What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[quiet guy]

Piece of rump steak with green salad and a jacket spud with butter and cheese, ashed down with a couple of pints of Trooper beer.

 

[Epona]

I've got a lot more energy this evening than I've had for the last week and have started thinking about tea now so looks like this bastard flu might be on its way out.
I didn't want to defrost anything major in case I was overestimating my appetite, but I do have some pancetta so if I feel hungry a bit later I'll do some pasta with an amatriciana style sauce - quick and easy standby which happens to be one of my favourite comfort foods.

 

[May Kasahara]

Cheese and crackers, plus a peanut butter apple.

 

[RubyToogood]

First soup of the season: spicy sweet potato, lentil and tomato.

Sourdough spelt, fig and pumpkin seed bread with cheese.

This again. It really is an outstanding soup. Sometimes when I wing it the results are a bit variable but this is exactly how I imagined it. Blended, thick, lots of smoked paprika.

 

[Numbers]

Chilli Chicken Onepot.

 

[pinkmonkey]

Hoose Rice - made fried rice at home with an entire bunch of spring onions, but it was lush because I know how I like it. Also made chinese fried peanuts in the airfryer, slightly less oily than the actually properly fried type but tastes the same. So tonight, I’m pretending I’m in China.

 

[mrsfran]

I made a disappointing cauliflower cheese yesterday. I cooked some pasta to mix with the leftovers, added cubes of smoked ham, more salt and some butter (because if in doubt add salt and/or butter is what my eldest would do) and put panko and and cheese on top (because crunchy cheese topping is always nice) and it's the oven browning.
Hopefully I have done enough to lift the so-so cauliflower cheese. If not we will be eating a disappointing dinner again tonight.

I'm invested. How was it?

 

[Oriole]

I'm invested. How was it?

Better than the cauliflower cheese but not fantastic.

 

[shakespearegirl]

I’ve been poorly with a cold all weekend. Managed a sausage tray bake on Saturday afternoon but nothing else cooked.

Still feel like shit… I wish someone would come and cook me a lovely comforting meal. MrShakes offered me some if his 3 bean stew last night but it just didn’t appeal

 

[shakespearegirl]

I’ve been poorly with a cold all weekend. Managed a sausage tray bake on Saturday afternoon but nothing else cooked.

Still feel like shit… I wish someone would come and cook me a lovely comforting meal. MrShakes offered me some if his 3 bean stew last night but it just didn’t appeal

 

[sojourner]

Macaroni cheese with roast tomatoes and garlic

Then a fat slice of parkin with a brew

This again but with steamed cauliflower instead of tomatoes.

 

[BoatieBird]

I made a carbonnade flamande in the slow cooker yesterday, but we ended up eating a late lunch out and didn't need any dinner, so that's tonight's tea already sorted
Mash and sprouts to go with it.

 

[iona]

I know loads of people really like carrot and coriander soup. It always seems a bit too sweet for my palate. Maybe you have a better recipe than ones I’ve tried sojourner . I’d be interested in your findings.

I find adding a bit of ginger (mix of dried and fresh if I have both) can take the edge off that sweetness a bit, even if you don't add enough to make ginger one of the headlining flavours iyswim.

 

[Saffy]

I made a carbonnade flamande in the slow cooker yesterday, but we ended up eating a late lunch out and didn't need any dinner, so that's tonight's tea already sorted
Mash and sprouts to go with it.

I just had to look that up. Sounds fit!

Cottage pie for us with savoy cabbage and gravy.
I've got some dates to use up, so I'm going to make some date bark for pudding.

 

[pinkmonkey]

pork chops, sliced new potatoes and green beans on a baking tray in the oven (low effort meal for tired person)

 

[Rebelda]

Steak pies, baked little potatoes, peas and carrots. Extra gravy.

