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

mimihops

Hairycopper wrote: »

Serves 2

350g penne pasta
200ml cream
1 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley
4 tbsp vodka
3 tbsp tomato puree
35g butter
salt and pepper


Cook pasta as normal
Melt butter in pan. Add tomato puree and parsley and season.*
Mix together on low heat for five minutes.
Add cream then add your vodka, simmer on a low heat for 5 mins until the alcohol has burned off and thickened.
Drain pasta and stir into your sauce.

Enjoy!

*you could add cooked ham when the parsley and tomato puree is added. I tend not to most of the time though.

Thanks a mil!!

the beer revolu

Faith wrote: »

the beer revolu, can I come round to your house for dinner?

If Mrs. Beer gets invited to Trackguy's for dinner, you can come to mine;)


Last night was potato, leek, chive and wild garlic soup served with natural yoghurt, chives, wild garlic and Brasilnut oil.

Oven baked Buffalo wings with a green salad (from the garden). No pic.
Small bottle of Oude Kriek Boon to share.:D

trackguy

This is all sounding too much like Wife Swap to me :cool:

Last night was Italian sausages and lentils in tomato sauce

loveisdivine

Tonight was lamb chops with basil oil, garlic fondant potatoes, cabbage and leeks in white sauce and some roasted tomatoes. The white sauce came out a little thicker than I wanted, but still yummy.

the beer revolu

What you might call (if you were trying too hard) a deconstructed monkfish Thai green curry with fragrant rice and sugarsnap peas.
There was lots more sauce for pouring than what was in the pic:D
Sauce was from a curry I did a couple of weeks back.
Plate licking tasty:D

reallyrose

Oh god guys, too much food porn. I can't take it. ;_;

trackguy

Chicken stir-fry with oyster sauce

Hairycopper

Pork chops, creamy mash, pan fried parsnips and creamy apple sauce:)

Tar.Aldarion

Have just made some mattar paneer for the first time. mmm

Pigwidgeon

Last night I had steak with stir fried veggies and home made wedges, another quick and simple dinner.



Tonight it was meat loaf, mash potatoes, gravy and veg. I overdid the meat loaf a bit so it ended up being a bit dry, so I just added more gravy to it. I'll definitely make it again and cook it slightly less, I think the problem was that I probed it to see if it was done twice, and I think that was when the juices escaped. Ah well, you live and learn.

jinxremoving

summer veg lasagne with a side salad of lettuce, almonds and balsamic

recipe from here

Wurly

jinxremoving wrote: »

summer veg lasagne with a side salad of lettuce, almonds and balsamic

recipe from here

That link isn't working. Any chance you could post the recipe? Looks amazing.

Miaireland

I had prawns, in a lemon cream sauce and boiled rice.

confusticated

Cooked steak, boiled baby potatoes, peas and fried mushrooms and onions with pepper sauce for me and two friends...tasty!

This thread always makes me starving, tonight's tortellini can't come fast enough!

Loopy

We had chicken basque last night.
nyom.

mike65

I always feel like the stupid pupil on this thread

TeletextPear

Took advantage of the Woolshed's €10 steak night last night, bf had sirloin and I had kangaroo. Delicious big steaks, chips and garlic butter, great value. Only complaint was that they were slightly more medium than rare in parts, but still delicious.

jinxremoving

Wurly wrote: »

That link isn't working. Any chance you could post the recipe? Looks amazing.

it is lovely, quite easy to do as well. hopefully this link works http://www.honeygo-lightly.com/2012/03/summer-veg-lasagne.html

Daisies

TeletextPear wrote: »

Took advantage of the Woolshed's €10 steak night last night, bf had sirloin and I had kangaroo. Delicious big steaks, chips and garlic butter, great value. Only complaint was that they were slightly more medium than rare in parts, but still delicious.

Oh I love kangaroo steak. Nom nom

jimfinoc

Cook pasta as normal
Melt butter in pan. Add tomato puree and parsley and season.*
Mix together on low heat for five minutes.
Add cream then add your vodka, simmer on a low heat for 5 mins until the alcohol has burned off and thickened.
Drain pasta and stir into your sauce.

How do I hold onto the alcohol!! Hic.

Medicine333

mike65 wrote: »

I always feel like the stupid pupil on this thread

<snip>

Now that's my kind of dinner;)

Good, honest, uncomplicated food nomnomnom!

psycho-hope

cod with chorizo and veg

the beer revolu

mike65 wrote: »

I always feel like the stupid pupil on this thread

I'd have no problem lashing into that except the chips look a little anemic.

ft9

Oven chips = sin

the beer revolu

ft9 wrote: »

Oven chips = sin

Properly cooked (very hot oven and single layer of chips) they can be alright.
They have improved over the years.
I quite like McCain French Fries if cooked crispy.

Martyn1989

the beer revolu wrote: »

Properly cooked (very hot oven and single layer of chips) they can be alright.
They have improved over the years.
I quite like McCain French Fries if cooked crispy.

I think the ones featured in the pic are the mccains in beef dripping ones which are lovely (for oven chips) if you cook em so the grease all dries out and they crispen up.

Tonight I had Spicey Ribs and corn on the cob, delish!

Miaireland

Flashed fried squid with five spice powder, lime rind and sweet chilli sauce and noddle salad.

the beer revolu

Chicken legs roast with lemon thyme; potato, apple and chorizo bake, roast tomatoes with apple balsamic, asparagus (I'm normally good for not buying out of season veg that has travelled half way around the world but today I just really wanted asparagus:o); chickeny, thymey, winey jus.

Minder

Steaks with chips, mushrooms and onion crackers (think prawn crackers, but an onion flavour).

trackguy

Great looking food all round on this thread recently!

The other night we had a tapas feast.

There was griddled broccolli with balsamic dressing, mashed chickpeas with oregano and garlic, fried chorizo (not pictured), crispy squid, patatas bravas and some manchego cheese with honey & thyme.