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

trackguy

Courgette, feta & mint frittata, black pudding, baked potato and peas.

Frittata was lovely - got the recipe from the ICA cookbook, which has loads of delicious recipes.

gjc

merry christmas trackguy !!!:D:D:D. Are you still celebrating last christmas 2012 or are you getting ahead of the rush for later this year???:D:D:D:D:D


The ICA would show you how to cook yourself outta recession...must pick myself up one of those cookbooks....do you have to be a member to get one or are they in the likes of easons

hardCopy

trackguy wrote: »

Courgette, feta & mint frittata, black pudding, baked potato and peas.

Frittata was lovely - got the recipe from the ICA cookbook, which has loads of delicious recipes.

Don't quote pictures!

That frittatta looks really good.

tmc86

hardCopy wrote: »

That frittatta looks really good.

I agree! It looks like a tasty pizza slice!

April O Neill

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

Love that website.

Me too, prefer it to just the BBC Food website. Less "cheffy", more practical recipes. Plus, lots of the recipes have been reviewed, and the comments section will often contain helpful tips.

trackguy

gjc wrote: »

merry christmas trackguy !!!:D:D:D. Are you still celebrating last christmas 2012 or are you getting ahead of the rush for later this year???:D:D:D:D:D


The ICA would show you how to cook yourself outta recession...must pick myself up one of those cookbooks....do you have to be a member to get one or are they in the likes of easons

Ha - I was wondering what you were on about it for a minute there! Still have a stack of those napkins left to use!

The ICA book is great. The recipes are much more modern than I expected. I won it just before Xmas from Gill & MacMillan along with the MacNean cookbook, Sophie Kooks, a Domini Kemp book and Eat Like an Italian by Catherine Fulvio.

MissFlitworth

On Monday night I put some dried beans into my slowcooker (can't remember what type, they're a pinkish colour but not borlotti) with an onion, half a head of garlic and a couple of carrots popped one of those Aldi odds & ends of ham packs on top of it, added water and left on low over night. Now I have loads of savoury garlic-y beans and ham. Last night I fried up some chunks of ham then added eggs, beans and some of the broth from the slow cooker and had a sort of a hash for dinner with loads of franks & chili ricecakes. It was lovely if not all that pretty

Mike Litoris

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Am really suffering with a cold at the moment & fancied a chicken stew like I had when I was a kid. I threw one together yesterday in no time at all & it was fantastic.

4 chicken thighs & drumsticks (de-skinned & jointed)
4 large carrots chopped
2 leeks chopped
4 sticks celery chopped
6 spuds quartered
2 bay leaves
few sprigs of thyme
1.5l of chicken stock

Just chuck the lot in a pot, bring to the boil, then simmer for a hour.
It wouldn't be easier or tastier on a cold snowy day.

Made this tonight. For such a simple recipe it was ridiculously good. I ate too much though and I'm fooked right now.:p

xxxkarenxxx

Sirloin steak, red onion marmalade, red wine gravy, roasted potato and sweet potato wedges

Mrs Fox

trackguy wrote: »

The ICA book is great. The recipes are much more modern than I expected. I won it just before Xmas from Gill & MacMillan along with the MacNean cookbook, Sophie Kooks, a Domini Kemp book and Eat Like an Italian by Catherine Fulvio.

You lucky divil you.:rolleyes:


Tonight I made Parmesan breaded chicken along with creamy tomato fusili bake and rocket & cherry tomato salad.

oscarBravo

I had the summer in winter chicken. Man, that's tasty.

Danii86

Made a fish pie tonight, from the afforementioned bbc good food website! Im addicted to the site, and am forever perusing it lookin 4 ideas. This was from a recipie titled fish and broccoli pie. I adapted ot by addin potatoes and used a low gi bread roll to made the crumb ontop(on a low gi diet)
Used a packet of keohans fish pie mix, it had smoked haddock, salmon and cod and i also used some king prawns. It was a lovey hearty pie, realy tasty and filling. Served it with some sauted spinach with eschalot and nutmeg. Om nom nom

GalwayGuy2

Had a pasta sauce that I pretty much chucked everything into:P Had some beans, red pepper, sausages, onion, and honey. Also, had paprika, cumin, and cayenne (hadn't any chilli...kind of needed it though. )

Quick question, would you say a Wok's worth the bit of money?

