What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[May Kasahara]

Anyway, we're having spag bol and garlic bread.

 

[Epona]

I wasn't up to cooking/eating last night so am going to do the mini-roast that I had planned tonight as a late one instead.

Roast chicken thighs for me, Lidl mature cheddar garlic and spinach wellington (delicious btw) for OH.
Roast spuds, steamed broccoli & cabbage, roast parsnip and carrot (with honey and thyme), sage & onion stuffing (pack from Lidl pimped up with butter and veg stock and a dob of marmite), gravy.

 

[moose]

Spaghetti al limone.
Chocolate ice cream on a stick.

 

[Epona]

Spaghetti al limone.
Chocolate ice cream on a stick.

ie a choc ice? Or actual chocolate ice cream lolly type thing?

(EDIT: no I don't really need to know, just want to know what I should be fancying eating that I don't have available today )

 

[moose]

Epona A choc ice, I guess, although I always think of them as stickless. Officially a 'Judes vegan mini Belgian chocolate stick'. Just the right size for afters.

 

[Epona]

Epona A choc ice, I guess, although I always think of them as stickless. Officially a 'Judes vegan mini Belgian chocolate stick'. Just the right size for afters.

Gotcha, thinking about it I've had choc ices both on and off stick, I don't think the stick is integral to the definition - a lot of the time I am just gobbling them straight out the wrapper. It's Magnums and the like that tend to be on a stick. (I think they are still technically a choc ice on a stick).

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Tin of tomatoes, tin of chickpeas, some fried shallots. Need to make a concerted effort to get through the mountain of tins that have built up.

 

[Numbers]

Baked Cod, liquid greens.

 

[MrCurry]

Spaghetti bolognese (made a 3.5l big batch yesterday)

 

[onenameshelley]

Sausage, kale & gnocchi one-pot recipe | BBC Good Food

This, I made it with turkey stock, which was a teeny bit too salty, and I added onions, garlic and courgette slices as I didn't have a lot of home made gnocchi left and wanted to bulk out a bit. Oh and for diet reasons I made sure I squished the sausage fat out.

Defo would make again, but with chicken stock, and more gnocchi.

 

[moose]

Crispy gochujang cauli, stir fried pak choi and spring onions, rice, with toasted sesame seeds and coriander sprinkled over.

Cherry Bakewell.

 

[Epona]

Fish, chips, peas, salad, couple of pints of lager courtesy of my parents at a local pub. Good pub grub and great value.

It was supposed to be lunch but my parents got delayed by Hermes predictably fucking up a delivery to them and them having to sort it out by phone before leaving and we missed lunch service so had an early tea instead.

 

[mrsfran]

Chicken traybake, standard midweek.

 

[Epona]

Chicken traybake, standard midweek.

Very nice even if it is a quick and easy weeknight meal, and you can get a lot of variety in there with different stuff to make it a bit different - great way to use up veg that needs to be used too.

I always enjoy hearing about your meals btw

 

[BoatieBird]

I agree, it's great to see you back on the tea thread mrsfran

Last night we had chicken tikka chapati wraps, with chicken from the haggle shelf.

 

[sojourner]

Pasta in spinach and mascarpone sauce, with loads of parmesan, squeeze of lemon juice, and toasted pine nuts.

Think I'll use penne, and then I can have some left over for use in a cabbage and bean soup on Friday.

 

[onenameshelley]

I have put some brisket in to slow cook, rolled it in a mix of smoked paprika and cocoa, made a trivet of carrots, onions, celery, stock and tomatos, which i will whizz up to make a good thick sauce. Will add green pepper and 2 cans of various beans.

 

[BoatieBird]

It's yoga night so I've got a ready meal of chilli prawn spaghetti, the menfolk* can fend for themselves

* is this the kind of thing you have in mind Epona?

 

[mrsfran]

Santino's doing a spag bol.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

The Man is out this evening so I've bought a Morroccan marinated chicken leg that I intend to roast in the oven surrounded by chunks of sweet potato. I am very much looking forward to it.

Lidl coffee and walnut cake for afters. I've already had a chunk of that and can confirm its excellence.

 

[nottsgirl]

Probably baked potatoes with cheese.

 

[MrCurry]

Fish fingers, boiled potatoes, peas and lemon/dill sauce

 

[onenameshelley]

It came out a treat, so I will do it again, I added some uncooked rice, a dash of liquid smoke at the same time as I put the peppers and beans. It came out with the rice done perfectly and a bit of bite to the pepper, lovely and rich. Attempted to revive some taco shells that were open and at the back of the cupboard, broke them up a bit, gave them a spritz of oil and whacked them in the air fryer. Where they proceeded to blow about a bit, until one blew up onto the heating element and created a cloud of smoke. Still they mainly came out warm and crispy.

 

[moose]

No-meat balls, bean chilli, orzo, remains of last night's breaded cauliflower.

 

[Epona]

Rump steak was on special (not yellow stickered, just their meat special offer of the day) recently so I picked up a very reasonably priced pack of 2 small rump steaks.

Going to have one tonight and will probably freeze the other (not going to be greedy and eat both, I can make it stretch to 2 meals).

Steak cut chips (from the freezer, done in the air fryer), peas, fried mushrooms.

I will deglaze the pan with some red wine and add some mustard and thyme and butter and resting juices - the steak won't need anything adding to it but it's criminal to waste the fat and juices and just a little bit of red wine & mustard sauce drizzled over me chips will be lovely.

 

[The39thStep]

Spicey red lentil. pumpkin and coconut milk soup. I was a bit sceptical about this tbh and mainly made it to use up the pumpkin that was getting a bit soft. I've had a couple of spoonfuls to test it and its bloody gorgeous. So I'll make some flatbreads and have this for lunch . Definitely, be making this again.

 

[MrCurry]

Will be pork casserole with mash. I’m making it with pork shoulder and a bit nervous it’s gonna be too fatty, but I’ll leave it in the oven a long time to see if that helps. Will give the gravy good flavour at least.

 

[sojourner]

Got an actual gig tonight, so it's an easy tea of CHIPPY! Chips n curry for me I think. Can't have peas, I'll parp on stage.

 

[nottsgirl]

Baked potatoes which we didn’t have yesterday.

 

[onenameshelley]

peri peri chicken breasts in the air fryer with sweet potato mash and some roasted Medi veg and a side of spinach for me. Small one has asked for pizza and lots of chips.