What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[seeformiles]

I didn't do my amatriciana the night before last, and yesterday I had a veggie dinner/breakfast (tortellini with a creamy mushroom sauce) in the morning with OH and a cheese sarnie for lunch, so I didn't need to eat tea.

So I still have that streaky bacon to use so today will have the amatriciana. I won't need a whole tin of tomatoes for 1 portion for myself so I'll also do an arrabbiata sauce which OH can reheat and have with some pasta when he gets in from work tomorrow morning.

I had to look up “Amatriciana” - an excellent word I’m going to try and casually slip into conversation later today.

 

[seeformiles]

Today is a day for odds and ends from different meals to step up to the plate and grace the table as “Leftover Tapas” washed down with some Rhubarb and Whitecurrant Wine.

 

[Looby]

My 'crispy' chilli beef is always chewy

Yeah it’s not always great.

Do you remember the Ken Hom chain Yellow River? I loved that place and they did the crispiest chilli beef ever.

 

[onenameshelley]

Forgot we are making a apple crumble for pud as I have been craving one. Gots cream or custard to go with.

 

[nottsgirl]

Bubble and squeak freezer bites ( I don’t really know either), baked potato, salad, soya beans.

 

[Epona]

Bubble and squeak freezer bites ( I don’t really know either), baked potato, salad, soya beans.

Double carbs, (triple if you include the lower level of carbs in the beans). Go for it! Down with the carb haters! One in the eye for the Atkins nutjobs.

Might change my tea to pasta with garlic bread and chips in support

 

[mrsfran]

I'm going out for Korean! So maybe bibimbap, maybe BBQ. Kimchi will be involved.

 

[Looby]

Chicken something, maybe with tomatoes and peppers, new potatoes and broccoli. Daim cake for pudding.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Two apples, two rhubarb yogurts.

 

[sojourner]

Spirali cheese, cauli, and roasted tomatoes with garlic. Mmmm!

Tiramisu and blueberries.

 

[The39thStep]

Chicken stew with dumplings

 

[Orang Utan]

Seafood Sorta Paella

 

[Epona]

Seafood Sorta Paella

Reaction given on the basis I do that sort of meal myself quite frequently and love it - if I understand the terminology it means not authentic enough for me to claim I am cooking a paella, but definitely inspired by?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Haggis shepherds pie

No way. I need to eat this!

 

[RubyToogood]

Slightly underwhelming celeriac and lentil soup/dhal with a garlic naan.

 

[May Kasahara]

Game casserole with celeriac mash and kale. Cherry pie and ice cream for dessert.

 

[May Kasahara]

Sympathies RubyToogood, my celeriac mash was also slightly underwhelming. The rest of it was tasty tho.

 

[RubyToogood]

Sympathies RubyToogood, my celeriac mash was also slightly underwhelming. The rest of it was tasty tho.

I'm not sure what went wrong. I made basically the same thing a few weeks ago and it was brilliant. There was a workwoman here that time and I gave her a bowl of it and she was raving about it. Oh well.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Game casserole with celeriac mash and kale. Cherry pie and ice cream for dessert.

Also sounds awesome

 

[Epona]

I'm not sure what went wrong. I made basically the same thing a few weeks ago and it was brilliant. There was a workwoman here that time and I gave her a bowl of it and she was raving about it. Oh well.

I wonder if the celeraic hasn't had a good frost? It's been fairly mild here so far.

 

[moose]

Ferocious Korean-style crispy/spicy cauliflower, rice, pak choi
More of last night's lemon tart to cool my mouth down.

 

[KatyF]

No way. I need to eat this!

I can confirm it was very rich and very delicious!

 

[Saffy]

Roast chicken, boulangère potatoes and tenderstem broccoli.
Mini cupcake for pudding.

 

[mrsfran]

The Korean food was SO GOOD. We had japchai and takoyaki (which I know is Japanese) followed by MANY MEATS barbecued on the table in front of us. And three types of kimchi! We were so full and happy.

 

[BoatieBird]

Kedgeree

 

[Saffy]

Butternut squash and chickpea curry, rice and a mini naan.

 

[onenameshelley]

At work till 10 so sandwich for me, himself is having the same as yesterday as there was loads left over, small one veggie sausages, mash and carrots.

 

[LeytonCatLady]

A Birds Eye beef grill with spuds, broc and carrots.

 

[sojourner]

Smoky veggie chilli with brown rice, sour cream and all the cheese on top.

Hot brownies with blueberries for afters.

 

[Epona]

I was having a bad day yesterday and managed to get shitfaced on lowish alcohol (2%) lager and ended up feeling quite ill, I really don't recommend it, if you're going to get drunk do it fucking properly instead of involving that much liquid.

So dinner did sort of happen, but it wasn't very nice, I think my bacon was on the turn and I couldn't eat much of it

OH has a couple of nights off work, so tonight I am cooking a favourite "Fakeaway" (I don't like every bit of newfangled terminology that is floating around these days, but that particular word is perfect for quickly conveying the sort of cooking I will be doing and I have embraced it enthusiastically)

Salt & pepper squid for him (as well as sichuan pepper I have some quite evil red birds eye chillies in the freezer so will be as hot as he wants it!)
Kung pao chicken (with cashews instead of peanuts) for me
Veggie chow mein (mainly involving onions, mushrooms - ordinary field mushrooms and chestnut mushrooms, green peppers)
Egg fried rice