What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[BoatieBird]

Oh no Looby, how disappointing

We're having gammon, cauli cheese, goose fat roast potatoes & steamed veg.
Didn't get round to making the raspberry & cream sponge yesterday so I'll do that for pud today.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Colcannon mash, slathered on monterey jack and smoked paprika flatbreads.

 

[RubyToogood]

I'm going to attempt moose's favourite kale and lemon spaghetti. I don't have a big frying pan with a lid so it's going to have to be a large non-stick saucepan instead.

 

[Rebelda]

Sausages, baked sweet potato, roast potatoes, carrots and green beans. Gravy.

Plum and apple crumble.

 

[moose]

I'm going to attempt moose's favourite kale and lemon spaghetti. I don't have a big frying pan with a lid so it's going to have to be a large non-stick saucepan instead.

I don't think I've bothered with the lid recently She specifies the pan shouldn't be too deep but I'm not sure why - I assume because of ensuring it thickens up. I find some brands of spaghetti takes a lot longer to book than she says, so keep testing.

 

[RubyToogood]

I don't think I've bothered with the lid recently She specifies the pan shouldn't be too deep but I'm not sure why - I assume because of ensuring it thickens up. I find some brands of spaghetti takes a lot longer to book than she says, so keep testing.

It's very nice! I should have chopped the kale a bit smaller, I think.

 

[moose]

It's very nice! I should have chopped the kale a bit smaller, I think.

I honestly don't know how something so simple gets that lovely taste. I use the dark kale and pull the little soft bits off the stalks with my bare hands, rather than chopping it.

 

[Addy]

The good lady took me to Harvesters for a nice flat Iron steak, cooked perfectly.
*** for pudding!

 

[mrs quoad]

Yesterday's aubergine cheesecake, tonight's aubergine kuku (consecutive pages on the "whatever it falls open on" method), blackened sweetcorn coleslaw, hummous, and half a mini pizza / focaccia.

AND A SAUSAGE.

With stewed rhubarb with pistachios and labneh AND rhubarb crumble (w/ labneh) for pudding.

Bit too much work, tbh. Much of it sprang from looking at the two aubergine dishes and thinking "yeah, probably need a bit more variety here.

 

[mrs quoad]

Have spent about £20 on rhubarb this week, ffs

 

[Thimble Queen]

A plate of sausages with mustard.

 

[moose]

Enchiladas made with peppers, spring onions, courgettes, asparagus and olives, vegan cheese and a little bit too much chilli.
Rhubarb crumble.

 

[Biddlybee]

Biddlybee I do 4oz flour, 3oz cold butter rubbed in, then mix through 2oz oats and 1oz crunchy brown sugar. It tops a 2 adult/2 child crumble nicely, isn't too sweet and is nice and chunky.

We're having cottage pie tonight, served with moans of sorrow from the children Plebeian mess for afters.

Cheer love. I think what's put me off in the past (same with pastry) is the rubbing, not great with crappy fingers. But my fingers aren't too bad atm

 

[Rebelda]

Cheer love. I think what's put me off in the past (same with pastry) is the rubbing, not great with crappy fingers. But my fingers aren't too bad atm

A food processor does it very well but I can't remember if you've got one. It's also a good job to give to kids, but squidge might still be a bit little to reliably complete the task.

 

[Biddlybee]

Nope, never had one

edit: my girl is too warm to help I think.

 

[Virtual Blue]

chicken sausages and a handful of sprouts.
greek yogurt.

 

[BoatieBird]

Pasta bake using up the leftover gammon & cauli cheese from yesterday.
Will add some peas to it too I think.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Veggie Tom Ka soup with noodles. Its become a bit of a favourite here. I was making it with rice initially, which was nice but the rice seemed to make it taste quite bland. It works better with noodles

 

[mrsfran]

Aubergines stuffed with minced lamb and pine nuts. It's a recipe I haven't tried before from the Ottolenghi book Jerusalem.

 

[mrs quoad]

Nope, never had one

edit: my girl is too warm to help I think.

You want tepid butter, tbh.

Crumbles in better.

 

[sojourner]

Made an absolutely stonking 3 bean chilli yesterday. Haven't made one for a good few years now, and it was 100% spot on. So we're on that tonight, plenty left, and will have with basmati rice, and home-made spicy wedges, cheese on top, and sour cream ont side. Mmmm!!

And for afters, tiramisu with raspberries.

Currently arguing with myself whether to get a bottle of red on the way home too. I didn't drink Friday night or yesterday, and I drove for nigh on 7 fucking hours to get to gigs over the weekend...

 

[sheothebudworths]

Biddlybee - I lol'd at her being *too warm* <3

I'd cut coldish (but not rock hard/straight from the fridge) butter up into cubes, then drop it into the mixed dry ingredients and kind of swill the bowl around so that it's all coated/separated, then get squidge.. ...squidging ...just teach her to use her fingertips.
It's a pretty good job for small children (I used to do it when I was little)! So long as there's not a load of the dry ingredients left, or it doesn't end up in one massive blob then a lack of uniform is preferable for a nicer topping anyway so they can't go too far wrong. Whacking the crumbs in the freezer for a bit before topping your crumble really, really helps, too.

Is there any of us left who haven't made/will soon be making a crumble now after the other thread? *subliminal crumble messages*

Fast day today - chicken/mushroom/veg stir fry with courgetti - with noodles for the kids.
Hoping to fit in a toasted mini hot cross bun for pudding (if I do, I'm going to very LIGHTLY butter mine and then just not count the butter ).

 

[sojourner]

I used to make a lovely apricot and cardamon crumble many years back - just used packs of semi-dried apricots rather than fresh. The cardamon pods are a bit of a faff to prepare, but not too bad.

Ohmyo - that sounds well lush farmerbarleymow - don't suppose you have a recipe do you?

I am decided. Wine it is!

 

[sheothebudworths]

^^^ There goes another one!

 

[sojourner]

^^^ There goes another one!

curse/delight of the tea thread

 

[Rebelda]

Minestrone.

 

[sojourner]

Minestrone.

Bless you

 

[iona]

I really wanted crumble last night thanks to this thread but the Co-op didn't have any crumble or even a vaguely similar substitute like apple pie

I know I could make one easily enough but I'd have to buy flour and sugar as well as the fruit, AND something to cook it in, so I might leave it for now and nick borrow some flour and that one person sized Pyrex dish I like next time I'm at my mum's

Tonight I'm either having the last of the pork & veg thing, or a chicken leg with green veg and half a baked sweet potato with lemon & houmous.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ohmyo - that sounds well lush farmerbarleymow - don't suppose you have a recipe do you?

I am decided. Wine it is!

Can't remember offhand - last time I made it must have been at least 15 years ago. Will try and have a think of where I might have got the recipe from.

 

[Orang Utan]

You want tepid butter, tbh.

Crumbles in better.

Not tepid, just soft. Tepid would be liquidated butter.