What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[Epona]

Round 2 of the bolognese, pasta type to be decided.

I wish I was having sausage and mash thanks to the above photo though! Will have to do that next week I think.

 

[mrsfran]

Proper beef stew, with chunky carrots, celery and mushrooms. Floured the meat, deglazed the pan with red wine, 3 hours in a low oven, everything. Looking forward to it with brown rice and roast broccoli.

 

[onenameshelley]

My dinner was rubbish. The sweet chilli sauce was off and had gone to a bitter vinegar taste, ended up rescuing 2 of the prawns but the rest were a write off. Fuming. Going to have to have double pudding to cheer myself up.

 

[The39thStep]

Caldeirada which is a fish stew . You buy a bag of mixed fish from the fishmonger ( mine was a fish van) . The main fish are ray / skate and corvina ( which has a dense white sweet meat ) . Layer of onions/ sliced peeled potatoes, garlic and tomato, layer of mixed fish , repeat first layer add white wine water simmer for about 40 mins and served with fresh coriander and fresh bread . Filling .

 

[Epona]

Caldeirada which is a fish stew . You buy a bag of mixed fish from the fishmonger ( mine was a fish van) . The main fish are ray / skate and corvina ( which has a dense white sweet meat ) . Layer of onions/ sliced peeled potatoes, garlic and tomato, layer of mixed fish , repeat first layer add white wine water simmer for about 40 mins and served with fresh coriander and fresh bread . Filling .

Sounds lush, will give it a go sometime! I do love all types of fish stew

 

[Saffy]

Fish, chips and mushy peas.
Twister lolly for pudding.

 

[The39thStep]

If you cant

Sounds lush, will give it a go sometime! I do love all types of fish stew

If you can’t get Corvina then Hake would be a good substitute

 

[Badgers]

Round two of the chicken curry (always better the next day eh?) with fresh bombay potatoes, spinach, mushroom rice and chapati.

Was excellent and with wine

 

[moose]

Portobello mushrooms braised in red wine, slapped in a bun with burger trimmings. Chips, salad.
Chocolate mint ice cream.

 

[RubyToogood]

Meatlessballs in tomato and courgette sauce with cheesy polenta. The tin of tomatoes was so acid that after putting in pinch after pinch of sugar I gave up and added a pinch of bicarb to tone it down a bit

This might give you some ideas for the dried limes, add whole when you are making rice or soups and apparently when ground in a food processor they are similar to sumac...

Yotam Ottolenghi on Why You Should Be Cooking with Dried Limes

Dried limes—you many not have them in your pantry yet, but here's why you should

www.bonappetit.com

I currently have some dried limes which I bought because I thought my mum would like them but she's rejected them. I have a bit of an issue sometimes with cooked citrus, like with preserved lemons, that it just reminds me of toilet cleaner. So I don't know if I will use them. I don't need something that tastes like sumac as I have actual sumac. Maybe we should have a dried lime challenge.

Caldeirada which is a fish stew . You buy a bag of mixed fish from the fishmonger ( mine was a fish van) . The main fish are ray / skate and corvina ( which has a dense white sweet meat ) . Layer of onions/ sliced peeled potatoes, garlic and tomato, layer of mixed fish , repeat first layer add white wine water simmer for about 40 mins and served with fresh coriander and fresh bread . Filling .

My local Portuguese restaurant does a mean caldeirada. I've been fantasising about it slightly recently.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Linda Mac pies with mushy peas, mash and gravy. I pimped the mash with a little cheese and chopped spring onion and had a cheeky picked onion on the side. Crackin.

 

[moose]

I currently have some dried limes which I bought because I thought my mum would like them but she's rejected them. I have a bit of an issue sometimes with cooked citrus, like with preserved lemons, that it just reminds me of toilet cleaner. So I don't know if I will use them. I don't need something that tastes like sumac as I have actual sumac. Maybe we should have a dried lime challenge.

I've never had them (well, AFAIK) - are they sharp-tasting?

 

[RubyToogood]

I've never had them (well, AFAIK) - are they sharp-tasting?

