What's everyone cooking this week?
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We are having a family belated Easter on Sunday, roast turkey, potatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, plus cranberry and bread sauce. Followed by boozey trifle and meringues.
As it’s Easter I will be dying some eggs too.
It’s the first time we have all been together since lockdown, and probably the last for some time.
BB
As it’s Easter I will be dying some eggs too.
It’s the first time we have all been together since lockdown, and probably the last for some time.
BB
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HAPPY EASTER BB!
Hope you had Hot Cross Buns today.
Hope you had Hot Cross Buns today.
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This evening OH made pasta with anchovies and onions as recommended by Polpo's Russell Norman https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/a ... n-by-chefs
He also roasted some broccoli and we had it with the pasta.
It was delicious! Dead simple, not even a handful of ingredients! He used the Bamix to blend the sauce when it was cooked.
He also roasted some broccoli and we had it with the pasta.
It was delicious! Dead simple, not even a handful of ingredients! He used the Bamix to blend the sauce when it was cooked.
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We had home grown ratatouille type thing again baked with chickpeas, parmesan and mozzarella. OH liked it and didn't realize there was parmesan in it
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Yesterday I had a cooking session and made a big moussaka which I left to cut into 6 portions today when set. I had one for dinner tonight with salad, there are 3 in the freezer and 2 in the fridge
For dinner last night I quickly slung together a sort of sweet and sour pork with some leftover fresh pineapple and green pepper
For dinner last night I quickly slung together a sort of sweet and sour pork with some leftover fresh pineapple and green pepper
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I was going to go for moussaka, but couldn't find lamb mince so had 'chilli with meat' instead. Three portions in freezer.
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I was going to attempt 'Spinach and Tomato Rotolo' from the Slimming World 'Take Five' book (the only SW book which has any edible recipes IMO). The idea is to cut long, thin slices of courgette to use in place of pasta and roll each slice round a mixture of soft cheese and wilted spinach then bake in a tomato sauce.
In reality I wasn't in the mood for tomato so filled the courgette slices with light garlic & onion cream cheese and baked them standing up in a dish with no extra oil or anything, cooked a selection of veg (mushroom, pepper, spinach etc) with a couple of prawns lurking in the freezer and heated up half a pack of Tilda brown rice with quinoa, pumpkin seeds etc which I am fond of and buy when on special offer. The rice went on the plate first, then the veg and then the courgettes covered it all. The sauce made by the cheese coated everything nicely and it was delicious. It seemed quite decadent actually but wasn't really! I might follow the recipe properly one day, but probably not!
In reality I wasn't in the mood for tomato so filled the courgette slices with light garlic & onion cream cheese and baked them standing up in a dish with no extra oil or anything, cooked a selection of veg (mushroom, pepper, spinach etc) with a couple of prawns lurking in the freezer and heated up half a pack of Tilda brown rice with quinoa, pumpkin seeds etc which I am fond of and buy when on special offer. The rice went on the plate first, then the veg and then the courgettes covered it all. The sauce made by the cheese coated everything nicely and it was delicious. It seemed quite decadent actually but wasn't really! I might follow the recipe properly one day, but probably not!
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I like to ring the changes, and recently bought Chetna Makan's "Chetna's Healthy Indian Vegetarian" cookbook. I've made a couple of things, which turned out really well - today's effort will be a mushroom and cashew curry. Dead simple - I'm really looking forward to it.
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yesterday's new dish was the tempeh kering - i've not used tempeh before. the flavour was not as strong as i'd expected so i think the 'sauce' made the dish. i recon there are a few things that it will enhance - tofu and quorn come to mind.
tonight will be something with salad. maybe i'll find something else i've not made before.
tonight will be something with salad. maybe i'll find something else i've not made before.
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No, tempeh is far more an interesting texture than a flavour, it really just tastes of soybeans
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Chilli, lemon and crab spaghetti last night...with some white wine and parsley and a tiny bit of fennel (I don’t like lots of aniseed flavour).
Almond pastries this morning with coffees.
Roast pork is going in the oven which we’re having with cauliflower cheese, potatoes, greens, apple sauce.
We might pop to the pub for an hour while it’s cooking!
Dessert will be blackberry Eton mess with toasted hazelnuts.
We have some smoked salmon and spinach to have with poached eggs in the morning.
Almond pastries this morning with coffees.
Roast pork is going in the oven which we’re having with cauliflower cheese, potatoes, greens, apple sauce.
We might pop to the pub for an hour while it’s cooking!
Dessert will be blackberry Eton mess with toasted hazelnuts.
We have some smoked salmon and spinach to have with poached eggs in the morning.
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Gruney I recently made Chetna Makan's veg koftas.
They were delicious.
They were delicious.
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Thanks for the tip, Wordsworth - I've earmarked it. Her Rajmar paneer is superb - everyone I've put on to it loves it.
