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Chatting => Chatting on the Plot => Topic started by: JayG on January 01, 2021, 10:44
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Home-made chicken and mushroom pie (last of the leftovers - yeah!)
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Stir-fry of some description. Had a bug the last couple of days - hopefully not The Bug, as it came and went without a cough - but not really that interested in food yet.
I can skip the rice or noodles and just have what I want with that menu, without OH feeling hard done to.
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Fish pie, spinach and peas. All the left overs gave been dealt with, back to normal food again.
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Going to FIL's for dinner this afternoon. Not really looking forward to it as I know it will be a meat fest which I'm not into. He also, to my mind, cooks things too quickly, it's not that they're overdone but slower would make them less 'tough'.
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Back home again now and it was as bad as I expected. Beef, gammon and tongue. He must have put the cauliflower on to cook before Christmas as it was mush as was the cabbage which he then fried with bacon. I didn't bother with the sprouts which Paul told me had been cooking since October. Oh well, obligations done and we can eat properly tomorrow.
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Lovely piece of fresh cod dry fried chips and peas, rest of fruit tart bit of ice cream :)
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Chunky fishfingers, grilled tomatoes and peas here :)
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Chinese bits and pieces tonight with special fried rice plus prawn crackers :)
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Shepherds pie with a swede topping, green beans and cabbage, mint sauce and gravy with it of course :)
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Lamb stew & for him dumplings
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Steak and Ale pie mashed potatoes ran out of baby new ones and veg, blackberry and apple crumble made this morning :)
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3 egg omelette, with garlic, mixed herbs and brie. Half a yogurt for pud.
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Chicken stew and dumplings. I felt the need for comfort food :)
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Lamb shank in mint gravy with cabbage, cherries and squirty cream for pud :)
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Brie omelette was scrummy. first time I have done that, I normally use a mix of grated Mozzarella, and and any others in the fridge. Jacket potato tonight.
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A chicken breast with steam bag mixed vegetables.
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Pasta with hm tomato sauce and some cooked down courgettes added into it, both out of the freezer. It was a welcome blast of summer flavours in the depths of grey grim January.
More plot goodies to follow with pink currant and tayberry crumble and ice-cream :D
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Paul has been 'playing' in the kitchen today and has made a lamb tajine. The meat was tender (it had been cooked for two hours) and the 'hotpot' type potato topping was nicely spiced. I would have like some veg with it, but hey ho, he's back to work tomorrow.
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Spaghette bolognase with pasta shells, banana and yoghurt tonight :)
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Gammon with honey/mustard coating, with onions, peas and carrots.
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Stir-fry pork and broccoli in garlic sauce, plus rice.
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Fried salmon, hm croquette potatoes,peas,carrots,broccoli & cheese sauce.
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Pasta bake with lots of lovely bubbly cheese on top. Cheese is magical stuff :lol:
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Jacket potato with a mixed salad cheese and ham, activa yoghurt :)
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Chinese feast :D
I have some salt and chilli ribs (bought), plus prawns to stir fry with tender stem broccoli and spring onions. I’ll add some noodles into the stir-fry :)
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Scallops, prawns and a small piece of salmon baked in a cheese sauce with a bread crumb and parmesan topping. I've made individual ones before as starters but as we found the scallops yesterday while hunting in the freezer for something else we decided to make a larger one for us both.
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Gammon, potato, onion and tomato bake with cheese on top, green beans on the side.
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Homemade Chilli and pila rice 1/2 a baghette each ;)
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Jacket potato and chilli. The chilli was found at the bottom of the freezer so is obviously leftovers from a previous meal.
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eggy stir-fried veg with sweet chilli sauce. Cherries and Greek yogurt for afters :)
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Hm Swedish meatballs with mash,peas,carrots,broccoli & sprouts.
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Roast chicken breasts a few roast potatoes fresh veg and may be some sage and onion stuffing, chocolate brownie either yoghurt or ice cream to go with it :D
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Chicken curry with plot chard and hm cauliflower rice. First time I have cooked this and it was pretty good. I fried a chopped onion to start it off and added some whole spices and it was nearly pilau rice.
