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

GrahamThomas

Penne with creamy Cajun sauce and blackened chicken..... Still have loads left over for lunch tomorrow!

SusieBlue

Chicken marinated in lemon with baby potatoes, asparagus, baby sweetcorn and baby carrots

Seaneh

GrahamThomas wrote: »

Penne with creamy Cajun sauce and blackened chicken..... Still have loads left over for lunch tomorrow!

Sounds like a lovely winter warmer!
What's your recipe?

Just screams comfort food to me, that and a lump of fresh crusty bread, yum.

GrahamThomas

Seaneh it was pretty comforting last night, served with garlic bread and a bottle or two of Paulaner :pac:

The recipe was one I had come across ages ago here on Boards, I think, and had scribbled down into a notebook I keep for recipes and such.
To start with, the Cajun spice mix is 2tbsp cayenne pepper, 1tbsp paprika, 1tbsp garlic salt, 1tbsp of black and 1 of white pepper, 1tbsp of cumin and 1tbsp of oregano.

To make the sauce, mix up a roux of approx. 30g flour and butter in a saucepan until it comes together in a pastry-like lump. Then add in 2 finely diced peppers and 500 ml of chicken stock, and let it simmer away for about 30 mins.

When the sauce is almost ready stick on your pasta. Take chicken breasts (I used 3) and butterfly them, dip them in melted butter then dip them into some of the Cajun spice mix. Fry on a very, very hot griddle pan for about 5 minutes either side.

At the very end add cream and Cajun spice mix to the sauce to taste, and its ready to serve on a bed of pasta!

tmc86

Last night I made a spicy cod ratatouille with yellow bell pepper, courgette served with cous cous.

For the sauce I used chopped tomatoes, sea salt, black pepper, paprika, oregano, worcestershire sauce, garlic, tomato ketchup, american hot sauce and a touch of inferno chilli sauce!

tmc86

More cous cous last night! Served with Salmon marinated in soy sauce, rice wine, paprika, Sea salt and black pepper.

Seaneh

Yesterday for dinner I was caught in town and wanted somethign quick and yummy while waiting for a meeting so went to Java (local french bistro/cafe in galway) and had their crepe of the day, buckwheat crepe with cheddar, roast chicken and potatoes. Side salad and a mug of tea.

Was so good I might go back today.

livinsane

I pan fried wild sea bass within an hour of being caught. Fresh! Served it with shaggy cap mushrooms I picked locally, ramen noodles with cucumber, jalapeno peppers, dash of soya sauce and lemon juice. Toasted seeds on top.

Also made a sweet courgette bread.

Toast4532

Dinner tonight was roast pork with smoked paprika, salt, pepper, dried basil and dried sage on top. Had it with boiled potatoes and leeks softened in a little butter.

the beer revolu

From a few days ago:

A nice mash up of a dinner using up stuff from the fridge and garden.
First off was bubble and squeak cakes with lots of cabbage from the garden, leek, ham, parsley and a little bit of potato.
Slow roast tomatoes with garlic and thyme - all from the garden too!




Then we had the previous nights dinner fried up - rice, chicken and choi sam with nice Chinese flavours and juice.

Slunk

Spicey stir fry and noodles with sirracha hot sauce chicken.

the beer revolu

And for tonight:

Pork pieces, skewered and done on the gas BBQ with marjoram,garlic, olive oil and sherry vinegar dressing. Sautéed potatoes,grilled tomatoes with garlic,peas.

Kovu

the beer revolu wrote: »

And for tonight:

Pork pieces, skewered and done on the gad BBQ with marjoram,garlic, olive oil and sherry vinegar dressing. Sautéed potatoes,grilled tomatoes with garlic,peas.
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I know I've no picture but the glistening *omnomnom**

suomi

I know this is a terrible picture, it looks like the insides of a toilet but that's because I was already halfway through before I remembered to take a picture. It's spicy taco soup with nachos and sour cream. Soooo good.

Merkin

Had Sunday roast of pork with scrumptious crackling, white cabbage, leeks in butter, peas and rosemary & sea salt roasted potatoes. Took the picture before the addition of white wine gravy as it was literally swimming in it

Mrs Fox

Made Lamb Rendang last night -- a wee too much coconut milk and fresh turmeric, but tasted awsome and meat just melted in the mouth. Served with plain boiled rice.

Slunk

Lamb Chops & Hearts in the Oven

the beer revolu

another hotchpotch dinner last night.
Had some slow cooked pork hock meat in the freezer so I fried this up with some garlic, concentrated stock and Frank's hot sauce. We had corn on the cobs with this, then had and an avocado each.
Tasty.
No pic.

Mrs Fox

Having Stir Fried Vermicelli for dinner tonight, and perhaps for lunch tomorrow.

Merkin

I made chilli chicken curry this evening based on a BBC Good Food recipe. Had to adapt it for our own tastes though as like it very hot!

the beer revolu

Pan fried duck breasts with a rhubarb, ginger, soy sauce; Thai rice; steamed pai choi.

Mr_Spaceman

GrahamThomas wrote: »

Penne with creamy Cajun sauce and blackened chicken..... Still have loads left over for lunch tomorrow!

Would you be so kind as to proffer the recipe please? That sounds delicious.

**EDIT: Oops, I see you've done so already!

Minder

Last night we had roast chicken with baked potatoes. I brined the chicken for eight hours before drying in the fridge for an hour. Once roasted, I left the chook to rest for 20 minutes. Very succulent, juicy chicken.

Into the same brine, I added a couple of partridges. Roasted them tonight and served with braised puy lentils and merguez sausages.

GrahamThomas

Had rib-eye steaks seasoned with paprika and fried up with a little finely chopped garlic and chilli, and served with a chorizo & potato hash. Quick, easy and very tasty.

There's some Key Lime pie for dessert, but I'm too full to tackle that right now

decisions

Coddle 'twas delicious.

Loopy

Stayed in Mount Juliet last weekend. The food was sublime. Here's a selection of some of the dishes we had.

Squab Pigeon

Lobster

Amuse Bouche

Rabbit & Langoustine

Coconut Parfait

Cheeseboard

Petit Fours


Yum!!

Mr Simpson

But do they do Adult portions??

Loopy

I know I thought I'd need a kebab afterwards as the portions were small but I was defo full leaving!

Merkin

Wow Loopy, the lobster looks absolutely sublime!

I made a lasagne today and am so happy with how it turned out as had never made it or even a bechamel sauce before. Added cheese to the bechamel which made it extra creamy and undoubtedly calorie laden Will definitely be making again so will make sure to take a photo next time! Served it with a green salad, garlic bread and coleslaw.

gjc

Loopy I serve that up every day of the week to mr.gjc :D:D looks amazing