What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[iona]

very small prawns

Definitely not vegetarian then

 

[moose]

Seiten burgers in buns with cornichons, salad, olives, sriracha.
Chips!
Dark Bounty.

 

[Voley]

I had a Philly Cheese Steak Pizza that I bought from the Co-op.

It was, and I can't stress this enough, proper fucking shit.

 

[Zorra]

Chicken pie made with leftovers from last night's roast chicken thighs plus mushrooms, sweetcorn and bought puff pastry. Gingerbread biscuits with clementine cream cheese frosting (but random but leftover from carrot cake baking) for after. Small daughter was in charge of gingerbread so they're all in the shape of Halloween cats and covered in ALL the sprinkles.

 

[UrbaneFox]

I had a Philly Cheese Steak Pizza that I bought from the Co-op.

It was, and I can't stress this enough, proper fucking shit.

I'm sorry to hear this, but really, surely, you did not expect anything else?

 

[Voley]

I'm sorry to hear this, but really, surely, you did not expect anything else?

Choices were limited in the St Just Co-op and my expectations were low. But it was still worse than I could have imagined.

 

[UrbaneFox]

Mushroom and fennel risotto left over from last night. I probably should have had another vegetable with it but I didn't.

It was even nicer than yesterday, although it is basically grey sludge and doesn't look that great.

I had planned fennel gratin, this week, but there was no fennel left by the time I got to the shop.

 

[UrbaneFox]

Choices were limited in the St Just Co-op and my expectations were low. But it was still worse than I could have imagined.

We're all in this together.

 

[Voley]

We're all in this together.

 

[Detroit City]

Pasta bake is something I never make because it seems really naff.

what does "naff" mean?

 

[fishfinger]

what does "naff" mean?

Dull, boring, not very good.

 

[iona]

Rainbow trout, potatoes, asparagus and hollandaise. Cherry tomatoes and spring onions after coz I forgot about them

 

[Epona]

what does "naff" mean?

Yeah what fishfinger said. I think the best modern translation that probably works both sides of the Atlantic is "meh".

 

[8115]

I made a pasta bake.
Pasta bake is something I never make because it seems really naff.
Meat sauce, pasta spirals, bechemel topping with lots of parmesan and a ton of mozzarella on the top.
It's bloody marvelous. It's like lasagne but with 50% less effort.
Will make again.

I love pasta bake, what's naff about it?

3rd and final day of disappointing chicken risotto, glad to see the back of that.

 

[RubyToogood]

I don't see why pasta bake is less work than lasagne, surely it's more? As you have to cook the pasta whereas lasagne you can use the sheets that don't need precooking. In fact I stopped making pasta bake and started making lasagne for this very reason.

 

[zora]

Veggie stir-fry with tofu and cashew nuts. More "serviceable" than "epic win".

 

[Epona]

Veggie stir-fry with tofu and cashew nuts. More "serviceable" than "epic win".

Do some sichuan pepper - trust me this is the dogs bollocks with cashew based stir fry - first in the pan/wok (dry) and then grind it as fine as you can, and toast the cashews. Then oil and add ginger, chilli (dried chilli flakes work really well), garlic, and the sichuan pepper from above, and your veggies. I recommend bit of stock (chicken if not veggie, otherwise veg stock) soy sauce, sesame oil. Little cornflour dissolved in water if the sauce needs thickening a bit Stir in toasted cashews right at the end.

I don't tend to use tofu but I suggest a marinade for a couple of hours then deep fry it so it is going a little crispy around the edges, then throw it in to the above at the last minute and toss it so it all gets coated with the sauce....

I love stir frys!

Wish I was having one tonight thinking about all that - om nom nom!!!

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I love pasta bake, what's naff about it?

Maybe it's because I always think about it with tuna so it feels like a dish you'd make by opening some tins of stuff and throwing it all in the oven.

Anyway, having made it with love, I am a convert.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I don't see why pasta bake is less work than lasagne, surely it's more? As you have to cook the pasta whereas lasagne you can use the sheets that don't need precooking. In fact I stopped making pasta bake and started making lasagne for this very reason.

Fair point well made! Perhaps it's because MrM always made really elaborate lasagne and faffed with it for hours.

No layering involved though. Made a quick ragu, pasta almost seems to cook itself while you're making the sauce and then just mix it all up. Easy peasy.

I will be making lasagne again though cos it's just gorgeous.

 

[Epona]

Maybe it's because I always think about it with tuna so it feels like a dish you'd make by opening some tins of stuff and throwing it all in the oven.

Anyway, having made it with love, I am a convert.

Ugh no I don't like tuna in that sort of thing, I don't think it goes well with being heated like that.

Some proper tomato sauce (cooked for a long time), maybe some roasted peppers, a bechamel or cheese sauce - get in

 

[8115]

I don't make bechemel for my pasta bake but I might do next time. I make mackerel pasta bake, it's delicious.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I don't make bechemel for my pasta bake but I might do next time. I make mackerel pasta bake, it's delicious.

The bechemel is what lifted it to god status. Highly recommended.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Do some sichuan pepper - trust me this is the dogs bollocks with cashew based stir fry - first in the pan/wok (dry) and then grind it as fine as you can, and toast the cashews. Then oil and add ginger, chilli (dried chilli flakes work really well), garlic, and the sichuan pepper from above, and your veggies. I recommend bit of stock (chicken if not veggie, otherwise veg stock) soy sauce, sesame oil. Little cornflour dissolved in water if the sauce needs thickening a bit Stir in toasted cashews right at the end.

I don't tend to use tofu but I suggest a marinade for a couple of hours then deep fry it so it is going a little crispy around the edges, then throw it in to the above at the last minute and toss it so it all gets coated with the sauce....

I love stir frys!

Wish I was having one tonight thinking about all that - om nom nom!!!

Sichuan pepper is the nuts!
I absolutely love that tingly, strangely numbing citrusy flavour.

 

[RubyToogood]

I don't make bechemel for my pasta bake but I might do next time. I make mackerel pasta bake, it's delicious.

I have to say this sounds a bit pilchard puff to me (tm danny la rouge)

 

[moonsi til]

Garlic potatoes- potatoes sliced in their skins, par boiled then roasted in oven with crushed garlic with veg chilli & salad. Goes great with sour cream & chopped chives but I don’t have any.

 

[danny la rouge]

I have to say this sounds a bit pilchard puff to me (tm danny la rouge)

Is it dry mackerel baked in a giant Yorkshire pudding? Don't even begin to think you know what I've been through.

 

[Badgers]

Leftover (roast) chicken tikka curry with a lot of stuff to use up to chuck in the pan

 

[platinumsage]

Going to have to crack open the frozen tofu with a tin of mushroom soup

 

[Saffy]

I'm going to have a go at making Nadiya Hussain's butter chicken recipe she posted this weekend.

 

[BoatieBird]

Freezer foraged chilli (turkey and/or veggie) with jacket potatoes.
Picked up a fruit & veg box today from a local wholesalers, and the promised 5kg of potatoes is more like 15-20kg, and they're all whoppers!
I've got enough potatoes to open a branch of spud-u-like