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

Martyn1989

A rough 2 days here in Calgary with many people being evacuated due to the floods, fortunately we are up on a hill, the area we wanted to live is under water.

To raise our spirits I made Jamaican jerk chicken with caribean style rice and beans, amazing.

MissFlitworth

Nachos for me, and all the makings of nachos seperated out into bowls for my partner who doesn't like 'messy food'.




Followed by little banana buns iced by putting a chocolate button on top of them while they were still warm.



They were great! Cakes normally defeat me but, for probably the first time ever, I actually creamed the sugar and butter till it looked like cream rather than gritty butter and whatdoyaknow it turns out that bit is important & books weren't lying to me

(Glad to hear you're safely above the water Martyn1989)

Mellor

Chicken and mushroom parcels, with bacon, cauliflower and spinach salad.

fussyonion

Sorry, I know I said I'd be here every day to upload pics from my trip away but it's been a mad week.

So today I'll just post a pic of a Giant Yorkshire Pudding filled with Stew which boyfriend ordered in restaurant while we were away:

Pigwidgeon

After a mental month of work/internships I've finally gotten a few days off so there has been lots of cooking!

Tonight I panfried some hake and had it with asparagus, paprika crushed potatoes and some dill beurre blanc. I wasn't in my own kitchen so not used to the pan and lost most of the skin of the fish



Then afterwards I made some crème brulee which we had with fresh berries



I also got a bit carried away during the week and ended up trying out some of the stuff I'd made during my internship; there's honeycomb, lime marshmallows and a hazelnut fudge.

fussyonion

Sorry, I just realised this pic's a tiny bit blurry...anyway we had roast beef today. Made it all myself and was sweating after it!
Washed it all down with a glass of Merlot and it was delicious!

tmc86

A simple light meal on Saturday night - chorizo, parma ham, gubeen cheese, cashel blue, brie and some red cheddar and a few other bits - all washed down with a lovely Malbec.

the beer revolu

A summer feast yesterday:
Grilled beef and black pepper sausages, aubergine, courgette, red pointed peppers - all from Lidl. Tiny bit of leftover butternut squash, Aldi Mediterranean wholemeal wraps, romanesco sauce from the freezer. All done on the gas BBQ.

Mrs Fox

Just after having oven baked rainbow trout with garlic butter, sautéed new potatoes and steamed mangetout.
The Cooking Club's Apple Tart is in the oven now.

homemadecider

Bit of a mish-mash dinner; we had leftover roast chicken so I made stock from the bones/ fat/ skin and then made soup with a load of veg and spices. Threw in the leftover roasted sweet potatoes from yesterday's dinner at the end. Nice wintry dinner for an Irish summer

Mrs Fox

Early dinner these days. Made Crispy chicken legs with creamy Dijon sauce, oven baked new potatoes and steamed garden peas.

annamcmahon

Made chicken legs and cider casserole in the slow cooker. It was delicious

lisatu

We had a kind moussaka yesterday with garlic bread. I had spag bol to use up from freezer so used that and added aubergines to it like a moussaka and sauce and baked in the oven.

Tonight we had a chicken, ham and broccoli quiche.

B0jangles

I made Japchae for the first time - very tasty stuff, and as far as I can make out, very healthy too.

the beer revolu

No idea what to call this but it was damn tasty.

Pork mince fried with shallot, garlic and cubed courgette and ground coriander seed. Stock added and reduced to nothing. Lots of tomato concasse (peeled, deseeded chopped tomatoes) just warmed through. Lots of chives, flat leaf parsley, sage, mint, bunch of rocket, lemon zest, a little more garlic and toasted pinenuts added just before serving.
Served with fried polenta.

Maybe I can call it super savoury mince?

Mrs Fox

Last night we had Gordon Ramsay's Shepherd's Pie, with garlic ciabatta.




Tonight we're having San Bei Ji (Taiwanese 3-cup chicken) with a bit of kick from the dried chillies, just what I need for a dull day. Served with steamed rice.

ibarelycare

^^^^ That chicken looks great, could you post the recipe please?

fussyonion

Last night we had home made meatballs, home made tomato sauce and spaghetti-really enjoyed it.

lisatu

Last night we just had frozen pizza's and chips.

Tonight we had a sausage and lentil stew in the slow cooker. Throw everything in (bar the spinach) and forget about it for 5 hours.

Mrs Fox

ibarelycare wrote: »

^^^^ That chicken looks great, could you post the recipe please?

Sure thing. I'll put it up on the random recipe thread.

annamcmahon

Tonight I made sweet potato fish cakes with salmon and cod. I went for a Moroccon feel with garlic, coriander seeds and leaves, ras el hanout spice and lemon juice. Served roasted spiced brocolli with it. It was really nice and definitely make it again

Martyn1989

Hangover fry after a birthday night out, very good but not the same as home

Toast4532

Tonight we are having chicken legs marinated in paprika, basil, salt, thyme, cayenne pepper, rosemary, onion granules, lemon juice, olive oil and pepper, will pan fry them and then throw them into the oven for a while.

Will serve with spuds, need to get some vegetables tomorrow!

Mrs Fox

Tonight we had roasted chicken leg in spices, with steamed veg.




Dessert was bread and butter pudding. Looks a bit dry there unfortunately due to milk shortage, but poured over a mountain of custard to make up for it

Dizzyblonde

Mrs Fox wrote: »

Tonight we had roasted chicken leg in spices, with steamed veg.

No peas? :eek:
I had peas tonight - with mash and fish fingers (a very lazy dinner).

Tayla

homemadecider wrote: »

Bit of a mish-mash dinner; we had leftover roast chicken so I made stock from the bones/ fat/ skin and then made soup with a load of veg and spices. Threw in the leftover roasted sweet potatoes from yesterday's dinner at the end. Nice wintry dinner for an Irish summer

That looks delicious, do you mind telling me what spices you added?

candy-gal1

Last nignt I had pineapple, sweetcorn and extra cheese pizza!

Tonight/this evening I had homemade chicken curry and some red wine!

Mrs Fox

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

No peas? :eek:

Not tonight:o Threw the last of them into the kids' lunch today.

lisatu

Tonight we had a chicken and chorizo stew with polenta.

Mrs Fox

Tonight we had grilled salmon with spiced coconut cream sauce, stir fried broccoli with crayfish, and fluffy rice.