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

John Mason

duck with puy dhal (quorn chicken fillet for me)

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1174639/partridge-with-puy-lentil-dhal

raspberries and pecan blondies with ice cream for dessert.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056157583

emilyjmc

Homemade pizza with chorizo, chillies, buffalo mozzarella, mushrooms and peppers - yummers if I do say so myself!

NewFrockTuesday

Pasta bake with chiocken, brocolli and mushrooms topped with mixed cheeses.

Getting very much into juices now. MAde celery and apple on Friday and was surprised at how nice it was. Poured it over a ton of ice and hoovered it up through a straw. Very nice! Kept me full for ages too. Its the wayt o go with the weight loss I think.

Faith

Just remember that juices haven't got half the nutritional value of eating the actual fruit or vegetable, particularly if you remove the skin first .

the beer revolu

And it's a very fast way of consuming a lot of sugar.

NewFrockTuesday

I didnt remove the skin, just gave 'em a wash and threw them in! Im getting bridgework replaced and Im paranoid about it so launching into an apple isint really an option until I get the work finished.

Sugar? In celery? I thoguth it was a negative calorie food? And apples are healthy?

What am I missing here?

Faith

Celery is fine, but apples - and all fruit really - are very high in fructose, a natural sugar. I think it's now recommended that one only consumes 2 portions of fruit a day due to the sugar levels, and about 5 portions of vegetables. Juicing removes much of the fibre in the fruit and veg, and fruit in general is very high in calories.

But this isn't the Diet & Nutrition forum so I won't drag the thread off-topic and further

Ophiopogon

I had a vague attempt at a homemade mezze platter last night (really I just had a unexpected guest so by mezze platter I mean just throwing a lot of bits of things on the table and hoping I get away with it).

It consisted of cold lemon roast chicken, tzatiki ala nigel slater, guacamole, olives, salad, and califlower rice. Also lashings of very cold white wine. really lovely summer dinner even if I do say so myself!

NewFrockTuesday

But this isn't the Diet & Nutrition forum so I won't drag the thread off-topic and further

Agreed.

To justify my post, tonight I am having spanish omlette. (translates as "clearing out the fridge of anything I can forage till I get to the shops, but I know theres a bit of red pepper in there somewhere" omlette)

the beer revolu

NewFrockTuesday wrote: »

To justify my post,

No need for that!!;);)

Tonight is a friends birthday so I'm doing one of the huge free range chickens we've been lucky enough to source. It's currently in the fridge absorbing the butter, lemon zest, thyme, garlic and Serrano ham that I made a paste of and pushed under the skin. I'll roast that with lots of cloves of garlic and some tomatoes (separately) and serve it with fried polenta and runner beans.

Maybe Mojitos to get the juices flowing first!

Have some mature Coolea and mature Hegarty's cheese for after (two of my current favourite cheeses!:D

Getting hungry thinking about it.

vicecreamsundae

roasted some butternut squash with garlic, added butter and mashed with lots of black pepper, served with Youngs frozen chipchop style fish -it's lazy but it's realllly good!

Minder

Cracked it! Gnocchi is not something I've tried to make often - maybe because each time the results were less than satisfying. But I found a recipe in Bruce Poole's new cookbook and in a single sentence Bruce solved the mystery for me.

So tonights dinner was homemade potato gnocchi with baked tomatoes, cream, basil and parmesan. I also made a starter from the potato skins and served them with a bean dip, some salsa and some sour cream.

John Mason

Minder wrote: »

Cracked it! Gnocchi is not something I've tried to make often - maybe because each time the results were less than satisfying. But I found a recipe in Bruce Poole's new cookbook and in a single sentence Bruce solved the mystery for me.

So tonights dinner was homemade potato gnocchi with baked tomatoes, cream, basil and parmesan. I also made a starter from the potato skins and served them with a bean dip, some salsa and some sour cream.

ohhhhh - can you give me your Gnocchi recipe, i made it once and it was a complete diaster - pototes turned to glue

the beer revolu

Minder wrote: »

Cracked it! Gnocchi is not something I've tried to make often - maybe because each time the results were less than satisfying. But I found a recipe in Bruce Poole's new cookbook and in a single sentence Bruce solved the mystery for me.

So tonights dinner was homemade potato gnocchi with baked tomatoes, cream, basil and parmesan. I also made a starter from the potato skins and served them with a bean dip, some salsa and some sour cream.

Yeah, gnocchi can be very stodgy.
I, too, would be interested in the secrets!
What's in your bean dip, too?

Justask

I did this last night, there was a row over the last bit Thanks a million Neuro pra
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=69935621

Pork chop recipe tonight.

Only found this place its great, thanks folks

Minder

Gnocchi - the secret might seem obvious, but as Bruce Poole writes in his cookbook, water is the enemy of good gnocchi. Water is gluten enhancing so the right choice of potatoes is important. Avoid the starchy and waxy varieties and use floury, dry potatoes. Also baking the potatoes will help keep the water content low. The other gluten enhancing activity is kneading, both in the mashing and the mixing. Use a mouli or a potato ricer to mash the spuds and avoid over-mixing the potato.