Saintly eating then totally blown to bits as we had chocolate sponge pudding and ice-cream afterwards :lol:
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Turkey& ham in a cheesy tarragon sauce tangle pie (filo pastry scrunched up on top) mash,peas,broccoli & freshly pulled carrots & sprouts.
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Frittata with spuds, onion, peppers and peas (all our own veg).
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Chicken thigh in spicy breadcrumbs, with peas and coleslaw.
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Mince & tatties with pointy cabbage on the side for me
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Pork faggots new potatoes peas, pineapple and yoghurt
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Sausage egg and chips :)
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Minced beef in gravy with mashed swede, green beans and broccoli.
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Last night was the last small rolled shoulder of lamb with all the usual suspects, tonight will be the last of the lamb in a hotpot or stew. Time to order another half lamb I think.
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Freebies from work - chicken breast mini fillets, baby corn, sugar snap peas .... stir-fry then :D
I will also grab some oriental greens from the greenhouse to up the veg count :)
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Leftover chicken curry from the freezer, rice, onion and mint in yogurt and some spiced pickled quince slices.
I also made a baked pakora recipe with sweet potato. I think they were more a cross between bhajis and pakoras to be fair, but they were actually pretty good :)
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Yesterday was lamb and pea Keema over peas and French beans, I'm defrosting a home-made Pasty for tonight - I might go mad and have a few wedges with it :lol: :lol:
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Roast chicken thighs with a jerk seasoning rubbed on, salad & Waldorf salad but I was fresh out of waldorfs :lol:
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Fillet of Bass dry fried few chips and peas. Banana ice cream choc sauce and nuts went down a treat :D
Tomorrow Dansak curry pilua rice popadoms :)
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We used up the rest of the salad ingredients from that day last year and had a large prawn cocktail type dinner with new potatoes. That's the last of that time of year food eaten, thank goodness. I'd like a curry tomorrow but apparently there's ravioli that needs eating.
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We were going to have a roast dinner, but the meat is still frozen. That will have to be lunch tomorrow :lol:
Now going for toad-in-the-hole as what I really craved was cabbage and gravy and they both go with that ;)
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Turkey slices ftf in red wine, croquette potatoes ftf (hubby made them a couple of weeks ago when we had the same dinner) peas,carrots & sprouts. Might even push the boat out & have Christmas pudding lol
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Found two chinese takeaway pots with 'leftovers' in, ratatouille and a pasta with basil, combined the two, grated a load of cheese on the top and served with garlic bread. Why do 'bodged' meals taste better than ones that are 'proper'?
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A chicken breast in spiced up Panko breadcrumbs with wedges and coleslaw.
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H/M Cottage pie and veg, pud Blackberry and Apple Pie and custard :)
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Lamb leg steak with cabbage, leeks, mash and spoon-standing. Not forgetting the mint sauce :D
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Nothing for tea today. Treated myself to a roast beef lunch from a local bistro. Amazing slow cooked beef, large Yorkshire pud, multiple roasties, lots of side veg, and lashings of rich gravy. Oh yes. :D
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Vegetable curry tonight.
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Yesterday was cheeseburger quiche(New PON book) was ok not like some rave about it on pon website but I suppose it’s what you are used to, jacket potato & salad for me & b.beans for him. Fresh pineapple & pl yogurt
Tonight it’s using up some of the turkey ftf from the other night, hubby did the packs for the freezer & there’s not enough in 1 pack for 2 of us but too much in 2, so half from Saturdays defrosting + another pack for a stew or hotpot.
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A real make do dinner as i did my back in last wk, pork pie and a salad thrown together left over pud from yesterday blackberry and apple pie custard :)
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Last night was smoked haddock risotto with peas & tonight toad in the hole when I shift myself to get the sausages out of the freezer lol
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Pie :D
I have bought puff pastry and just made a filling out of leftover roast pork loin joint I found in the freezer, plus veg I have cooked down together and a sauce to bind it into a mix. Will find something green to go on the side :)
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I've got minced beef defrosting, will add bits n pieces to it and use to stuff an Acorn squash, then roast the lot :)
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Spicy fish cake with vegetable rice, pineapple and yoghurt
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Had fish and chips tonight from shop as we were very late home from mums vaccine :)
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Its potatoe and onion hotpot with bacon on top jezza
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Breaded turkey steak with peas/sweetcorn/broccoli/spinach, coleslaw and cherry toms on the side :)
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Steak, hm croquette potatoes,peas,carrots,broccoli,for him peppercorn sauce & mushrooms in a mustard sauce for me
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Yesterday chilli and rice, today Chicken casserole baby new pots broccolli and peas, plum crumble and custard
:)
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Pork chop with stuffing balls (from Christmas) sweetcorn, peas and carrots.