Dizzyblonde

GalwayGuy2 wrote: »

Quick question, would you say a Wok's worth the bit of money?

Cheap and cheerful is the way to go. There's quite a recent thread on the subject here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=79423864

Faith

We had a lovely fresh light dinner tonight - pan fried lemon sole, buttery new potatoes, roasted vine cherry tomatoes and stir fried carrots.

Chronic Button

We had cottage pie...it was manna. It's bloody baltic out there!

Mrs Fox

Tonight I made panfried salmon darns and stir fried egg noodles.
I have a thing for fish lately.

tmc86

I ended up going for an Indian after work last night.

Shared a starter of chicken tikka and onion bhajis.



For main course I had lamb saagwala and fragrant rice but I was so hungry I forgot to take a photo!

Dizzyblonde

Tonight I made a chicken curry pie and we had it with potato wedges. It was delicious and I'll definitely make it again

xxxkarenxxx

Chicken satay to start



Followed by nasi goreng. This was so tasty cant wait to have it again!

5unflower

Last night was really nice Asian-style fish goujons (fish seasoned with limejuice and 5-spice before fried in a coating of dessicated coconut) with stir-fried vegetables, which was absolutly delicious but didn't look anywhere good enough to justify getting the camera out...

Tonight I stayed with the Asian theme and made a sticky pork stir fry

Toast4532

Tonight we are having Parmesan-chicken, similar to the recipe here http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/11800/crisp-parmesan-chicken-with-garlic-and-lemon-brocc

For the chicken I will put some lemon juice (just a small squeeze) and some dried herbs along with the cheese/bread crumbs mixture.

We will have it with vegetables........and beer.

decisions

Chicken breast with red pepper in Nandos BBQ sauce. Threw in a fair amount of chili flakes to spice it up a bit.

Terrible picture but you get the idea.

the beer revolu

From a couple of nights ago:
Tesco finest pork sausages (reduced section;)), crushed frozen peas, quinoa (don't know why we don't eat this more often) and some leftover chicken with onions and peppers from a couple of days previous.

LaChatteGitane

I absolutely love quinoa and it has always been a staple in our house.
I can even remember my mam cooking it for us when we were young on a regular basis (and I'm getting on a bit). Wow! she was rather progressive with her cooking style.:D

angeldaisy

Long time lurker first time poster!

Had curryaddicts chicken rogan josh and chicken korma served with pilau rice, bombay potatoes, tomato, cucumber and onion salad with yoghurt and cumin dressing.
Followed by chocolate brownies with summer fruits and mascapone cream
Yum...

gjc

Could someone tell me what is quinoa (i have googled it) what does it taste like ...have never had it....where would i get some....and how best to cook it.....i am going to set myself the challenge of trying something new this week....it it expensive or cheap to buy

the beer revolu

gjc wrote: »

Could someone tell me what is quinoa (i have googled it) what does it taste like ...have never had it....where would i get some....and how best to cook it.....i am going to set myself the challenge of trying something new this week....it it expensive or cheap to buy

quinoa could be described as somewhere between brown rice, pearl barley and couscous with a slight nutty taste but still pretty neutral. It is simply simmered (1 part quinoa, 2 parts water) for about 12 minutes. It has quite a strong vegetal smell when cooking but this isn't evident in the eating.
Any whole food/health food shop will have it. It really does have a nice texture.
Probably more expensive than rice but it won't break the bank.

Danii86

Tescos stock quinoa, its with all the dried beans etc.

Last night i had a bit of a craving for a good ole meat and two veg sorta dinner....soooo...had roast beef with mashed carrots n parsnips, broccoli and homemade potato wedges, totally hit the spot.

MissFlitworth

Last night had about 40 litres of Hoegaarden and a lot of cheese for dinner. Fun but paying for it today. Tonight my partner has to work really late so just put carnitas in the oven for a midnight feast. Be interesting to see which gives me the worse sleep - huge over consumption of pork in the middle of the night or huge over consumption of beer



And the finished product (a little dryer than it should be because my oven is a GIT and lied about what temperature it was at) served with pico de gallo, strong cheddar and sour cream