What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[Epona]

Well dinner didn't happen - OH is very set in his ways and has never really eaten Egyptian food before, I made the tahini sauce and gave him some on a teaspoon to try and he said it was "interesting" and that he thought I was making hummus so I basically said fuckit then, I'll continue to feed you your favourite 7 meals on a neverending rota for the rest of your life, but I am not going to present you with new dishes tonight so I'm not putting in any more effort. So I kind of threw my toys out of the pram. This isn't the first time I have been shot down when trying to introduce something new to the menu and I just wasn't in the mood to try to push through it tonight.

really fucked off

 

[Epona]

I might try again tomorrow night, I just didn't have the energy tonight. Anything I say right now is going to sound horrible, but I need some variety in my diet and I don't understand people who just want to eat the same things over and over again (especially not when due to schedules and workload I am going to be doing most of the cooking!)

 

[Bwark]

I made dolmades. Was in a greek frame of mind and wanted to revisit my latest holiday which feels a long time ago. Finished off with the essential yoghurt and honey dessert

 

[LeytonCatLady]

A plate of Tesco oven chips.

 

[Saffy]

Homemade burgers, chips, fried onions, mushrooms and onion rings for the menfolk.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Cooking at work. So a load of chicken for fajitas and assorted bits. I'm going to try and be good and dodge the cheese and eat more salad.

 

[May Kasahara]

The beef stew that I didn't make last night, with potatoes and cabbage.

 

[The39thStep]

Portuguese lamb stew , which I picked up as a takeaway about an hour ago from a bar

 

[LeytonCatLady]

Portuguese lamb stew , which I picked up as a takeaway about an hour ago from a bar

Sounds delish!

 

[Numbers]

I've suggested an ambitious ensemble of waffle fries, fried eggs, chorizo, tarragon beans and either grilled halloumi or a multi-cheese (3 types) grated side (for personal sprinkling over main dinner - I like more cheese than my wife).

 

[farmerbarleymow]

nything I say right now is going to sound horrible, but I need some variety in my diet and I don't understand people who just want to eat the same things over and over again (especially not when due to schedules and workload I am going to be doing most of the cooking!)

I understand why people might think like that (and fair enough, and it doesn't sound horrible at all) but for me food is just fuel and I regularly eat the same thing. Makes life easier. I suspect a lot of people if they looked at their diet over a few weeks would see a clear pattern.

 

[RubyToogood]

I don't hold with all this cheese and beans nonsense, give me cheese and coleslaw with a jacket spud every time

I'm not that big a baked bean fan. They're ok but I don't eat them that often, and then mainly the Greek ones.

Having the same again tonight as I have some of the salad left.

 

[Orang Utan]

pork stir fry

 

[RubyToogood]

I understand why people might think like that (and fair enough, and it doesn't sound horrible at all) but for me food is just fuel and I regularly eat the same thing. Makes life easier. I suspect a lot of people if they looked at their diet over a few weeks would see a clear pattern.

I do tend to eat certain things on rotation as this thread probably reveals. Partly that's about not being arsed for just myself and partly lack of imagination, more than not wanting to. Maybe I should try a new recipe once a week though or something.

 

[fishfinger]

Chicken legs, baked beans and jacket potatoes.

 

[Badgers]

Wrestled some chicken stew out the feezer yesterday. It looked a bit meh so added some green lentils and a tin of tomatoes and it looks a bit more hearty/appetising.

Having some chips with it as started craving chips too

 

[Orang Utan]

I might try again tomorrow night, I just didn't have the energy tonight. Anything I say right now is going to sound horrible, but I need some variety in my diet and I don't understand people who just want to eat the same things over and over again (especially not when due to schedules and workload I am going to be doing most of the cooking!)

i'm like that too, though i tend to eat the same things after about a month of different food. But am always trying out new recipes. I would never eat the same twice in a row.

 

[Epona]

i'm like that too, though i tend to eat the same things after about a month of different food. But am always trying out new recipes. I would never eat the same twice in a row.

I was being way too harsh last night, was just feeling grumpy. Am going to cook it tonight instead.

 

[Badgers]

An old mate of mine became a veggie years back. He said he didn't like veg or salad (also was a lazy feckless fucker) so just had chips and baked beans every single night, sometimes twice a day if not working. Never understood it

Dunno if he is still alive/doing it 20 ish years on.

 

[Orang Utan]

A veggie mate of mine used to eat nothing but cheese and tomato pizza - seemed happy enough.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I do tend to eat certain things on rotation as this thread probably reveals. Partly that's about not being arsed for just myself and partly lack of imagination, more than not wanting to. Maybe I should try a new recipe once a week though or something.

Life is too short to worry about if you're not eating enough variety of food - as long as you eat well and healthy that's the most important thing.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I was being way too harsh last night, was just feeling grumpy. Am going to cook it tonight instead.

No, you weren't being harsh or grumpy at all - don't worry about it.

 

[Badgers]

A veggie mate of mine used to eat nothing but cheese and tomato pizza - seemed happy enough.

I once lived in a Domino's Pizza place. Was about a month covering for a mate who owned the franchise. I ate (almost) only pizza apart from when I swapped pizza with the Indian next door. Was alright.

 

[RubyToogood]

Life is too short to worry about if you're not eating enough variety of food - as long as you eat well and healthy that's the most important thing.

I think there's also something about the relentlessness of lockdown and winter. Normally I wouldn't be at home for every single meal. It's a bit deadening. Last lockdown I did a recipe box which was quite good for getting out of a rut. I can't really afford it at the moment though.

And actually I found even that started to repeat itself after a while, or be variations on a theme.

 

[Orang Utan]

I have a personal collection of about 300 recipes that I rotate through (and am constantly adding to), though there are some favourites that get repeated of course. That way I rarely get bored.

 

[Badgers]

Someone recommended the Paprika app to me recently. I have been searching favourite recipes and bookmarking interesting ones. Have to say it is a fucking great app, one of the few I leave open most the time.

Have weeks of meals I want lined up.

Might actually be worth a thread in suburban

 

[Badgers]

I have a personal collection of about 300 recipes that I rotate through (and am constantly adding to), though there are some favourites that get repeated of course. That way I rarely get bored.

Will you stop when you have 365?

 

[Epona]

A lot of the time I do tend to cook stuff that I could do in my sleep - I think that is fairly normal, when you've got a certain amount of time in which to cook and serve dinner, it is easier to do something that you know well. I do like to try out new things though, maybe not as often as I would like at the moment though, because although we have more time to cook and eat, we can't really afford to be either wasting ingredients because we didn't like something, or buying more expensive stuff than usual.

 

[Orang Utan]

Will you stop when you have 365?

Probably not! Though might have to stop when the arch lever file gets full! Could always start another one though

 

[farmerbarleymow]

For some reason this discussion about repeating certain foods has made me want chips. But it's too late to go the chippy so maybe over the next few days.

Probably have a cheese butty tonight.