Yes, I'm just nibbling a bit off one now to answer this question. It's quite sherbety on it's own and actually much nicer than when I've made tea with them which is the main thing I've done with them in the past.

 

[RubyToogood]

I might try one of these recipes.

Iranian vegetable stew with dried lime | Ottolenghi Recipes

This sweet, sharp Iranian stew is great served with steamed rice. Browse online for more.

ottolenghi.co.uk

Persian dried lime soup Recipe on Food52

Proper Shorbat Adas contains an unforgettable ingredient, Persian Dried Limes, aka Limu Omani. There are two kinds: smoked (black) and unsmoked (yellow).

food52.com

Probably the latter as it doesn't require me to buy dill, barberries etc etc

 

[fishfinger]

Sushi. It was good. I am stuffed.

 

[onenameshelley]

I ate most of a tub of Ben and Jerry's mint chocolate ice cream as compensation for rubbish dinner.

 

[onenameshelley]

Today I a going to use some chicken thighs to make chicken shish, with flat breads, tahini sauce, an onion and chilli salad for himself, small one will have peppers, lettuce and cheese for her salad. I am also wanting some sort of carb with it but not sure what.

 

[sojourner]

Veggie saussies in braised green lentils (carrot, onion, celery, bayleaf, parsley), with mashed spuds, cauli, and savoy. Gonna be a pumpy night!

Blackberry and choc chip chocolate muffins and a decaff tea for afters.

 

[Epona]

I think I'm just going for quick and easy tonight - I have a lot of yellow stickered chicken kievs in the freezer, so probably one of those with some chips done in the air fryer and some salad involving avocados and tomatoes that need using up.

 

[Badgers]

Lamb and mint burgers.
In soft white baps.
Stilton, onion, mushroom and bacon sauce.

McCain Gastro Triple Cooked Chips.

Wine.

Snickers ice cream.

 

[BoatieBird]

Farmers market chicken and leek pie, mash, broccoli and carrots.

 

[RubyToogood]

Part 2 of the meatless balls, probably with spaghetti. Possibly a side of kale.

Side dish that is. Not like a side of smoked salmon.

 

[May Kasahara]

it's a shame about this - I really like Jerusalem artichokes but the digestive consequences are such that they only make an occasional appearance at the table

I can't eat them at all, ever. It's like a hate crime against those around me

 

[Sasaferrato]

Chilli with rice.

Tomorrow, chilli with chips.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Part 2 of the meatless balls, probably with spaghetti. Possibly a side of kale.

Side dish that is. Not like a side of smoked salmon.

I had smoked salmon for lunch, ASDA do packets of trimmings for not a lot (£1.70 for 120g), and this one was even better because it was 'Whoopsed'.

 

[onenameshelley]

Shish kebabs came out really nicely even though I decided against using the griddle pan, just enough char to be convincing but not bitter. Himself obviously liked them as he had 4 and it didn't need a carb side dish.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Roast dinner! Been to the pub for a couple of beers so hope we can still manage it.

I'm roasting a piece of gammon that I froze because I didn't eat it at christmas. He's having quorn roast. Roast potatoes, carrots, cabbage, peas, gravy.

Cherry bakewell pudding and custard for afters.

It's going to be epic!

 

[May Kasahara]

Roast chicken, roast spuds, roast squash, yorkshires (although not for me), orange and thyme glazed carrots, steamed cabbage and broccoli, gravy.

Chocolate beetroot cake with creme fraiche for dessert.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Roast dinner! Been to the pub for a couple of beers so hope we can still manage it.

I'm roasting a piece of gammon that I froze because I didn't eat it at christmas. He's having quorn roast. Roast potatoes, carrots, cabbage, peas, gravy.

Cherry bakewell pudding and custard for afters.

It's going to be epic!

Mrs Sas does gammon steaks in a casserole, with a tin of pineapple, so it cooks in the pineapple juice.

 

[shifting gears]

Prawn Madras
Lemon Rice
Tarka Dhal
Chapati

A Guinness and the AFCON final now

Some Lindt Salted Caramel dark chocolate for half-time