What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[cesare]

We're having puy lentil chilli with rice and guacamole. There's a baton of 100% chocolate in there too.

 

[mrsfran]

Charlie Bingham's chicken jalfrezi and rice, naan.

 

[Epona]

I think I might do a penne all'amatriciana - favourite quick comfort meal.
Inspiration is currently lacking - we've got a lot in the freezer (mostly seafood, pork and vegan sausages, veggie burgers, and onion rings) by the look of it!) but are lacking things like fresh veg (including onions, potatoes, peppers, mushrooms etc.) so anything more complex isn't going to happen tonight because I've already been out earlier and am not going shopping now.
I do have 4 rashers of streaky that need using, tinned tomatoes, a glug of white wine, parmesan, and pasta so that suits.
Oh and I've got some part baked baguettes so I can do some garlic bread to go with if I fancy it.

 

[May Kasahara]

Ended up having Pieminister pies with mash and kale. Tasty, but way too much.

 

[shakespearegirl]

Vietnamese crispy pork with noodles and rice with duck

 

[shakespearegirl]

Vietnamese crispy pork with noodles and rice with duck

 

[Ted Bunting]

Fish. Lots and lots of fish.

 

[Ted Bunting]

Cheese donkatsu which was more cheese than donkatsu:




And fried chicken. Lots and lots of fried chicken:

 

[Epona]

Doing an early tea tonight for us both before N goes to work - pasta with a béchamel and spinach sauce, might do it as a pasta bake with cheese on top.
Garlic bread (I have some part baked baguettes, they are great for knocking up a quick batch of garlic bread).

 

[May Kasahara]

Seems like a 'stuff on the table' tea tonight: stuffed peppers made with leftover spicy chicken rice from the other day, salad stuff, bread, cheese, boiled eggs etc.

 

[Aladdin]

Quick question... help!

So I have some ready made puff pastry that I need to roll out. I want to bake it in the oven.on its own and cut it into squares afterwards

Can I do this?
Willl it puff up evenly?

Or should I cut it up and then cook it?

The squares will sit on top of portions of beef casserole. I did not want to make a pie.

 

[Epona]

Quick question... help!

So I have some ready made puff pastry that I need to roll out. I want to bake it in the oven.on its own and cut it into squares afterwards

Can I do this?
Willl it puff up evenly?

Or should I cut it up and then cook it?

The squares will sit on top of portions of beef casserole. I did not want to make a pie.

My main thought is that it might be difficult to cut due to flaking if you cut it after it's cooked.
I'd be inclined to cut it into portions before putting it in the oven

 

[Aladdin]

My main thought is that it might be difficult to cut due to flaking if you cut it after it's cooked.
I'd be inclined to cut it into portions before putting it in the oven

Right.. I will try this.
Thanks Epona

 

[sojourner]

Mushroom stroganoff with brown rice and green beans.

Fruitcake and a decaff coffee.

 

[nottsgirl]

Baked potato with tuna and sweetcorn mayo.

 

[existentialist]

Sunday roast. Roast potatoes, halloumi roasted with a splodge of pesto, a slice of lemon, and some thyme, leeks in cheese sauce, and some kind of green vegetable, which I will have to decide on in the next 5 minutes.

 

[Aladdin]

Beef casserole, cooked twice..
With a puff pastry top, roast poratoes and mashed carrots & parsnips.



Pastry was baked seperately.. and so the soggy bottom was evaded...
Actually I did this because I dont like having to clean pie dishes.
Eta. I had started eating it and then remembered to take a photo. It looked really good before I smashed into the puff pastry

Thanks Epona

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Beef casserole, cooked twice..
With a puff pastry top, roast poratoes and mashed carrots & parsnips.

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Pastry was baked seperately.. and so the soggy bottom was evaded...
Actually I did this because I dont like having to clean pie dishes.
Eta. I had started eating it and then remembered to take a photo. It looked really good before I smashed into the puff pastry

Thanks Epona

Dam that looks good

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Gammon, mashed spuds, mashed swede and cavolo nero.

Gammon is cooked in the slow cooker, but I'm going to wack it the oven with a mustard and honey glaze whilst the other stuff cooks.

 

[Epona]

Problem with having tea early is I am now starting to feel hungry again.
Might have to have a late night bacon butty and some chocolate later

 

[cesare]

Chicken Kyiv, rocket, coleslaw and airfried baby potatoes.

 

[sojourner]

Problem with having tea early is I am now starting to feel hungry again.
Might have to have a late night bacon butty and some chocolate later

Tell me about it! Just scarfed down most of an almond and orange dark choccy bar, after my huge tea earlier (and a slab of fruitcake).

 

[shakespearegirl]

Burger and chips, slightly dud restaurant chosen by the vegan one. Our burgers were delicious with lashings of smelly cheese, his was v average… Avignon not somewhere to eat out on a Sunday night

 

[quiet guy]

Slow cooked belly pork slices in tomato with mixed beans, onions and mushrooms and some savoury rice. Enough left over for another meal later this week.

 

[shakespearegirl]

Burger and chips, slightly dud restaurant chosen by the vegan one. Our burgers were delicious with lashings of smelly cheese, his was v average… Avignon not somewhere to eat out on a Sunday night

Followed by overheated hotel room meat sweat dreams

 

[BoatieBird]

I was in the garden and lost track of time on Saturday, so the lasagne didn't happen and we ended up with an Indian takeaway - house special chicken biriyani with tarka dal for me.
Yesterday was more gardening and takeaway leftovers, but I did manage to drag myself inside long enough to stick the ragu in the slow cooker, so the lasagne will happen tonight.

 

[sojourner]

Followed by overheated hotel room meat sweat dreams

Ewww

 

[sojourner]

Mushroom stroganoff with brown rice and green beans.

This again. But I might buy some thick chunky triple choc cookies, cos am hankering after some and can't be arsed making any after work.

 

[Orang Utan]

Catalan-style beans

 

[Epona]

Paella inspired stuff tonight (ie. I am not claiming that these are in any way authentic) - seafood only one for N with prawns, squid and mussels. Chicken and pancetta with peas one for me, might bung a couple of prawns or some squid in too depending how much of those we have (I think we have a lot of squid in the freezer! We like squid )