What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[sojourner]

Mexican bean soup with toasted buttered sourdough.

Fake Snickers, bonfire toffee.

 

[Skinny Ethel]

Chicken and noodles sweet chilli sauce

 

[iona]

The chicken that I couldn't wait until tomorrow to roast

Should probably eat some veg or carbs at some point to make it an actual meal, not just keeping picking until I've eaten an entire 2.3kg bird myself in one evening

 

[cesare]

Chicken kyivs, triple cooked chips, salad and coleslaw.

If room afterwards, a chocolate pot.

 

[Zorra]

Had Halloween party thing at my daughter's school and realized that the amazing only home made pie shop here is up the road. So a steak and ale pie with mash and gravy plus sundry veg, and two pies for the freezer. Too many pick n mix Lindt balls for afters, feeling slightly regretful.

 

[Epona]

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That looks lush!
Chicken Kyiv and coleslaw go really well together IMO.
This has made me want some!

 

[cesare]

That looks lush!
Chicken Kyiv and coleslaw go really well together IMO.
This has made me want some!

It really was lush!

 

[weltweit]

Chicken with black bean sauce and rice .. a ready meal, I have been good earlier in the week cooking bits of fish again so I didn't mind a ready meal tonight.

 

[mrsfran]

Went out for Italian - shared bruschetta and parmigiana, then I had linguine frutti di mare. Popcorn at home later.

 

[Skinny Ethel]

Got a cauldron of spicy spag bol sauce simmering away on the stove. Hopefully will not be top heavy with my chilli flake spillage.

 

[shakespearegirl]

Greek potatoes, roast chicken, green beans in tomato sauce

 

[furluxor]

Leek & potato soup, the best British soup there is. Even better, I'm not the one cooking it.

 

[MrsArcanum]

Son is currently making a mint chocolate tart to have after Sunday Dinner (lamb this week).

Includes

Blue Curacao Syrup (Orange)
Mojito Mint (spearmint)
Menthe Vert (peppermint)​

Will be interesting to see how the flavours work together.

 

[Skinny Ethel]

Thought i could smell something burning and just realised i had put three peppers in the oven an hour ago . Darent open the oven door lol.

 

[Skinny Ethel]

6 pieces of coal now. Oh well try and not let happen next time.

 

[iona]

Leek & potato soup, the best British soup there is. Even better, I'm not the one cooking it.

Leek & tattie soup is one of those simple things I'm inexplicably unable to cook well. It should be easy but mine is mostly slightly disappointing, with the occasional really fucking good batch just often enough to make me keep trying.

 

[Saffy]

Full on roast dinner.
Roast chicken, stuffing, roast potatoes, honey roast parsnips, mashed swede, green beans, broccoli, carrots, massive Yorkshire pudding and gravy.

Trifle and lemon flan for pudding.

Just got to wait until the football is over though.

 

[Numbers]

Sardinian pasta shells with sausage, tomatoe & fennel sauce.

The recipe is from Ainsley’s Mediterranean cookbook.

 

[furluxor]

Leek & tattie soup is one of those simple things I'm inexplicably unable to cook well. It should be easy but mine is mostly slightly disappointing, with the occasional really fucking good batch just often enough to make me keep trying.

Maybe you just have high standards? Do you fry the leek (I've read you can pimp it up with finely chopped onion but haven't tried) before dumping everything else in?

 

[MrsArcanum]

Leek & tattie soup is one of those simple things I'm inexplicably unable to cook well. It should be easy but mine is mostly slightly disappointing, with the occasional really fucking good batch just often enough to make me keep trying.

The inclusion of a good grating of nutmeg makes a world of difference.

 

[cesare]

Tonight we're having oven baked salmon curry with spicy roasted cauliflower. With rice.

Didn't have a chocolate pot last night so maybe tonight.

 

[sojourner]

Mexican bean soup with toasted buttered sourdough.

Fake Snickers, bonfire toffee.

This again. Pooped after a day hiking and can't be arsed cooking owt else.

 

[mrsfran]

Salmon miso curry, a NYT recipe I'm trying out.

 

[iona]

Maybe you just have high standards?

Probably, yes

Do you fry the leek (I've read you can pimp it up with finely chopped onion but haven't tried) before dumping everything else in?

Sometimes do, sometimes don't. I've had good and bad results both ways. If I'm using onion I'll always fry that low & slow in plenty of butter first.

The inclusion of a good grating of nutmeg makes a world of difference.

I'm not a fan of cream in soups but I can see that working well for people who do use it.

 

[sojourner]

I cut the spuds big, simmer for a good while and stir quite often to break down the outside of the spuds, get it nicely thick.

 

[iona]

Didn't get round to doing the baking I'd planned with the rest of that blood, so sangrecita again tonight. Gone the fusion food route this time and chucked in some skirlie for a kind of spicy deconstructed black pudding. Faked potato again, no greens this time but I ate a few handfuls of chickweed when I was giving the hens their tea.

I cut the spuds big, simmer for a good while and stir quite often to break down the outside of the spuds, get it nicely thick.

Yeah I do a mix a medium to big-ish pieces, ideally a potato variety that starts out waxy and turns more floury with age - I find the properly floury varieties can be mealy in soup.

 

[weltweit]

Salmon, coleslaw and new potatoes ..

Followed by an Ambrosia rice pudding.

 

[Epona]

I don't make soup very often, and haven't tried it this way, but I've seen some recipes that suggest the potatoes for leek and tattie soup should be baked first, then the flesh scooped out to add to the soup for a better flavour.
I think that's an "I don't need to worry about energy prices" method however

 

[Zorra]

Mushroom, squash and chicken risotto. Haven't made this in ages as Small Girl refuses is but she had chips from Friday night's tea Also made apple and blackberry crumble but too full so will have that tomorrow.

 

[iona]

I prefer the smug "I don't need to buy supermarket potatoes" version where the tatties taste good no matter what you do

Thinking about it, I like to use more of the green bit of leeks than most people so I wonder if my better soups have been made with leeks that've had a good hard frost to improve the flavour.