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

the beer revolu

Lightly fried pork fillet with some fantastic satay sauce I had in the freezer to start followed by dahl and basmati rice.

cherryghost

Breaded steak with sushi rice, Chicken + Shitake mushroom Udon Noodles, and homemade curry.

MissFlitworth

cherryghost wrote: »

That looks like enough food for all of us alright! Should we drop round straight away or are you waiting for it to cool down slightly?

The Sweeper

Decided to try out southern food and made biscuits with sausage gravy. More work needed to get the flavours right.

huskerdu

We had the Tom Kerridge baked beans. Based on Mr Magnolias advice, I used 60% of the amount of sugar and vinegar suggested and I added a pinch of chilli powder. Served with home made rye bread toasted. Very good

RasTa

Weekly steak

Minder

Desi Murgh chicken curry, with fluffy basmati rice and a swathe of chutneys & pickles.

Gloomtastic!

Wanted something different for Sunday Roast so decided to try Aldi's Four Bird Roast for a change. We have a few mini Christmases coming up so wanted to see if it would be good enough.

Roasted it in a roasting tin on a layer of onion, carrots and celery - it recommends you roast it in the foil supplied.

Verdict? Not bad, the marmalade glaze on the bacon outer wrap was lovely. You could taste the various meats - turkey, chicken, duck & goose. It says it serves 6-8 but 2 adults and 2 kids ate most of it.
Worth €12? Not really.

For our mini-Chrimbos I think I'll wrap a boned and stuffed turkey leg in bacon and glaze it with marmalade.

RasTa

Small bit of couscous to go with my lamb:D

Dolbert

Hereford rib-eye steaks with fried onions and skinny chips, washed down with lovely Croatian wine from our honeymoon

Minder

Roast crown of chicken with watercress and two chilli sauces. The first is a caramel chilli sauce, the second was nuoc cham. Also made stirred fried mushrooms with oyster sauce and egg noodles.

fussyonion

Roast chicken seasoned with parsley, thyme, rosemary, salt and papper, rubbed with a little oil and a crushed Chicken Oxo cube; the bird sat on a bed of carrots, onions, celery and garlic and was then wrapped in foil and roasted.

Served with mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, carrots and peas and gravy.
Washed down with a beautiful glass of Rioja.

MissFlitworth

Bibimbap, so tasty. Couldn't get all the crunchy rice from the bottom of the bowl with my chopsticks, more practice needed!

dipdip

Garlicky chilli prawns with little toasts for dipping, followed by fillet steak, carrots and mange-tout and hash potatoes with a pepper cream sauce.

hussey

As apart of my houses cookbook challenge we had a tapas night last night.

Tortilla
spinach & gruyere arancini
Zesty lemon & orange chicken skewers
patatas bravas
chorizo in cider
Garlic prawns
Basil pesto & sourdough
and finished off with a brownie

cee_jay

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Bibimbap, so tasty. Couldn't get all the crunchy rice from the bottom of the bowl with my chopsticks, more practice needed!

Have you a recipe for this? I love bibimbap!

Billy86

hussey wrote: »

As apart of my houses cookbook challenge we had a tapas night last night.

What the hell is that in the first picture and where is the recipe!? It looks amazing!

Had to google 'arancini' by the way - you should look into coixinha. It's Brazilian, would fit in well with the rest of that stuff and is outrageously tasty.

MissFlitworth

cee_jay wrote: »

Have you a recipe for this? I love bibimbap!

Unfortunately I didn't make it. The only recipe I have is 'Go to the Hop House & order Bibimbap (and some vegetable pancakes)'

Mrs Fox

hussey wrote: »

As apart of my houses cookbook challenge we had a tapas night last night.

Tortilla
spinach & gruyere arancini
Zesty lemon & orange chicken skewers
patatas bravas
chorizo in cider
Garlic prawns
Basil pesto & sourdough
and finished off with a brownie

I was just about to ask CAN I COME TO YOUR HOUSE, PLEASE when I realised you're in Sydney:(

pampootie

Rubbed a leg of lamb in garlic oil, salt and pepper and slow roasted it for 6 hours. Roasted carrots and parsnip under the joint and duckfat roast potatoes separately. Wholegrain mustard, mint leaves and the juices reduced down for the gravy. Hot whiskeys for dessert. So full!

