chips, sriracha, sour cream and cheese.

 

[sojourner]

I've still got ham left. You know the score.

 

[iona]

Cappuccino. Falafel salad again. We get to eat something for free at volunteering so had a piece of cake after - not sure what, sort of plain sponge that tasted of lemon and maybe ginger or some kind of syrup? It was nice anyway.

 

[Hellsbells]

too much rubbish as per usual

 

[Rebelda]

How did you make your falafel iona?

 

[May Kasahara]

Sandwich lunch provided* at work as we had visitors from the DfE.

*by me and my colleagues, via m&s...bloody knackered after running around all day.

 

[iona]

How did you make your falafel iona?

• Two tins of chickpeas and one tin of broad beans - drained, rinsed (giving them a good swish around in a sink of cold water will help take the skins off the chickpeas, although that's not essential if you can't be bothered with the extra faff - I don't) and dried
• Two smallish sweet potatoes, cooked and skin taken off
• An egg (although I think with the sweet potato it was moist and held together well enough without egg)
• Finely chopped onion (any kind) and garlic, fried until soft
• Whatever seasoning you want to use (those were salt, pepper, cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, coriander, chilli, ginger, garam masala and fresh parsley in various quantities)

Mash everything together until nearly smooth - would be much easier with a food processor but I only had a potato masher Roll into balls and bake on a lined or lightly greased tray at 180-200°C for 25-40 minutes, turning occasionally. You might find it helps to refrigerate the mix before making into falafel and/or before baking.

I've written that on my phone over several walks in the pouring rain at different times so apologies if it makes no sense

E2a iirc adding a bit of baking powder will make them lighter. And you can fry instead of bake if you want.

 

[sojourner]

The Last of the Ham (with some cherry tomatoes)

 

[sojourner]

Lidl's finest spicy prawn noodies - which are THE BEST NOODIES in the world. Unless you're bloody polly of course, in which case you shouldn't even be allowed to eat anything, ever. No taste.

 

[polly]

Lidl's finest spicy prawn noodies - which are THE BEST NOODIES in the world. Unless you're bloody polly of course, in which case you shouldn't even be allowed to eat anything, ever. No taste.

*fervently self-flagellates with piping hot spicy noodles for shameful lack of taste*

I'm having toast and cheese and toast and avocado.

 

[sojourner]

 

[Rebelda]

Ham sandwich with mustard and lettuce.

 

[May Kasahara]

I'm going out for brunch today at Bad Egg for my friend's hen do - some sort of food with bottomless prosecco

 

[iona]

Kedgeree with broccoli and savoy cabbage

 

[Rebelda]

I'm going out for brunch today at Bad Egg for my friend's hen do - some sort of food with bottomless prosecco

I love a bottomless brunch. A few places round here do bottomless Sunday lunch

Today I had lunch at my daughter's school. Vegetable curry and rice. It was delicious!

 

[gentlegreen]

stirfried red onion, garlic, broccoli and mixed bean sprouts - my first after several years of only eating steamed veggies.

 

[Thimble Queen]

I picked at the salad that I have prepped for our tea and ate a left over stuffed pepper. Plus fizzy water!

 

[weltweit]

I didn't really have lunch today. Instead I made a couple of pieces of toast and had lashings of Lurpack Spreadable and lumps of Stilton and Wensleydale cheeses, followed by raspberry trifle.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Large vegetable samosa, leftover piece of fried chicken, piri piri hummus, apple, mandarine, green tea, small cocoa and date energy ball.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Leftover salad from last night, a couple of spoonfuls of raspberry and cranberry yoghurt and the last of the passion fruit juice.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Falafel and hummus wrap with loads of salad and a bit of Sriracha

 

[gentlegreen]

Bathroom salad

 

[sojourner]

Leftover spag bol sauce, with plain couscous.

 

[May Kasahara]

Pre-cinema McDonald's.