What's for tea tonight? (#8)

[kittyP]

Picnic food

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Ah, I'm used to Mr Naga heat these days

It's not the chilli, it the strong wind that's the problem!

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I feel so fat after stuffing myself with mash. Decided to add tomatoes and double cream. The overall calorie count is disturbing...

Not had the crumble yet - can't fit anything else in!

 

[Addy]

We were staying with old family friends and my friend Jess served venison sausages but didn't tekl her sister what they were.
Half way through the meal she lent over and said "you're eating Bambi".
He sister screamed and smashed the plate on the floor
They are quite an over dramatic family.

This calls for a Bambi & Thumper stew (Thumper first being smoked on oak from Fern Gully)

With a Sebastian (under the sea) starter and a Dino (Flinstones) Dung chocolate pudding

 

[Hellsbells]

river cobbler, baked with sliced lemon, onion, garlic and courgette. With rice, green beans and carrots. And just had some yoghurt & bannana with cinamon on top for desert. Yummy. Except desert was meant to be breakfast so I now have no food for breakfast

 

[twentythreedom]

Pizza

My fridge / freezer has carked, just as the weather gets hot Had to bin everything - gutted. Cafe for FEB this morning, Pizza Gogo for dinner

 

[internetstalker]

Sweet potato and carrot mash, herby new potato, lamb leg steaks marinated in garlic and Rosemary and sautéed courgette and asparagus.

Banana soufflé with a BlackBerry coolie for dessert

 

[Part 2]

Falafel, Sweet Potato Pakora, Salad, Hummus, Pitta Bread and Caponata

 

[gentlegreen]

Stir-fried / braised red onion, white cabbage, tomatoes, pointy pepper, mushrooms, plus yesterday's baked potato fried with shoyu. Served with tahini and tanari and washed down with St Emilion.
Nutritious but probably rather overly-calorific.

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

Going to try a soda bread based pizza for tea tonight. With tuna, olives, onion and peppers on. Served with salad.

 

[Yetman]

Falafel, Sweet Potato Pakora, Salad, Hummus, Pitta Bread and Caponata

HIPPY FOOD

 

[Yetman]

Stir-fried / braised red onion, white cabbage, tomatoes, pointy pepper, mushrooms, plus yesterday's baked potato fried with shoyu. Served with tahini and tanari and washed down with St Emilion.
Nutritious but probably rather overly-calorific.

HIPPY FOOD

 

[Yetman]

Going to try a soda bread based pizza for tea tonight. With tuna, olives, onion and peppers on. Served with salad.

HIPPY FOOD

 

[Biddlybee]

Mushroom omelette I think

 

[May Kasahara]

Aubergine, spinach and chickpea curry.

 

[mrsfran]

Can anything think of something to do with a packet of veal mince that a) isn't meatballs/ragu or burgers and b) takes 30 mins or less?

 

[sojourner]

It's not the chilli, it the strong wind that's the problem!

I am just one big gust these days anyway so it dunt really make much difference what I eat

Anyhoo - fuck arsing about making falafel from now on, I'm just gonna have fried chickpeas! Best to use the dried every time I think - they're just so much tastier, nuttier, bigger, and all-round damned attractive! Lovely colour and feel to them too Was stonking that - deffo added to the summer menu dahlinks

Tonight we're on veggie hotdogs and shedloads of boiled onions mmmMMMM

 

[May Kasahara]

Can anything think of something to do with a packet of veal mince that a) isn't meatballs/ragu or burgers and b) takes 30 mins or less?

Stuffed peppers?

 

[mrsfran]

Stuffed peppers?

Do I just pop the mince into the peppers or do I have to fanny about making rice too?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Anyhoo - fuck arsing about making falafel from now on, I'm just gonna have fried chickpeas! Best to use the dried every time I think - they're just so much tastier, nuttier, bigger, and all-round damned attractive! Lovely colour and feel to them too Was stonking that - deffo added to the summer menu dahlinks

Tonight we're on veggie hotdogs and shedloads of boiled onions mmmMMMM

I prefer dried chickpeas too - although they take a week to cook.

Multi-fruit crumble tonight. Cooked the fruit yesterday but didn't make the crumble as I was too fat to move.

So rhubarb, apple, orange, dried apricot and pear crumble. God knows what it will taste of!

 

[sojourner]

I prefer dried chickpeas too - although they take a week to cook.

They do but so worth it. I was tinkering with the idea of boiling up a big load and maybe freezing them. Tinned are dead handy but they're so small and bland and weakly compared to the dried.

 

[mrsfran]

They do but so worth it. I was tinkering with the idea of boiling up a big load and maybe freezing them. Tinned are dead handy but they're so small and bland and weakly compared to the dried.

I'm not sure they'd freeze very well once cooked. Their water content is going to be high, they could go a bit mushy/mealy when defrosted.

 

[sojourner]

I'm not sure they'd freeze very well once cooked. Their water content is going to be high, they could go a bit mushy/mealy when defrosted.

Mmmm...which would be a right shame. I looked at buying a pressure cooker but tbh for the price of them, and the amount of times I actually cook them, it just isn't worth it right now.

 

[May Kasahara]

Do I just pop the mince into the peppers or do I have to fanny about making rice too?

Dunno, I'm just making it up Personally I'd fry up some sort of onion/garlic/chilli/whatever flavoursome stuff, add the mince, then cram it all in the peppers. I've never eaten veal though so have no idea what it tastes like or whether this would work.

I'm not sure they'd freeze very well once cooked. Their water content is going to be high, they could go a bit mushy/mealy when defrosted.

No, they're fine, I do this The chickpeas in tonight's curry are from out of the freezer, in fact. I cook and freeze all dried beans as it's cheaper and less bulky than buying tins, and the only ones that have been a bit wrong on re-entry are cannellini beans. And that might have been because I overcooked them in the first place.

 

[mrsfran]

Oh ok. fair enough on both counts

 

[sojourner]

No, they're fine, I do this The chickpeas in tonight's curry are from out of the freezer, in fact. I cook and freeze all dried beans as it's cheaper and less bulky than buying tins, and the only ones that have been a bit wrong on re-entry are cannellini beans. And that might have been because I overcooked them in the first place.

Oh fantastic! Thanks May We'll be getting another huge bag of them in on Saturday so I will be doing this I reckon Fried chickpeas are sooo fucking easy too. Might use wraps next time though - pittas are so fiddly!

 

[May Kasahara]

I read your fried chickpeas post last night and thought 'I'll have to give that a go'.

 

[sojourner]

I read your fried chickpeas post last night and thought 'I'll have to give that a go'.

Was absolutely lush. So simple Even easier with defrosted cooked chickpeas!

I made a nice lemon juice/olive oil/coriander leaf dressing for the shredded lettuce too, and we had mayo and coleslaw with it all. Wanna eat it all over again now

 

[Hellsbells]

how long do you fry chickpeas for? Do you mean you do the whole soaking overnight palava, then boil them up to cook them, then fry them at the end?
I roasted chickpeas once, in olive oil and cumin. That was nice

 

[ringo]

I had a dry spicy chick pea dish at Moro I was ranting about for days. I bought their recipe book but it wasn't in there

If anyone knows how to do it let me know.