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

tSubh Dearg

Tonight we had soup made from the remains of last night's roast chicken. Made a yummy stock from the carcass, added to sweated onion and potato, added lots of carrots, a large chunk of ginger and the remaining meat from the chicken. Very, very tasty.

Served with chicken breast wrapped in parma ham stuffed with spinach and garlic (this was a bit of cheat as it was ready done up in our local butcher)

charba

Tonight I had Cajun chicken with lots of yummy veg (green beans, onions garlic, peppers) and rice.

The Hill Billy

DesF wrote: »

You keep on supplying the gorgeous recipes and I'll keep on enjoying cooking and then eating them.

Thank you.

Ah jaysus Des I'm blushing.

You're more than welcome.

Minder

Homemade lamb biryani with sides of dhal and a cooling yoghurt dressing.

The Hill Billy

'Chicken' stroganoff with rice last night.

After watching the chilly weather forecast for the next few days I decided to do a mighty pot of warming beef stew that should do us for Wed & Thurs & then blitz the rest to make soup for Friday.

kenco

Hill Billy wrote: »

'Chicken' stroganoff with rice last night.

After watching the chilly weather forecast for the next few days I decided to do a mighty pot of warming beef stew that should do us for Wed & Thurs & then blitz the rest to make soup for Friday.

Curious!

Just replace chicken straight for the beef?

The Hill Billy

kenco wrote: »

Curious!

Just replace chicken straight for the beef?

Pretty much. I also used chicken stock instead of beef stock.
I just didn't want beef the other night, but still fancied something stroganoffy.

Minder

Falafel in flat bread with salad veggies, houmous dressing and hot sauce.

Toto Wolfcastle

I got a carton of double cream for beef stroganoff a few nights ago, and I had some left over, so the following two nights were spent clogging my arteries with pasta in double cream, parmesan, garlic, and mushrooms on one night and chicken and bacon on the other.

Hill Billy, I must use a very different stroganoff recipe to you, mine doesn't use stock. It's from that old Hamlyn All Colour Cook Book which is falling apart in my parents kitchen!

IvyTheTerrible

Ooh I must try chicken stroganoff, never tried it before!

I had lardons with peppers, onions, mushrooms, garlic, cream and rice last night.

Tonight I'll make a quiche (Delia Smith's quiche Lorraine recipe) and make a bit of extra pastry to make a tarte tatin (I think it's Jamie Oliver's recipe, but I know it off by heart now so don't need to re-check!).

Faith

Lemon & garlic roast chicken, with roast potatoes and carrots. Mmm!

charba

Panfried steak with roasted peppers carrots and green beans with cheesy parsley mash. (and mushy peas for himself as hes not a veggie lover)
followed by chocolate chip cookies from the chocolate chip cookie thread.

The Hill Billy

janeybabe wrote: »

Hill Billy, I must use a very different stroganoff recipe to you, mine doesn't use stock. It's from that old Hamlyn All Colour Cook Book which is falling apart in my parents kitchen!

I kind of make mine up as I go along really. It had chicken, peppers, mushies, onions, sour cream, stock & paprika, oh, & a chopped fresh chilli sprinkled on top. Maybe I should have said chicken stroganoff-esque?

Toto Wolfcastle

Hill Billy wrote: »

I kind of make mine up as I go along really. It had chicken, peppers, mushies, onions, sour cream, stock & paprika, oh, & a chopped fresh chilli sprinkled on top. Maybe I should have said chicken stroganoff-esque?

Ya that's like mine without the stock. Actually, mine is sort of based on the recipe but my dad always added a squirt of tomato puree to the meat. Also, we very rarely use sour cream. Rather we use soured double cream. (Bit of lemon juice added.) Cooking isn't about recipes anyway. I have loads of cookery books but they're all in my parents' house so everything I eat has to be made up!

The Hill Billy

Roasted, then stir-fried belly of pork marinaded in apple, chilli, soy, honey & 5 spice.
Served with noodles, scallions, mustard cress & coriander.

Minder

Pancakes stuffed with spinach, pine nuts & mushroom, a little bechamel sauce flavoured with pesto. The rolled pancakes were dressed with more bechamel and a light tomato sauce, topped with parmaesan and baked.

The Sweeper

Hot and sour Thai chicken soup with glass noodles.

Dizzyblonde

A selection of frozen pizzas and garlic bread :eek::eek:
I decided to have a Sunday off and it was nice not spending the afternoon in the kitchen.

