The 'Here's what I had for dinner last night' thread - Part I

tomaschonnie

that duck sounds very good. i had a falafel from the market in galway then made a chickpea curry. turned out pretty nice but doesn't beat the one you get in Kashmir (restaurant in galway, not the region in India although id say they make a nice one there too no doubt)

UnknownSpecies

Had a duck stir fry with carrots, onion, cashew nuts and LOADS of pineapple pieces, pour some lea and perrins in while it's cooking on the wok, I swear I've never been more satisfied, the pineapple makes it! Oh and threw a lash of pineapple juice onto it during cooking

Minder

Had Duck, Onion and Date Pastilla from a recipe at the BritishLarder. Served with a Lemon Yoghurt dip. Also made a turkish kebab from minced lamb served with some khoubz and a rocket salad.

UrbanSea

Just had my dinner there,steak cooked on the barbeque with pasta in a spicy home made tomato,pepper and chilli sauce. Stuffed now.

MJOR

cajun chicken and salad

tomaschonnie

homemade pasta and sauce with smoked mackerel fillet

xxdilemmaxx

Minder wrote: »

Had Duck, Onion and Date Pastilla from a recipe at the BritishLarder. Served with a Lemon Yoghurt dip. Also made a turkish kebab from minced lamb served with some khoubz and a rocket salad.

Hi Minder, how did you make the turkish kebab? I have some lamb mince in the freezer and have been threatening to make some for a while now. Would be perfect hangover food for tonight I think

Minder

xxdilemmaxx wrote: »

Hi Minder, how did you make the turkish kebab? I have some lamb mince in the freezer and have been threatening to make some for a while now. Would be perfect hangover food for tonight I think

I made a spice/herb mix of equal volumes of cumin, oregano, mint, sweet paprika - 1/3rd of a cup each (The extra keeps in a jar for the summer). Then added a couple of tablespoons of ground black pepper. For 500g of lamb, add two tablespoons of the spice mix to the minced lamb along with a couple of tablespoons of pomergranate molasses and a tsp of salt. Also add a finely chopped tomato and a finely chopped clove of garlic and mix well by hand. Allow the flavours to develop for 20 mins then shape into long, thick sausages. I find the this doesn't stick to the narrow or round skewers, so I just pan fry on a ridge pan, over hot coals over the bbq. The pomergranate molasses is sweet and can burn easily, so turn the kebabs regularly.

vicecreamsundae

i tried to make chilli ramen noodles, followed some internet recipe and the broth was disgusting! poured it out straight away and in a panic added some red curry paste to chicken stock and threw in lemon juice and home made chilli oil and tossed the noodles into that instead. still not great, but was alright.

went to the asian supermarket at the weekend [there's none around here] so i shall attempt it again with a better recipe in a few days. sigh.

crazy.daisy

Love this thread, great for inspiration. I have a more involved blog detailing recipes n stuff if anyone is interested!

http://sallyinthegalley.blogspot.com/

tomaschonnie

lentil curry with chicken

Edgedinblue

Had salmon sushi rolls and veg in tempura batter tonight. had giant bbq on sat, still recovering from it, so needed healthyish food. too much red meat was eaten >.<

The Sweeper

Had breakfast for dinner last night. Thick slice of fresh soda bread with butter, two poached eggs, grilled sausages, bacon, black pudding and a grilled tomato. Had it with a pint-mug of tea.

The Hill Billy

Friday: Veal Cutlet with white asparagus.
Saturday: Attended a rugby club BBQ (4 whole hogs & 4 whole lamb). Served with gorgeous potato salad & freshly baked bread.
Sunday: Roast pork with roasted rosemary & garlic potatoes.
Monday: Went to a Brazilian "all-you-can-eat" restaurant. Dear Mother of God - I'll need to bring my special "eating pants" the next time.

UrbanSea

Had home made szechuan chicken and boiled rice today,and romantica after. Oh yes

The Hill Billy

Green tea ramen noodles with prawns and fresh chinese veg.

Edgedinblue

tried my hand at making salmon fish cakes today, wernt too bad. had them with salad and chips!

Clementine

Pasta with Smoked fillet of salmon (those ones you get in lidl), baby spinach, cottage cheese, spring onion, garlic and parmasan mixed through. Was very tasty. And made a great pasta salad for packed lunch the next day!

UrbanSea

Sounds excellent Clementine. Was just spaghetti bolognese for me.

bills

pasta with tomato & chilli.

the beer revolu

Tonight, all done on the (gas) BBQ:

Chicken thighs, Polenta (pot, then BBQ), Aubergine strips, Courgette strips, cherry tomatoes all brushed with flavoured olive oil from marinating olives (garlic, chilli, lemon, bay, thyme, pepper).

Twas very nice too!

Clementine

Blue cheese, spring onion and cherry tomato omelet with wedges and dijonaise- I'm addicted to the stuff.

Freelancebeauty

home made paté, melted rasberry jam and fresh stapeltons loaf! didn't have much but it rocked. followed by cupan tae.

Edgedinblue

Had chicken curry and egg fried rice last night. tonight having japanese ginger pork and noodles

Minder

I was given a gift of Blue Swimmer Crabs - dressed and frozen - so we had Singapore Chilli Crab. Also made a Thai green curry with large prawns and some jasmine rice.

Faith

I just had the most incredible fillet steak. It was about 2.5 inches thick, seared and cooked rare. Served it with potato dauphinoise, caramelised onions, petit pois and pepper sauce. Mmmmmmmm I can't move now!

vicecreamsundae

last night i made prawns in breadcrumbs and lemon rind, with coriander noodles and beansprouts and a lemony garlic mayo for dipping.
tonight i squeezed the meat out of three sausages, mixed it with chopped garlic, red pepper, coriander and cumin, made a patty, breadcrumbed and fried. served with roast asparagus.

Edgedinblue

Burgers and wedges tonight! tasty

MJOR

a chicken supper last night! from the golden fry

Gillo

Grilled chicken breast, grilled peppers both sprinkled with a generous amount of ground chilli peppers and drizzled with ovile oil, and some basmatti rice.

Only takes about seven minutes to make!!

Washed down with a nicely chilled bottle of Sol

As for desert dpends on what I can find in the cubboard, but theres a bag of Crunchie Rocks there so think it'll be that.