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Stir-fry and then I am making a crumble for pud.
Fridge gravel says use me up, so main course will be pretty healthy. Brain says cold, snowy day and feel the need for comfort food, so you know the freezer is full of soft fruit ... I have a cunning plan ;) :lol:
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Yesterday roast chicken,today chicken stew. With snow on the ground & a walk to meet up with the munchkins & pull them along on a sled for an hour a stew is just what will be needed. :lol:
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A stew here as well, I actually remembered to put the dried pulses mix to soak last night :lol:
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Jacket potato with a mixed salad and cold meat that needs eating up, the rest of plum crumble and custard for pud :)
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I soaked pearl barley last night, which isn't strictly necessary, unlike pulses. Sausages, pearl barley, root veg and lots of herbs and spices, bubbling in the oven. Thats me done for 3 nights :D
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I soaked pearl barley last night, which isn't strictly necessary, unlike pulses. Sausages, pearl barley, root veg and lots of herbs and spices, bubbling in the oven. Thats me done for 3 nights :D
I've never been able to face pearl barley since, when I was very young, my nan used to boil it up and then make us drink the thick, pinky coloured liquid, telling us it was "good for your kidneys". You REALLY don't want to know what she did when we had chilblains!
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I soaked pearl barley last night, which isn't strictly necessary, unlike pulses. Sausages, pearl barley, root veg and lots of herbs and spices, bubbling in the oven. Thats me done for 3 nights :D
I've never been able to face pearl barley since, when I was very young, my nan used to boil it up and then make us drink the thick, pinky coloured liquid, telling us it was "good for your kidneys". You REALLY don't want to know what she did when we had chilblains!
Dear Nan, urrrgh, no I don't want to know about chilblains :lol: :lol: Mrs B
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Bacon steak pineapple slice new potatoes peas and broccoli, raspberry yoghurt for pud :)
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I've just had good old Cottage Pie with cabbage and carrots :D
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Pasta as I was later home than anticipated.
The curry that was meant to happen has been made and is now cooling. Tea sorted for tomorrow then ;)
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Tuna, broccoli and pasta bake done 'Pauls' way. Umm, I won't say much more because I could be in trouble. His idea was to use up what was in the fridge, so no cheese sauce, just creme fraiche. It was so dry and the pasta was over cooked. I ate as much as I could, but why does he have to cook everything on the highest setting?
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Pinch of Nom (PON) Swedish meatballs in creamy sauce with mash,peas,carrots,cauliflower, blob of red currant sauce with port went well with it.
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Pork loin, cheesy mashed potato and my spicy Chipotle based hot sauce with peppers and mushrooms.
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Chilli con carne with mashed squash, 1 for tonight and 3 for the freezer ;)
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Quiche Lorraine, with red cabbage in spice and apple.
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Fresh fillet of Bass baked few chips and a salad garnish, pineapple and yoghurt :D
Tomorrow homemade Chicken Madras with pila rice and popadoms No pud :)
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Sea bass in lemon pepper crust with steam bag mixed veg, there's some salad bits to use up as well :)
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Mongolian Beef with boiled rice, (PON- can you tell I’ve got the new book & working through it :lol: :lol:) might have salad bits with my portion to join in with the rest of you.
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Finally got my curry last night as work were being a pain and called me in Thursday. I think it was improved for having a day resting in the fridge, as these things often are :lol:
I reckon pasta bake for tonight. I have sauce stashed in the freezer that I can use and it feels like a day where tea will be better with golden melty cheese on top of it :D
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Chicken hotpot with the last of last Sunday’s roast chicken (taken back out of the freezer :lol:j
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I fancied pasta bake, but have overdone the carbs already (I've eaten 2 currant buns :D) so Greek lamb koftas, coleslaw and salad for tea for me :)
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The other half of the quick and red cabbage. Like Mum I have just eaten a hotcross bun with Sultanas and apple in it. scrummy xxx
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Very generous homemade pizzas for us for lunch, so we'll be running round the table at tea time!
