The 'Here's what I had for dinner last night' thread - Part II - Don't quote pics!

Dubl07

Slime Princess wrote: »

Last night we had home made buttermilk fried chicken, marinaded in buttermilk and paprika for 48 hours and coated and then fried for 35 mins in a cast iron skillet.

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Served them with these battered cripsy potato things we got in M&S, home made slaw (yogurt based as himself can't stand mayo), boiled baby rooster potatoes, gravy and buttered mini corn on the cob.

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For afters the OH made a sublimely tart apple and raspberry crumble, which I proceeded to slather in custard. Bliss!

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It's kindof late at night but your post is so enthusiastic and the food looks so great that my inner voice was all super-excited and talking in italics with a posh accent and breathless stops. :-)

IvyTheTerrible

I had beef stirfry with noodles.
The stirfry was lovely apart from the fact that the meat was tough.
I bought fillet steak, so I'm not sure where I went wrong?

the beer revolu

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I had beef stirfry with noodles.
The stirfry was lovely apart from the fact that the meat was tough.
I bought fillet steak, so I'm not sure where I went wrong?

Overcooked the meat, I'd say.
If I was doing a stirfry with fillet I'd sear the meat while in one piece then slice it and just pop it in the stirfry at the end to warm it through.

IvyTheTerrible

the beer revolu wrote: »

Overcooked the meat, I'd say.
If I was doing a stirfry with fillet I'd sear the meat while in one piece then slice it and just pop it in the stirfry at the end to warm it through.

Thanks beer! I'd say that was it. I was disappointed because the rest of the flavours were very nice.

angeldelight

I've bought Monterey Jack quite recently in Marks & Spencer

B0jangles

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I had beef stirfry with noodles.
The stirfry was lovely apart from the fact that the meat was tough.
I bought fillet steak, so I'm not sure where I went wrong?

Just to add on to the beer revolu's suggestion, if you ever have to use beef that is much tougher than fillet, like round steak or the like, you can make it tender and delicious if you slice it thinly and then sprinkle on a little bread soda (maybe a teaspoonful per pound or less). Then you toss the meat so that it is fully coated and let sit for 30 minutes. Rinse off the bread soda and marinade or just cook as you usually would. It gives it a lovely smooth texture and is called "velveting". It works really well on chicken breast too.

Also while I've never had a problem with the bread soda leaving a nasty taste, some people have and they recommend adding a little vinegar to the rinsing water to make sure all the bread soda is definitely gone.

iwantmydinner

Paid a ball of motor tax this month on my diesel monster so it's cheap as chips/cupboard-clearing dinners for the next few days for me. Probably not a bad thing at all - I haven't been very imaginative with my meals lately so no harm to have to think about it!

Last night I fried some diced chicken in a bit of coconut oil, then threw in some green pesto and some feta, and served with whole grain penne. Lovely and salty and very satisfying.

tmc86

Grilled pork chop last night which I prepped with a mixed rub. Sauteed leeks and shallots, peas and goose fat roasties. Didn't bother with a gravy/sauce as the leeks were nice and buttery.

StripedBoxers

Last night we had lamb chops, baby potatoes done in the oven in olive oil and dried herbs/spices. I also chopped a tomato and some red onion and fried that in the pan in the lamb juices for a minute or two. Really delicious and satisfying meal.

Reindeer

angeldelight wrote: »

I've bought Monterey Jack quite recently in Marks & Spencer

Was it much like the American type? I have had it in England, and it was nothing like what I have had in Texas and California.

Kurumba

Made some 'healthy' apple and blackcurrant muffins made with oats, wholemeal flour, they are nice, a little dry but had one for brekkie and it was nice enough.

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Then for dinner we had some medium striploins with oven chips, coleslaw and big salad. Was a bit heavy handed on the feta but cheese is my weakness :pac:

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Sorry i don't know how to make the pictures smaller, if anyone can help it would be appreciated!

brinty

Kurumba wrote: »

Made some 'healthy' apple and blackcurrant muffins made with oats, wholemeal flour, they are nice, a little dry but had one for brekkie and it was nice enough.

Then for dinner we had some medium striploins with oven chips, coleslaw and big salad. Was a bit heavy handed on the feta but cheese is my weakness :pac:

Sorry i don't know how to make the pictures smaller, if anyone can help it would be appreciated!