Loire

Herself's folks were down:

Fri: Roasted Cod served on wilted spinach with green beans and mash

Sat: lunch - homemade veg soup with homemade brown bread (in the Panasonic!)

Sat:
Starter: Homemade chicken liver & mushroom pate (made myself). With Buffalo Mozz (from the English Market - devine).
Mains: Lamb Stew cooked in the slow cooker all day. Served that with boiled potatoes

Sun: Roast beef - mixture of house-keepers cut, round roast and 2 x sirloin steaks. Put them all in the slow cooker at 2pm yest and they were falling apart at 9pm last night.

We were all dizzy going to bed last night!

cee_jay

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Unfortunately I didn't make it. The only recipe I have is 'Go to the Hop House & order Bibimbap (and some vegetable pancakes)'

I had never heard of this Hop House place until now - I may be praising/cursing you for the amount of business I will start giving them

The Sweeper

Hairy Bikers beef biryani recipe. Really is excellent.

EI: Una

Hi there,

As part of our Powering Kindness campaign this week, we have been spotting various good deeds! For the following recent post, we would like to give leahyl the gift of a €100 One4All voucher!

leahyl wrote: »

Here's the recipe:

4tbsp olive oil
8 large wild boar sausages
1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
2 celery sticks, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
1 tbsp chopped sage
2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
400g tin of haricot beans, drained and rinsed
1 tsp smoked paprika
sea salt and black pepper
chopped flat leaf parsley to garnish
crusty bread and creamy mashed potatoes

Preheat the oven to 180c. Heat 1 tbsp of the olive oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan. Add the sausages and cook gently for 1-2 minutes or until they are just sealed and lightly browned on all sides. Transfer the sausages to a plate and set aside until needed.

Wipe out the frying pan and then add the remaining 3 tbsps of olive oil. Add the onion, celery, garlic, chilli and sage then saute very gently for about 10 minutes until the onion is completely softened but not browned, stirring occasionally. Add the tomatoes and bring to a simmer, then cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is slightly reduced and thickened. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Transfer the tomato mixture to a small roasting tin or casserole dish - the mixture needs to fit quite snugly. Then stir in the haricot beans and smoked paprika and arrange the sausages on top, burying them into the mixture. Roast for 20-25 minutes until the cassoulet is bubbling and the sausages are cooked through and tender. Scatter the parsley over and serve straight away with mashed potatoes and a basket of crusty bread.

Phew!! I typed all that out - my good deed for the day!

How Powering Kindness works:
Go to www.poweringkindness.ie, "bank" a good deed, and nominate a charity (Special Olympics Ireland, ISPCC Childline or Breakthrough Cancer Research).

We also have a Powering Kindness competition running on the Talk To Electric Ireland page - iPad Mini up for grabs!

Congrats leahyl!

All the best,
The Electric Ireland team

IvyTheTerrible

Well done leahyl!

/jealous/

hardCopy

Jamie Oliver's American Style Pancakes



These were really good. A little bit more work than my normal pancake batter as the egg whites are beaten separately and then folded back into the batter but it makes them really light and fluffy.

leahyl

Electric Ireland: Una wrote: »

Hi there,

As part of our Powering Kindness campaign this week, we have been spotting various good deeds! For the following recent post, we would like to give leahyl the gift of a €100 One4All voucher!


How Powering Kindness works:
Go to www.poweringkindness.ie, "bank" a good deed, and nominate a charity (Special Olympics Ireland, ISPCC Childline or Breakthrough Cancer Research).

We also have a Powering Kindness competition running on the Talk To Electric Ireland page - iPad Mini up for grabs!

Congrats leahyl!

All the best,
The Electric Ireland team

Good GOD! I'm confused and excited all at the same time! What do I need to do now?! :pac:

Dizzyblonde

Congratulations leahyl!

leahyl

I'm a bit embarrassed! I'm sure there are way better good deeds than mine But I'm delighted also

Gloomtastic!

hardCopy wrote: »

Jamie Oliver's American Style Pancakes

These were really good. A little bit more work than my normal pancake batter as the egg whites are beaten separately and then folded back into the batter but it makes them really light and fluffy.

I use this breakfast pancake recipe from Jamie http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fruit-recipes/breakfast-pancakes. The pear gives it a nice subtle sweet taste. So easy to make!