What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[davesgcr]

Did you have to build the fillets yourself, following poorly translated instructions?

Barest amount of English on the packaging funnily enough.

 

[bi0boy]

Early dinner today because I'm going out.

M&S Chicken Hotpot
Half a kilo of raspberries

 

[sojourner]

I always put Encona in my 3 bean chillis Voley

Anyway, been humming and hahhing about tea, and I think I've settled on chips n egg.

 

[Voley]

I always put Encona in my 3 bean chillis Voley

Yeah it's really nice. I normally go for a jalapeno-type one if I can get it for chilli but this is very tasty.

 

[Rebelda]

Sea bream fried with garlic, fennel, courgette and little gem.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Pilaf with prawns, well chicken for the small one as that way he may actually eat something I cook rather than go "I don't like that anymore" as happened with last night's scrambled eggs. And potatoes. And salmon

 

[pogo 10]

2 crumpets with butter and a cheese slice, a strawberry ice pop and a family sized bar of aero chocolate.

 

[sheothebudworths]

Oh that's irritating as fuck QueenOfGoths - exactly the same way it went with my daughter - but to offer some reassurance, it definitely started to go back the other way from around 9 or so
There's still stuff she's not keen on (all of this being stuff she happily ate when she was small) but she did always, reluctantly, go along with the 'give it a try again later' suggestion and found then that she DID like them (err...like them again ) after all, even if some of those took years of retrying - which of course further encouraged her to keep retrying things

With her it seemed to me always to be mostly about texture or a moral objection suddenly kicking in (meat/fish), more than it was ever about taste.
The texture stuff is where she's a million times better (mashed/baked potatoes, avocado, porridge, baked beans, eggs etc etc) and the foods your boy is refusing now are all very familiar there so hopefully he'll also come round to them again, later. They're funny little fuckers, kids It really is SO annoying though! 'But you LOVED it last week/month/year! '

She still flatly refuses fish/seafood (except breaded fillets/fishfingers ) and all meat except pork and chicken ( ) - even though, again, those were things she had no issue at all with when she was small - but that's kind of fair enough and actually, much easier to work around than the other stuff was.


I was too zonked from work to *cook* and my bezzer and her wife are paying for my daughter to have piano lessons taught by a friend of theirs so we just had some quick snacky stuff (on the balcony ) before she went off...hummus with pitta bread for her (softly toasted because braces ) and hummus on 2/3 of a toasted ciabatta roll for me. Beetroot and cucumber sticks too. Oh and ice pops. Crisps and a banana when she got back in..and we're about to share a chocolate fudge Frijj milkshake.

My son's gone to one of his mates 18th party. I'm pretty sure he hasn't eaten today...

 

[Thimble Queen]

Big salad with halloumi. Of course I fried the whole block and we just nommed the rest

 

[mrs quoad]

I was only marginally hungry, then accidentally cooked a whole fucking tupperware of chorizo and beans in tomato with chilli, and ladled it on top of a fuckton of couscous and butter and cheese.

That was 400% overkill, tbh. And my arse is going to be blazing my bollocks off tomorrow morning.

I should've totally had a piece of bread, or sth. Dickhead, ennit.

 

[May Kasahara]

Two mini sandwiches and a hot meat pie, afloat on a lake of booze. Urgh.

Mr K is away tonight so I'll probably have something prawny.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Pizza. Never made one before so new ground for me. Threw all the ingredients for the dough in a bowl last night with some starter. Hopefully it should be good. Of to the supermarket soon to buy toppings, but I'm thinking I decided emphasis on meat and spice on mine.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Something containing courgette and mushroom

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Something containing courgette and mushroom

Are the cupboards empty or are you on a health drive?

 

[sheothebudworths]

Pizza. Never made one before so new ground for me. Threw all the ingredients for the dough in a bowl last night with some starter. Hopefully it should be good. Of to the supermarket soon to buy toppings, but I'm thinking I decided emphasis on meat and spice on mine.

This is the the method I've been using (for the slow rise AND the actual cooking) - it's amazing!

The Pizza Lab: How Long Should I Let My Dough Cold Ferment?

I've brought home roast leftovers from work.
Not remotely what I feel like eating but no real cooking involved and I'm going to pass any of that on to my son, anyway, while I sit on the balcony drinking spritzers (day off, tom, thank fuck - it's sweltering in there)
Bought a big bar of Malteasers 'Teasers' to share for pudding, too.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Are the cupboards empty or are you on a health drive?

No these are the things that need to be used up. We aren't eating a lot of meat atm. I'm eating almost none. OH is eating a bit more than me.

We have decided we will have vegan sausage and lentil stew (inc courgettes and mushrooms). I might unvegan mine with parmesan. He hates parmesan

Good luck for pizza

 

[Orang Utan]

Homemade pizzas with various combination of tomato, mozzarella, red pepper, jalapenos, black olives and salami

 

[sojourner]

Veggie spag bol, with a babyleaf salad. Belgian choccy cake for afters, laden in blueberries and raspberries. Dram of Kraken later

 

[UnderOpenSky]

This is the the method I've been using (for the slow rise AND the actual cooking) - it's amazing!

The Pizza Lab: How Long Should I Let My Dough Cold Ferment?

It's gone a bit mental. I used very strong white flour and 70% hydration. Was just running of the dough hook when I turned the machine of, so added a fair bit more flour. Left to proof and it's expanded massively! Still seems very soft and sticky dough, but guess test will be in the cooking.

I'll certainly try the longer cold ferment next time.

 

[Virtual Blue]

I'm missing me mum big time.

Decided to cook her favourite dish (well, the dish she mostly cooked for me when I was growing up).

Say My Kitchen: Steamed Minced Pork with Preserved Mustard 梅菜蒸猪肉

 

[Biddlybee]

Something containing courgette and mushroom

I've got courgette to use too, but full of cold and exhausted

 

[Thimble Queen]

I've got courgette to use too, but full of cold and exhausted

Oh mate. That's rotten luck. I still have a bad cough but I'm back to work today, I had two nosebleeds and thought I was going to fall over at one point If I was still in the ends I'd totally bring you some our sausage stew*

*send J round with it cos I'm ready to sleep until tomorrow .

 

[Biddlybee]

Aw, thanks lovely, was thinking about cheese on toast, but don't have any bread

 

[Orang Utan]

Aw, thanks lovely, was thinking about cheese on toast, but don't have any bread

have some cheese on cheese then - melted cheese heaped upon sliced cheese

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Crisps and gin.

 

[Orang Utan]

Crisps and gin.

u ok, hun?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

u ok, hun?

Fine - not hungry because it's too hot, and want some gin. Crisps are the token stomach lining.

 

[Orang Utan]

Fine - not hungry because it's too hot, and want some gin. Crisps are the token stomach lining.

how are you drinking the gin? I could never have it neat

 

[farmerbarleymow]

how are you drinking the gin? I could never have it neat

With babycham.

 

[Biddlybee]

have some cheese on cheese then - melted cheese heaped upon sliced cheese

I stopped for bread