Oh thats a lovely looking dinner...
Cheese being a weakness is nothing to be ashamed off..
Nothing like some nice cheese
Only problem in our house is the dog loves his cheese too and isn't happy unless he gets a nibble, but his reactions are priceless

Mrs Fox

Dinner was fried catfish coated with turmeric, then cooked in dry super spicy sambal. With steamed okra, and jasmine rice. Washed down with ice cold Ribena toothkind.

Chloebeag

Spaghetti with homemade bolognaise. Garlic bread. Yum.

Gloomtastic!

Roast pork tenderloin with apple and onion gravy, pickled cabbage, baby roasties and brocolli.

Roesy

Prawn and cashew nut curry with garlic and coriander naan.

Makood

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Roast pork tenderloin with apple and onion gravy, pickled cabbage, baby roasties and brocolli.

That looks absolutely gorgeous.

cofy

tmc86 wrote: »

Grilled pork chop last night which I prepped with a mixed rub. Sauteed leeks and shallots, peas and goose fat roasties. Didn't bother with a gravy/sauce as the leeks were nice and buttery.

Your dinner looks delicous, but your roasties look absolutely amazing, nomnom.

Gloomtastic!

Makood wrote: »

That looks absolutely gorgeous.

It was!

Here's the recipe for the pork. It was melt-in-the-mouth tender.

http://www.inspiredtaste.net/21117/perfect-roasted-pork-tenderloin-recipe-with-apples/

beertons

I had a slow cooked Mongolian beef tonight. Added a can of chopped tomatoes to the pot, with a pepper, and a punnet of mushrooms to the recipe from the shortcut list. Beautiful. The kids asked for seconds. Enough said.

IvyTheTerrible

Chickpea and spinach curry, lovely. We had it with the mango chutney I made a few weeks ago, which is a lot less spicy than it seemed when I first made it, it seems to have mellowed! Very nice.

tmc86

I've been having unusual pasta cravings of late so last night I made grilled salmon farfalle pasta. The sauce was a blended rocket and cream sauce with peas and chive and a sprinkle of pecorino. Served with some garlic ciabatta.

Craving satisfied.

Faith

Blended rocket and cream sauce? Tell me more about that!

tmc86

Faith wrote: »

Blended rocket and cream sauce? Tell me more about that!

I just put a good handful of rocket into a blender with about 2-3 tblsp of the pasta water and some cream (judged this to ensure it was thick enough when combined with the water). Bit of cracked pepper and salt and whizz it up!

I added this back to the cooked pasta and flaked salmon, cooked peas and chive. On a low heat I just warmed it back up.

Note: I was making this for two (one dinner & one lunch) so adjust rocket, cream & water accordingly!

Faith

That sounds like a brilliant and tasty way to improve the vegetable content of a meal! Going to try it tonight with meatballs, and add fried chestnut mushrooms after the blending stage too.

ChewChew

Monday was lamb tagine from the cooking club ('cept I used beef )




And last night was curry and I used left over roast chicken and I made some spicy roast potatoes

Faith

I eff'd up what could have been a fabulous dinner tonight . I made pork and beef meatballs, in a creamy mushroom and rocket* sauce, served with brown rice. Unfortunately, I used a beef Oxo cube for the base of the sauce and it was unpalatably salty . We resolutely soldiered through half of it and then gave up. It would have been fine if I'd just made my normal fatso cream sauce - damn you being healthy!

*thanks tmc86!

Jawgap

Fresh out of the ocean - dredged some razors yesterday when I was working in Clifden.....

Steamed some with wine, garlic & chilli and used remaining juice to make a light sauce by adding a small bit of cream and Pernod.

Threw a few on the bbq to see how they'd go - not too bad is the answer (cooked on a low setting and for not very long, then a blast at max heat for a few seconds).

........and it seemed a shame to waste the wine given I had to open it to get some for cooking with:D

StripedBoxers

Today we're having cottage pie.......starting to regret it now given how warm it is outside and how warm the oven is making the kitchen

herisson

Sweet potato fries, pan fried cod fillet and peas.

Then a puff pastry cone with stewed apples and cream.