What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[sojourner]

A mushroom risotto type thing made with orzo instead of rice. It's an experiment!

How did it turn out Mrs M?

 

[sojourner]

Am fancying roast peppers/red onion/courgette/cherry tomatoes/garlic, lathered in grated goat cheese then back in the oven to melt, with pesto fusilli, black olives and salad.

Last of the lush Tesco choccy cake with blueberries, then a mint tea.

 

[mrsfran]

Prawn tom yum soup. But I might add coconut milk and turn it into tom kha gai.

 

[onenameshelley]

I have a ham sandwich as I don't fancy much else tbh. Himself has the last of the Christmas turkey, which I am making into a turkey and cauliflower Madras with basmati rice. Small one is having mashed potatoes, peas, carrots and some batterless chicken nuggets.

 

[colacubes]

Fajitas! Those El Paso kits were on offer when I was in Lidl so thought I'd get one for a change as we don't often do them at home. Will be chicken with peppers and onions and we'll have Mexican rice on the side.

 

[hash tag]

Veggie sausage and bean caserole followed by home made custard tart (mention it because my pastry has worked for once )

 

[MrCurry]

The C meal again. Chicken nuggs, chips, cauliflower shapes and curry sauce. It’s a quick and easy option when you’ve been out all day. Or should I say a cinch!

 

[Aladdin]

Roast potatoes, mashed carrots & parsnips, cauliflower cheese, roasted parsnips and chicken Kiev.

 

[Saffy]

Stuffing, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, Yorkshire pudding, sprouts, broccoli and carrots.

Using up leftovers kind of dinner.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

How did it turn out Mrs M?

It was brilliant! Will be making it again.

Mushroom Orzo with Lemon & Parmesan

This mushroom orzo with lemon and Parmesan is a creamy dish rich with flavor thanks to mushrooms and a velvety smooth sauce.

www.eatingwell.com

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Works really really well, you don't need to stir it constantly, just add all the stock in one go then stir every so often to make sure it's not sticking - otherwise treat it much the same.

I love an orzotto, in fact I probably prefer them a bit to risottos (although it's close). I usually do a mushroom one for me and OH or sometimes do a chicken and bacon one for myself when I have leftover roast chicken to use up, lush.

We really enjoyed it and it is a lot easier than the proper rice version. Brilliant in fact!

 

[Epona]

We really enjoyed it and it is a lot easier than the proper rice version. Brilliant in fact!

I fancied one myself after reading what you were having yesterday, so similar is planned for either tonight or a bit later in the week (depends upon what the reduced to clear shelf has to offer tonight, if we get some bargains that need to be used we'll be having orzotto in a day or two)

 

[sojourner]

It was brilliant! Will be making it again.

Mushroom Orzo with Lemon & Parmesan

This mushroom orzo with lemon and Parmesan is a creamy dish rich with flavor thanks to mushrooms and a velvety smooth sauce.

www.eatingwell.com

Might have a crack at that meself, looks lush.

 

[killer b]

I made an unexpectedly fiery chilli with some meatless farm mince. me & babies all panting and downing large glasses of water

 

[sojourner]

I made an unexpectedly fiery chilli with some meatless farm mince. me & babies all panting and downing large glasses of water

What spice/s did you use? I have a pack of inedible habanero chilli powder. 2 tsp is headblowing heat. Tried just using half a tsp but it's still too fierce to eat!

 

[killer b]

What spice/s did you use? I have a pack of inedible habanero chilli powder. 2 tsp is headblowing heat. Tried just using half a tsp but it's still too fierce to eat!

I put half a fresh chilli from a mixed bag of unidentified chillis. It looked pretty innocuous, but...

 

[sojourner]

I put half a fresh chilli from a mixed bag of unidentified chillis. It looked pretty innocuous, but...

...may have been a scotch bonnet, birds eye or habanero

 

[killer b]

...may have been a scotch bonnet, birds eye or habanero

it was one of those frilly puffy ones that look like they'll be nice and sweet.

 

[May Kasahara]

Pork gyoza, noodles and stir fried cauli/kale/sprouts/red pepper/red onion for us. Omelette, noodles and steamed broccoli/kale for the nippers.

Got home at 6.45pm and it was the quickest meal I could muster, but went down surprisingly well

 

[onenameshelley]

I have just had a late pudding of non fat Greek yogurt and smarties. It was Rainbowy and delicious. Today I made a good choice.

 

[Epona]

Ended up having mushroom risotto (OH preferred that idea to orzotto and he has a couple of nights off so I wasn't trying to produce dinner in a rush, I like both so neither here nor there to me).

Also had some yellow-stickered garlic bread which wasn't that good, but the real bargain was a really fancy ball of buffalo mozzarella reduced to 50p, which we had as a side salad with tomatoes, black olives, and olive oil. I bloody love mozzarella and although we are in for a tough couple of weeks (OH didn't get his full pay due to being off 10 days with Covid fucking fuckers, he bloody caught it there ffs ) I could not pass up a nice one with a yellow sticker on it.

 

[miss direct]

fuska, on a plastic stool next to the railway track.

 

[BoatieBird]

Freezer foraged sweet potato, garlic & ginger chicken.
IIRC it's quite rich and filling so I'll just steam some green beans to go with it.

 

[onenameshelley]

Tonight is salmon ramen for himself, salmon and rice and loads of veggies for me. Small one wants tortellini with tomato sauce.

 

[MrCurry]

Meatballs, root veg gratin, peppercorn sauce & peas

 

[Epona]

We were going to have blackened salmon with tomato and pepper rice, but OH has been asked if he could work tonight (1 bad back and half of the rest of the shift off with Covid still) and as he had yesterday night off has said yes cos we are skint and a bit of overtime is very welcome (shouldn't have to fucking live like this but it is what it is).

Fortunately I hadn't got the salmon out of the freezer yet, will save that meal for his next night off instead.

So now he is going to have one of the large sized Bombay Bad Boy pot noodles after a couple of hours emergency kip before he heads off to work. I'll stick a couple of big spuds in the oven at 6am tomorrow so he can have jacket spuds with beans and cheese (one of his favourite meals) when he gets home in the morning.

I'm going to have a pork loin steak with pea and pepper pasta - possibly orzo but I also have a bag of gigli that I haven't tried yet so that might be fun as a vegetable & pasta side dish.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Creamy cheesey leeky pasta! Really looking forward to this.

 

[colacubes]

Creamy cheesey leeky pasta! Really looking forward to this.

Snap. Except there's some mushrooms that need using up going in mine

 

[Aladdin]

Lasagne.

 

[sojourner]

Bean and mushroom tacos (soft tortillas, not crunchy unmanageable Satan crackers), laden with cheese, chipotle mayo, and shredded iceberg dressed with fresh lime juice. Extra salad/lime juice on the side. Nom!

Had a mahoosive cupcake earlier, so I suppose I'd best tone down pudding tonight. Just the 4 or 5 dark choc digestives then.