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

jos28

Pasta with chicken and chorizo (along with onions,peppers, garlic, basil,and olives in a tomato based sauce) topped off with grated parmesan.

boodlesdoodles

Tonight it was comfort food. Sirloin steak (medium rare), roasted garlic mashed potatoes, broccoli and sauté mushrooms. The piece de resistance was crispy fried onion sprinkled on top of the mashed potato!! Flipping delish, if I say so myself.

bonkey

Last night, mrs. bonkey cooked potato gnocchi with tomato sauce and tuna, which we had with some salad.

As a starter, we had some sausage rolls which I made at the weekend. 'twas my first attempt at making and seasoning the actual sausage meat, and I was quite pleased...although I had a touch too much mace in the flavouring.

the beer revolu

bonkey wrote: »

Last night, mrs. bonkey cooked potato gnocchi with tomato sauce and tuna, which we had with some salad.

As a starter, we had some sausage rolls which I made at the weekend. 'twas my first attempt at making and seasoning the actual sausage meat, and I was quite pleased...although I had a touch too much mace in the flavouring.

Yup, it's easy to over do the mace (i did on my first effort - my second try was better)
Fresh garlic can really take over a sausage mix too - so be careful there too.

Aidric

Good aul Shepherds Pie this evening.

thermo66

Aidric wrote: »

Good aul Shepherds Pie this evening.

Me too!!!! Was delicious. I added lots of spicy tomato ketchup and it really made a difference!!

bonkey

Tonight, I did lamb (nierstuck...is that flank?) with a rosemary and garlic breadcrumb crust, cheesy potatoes, roasted tomatoes, and fried courgettes.

Honey-ec

Last night was Irish Angus fillet steak sandwiches on toasted ciabatta with rosemary, garlic & lemon butter and crumbled feta.

Tonight was griddled halloumi seasoned with chilli oil & paprika served with homemade chilli & coriander hummous and warm flatbreads.

Tomorrow will be stroganoff, otherwise the beef I defrosted over Sunday night will be going in the bin.

The Sweeper

Paella. In a big paella pan. Made it as a combination of odds and ends, sort of in the spirit of the original - had pork fillet but no chicken, had chorizo and had prawns, then some peas, a little chopped green pepper etc. Came together nicely.

Klove

Spaghetti with arrabiatta sauce and chickpeas. Sauce made from scratch in about 15 mins and v. tasty it was too. Covered the whole lot in parmesan.

Nigel Farage

I had baked cod with mash, peas and a hollandaise sauce.

s&mbarbie

Tonight was chorizo, red pepper and potato quiche with some oven chips...

bonkey

Tonight was breaded pork chops, fried potatoes, and mixed boiled veg.

emc2

Last night was Homemade Ravioli (stuffed with Mince, Mushrooms, Onions and Garlic etc) with a tomato sauce.

For the main course I made Chicken Stuffed with black pudding wrapped in bacon with a cidar and mustard cream sauce and green beans with sesame seeds and garlic butter.

It was lovely..

terenc

Last night was baked sea trout with a white wine sauce(onion,stuffed olives, sweet gherkin, white wine, fish stock and double cream)
served with sliced cucumber drizzled with good quality olive oil.
Simply delicious:)

Aidric

Going for the gourmet mighty meat this evening.

NewFrockTuesday

I made riceflour bread - I could kill someone if I fired it at them. Its like a friggin brick. It was meant to go with the prawn and egg fried courgette that the housemate was making - unfortunatley, that was equally as disgusting.

Ive a pot of red lentil, kidney beans and chick peas on for falafel. Ive addded too much water - just a tad too much - into the mix so its too flussig for balling, but too thick for soup. Its like Flahavans flashy Italian cousin

Seriously not impressed this evening. Well on the way to a Might Meaty too at this rate :pac:

kenco

Last two nights my good lady has done the cooking!