On Saturday night I went to Zao (Chinese/Thai) in the Omni centre with 6 others and every dish was fabulous.

tSubh Dearg

Saturday night was T-Bones with finely chopped mushrooms cooked with garlic, my homemade oven chips and roasted sweet red peppers.

Sunday was roasted Guinea Fowl with leeks baked in homemade cheese sauce.

Tonight was Shabadu's yummiest pasta recipe; spaghetti with pesto, freshly chopped cherry tomatoes and a couple of mini balls of buffalo mozzerella.

All in all a pretty tasty few days

The Hill Billy

Roast chicken & veg.

Minder

Jambalaya

Pigletlover

tSubh Dearg wrote: »

Tonight was Shabadu's yummiest pasta recipe; spaghetti with pesto, freshly chopped cherry tomatoes and a couple of mini balls of buffalo mozzerella.

All in all a pretty tasty few days

Oooh, I think I'll be trying that tonight. Himself will be having lamb, which I hate so I'll have pasta and pesto (which he hates :rolleyes:). I think I'll switch the cherry tomatoes for the sun ripened tomatoes from Superquinn, I just can't get enough of them at the minute.

kenco

janeybabe wrote: »

I had potato and leek cakes and breaded chicken goujons. The potato and leek cakes were so good I nearly died. The ultimate comfort food, and this from a potato hater! I'd usually put some parmasan in the breadcrumbs for the goujons but I had none and was too lazy to walk to the shop. They were still nice.

Made up the goujons last night and they were lovely! One improvement I might try in time is to add some spices to the coating but that would only be a small improvement on greatness!

Thanks for the recipe!

kenco

Tried this one this evening and it was none toobad!

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5161/sausages-with-oregano-mushrooms-and-olives

The Hill Billy

Wednesday - Bacon, cabbage & potatoes.

Thursday - Made minestrone from remaining bacon, cabbage & the contents of my vegetable rack. You could walk a horse across it.

Minder

Last night was a spit roast chicken with baked spuds and a side salad. Tonight will be thai chicken salad and a thai red curry.

The Sweeper

Slow roast pork belly, boiled rice and brocolli stir fried with oyster sauce and ginger for lunch.

Double cooked the pork belly - first time I slow roasted it we were distracted and didn't eat at home by the time it was done. I put the cold piece back in the oven at gas mark 3 for 90 minutes the next day. It was practically melting by the time it was served and the crackling was perfect without having to be put under the grill - fantastic (though I'm not sure where this sits in the 'Don't ever reheat pork' category?)

Then we were piglets and had home made beef burgers for supper - himself makes these, shapes and seasons the patties from around 80% lean mince and cooks them on the griddle. Served in a sesame seed bun with sliced pickles, onions, tomatoes and chili with large dollops of ketchup and American style mustard. Served with a bottle of cold suds (and usually a sheet of kitchen towel and a fork for me, because I heap the garnish and sauce on mine and the bun always falls apart before I finish eating it )

Tonight will probably be either thai noodle soup or nasi goreng. Either way I'll be boiling a whole chicken, stripping the fat and flesh from the bones and reserving the flesh. I usually use the breast meat in a noodle soup and keep the legs and thighs for a variaton on nasi goreng. Have cold rice from the pork belly day, so will probably go nasi goreng first and thai soup tomorrow. I'll also give the bones and fat from the chicken another simmer to make more stock, so on day three, if I'm planning correctly, we'll be having pumpkin risotto

Toto Wolfcastle

I had my first proper Sunday roast in over 3 weeks today because I was home from college. Roast beef with all the trimmings! Followed by chocolate, caramel and hazelnut tart. I love being home because I get to bake. I can't afford it when I'm at college!

Minder

Minesajackdaniels wrote: »

(though I'm not sure where this sits in the 'Don't ever reheat pork' category?)

Craggy faced super chef, Ramsay, had a recipe for twice cooked belly pork on the last F Word series. I am sure there was a cold period between cookings. He pressed the meat after the first cooking to make it a regular shape. If properly heated there should be no problem.

Last night was Vietnamese lemongrass chicken, rice and stir fried greens.

Little_s

I love eating~~~~~~~~~
HOHO~~ spicy cockspur~a little sweet a little vinegary and a little spicy~~
some vegetables,a duck with rice and nuts in it(a little like turkey,our traditional food),bouilli meatball(I don't know how to translate~HOHO~~) some chichens~a soup~
Waooooooo~~~~~~~~