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We have just eaten this.
Quick, easy and delicious.
I had no silverskin onions so I doubled the cornichons.
Needs salt and quite a lot of pepper.
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/mus ... troganoff/
Quick, easy and delicious.
I had no silverskin onions so I doubled the cornichons.
Needs salt and quite a lot of pepper.
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/mus ... troganoff/
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What lovely meals you've been having OMCO!
Jamie's dish with the wild mushrooms sounds really delicious WWordsworth. The whisky sauce would go well with it.
Jamie's dish with the wild mushrooms sounds really delicious WWordsworth. The whisky sauce would go well with it.
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Sakkarin! I used the gochujang spices that you sent me to make the Korean dish. It was fabulous! I ended up getting pork shoulder steaks because Lidl only had the large packs of chicken thighs. I used English radishes. There's plenty left for the next couple of days.
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OMCO - wow
Looks fantastic, Renee.
Love pasta with onions and anchovies, Bea - I use a version of Hollowlegs' version. Haven't had for ages, must make sometime soon.
Scullion, sounds good. Tempeh's like tofu inasmuch as not much pronounced flavour on own but great crisped up, sauces, seasonings and other ingredients as a foil to the blandness and texture, which is what I like. Putting on shopping list
I couldn't decide where to post this - here or on the use it or lose it thread. Picked up a shopping order and had bits of kale leaves,spring onion leaves, beans, onion part in fridge that needed using up, ditto a carrot, some fenugreek leaves I grew, and took a few prawns out of the freezer to thaw. Voila, tempura. And a couple of sushi rolls
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OMCO - wow
Looks fantastic, Renee.
Love pasta with onions and anchovies, Bea - I use a version of Hollowlegs' version. Haven't had for ages, must make sometime soon.
Scullion, sounds good. Tempeh's like tofu inasmuch as not much pronounced flavour on own but great crisped up, sauces, seasonings and other ingredients as a foil to the blandness and texture, which is what I like. Putting on shopping list
I couldn't decide where to post this - here or on the use it or lose it thread. Picked up a shopping order and had bits of kale leaves,spring onion leaves, beans, onion part in fridge that needed using up, ditto a carrot, some fenugreek leaves I grew, and took a few prawns out of the freezer to thaw. Voila, tempura. And a couple of sushi rolls
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What a fabulous meal ZeroCook! You're very creative. I would love that!
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Hopefully you've got the idea of that Korean chilli powder now, Renee! Practically every Korean dish has a tablespoon of it thrown in (and gochugang paste too of course). I use it all the time when I need a pinch of chilli, it's replaced my normal chilli flakes.
My impromptu tempura last week was a disaster, Zero.
I hate the word "brunch", but that's what my midday pizza was, halfway between breakfast and lunch. Cheese and onion (no tomato so almost pissaladiere). It struck me that nearly all the ingredients were Lidl special offers (including Red Leicester 89p for 400g!!!), I'll do a cost workout as a matter of interest and plonk it here later.
43p for a 10 inch pizza! Prices in red were special offers...
My impromptu tempura last week was a disaster, Zero.
I hate the word "brunch", but that's what my midday pizza was, halfway between breakfast and lunch. Cheese and onion (no tomato so almost pissaladiere). It struck me that nearly all the ingredients were Lidl special offers (including Red Leicester 89p for 400g!!!), I'll do a cost workout as a matter of interest and plonk it here later.
43p for a 10 inch pizza! Prices in red were special offers...
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Yum, Sakk. Now you've got me wanting pizza! (impressive number crunch!). Actually, pissaladiere sounds pretty good too. Another thing I haven't made for a long time.
For tempura and any batter for that matter I use a super easy very forgiving Neapolitan yeast fish batter - 360ml water, 1/2 tsp dried yeast, 250g plain flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 30-60 minutes, add 3 tbs water & beat lightly with whisk to loosen. More water for tempura as you want it a bit thinner. Half quantity is enough for a small run.
I think that tempura is such a pretty dish, too, as well as good to eat.
Love sweet and sour with peppers & pineapple Stokey - how do you do yours?
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Yum, Sakk. Now you've got me wanting pizza! (impressive number crunch!). Actually, pissaladiere sounds pretty good too. Another thing I haven't made for a long time.
For tempura and any batter for that matter I use a super easy very forgiving Neapolitan yeast fish batter - 360ml water, 1/2 tsp dried yeast, 250g plain flour, 1/4 tsp salt, 30-60 minutes, add 3 tbs water & beat lightly with whisk to loosen. More water for tempura as you want it a bit thinner. Half quantity is enough for a small run.
I think that tempura is such a pretty dish, too, as well as good to eat.
Love sweet and sour with peppers & pineapple Stokey - how do you do yours?
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