Thurs was a pan fried sausage cassorole (peppers, chilli, toms, etc) served with rice. Last night was a a chicken tarragon dish (no cream), baby spuds and veg.

All delish!

the beer revolu

Really wanted soup for lunch but found the freezer was bare:mad:

So decided to make soup using ......STOCK CUBES:o!!
Lentilles vertes, onion and potato, flavoured with cumin, green cardamom, green chilli, black pepper bay leaf and fried garlic.
Twas chicken stock cubes and it tasted great - not stock cubey at all:D

psycho-hope

chicken stir fry, have stew bubbling away now for tommorrow:D

watna

OH is away so cooking for one at the moment, tonight I had spaghetti with oil, breadcrumbs, onions and garlic and parsley from the garden. I used avocado oil instead of olive oil and it was quite nice.

NewFrockTuesday

the beer revolu wrote: »

Really wanted soup for lunch but found the freezer was bare:mad:

So decided to make soup using ......STOCK CUBES:o!!
Lentilles vertes, onion and potato, flavoured with cumin, green cardamom, green chilli, black pepper bay leaf and fried garlic.
Twas chicken stock cubes and it tasted great - not stock cubey at all:D

BR!!! Stock cubes???!!!! Oh my Godfathers! :pac:

Tonight is Quorn fajhitas (spl?). Does anyone know if there is a sour cream equivalent made from soya or rice?


Ive a fruit salad of pineapple, pink grapefruit, canteloupe melon and mango with granola and soya yoghurt for after.

Honey-ec

Last night was chicken & chorizo in a habanero & tomato sauce.

Friday went to Mt. Wolseley for a toastie.

Thursday was an absolutely appalling meal in an Italian in Carlow town. The dish of olives that came before the starter had a pre spat-out stone in it :eek: Nuff said.

Today we're going to the Ballymore Inn for one of their cracking pizzas in a bid to erase the memory of Thursday night.

Faith

We had lobster bisque with crusty bread for lunch today. I was going to do lobster thermidor, but just got too lazy!

the beer revolu

Deepsense wrote: »

BR!!! Stock cubes???!!!! Oh my Godfathers! :pac:

I know....don't tell anyone!!:cool:

Deepsense wrote: »

Tonight is Quorn fajhitas (spl?). Does anyone know if there is a sour cream equivalent made from soya or rice?

Don't know.
You could always stop inviting vegans to dinner;)

The Hill Billy

Friday night Mrs Billy treated me to a super shin of beef stew. A wonderful meal to come home to after a couple of weeks away working.

Saturday I treated her to a Thai green curry.

Then Sunday did a roast chicken which is HB Jr I's favourite.

A great weekend with everyone's taste buds happy.

Useful.Idiot

Bolognese and multi-coloured pasta in the shape of wheels. Very 8 year old.

The Sweeper

Cooked lemongrass chicken and a chili on Sunday to supply meals for the week. Need to finish putting together the barbecue. (Yes, I know it's about four degrees where you lot are.)

Honey-ec

Deepsense wrote: »

Tonight is Quorn fajhitas (spl?). Does anyone know if there is a sour cream equivalent made from soya or rice?

Just use soya yoghurt. Obviously it's a lot runnier but the taste and cooling effect are pretty much the same.

NewFrockTuesday

Don't know.
You could always stop inviting vegans to dinner

Its for me! :eek: Shock horror! Im refining my diet. Dairy does not agree with me and Im getting mroe and more dubious about the real benifits of eating chicken as time goes on. Chicken breast - I should clarify. If a recipie calls for a whole chicken then its easier to source one that hasnt been raised in misery - Ill never be a "Quorn au vin" gal! But for simpler dishes like the fajhitas, then yes, its easier to go soya than hunt down the right chicken.


Thanks Honey-ec. Had it and yes, pewfect.

Tonight was lasagne - had it in work, it was the worst lasagne Ive ever not eaten.

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