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Vegetable lasagne, with Ice cream for pud.
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Slow cooker borlotti and veg casserole last night, with hunks of freshly baked wholemeal bread.
Probably make a tuna and pasta bake tonight and pick salad from the lotty tunnel.
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Roast beef,potatoes & parsnips,carrots,cabbage,cauliflower & peas, & of course gravy, maybe even a Yorkshire pud
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Mince and onion pie new pots carrots and broccoli. Apple sponge and custard for pud :) :)
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Lamb shank, with roast potatoes and onions, plus peas/carrots/broccoli mix, gravy and mint sauce :)
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Roast chicken, roast potatoes, carrots, green beans, swede and parsnips. (With gravy of course). I was asked if I wanted Sea Bass earlier in the week as a 'treat' but that has disappeared. Bubbles were served alongside.
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Pasta bake. Husband had first covid jab and has decided supper needs to be something he can eat out of a bowl
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Lentil curry with homemade chapattis and shredded raw cabbage.
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Rest of yesterdays roast chicken shredded and turned into a chicken and mushroom pie.
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More of yesterday’s roast beef but with mash & the last couple of roasties reheated with much the same veg.
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Turkey burgers chips and bake beans and the rest of Apple sponge pud and custard :)
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Left over lamb cabbage, peas and mash - gravy of course :D
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Leftover lamb and lots of veg cooking in a curry sauce ;)
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Pasta bake tonight no pud very filling :)
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All I know is that is contains prawns, veg from the fridge and some pasta. I'm not hungry ,very rarely are now.
I've really gone off meat, just don't like the taste.
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Parsnip chips, leeks, pigeon breasts and gravy with land cress and rocket salad.
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Chicken & banana curry (PON) with rice & hm peshwari naan, bit of salad stuff on the side
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Cajun chicken and pilu rice, banana and yoghurt :)
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Mad day at work so have gone for an 'easy' solution - sausage, egg and chips. Three hours of unloading timber from a lorry sort of wears you out. It was all orders that we've taken over the last two weeks and a lot of it has been paid for up front. More to come next week when the wood mill catches up. Early night for both of us I think.
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Stir-fry as I had leftover cooked chicken in the freezer, but all small bits rescued off a roast. Added tender stem brocolli, spring onions and mangetout peas to it.
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Salisbury steak, lyonnaise potatoes,cabbage,peas & carrots, gravy
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Homemade burgers and onions home made bakewell for pudding
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Homemade burgers and onions home made bakewell for pudding
Thats my husbands favorite Bakewell tart
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Does it show where my priorities lie at the moment, that I've made a raspberry trifle for afters but haven't decided what to eat before it?
::) :lol: :lol:
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Hope you find something good mum ?
Chilli con carne tonight with pilua rice and a piece of baghette :)
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Last night was chicken and mushroom pasta bake and salad.
Today will be mini roast with chicken legs.
I didn’t have time to cook the whole chicken yesterday and have to work later today, so split it up to deal with separately :)
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I've got a small piece of ham to go in the slow-cooker with some plot leeks. Will add some carrots and lentils to the stock once the ham is cooked (and removed).
Hopefully that'll get me through this cold spell ;)
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Double lamb chop it was lovely oh had pork chops with roasties broccoli carrots and peas, make do pud brought fruit strudle and ice cream :)
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Something warming tonight Spaghetti bolognase with pasta shells :)
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New recipe Dijon pork ( yes you’ve guessed from my new PON book lol) with croquette potatoes ftf that hubby made a week or so ago, peas, carrots & sprouts
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Cold ham, tomatoes, coleslaw and wedges :)
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Beef stew with veg (carrots, parsnips and swede) with dumplings. Stomach lining food and warm.
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Home made chicken, mushroom and kale (sub with spinach) pie tonight, courtesy Mrs bobbyT, and Clodagh Mckenna on "This Morning" . :D
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Hubby's turn so lamb hotpot
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Sausages, beans and mash - comfort food :D
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Pie and a mixed salad colslaw and pickles :)
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Tonight I am having 2 slices of thick cut green back bacon, haven't had any for four years. Saute potatoes, and a egg of some sort. Would have been a bacon sarnie, but need to use the potatoes up.
