What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[Biddlybee]

Beans on toast for her, daal and something for me - broccoli or peas, maybe both.

 

[cesare]

Beans on toast for her, daal and something for me - broccoli or peas, maybe both.

Will you need to cut up her toast?

 

[Biddlybee]

Yep, little scoopable squares of beans on toast

 

[cesare]

Yep, little scoopable squares of beans on toast

"Canapes"

 

[Biddlybee]

Would be much easier to sprinkle toast squares onto a bowl of beans though

I suggested it. The look I got back

 

[cesare]

Would be much easier to sprinkle toast squares onto a bowl of beans though

I suggested it. The look I got back

Yep cos that's bean soup with croutons, nowhere near beans on toast

 

[Epona]

Which goes first, toast or beans?

 

[Epona]

Apparently it's National Fish & Chip day!
Alas can't really justify the spend here when we just did enough grocery shopping to last til OH gets paid.
Not sure what I'm having tonight, I did have breakfast and lunch though and am not hungry at the moment - I can always do some pasta or have a bacon sarnie later if I get peckish but don't have any big plans for food.

 

[furluxor]

Fried/stewed onions, carrots, cabbage, mushrooms and cannellini beans with some boiled potatoes & oat yoghurt on the side. Leaning into my Eastern European roots. Peaches later on, however.

 

[iona]

Last portion of the chard etc soup. Four fried eggs.

 

[cesare]

Sweet potato, cauliflower and sugar snap peas curry with chapattis. Mmmm

 

[Pickman's model]

Pizza

 

[Epona]

Pizza

What toppings you going for?

 

[Pickman's model]

What toppings you going for?

Normally I'd go for chilli and pineapple but today anchovies and capers

 

[Epona]

Normally I'd go for chilli and pineapple but today anchovies and capers

Capers are lovely on a pizza.

 

[May Kasahara]

Chicken thighs and drumsticks marinaded in honey, soy, garlic and ginger, then baked in the oven. With rice and some kind of veg.

 

[RubyToogood]

Not sausage traybake. I did one of my favourite potato dishes, which is new potatoes cooked in the oven in a cast iron casserole with onions, garlic and mushrooms. Little bit of water to start them off but they brown somewhat. Those, with the rest of the sausages, and some broccoli. VG.

 

[Epona]

Not sausage traybake. I did one of my favourite potato dishes, which is new potatoes cooked in the oven in a cast iron casserole with onions, garlic and mushrooms. Little bit of water to start them off but they brown somewhat. Those, with the rest of the sausages, and some broccoli. VG.

That does sound good, I can think of a lot of things that potato dish would go well with!

 

[May Kasahara]

Chicken thighs and drumsticks marinaded in honey, soy, garlic and ginger, then baked in the oven. With rice and some kind of veg.

This was so good - simple, tasty, accepted by the kids, an all round winner.

I used this marinade (noting here for my own reference next time I want to make it!)

Baked Chicken Drumsticks | Lemon Blossoms

These Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks are seasoned with a simple 5-ingredient honey soy marinade then, baked until golden brown and juicy.

www.lemonblossoms.com

 

[moose]

Pasta with a jar of Belazu wild mushroom pesto, fried mushrooms and parmesan. Asparagus. Choc brownie ice cream.

 

[newme]

Absolutely no idea, probably pasta n sauce packet. We just spent a huge amount of money on food to restock freezers, cupboards, basics, spices, etc etc which all came today. Then had a proposal we get takeaway, we are not having a takeaway tonight! I did somehow manage to get specific burger rolls, sauces for it, cheese thats suited and then apparently, no fucking burgers tho. Looking at the prices it certainly explains why I now have a kilo of beef mince tho, guess tipsy me last night thought I would make them myself instead of paying double for it to be the right shape.

Maybe tomorrow on the BBQ, assuming it doesn't piss down and I clean the damned BBQ with the kit I bought specifically for this purpose.....

 

[Epona]

This was so good - simple, tasty, accepted by the kids, an all round winner.

I used this marinade (noting here for my own reference next time I want to make it!)

Baked Chicken Drumsticks | Lemon Blossoms

These Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks are seasoned with a simple 5-ingredient honey soy marinade then, baked until golden brown and juicy.

www.lemonblossoms.com

I knew by the sound of your first description that it would be good, I love chicken (usually skin on, bone in, lovely and moist and the skin crisps up beautifully and a hint of sticky) with a soy and honey style marinade - absolutely gorgeous and as you say quite easy to put together for a low effort but very delicious meal

 

[May Kasahara]

And lots of delicious juices to pour over the rice when serving Win win!

 

[newme]

I knew by the sound of your first description that it would be good, I love chicken (usually skin on, bone in, lovely and moist and the skin crisps up beautifully and a hint of sticky) with a soy and honey style marinade - absolutely gorgeous and as you say quite easy to put together for a low effort but very delicious meal

I basically lived on bone in chicken for quite a while, its so cheap especially if you buy massive freezer packs. Back when electric wasn't a luxury item it meant very cheap stock too from the bones. I would do a 6 kilos worth in the oven, eat 1/3, leave 1/3 fridge, freeze 1/3 some for later meals etc.

 

[Epona]

I basically lived on bone in chicken for quite a while, its so cheap especially if you buy massive freezer packs. Back when electric wasn't a luxury item it meant very cheap stock too from the bones. I would do a 6 kilos worth in the oven, eat 1/3, leave 1/3 fridge, freeze 1/3 some for later meals etc.

Bone in legs/thighs/drumsticks are still good value, so much flavour and more moist - I like thighs particularly in curry - when they have the skin on I use a cast iron casserole dish, have the sauce come up to halfway up the thighs with the skin side upwards (with the curry sauce coated on top of the skin of course) then finish off in the oven so the skin goes crisp on top, fucking lush, favourite sort of chicken curry!

 

[newme]

Well apparently I can't even have the pasta n sauce I thought I was going to have as a lazy dinner, something thats presumably another fucking rat has has the corner off the packet and a thing of water biscuits. Thats now tomorrow clearing that out all over again and trying to find out how the fuck they are getting in, one thing I thought about a basically concrete house was it would at least be moderately rat proof.

 

[Ms T]

We had Vietnamese caramelised pork with rice. Cucumber and tomato salad on the side. Easy and quite nice.

 

[Epona]

Now I am feeling simultaneously hungry and tired - my good meals earlier in the day staved off the thought of tea until I was too tired to do anything about it
Loving reading about all your meals mind, some good ideas here have been banked for another day, and I'll have some toast in the morning and make some sarnies to take out with me on my day out

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I want an easy to cook, but hopefully still decent meal tonight as my sister is coming to stay, but we'll be out all afternoon.

Ive got a good selection of different curries in the freezer I've made previously so going to get lamb and tkka it up and get some of the decent naan Aldi have started doing.

 

[poppy60]

meaty sausages,green beans and baby potatoes.