Bake 1.5 Kg of potato to get 900g of fluffy mash - about 170c for 90 mins
Scoop out the cooked potato while still hot and pass through the ricer or mouli. The potato can be allowed to cool now.
Add a good pinch of salt
Add 200g of plain flour sieved over the mashed potato
Separate 3 egg yolks and whisk
Drizzle the eggs over the potato and flour and mix lightly with hands.
Once you have a dough, divide and roll into sausages 1.5cm thick on a lightly floured surface. Cut into 1cm lengths and cook in batches in boiling salted water until they float. Takes about 2 or 3 minutes. Once cooked, tip onto an oiled tray and use in recipes.

900g makes quite a lot but they keep well in the fridge of covered.

Bean dip was a shop bought variety.

Lornen

I've been trying to keep fit so I bought a bag of leaves for the first time in about a year yesterday. Made myself a lovely salad!

Had the exact same thing today after boxing

Chicken breast covered in freshly ground black pepper and homemade green pesto, baked.

Mixed leaves seasoned with black pepper again (an unholy amount) and some balsamic vinegar dressing.

Was DELISH!!

Getting there

I had chicken breast and mushrooms on salad with a ceasar dressing and some baby potatoes. turned out quite well for a fridge raid dinner

NewFrockTuesday

4 x Long island Iced Tea. Could have done with a bit more lemon in them as they were uber sweet, but very good otherwise.

A bowl of chips & mayo.

Todays lunch = 2 x Neurofen + & coffee.

the beer revolu

Last night was fried medium rare lamb chops (as seen in my fridge), tabouleh (parsley as seen in my fridge!), hummus and bread. Nice!

NewFrockTuesday

Last night was another night out, wine this time around. Thankfully, there was food to go along with this time!

I had flat mushrooms with blue cheese and risotto on top and baked. A rocket and watercress salad and a bowl of mixed tomatoes with the nicest olive oil I have had in ages. Purple tomatoes, cherry, deep red vine, yellow, green - I was so happy eating that simple bowl of food.

All the residual juices and oil were mopped up with some really nice homemade ciabatta.

Absolutley delicious.

UrbanSea

In my beloved America,where food is the greatest thing known to man.
Last night went to my favourite restaurant,Bahamas Breeze,a Caribbean place.
Shared some starters: chicken flat bread with tomatoes and Parmesan.
Shrimp and lobster and Parmesan quesadeillas and chicken sliders,mini chicken filletnburgers on a brioche bun,they were exquisite.

Main was a huge lobster and shrimp linguni with a cream and brandy sauce.
Check out the site at www.bahamabreeze.com. Has pictures and all. Can't wait for today's food.

Tar.Aldarion

TEMPEH SATAY
Tempeh, galangal, peanuts toasted black & white sesame seeds with a peanut sauce

PERKEDEL
Potato & chickpeas crushed and mixed with carrot, banana shallots, celery, curry & pandang leaves with pickled aubergine mayonnaise

ASINAN
Salad with cucumber mango, chinese leaves with a peanut and black sesame dressing

SWEET POTATO SPRING ROLL
With coriander and Thai basil served with a spicy mango dip

SESAME FRIED VEGETABLES
Seasonal greens wok fried with sauteed onions and toasted sesame seeds

BAMI GORENG
Wok fried noodles with bean sprouts, ginger, garlic & Soy sauce

NASI KUNIG
Yellow rice cooked slowly with onion, garlic, ginger and red chillies

RED CURRY
A curry with squash, courgette, bamboo shoots & Thai basil.

8 dishes served with steamed jasmine rice and condiments


AMAZING


http://www.chameleonrestaurant.com/desserts.html

had my 8 courses, then a lovely brownie while my girlfriend had pisang gorang

kenco

Lornen - black pepper again (an unholy amount) and some balsamic vinegar dressing

^^ no such thing as an unholy amount of black pepper, just not possible!!!

Last night was grilled striploins served with a rare treat these days of oven chips. Veg was stir fried mushrooms, red onion and some red pepper. Loads of balsamic vinegar and lemon juice made it very fine indeed!

the beer revolu

Last night we has stirfried freerange pork mince with, ginger, lemongrass, garlic chilli, spring onion, white cabbage, sugarsnaps, fish sauce, soy, white wine, chicken stock, lime juice served with brown Thai rice.

Plate licking tasty!!:D

Jack B. Badd

Lunch today was home-made focaccia with olives, sun-blush tomatoes and peppers. Oh my god...Nyom!

Jaygee

This seriously is one of the best past dishes i've ever had, I cannot stop eating it,

Its turkey mince,bacon,cannelloni and gruyere cheese

Unrealllllllllll

http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/bacon-turkey-and-leek-cannelloni

Minder

Seafood biryani with salmon, scallops and prawns.

the beer revolu

Last night was a salad with mixed leaves (all from garden - mostly rocket), tomatoes and cucumber with black pudding, lightly fried apple and grilled crushed new potatoes.

Tonight is Bolognaise with wholemeal spaghetti (homemade, from the freezer) with another mixed leaf salad with tomatoes and cucumber. Just made a big bottle of salad dressing so lots of salad from the garden to come - now if the tomatoes would hurry up!!

Minder

Last night we had BBQ for the four of us. I used this recipe from Little Alex in the cooking club for the buns. Fantastic results - a lovely bun for a burger and the kids loved the idea of making their own dinner. We also had some lamb kebabs - lamb marinated in a mixture of smoked paprika, oregano, lemon, cumin and pomergranate molasses. Wrapped in khobz and garnished with houmous and hot sauce.