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

NewFrockTuesday

(Deepsense with new account as I no longer have access to the mail that I registered with)

Lentil and chorizo casserole. Just blah.

Rive Gauche

Pasta with a choice of 3 sauces: plain old tomato & basil, garlic & chilli, cream & pancetta. Had it with green salad and garlic bread.

the beer revolu

Dahl and rice.
I love it!!!!!

The Lovely Muffin

Salmon on Brown Bread

then

Southern Fried Chicken.

WanderingSoul

Chili risotto.

Minder

Venison stew following this recipe from Gordon Ramsay. The meat was lovely - a deep red colour with little fat. It cooked beautifully, was tender and full of flavour, the chocolate sauce was rich but the raspberry vinegar prevented it becoming cloying. Great recipe, definitely a keeper!

Dizzyblonde

Newfrocktuesday wrote: »

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Love the new name

Last night it was a hearty bowl of Scotch Broth.

psycho-hope

last night went to TGI's with the bf. Tonight its a ww meal and a big bowl of homemade veg soup

watna

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Love the new name

Last night it was a hearty bowl of Scotch Broth.

I also love the new name. You should merge your deepsense account with it bit keep that name.

Last night I had a veggie stir-fry with cashew nuts and oyster sauce. Had loads of vegetables to counrer-act the McDonalds I had for lunch

Going to a friends for dinner tonight and really looking forward to not cooking!

darrenh

Bacon, Cabbage and Parsley Pie with rough puff pastry.

NewFrockTuesday

Thanks Dizzy & Watna - Ive no thanks function atm. Ive requested to keep it

Last night was Govindas. Paneer in that tomatoey sauce, chickpea and kidney bean salad adn cous cous salad. Delicious!

Ive lost 8lbs so far - another 10 to go. Ive 3 dinners to go to this weekend so I fear it may be 2 steps forward and 10 back!

Dizzyblonde

Newfrocktuesday wrote: »

Ive lost 8lbs so far - another 10 to go. Ive 3 dinners to go to this weekend so I fear it may be 2 steps forward and 10 back!

Don't worry, you'll get back on track afterwards. I lost a stone last year and I'm trying to lose another now

Last night we had spaghetti with bacon and mushrooms in a tomato sauce.

neuro-praxis

Last night was beef in Guinness with mash and carrots. Tonight was grilled goat's cheese with baby spinach, rocket, and red onion marmalade.

watna

Last night, I went to a friend's house for dinner. Had roast chicken stuffed with rice, roast veggies and sala, followed by plum cake and ice cream. It was really nice and despite it being quite a hot evening the roast chicken wasn't to heavy.

WanderingSoul

Today I had a homemade burger, red onion relish and roasted potato slices.

The Lovely Muffin

Wednesday:

We had chips.

Mum and granny had beans and fried egg with theirs.

Thursday

We had potatoes, fried egg and rashers.

Friday

Mum and granny:

Spag bol sauce with potatoes.

Me: Spag bol sauce on it's own, then later on had some pizza.

Crann na Beatha

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the beer revolu

-Orlaith- wrote: »

Wednesday:

We had chips.

Mum and granny had beans and fried egg with theirs.

Thursday

We had potatoes, fried egg and rashers.

Friday

Mum and granny:

Spag bol sauce with potatoes.

Me: Spag bol sauce on it's own, then later on had some pizza.

Where's the veg - you'll get scurvy:eek:

the beer revolu

Last night was Aldi rib eye steaks.
Roast potatoes, carrots, Jerusalem artichoke, butternut squash and garlic.
Boiled asparagus.
A tomato sauce with pinenuts and butternut squash which we had with pasta the night before.

Tomato sauce was yum the night before but last night tasted like it was tinned - not nice at all. Could this have been caused by my leaving it in the pot overnight (I often leave sauces in the pot but haven't had this happen before)?

The Lovely Muffin

the beer revolu wrote: »

Where's the veg - you'll get scurvy:eek:

There was chopped carrots in the Spag Bol sauce lol. Does that count?:o:pac:

Anyway, I'm not a fan of vegetables.:o

Sigma Force

Spag. carbonara..I never add egg though..should I? Does it make much diff to the taste?

More importently for dessert made Nigellas (aka heart attack recipe woman) chocolate macaroons for the first time, uneblievable easy and turned out perfect. All gone with an hour, lovely and crisp on outside and chewy.

terenc

-Alioth- wrote: »

There was chopped carrots in the Spag Bol sauce lol. Does that count?:o:pac:

Anyway, I'm not a fan of vegetables.:o

I put beet tomatoes onion (diced) garlic and finish off with basil(herb) I don't think the Italian's put anything else in(vegetables that is) maybe the veg is a Irish version:):D

The Sweeper

Guineapigrescue wrote: »

Spag. carbonara..I never add egg though..should I? Does it make much diff to the taste?

More importently for dessert made Nigellas (aka heart attack recipe woman) chocolate macaroons for the first time, uneblievable easy and turned out perfect. All gone with an hour, lovely and crisp on outside and chewy.

I think carbonara has become very like bolognaise in terms of the variety of ingredients and cooking methods. Some days when I make it it's literally fried bacon lardons and raw egg stirred through hot, cooked spaghetti. The heat of the spaghetti then cooks the egg; then stir through grated parmesan. Season with black pepper, and eat.

Other days I make more of a cream sauce. I must look up the definitive recipe...

The Lovely Muffin

Roast Chicken, stuffing,, potatoes, carrots, gravy, brocolli (yes, I ate some, the first time in years! :eek:) today. Was delicious.

terenc wrote: »

I put beet tomatoes onion (diced) garlic and finish off with basil(herb) I don't think the Italian's put anything else in(vegetables that is) maybe the veg is a Irish version:):D

Did you mean to quote me or someone else?

Thanks for the tip though. Will try it next time, if I can pursuade the ma and nannie, that it.

the beer revolu

terenc wrote: »

I put beet tomatoes onion (diced) garlic and finish off with basil(herb) I don't think the Italian's put anything else in(vegetables that is) maybe the veg is a Irish version:):D

Italian recipes always have onion, carrot and celery .

the beer revolu

Last night was

Brambletini.
Olives.

Jerusalem artichoke and roast garlic soup served with a blob of Greek style yoghurt and a drizzle of brazilnut oil.

Riesling.

Roast sea bass and sea bream with lemon and thyme.
Boiled carrots.
Sautéed leeks with garlic.
Potato and Jerusalem artichoke mash (which I ruined by putting goose fat in - yeuch - dont put goose fat in mash:mad:)

Cheese and beer.

Rum and chocolate.

Minder

A mish mash of things - steamed mussels with chips; turkey & sweetcorn meatballs with chilli jam; and a salad of lettuce, cherry tomato, mint and a lovely goats cheese - dressed with olive oil and saba.

Faith

Roast leg of lamb, roast potatoes, boiled carrots and peas, all covered in gravy. The only thing missing was the mint sauce. I only discovered we had none when I went to get it for the table. No idea where the half-full jar went, but my mum probably threw it out or something:rolleyes:.

The Sweeper

Thai green chicken curry, with a range of veg (padded it out to do two nights with mange tout, baby corn, yellow pepper and carrot batons), using a curry paste but also some bashed lemongrass, a handful of kaffir lime leaves and a good seasnoning of fish sauce.

The Lovely Muffin

Mum and granny: Stuffing, potatoes, toast chicken, carrots and gravy.

Me: Stuffing, carrots, rashers and gravy.