I made a banana loaf and some chocolate chip oat blondies this afternoon so probably a slice of each for afters. Only got enough milk for my tea tomorrow morning so no custard

 

[newme]

It is roast everything day it seems, we have made an effort to get in way more veg and stuff and then ate homemade meals out of the freezer cos it was easier. So we now have 5kg of ootatoes, 2kg carrots, 16 corn on the cob, 2kg sweet potatoes, a squash and then a pork shoulder in the pressure cooker that I had plans to do a Porchetta type dish with but well basically didn't. Onion gravy already in the freezer and the pork juices to make a sauce/gravy. Should end up with a load leftover for quick lunches or turning this into something else. May even bung a chicken in to roast while we have the oven on as if I am using it then its going to be stuffed. That should make a lot of meals with the extra bits leftover and help finish the salad stuff off plus produce bones for future stock.

 

[shakespearegirl]

Roasting a chicken and some potatoes, with leftover celeriac mrshakes made yesterday

 

[RubyToogood]

Tromboncino lasagne and late runner beans.

 

[Oriole]

pork chops, sliced new potatoes and green beans on a baking tray in the oven (low effort meal for tired person)

Snap-ish. We are having pork chops too but pan fried with stir fried red cabbage, carrot and apple.

 

[Zorra]

Cheese and crackers, plus a peanut butter apple.

This is pretty much my lunch everyday. Might need to think about my cholesterol at some point

Speaking of which, tonight's tea was steak (from the haggle shelf) with buttered mashed potatoes, broccoli and peas.

 

[May Kasahara]

Snap-ish. We are having pork chops too but pan fried with stir fried red cabbage, carrot and apple.

We are also having pork steaks not chops, with mash and carrots/cabbage.

 

[mrsfran]

Santino made bean and pasta soup.

 

[sojourner]

Savoy cabbage and black-eyed bean soup with sourdough, and salted chestnuts ont side.

Slice of parkin with a decaff tea.

 

[BoatieBird]

I need something quick and easy tonight so we're having pasta with bacon, garlic, red onion and cream.
Green salad on the side.

 

[newme]

It is roast everything day it seems, we have made an effort to get in way more veg and stuff and then ate homemade meals out of the freezer cos it was easier. So we now have 5kg of ootatoes, 2kg carrots, 16 corn on the cob, 2kg sweet potatoes, a squash and then a pork shoulder in the pressure cooker that I had plans to do a Porchetta type dish with but well basically didn't. Onion gravy already in the freezer and the pork juices to make a sauce/gravy. Should end up with a load leftover for quick lunches or turning this into something else. May even bung a chicken in to roast while we have the oven on as if I am using it then its going to be stuffed. That should make a lot of meals with the extra bits leftover and help finish the salad stuff off plus produce bones for future stock.

Couldn't fit it all in, pressure cooker decided to fail after 2 hours so slow roasted alongside carrots, sweet potatoes and potatoes. Gravy was delicious with the added pork juice. SO just roasted a chicken to use in a chinese curry of her own composition thats always a winner, may need to get some rice on to have that frozen too whatever is left, alongside the frozen carcuss for future stock. Planning a lasagnes soon after finding a lot of spare pasta about the place.

 

[Saffy]

Piri piri cauliflower cheese with a baked potato.
Ginger cake and custard for pudding.

 

[smee]

Homemade pizza - although i have a broken tooth (Wisdom - has been needing to be removed for years I've just been putting it off so this is the push I needed, and have an appt tomorrow!) so will be trying to eat only on one side of my mouth! Toppings TBC, will probably make some cashew 'cheese' sauce, maybe dried/soaked mushrooms. Probably pineapple

 

[cesare]

Homemade pizza - although i have a broken tooth (Wisdom - has been needing to be removed for years I've just been putting it off so this is the push I needed, and have an appt tomorrow!) so will be trying to eat only on one side of my mouth! Toppings TBC, will probably make some cashew 'cheese' sauce, maybe dried/soaked mushrooms. Probably pineapple

Good luck wit the tooth!

 

[mrsfran]

Southern fried chicken tenders for us, vegan chicken Kiev for daughter, IKEA potato and vegetable cakes, and corn on the cob.