What's for dinner?

[onlyMark]

Well I'll be having this I've just made. But I've no idea yet though what the majority of the meal will be.
Muhammara, roasted red pepper dip -

[bixaorellana]

*want*

Yesterday I bought one of those packages of mixed colored bell peppers. It seems muhammara would be a worthy use of them. Looking at the recipes, though, I either have or can fake all the ingredients except for walnuts. Advice?

[cheerypeabrain]

No idea sorry

I seem to have developed an allergy to ready meals, which is a bummer. I always keep a few M&S lasagne, cumberland pie, tikka etc in the freezer so that once a week I can just grab one and stuff it in the microwave for dinner...every single time I've had one in the past month (all well within date) I've been ill. I wondered if they've changed the recipes to include shellfish derived products because I know that I'm allergic to those....who knows? If I cook from scratch I'm fine. As I say. Bummer.

This evening we had jacket potatoes with cheese and some home made chilli from the freezer.

[kerouac2]

Yes, I have a couple of microwave items stashed away, which I only buy when there is a major discount. But it is always a moral surrender the day that I decide to use them.

I just looked to see what I have at the moment.

-- sausage and mash
-- tartiflette

[tod2]

Tonite was my most favourite meat ever....rack of young spring lamb. The cutlets are so divine so I just made some sauteed potatoes from the garden and a brightly coloured coleslaw dressed with olive oil, sherry vinegar, honey, a dash of sweet chili sauce. No mayo.

[whatagain]

I made my usual Osso Bucco.
Which was quite appreciated by the family.

It motivated me to make a good duck tonight.

[tod2]

Whatagain, I bet you used tender young calf shins for your dish.......Not available here- Only big tough Ox shins good for soup. I've only had Osso Bucco once in Paris and it was very edible.
Now, I wish I was watching you do the duck, which I love and are thankful it is available in Confit style.

[whatagain]

👍🙏

[kerouac2]

Here is my recent herring and potato salad.

[htmb]

Looks good! Cold or warm?

[htmb]

I made my own version of stir-fried rice with what I had on hand: avocado oil, onion, carrots, peas, garlic, rice and an egg, seasoned with tamari sauce, chili sauce, rice wine vinegar, salt, and pepper.

[kerouac2]

Nov 16, 2024 22:18:50 GMT htmb said:

Looks good! Cold or warm?

It was room temperature, so that qualifies as cold.

[bixaorellana]

Hmmm ~ three minds running on similar tracks.

I defrosted a steelhead trout filet in order to make fried rice buckwheat. I had leftover buckwheat and also leftover mushrooms & red bell pepper, so there you go. It was pretty good.

[cheerypeabrain]

Sunday roast dinner. I cooked a chicken crown, M&S pork and sage stuffing for the chaps (thyme and parsley stuffing for me), roast potato, carrot, cauliflower, brussels, sweetcorn and gravy. Sounds a lot but I only cooked small amounts of the veg. The chaps can manage loads of roast potatoes but I'm happy with one...and I made a small ball of stuffing using a dried mix. Lots of chicken left over for tomorrow.

No more Sunday roasts until Christmas day.

[bixaorellana]

Sounds heavenly, Cheery. But what is a chicken crown?

[cheerypeabrain]

Due to my current state of health Jeff has been doing all the food shopping lately. He has also been in charge of the cooking. Thank goodness for my habit of freezing leftovers. Last night he made a cumberland pie of sorts using some leftover beef bolognese (he's not keen on pasta atm) and topping it with a little mashed potato. I had to yell instructions from the front room settee and he was very discombobulated when I told him to make the mash with an egg instead of butter (it was going to be baked) but he agreed it tasted very good. I had a whole tablespoon full! Made a nice change from the '2 chicken dippers' I had the night before.

[kerouac2]

Kudos to Jeff.

I have been boiling down some chicken carcasses (I will never thank my supermarket enough for starting to sell them) and will be having a grand soup of noodles and chicken fragments for dinner.