Here's What I Had For Dinner - Part III - Don't quote pics!

Gloomtastic!

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

Any kind soul care to share a recipe for the saag?

Here's the recipe I used last week after seeing that post. I used diced thighs as opposed to legs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/chickenwithspinach_90047

McMurphy

And this is the one I used

https://pipingpotcurry.com/chicken-saag-pressure-cooker/

Just a few things to note, I've made it twice now, some things I've changed, and imo for the better.

Add a chopped chilli to the onions at the start which you will be blending. (If you aren't a fan of heat, don't bother)

Brown the chicken first either in the instant pot, or in a pan. I think it's a nicer texture than what is just essentially boiled/pressure cooked chicken.

I added extra spinach at the end in my first batch, that was good, but I left it out of the second batch - to me it was better.

Lastly as my son exclaimed that "it looked like a horse had eaten too much grass" I added a table spoon of tomato puree into my second batch (I didn't get a pic unfortunately) and it definitely looked better for it.

Hope that helps.

Shenshen

Steaming hot red lentil cottage pie, with cheesy mash on top

McMurphy

Made a great big pan of chicken enchiladas this evening.



Chicken, diced onion, garlic, peppers and jalapenos, in a spicy tomato sauce, wrap them in tortillas, cover with more sauce, and sprinkle with grated cheese.

Fresh out of the oven here.



Served simply with garlic baby potatoes.

Mystery Egg

We had steak fajitas for lunch, so for dinner we had soup and a sandwich. Home made leek and potato, with ham, cheese and onion sambos on beautiful bakery fresh bread.

Dizzyblonde

We had cottage pie tonight. I always put plenty of onion into the meat base, but recently I've been adding a good pinch of onion granules too and it makes a huge difference to the flavour.

Roald Dahl

We had some fishcakes, made with smoked mackerel from Lidl and some leftover potatoes.

We chopped up some recently-made preserved lemons and used them in the salad.

the beer revolu

Roald Dahl wrote: »

We had some fishcakes, made with smoked mackerel from Lidl and some leftover potatoes.

We chopped up some recently-made preserved lemons and used them in the salad.

Next time put some in the fishcakes, too!

Dizzyblonde

We had slow roasted pork ribs. I cooked them with a Sticky Ribs dry rub, then turned up the heat and brushed them with my best barbecue sauce yet. We ate them with Aldi skin on fries and not a vegetable in sight

Ryath

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

We ate them with Aldi skin on fries and not a vegetable in sight

Managed to grab the last two bags of Skin on fries yesterday in my local, I'd have bought 10 if they'd been there! Hopefully the replacements are as good. Had some with chicken quesadillas. Made my own spice mix for the chicken and Tesco corn wraps. Won't bother getting the old el paso kits anymore I'd say, mine had more flavour. The old el paso wraps are better but they are nearly the same price as the kits.

igCorcaigh

Old el Paso are only good for their corn chips, very nice.

Whatever happened to Discover Mexican sauces, they were decent enough.

We're really starved for quality Mexican food here. You dubs are lucky to have that deli place Picado, but it's pricey on the shipping to down here.

zerosugarbuzz

Roald Dahl wrote: »

We had some fishcakes, made with smoked mackerel from Lidl and some leftover potatoes.

We chopped up some recently-made preserved lemons and used them in the salad.

The chips on the side look amazing too

McMurphy

Last day of the month so was out the door (literally) all day in the wind and rain finishing up jobs on a few different sites and if anyone wasn't already aware, i can let you know winter is definitely on its way, wet and horrible.

Anyway, the better half was working from home today and said she'd make me dinner, great I thought, be great to get back home out of the rain to a nice warm home cooked meal.

My wife (vegetarian) made for me the following..... Wait for it.

Meatloaf.......... Served with chips.................and couscous............and sweetcorn.

Honestly a weird accompaniment to each other I thought, and not a drop of gravy or sauce anywhere but it was actually very nice.

No photo but it was very good.

Mystery Egg

We had home made salmon goujons with lemon garlic mayo, and real home made chips. Not a vejjable in sight.

conor_ie

Slow Cooker Roast Beef and Roast Potatoes!

Recliner

conor_ie wrote: »

Slow Cooker Roast Beef and Roast Potatoes!

Oh recipe for the beef please.

McMurphy

Chicken thigh fillets chopped sprinkled with Chinese five spice, and then stirfried with finely diced spring onions, garlic, ginger, chilli's and corriander, then add in peppers, and add noodles that have been resting in boiling water with broccoli, add soy sauce as needed.

When almost done, add some honey and just before serving a good sprinkle of Thai 5 spice.




We had vegetables spring rolls and sweet chili sauce to go with them too.

Be right back

Old reliable steak dinner.

Errashareesh

Combination of Mexican and Middle Eastern (like Salma Hayek!) - Mexican style chicken stew but with chick peas and tzatziki instead of black beans and sour cream.

McMurphy

McMurphy wrote: »

And this is the one I used

https://pipingpotcurry.com/chicken-saag-pressure-cooker/

Just a few things to note, I've made it twice now, some things I've changed, and imo for the better.

Add a chopped chilli to the onions at the start which you will be blending. (If you aren't a fan of heat, don't bother)

Brown the chicken first either in the instant pot, or in a pan. I think it's a nicer texture than what is just essentially boiled/pressure cooked chicken.

I added extra spinach at the end in my first batch, that was good, but I left it out of the second batch - to me it was better.

Lastly as my son exclaimed that "it looked like a horse had eaten too much grass" I added a table spoon of tomato puree into my second batch (I didn't get a pic unfortunately) and it definitely looked better for it.

Hope that helps.

Made this as discussed above last night for this evening's dinner.

Was extremely tasty.

Bit of naan on the side.

pew

Beef stew with some apple cake and custard for dessert

Dizzyblonde

pew wrote: »

Beef stew with some apple cake and custard for dessert

Dessert of a Monday? The notions! Nothing says autumn like apple cake or crumble

Edit: I've just seen it in the Baking thread - yum!!

We had loin of bacon with roasted root veg and cabbage.

Mystery Egg

Yum.

Chowed down on chilli con carne here tonight. Very spicy and warming.

the beer revolu

On Sunday, Mrs. Beer made borscht and I did a casserole of beef ribs.

Monday dinner?
Borscht with slow cooked beef rib. What a wonderful match!

Dave_The_Sheep

Had some veg to use up, so just made pasta with peas, rashers, asparagus and leeks with some marscapone based sauce. Simple and delicious.

Mystery Egg

Looks lovely Dave.

We had fish (pollack) and roast veg.

Chopped up some baby potatoes, courgettes, onions, garlic and red pepper and tossed them in sundried tomato pesto and olive oil. Seasoned with salt and pepper and roasted them. A very quick, tasty and healthy hit.

dubstarr

I had rump steak,chips and onion rings.Very nice too.

Dizzyblonde

We had chicken, chorizo and chickpea stew. Spicy and warming

50HX

the beer revolu wrote: »

On Sunday, Mrs. Beer made borscht and I did a casserole of beef ribs.

Monday dinner?
Borscht with slow cooked beef rib. What a wonderful match!

I love borscht

Did she make it from scratch??

Dave_The_Sheep

And if she did, can we have a recipe? I've never made borscht but I want to.