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We're also on egg, bacon and saute potatoes tonight. Probably do husband some baked beans as well
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We've got chicken stir fry :)
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Beef chilli ftf with roasted squash.
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Big stew of meatballs with loads of veg and potatoes all cooked together in the pot :)
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Special request toad in the hole with mash. I'm getting salad withdrawal syndrom but daren't put it on the menu at the moment. Have bought our choice of dishes for Valentines from the Co-op, worked out we saved £8. For a starter, main, side, desert and bottle of wine. No way could I eat all that in one meal so it will be spread out over several days. Still good bargain though.
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Fish & chips,mushy peas
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For a change we have Sausage casserol with baby pots broccoli and peas, haven't decided about pud :)
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Cottage pie but with turkey mince so don’t know what that’s called lol. There’s scones to be made today to go with the clotted cream I was asked to buy on Tuesday
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Spaghetti Bol. made by daughter.
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Spicy chicken thigh and rice with onions and peppers in the mix.
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h/m Fish pie and peas tonight :)
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Veggie risotto topped with black kale, roast parsnips and toasted cashews. (Snapped two parsnips getting them out the ground..)
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Pork strips with assorted veg stir-fry, with sweet chilli sauce and plain rice.
Naughty me made an apple pie for pud ::)
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We've got take away Dansak curry a whole day of with out cooking :D
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Steak,mushrooms,wedges, & salad & coleslaw for me & peppercorn sauce &peas for him
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Pork strips with assorted veg stir-fry, with sweet chilli sauce and plain rice.
Naughty me made an apple pie for pud ::)
Chinese here as well in honour of the Year of the Ox - hm prawn chow mien :)
I think I missed a trick with the apple pie. That sounds yummy :D
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Sourdough pizza (was up early so started the dough at 6.30)
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Valentine's treat for the good lady Head of Department her indoors, steak & jumbo prawns with my special brandy and cream sauce, homemade pasta, giant mushrooms and asparagus. Pud undecided as yet, red wine a certainty.
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Roast chicken dinner with plot swede and cabbage. I have had to buy potatoes as we have eaten all our plot spuds :ohmy:
Also defrosting fruit for a crumble. So far I have some mixed currants and I am going to add either some boysenberries or raspberries to them.
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Valentine's treat for the good lady Head of Department her indoors, steak & jumbo prawns with my special brandy and cream sauce, homemade pasta, giant mushrooms and asparagus. Pud undecided as yet, red wine a certainty.
Sounds delish ;)
More mundane here, lamb chop, peas, carrots and little boiled potatoes, gravy and mint sauce. Rasperries set in jelly for pud.
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Mixed grill steak sausage, mushrooms for oh, tommy for me baby pots and veg, Apple and raspberry crumble with custard :D
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Turkey slices ftf in red wine with orange sauce,croquette potatoes,peas, broccoli, carrots.
Fruit scone with jam & clotted cream for pud.
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Sausage rolls, not sure what with yet, maybe baked beans.
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Ham and cheese omelette a few chips and peas, rest of yesterdays pud with custard :)
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Leftover ham ftf with the rest of the stir-fry veg, plus a few extra bits from the fridge.
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Salmon, parsley sauce,mash & veg
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Spicy chicken strips with vegetable rice, pud pancakes and lemon :D
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Fish pie ftf with peas and sweetcorn.
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Fried chicken with herbs,garlic & peppers,wedges & salad bits
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Steak and ale pie baby pots and veg, banana yoghurt choc sauce and nuts :)
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HM Cornish pasty with a steam-bag of mixed veg.
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Thai green curry prawns and boy was it hot.
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Baked Bass fillet few chips and peas, pineapple and yoghurt :)
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Cod in breadcrumbs, peas & sweetcorn mix plus a small jacket potato.
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Red Lentil curry (including lots of veg), with chapattis and shredded cabbage.
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It’s been a while since I was home for tea, but I am tonight :D
We are having a stir-fry with pork and veg. A nice quick option and then I am going to cook something more elaborate tomorrow and a pud :)
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Curried chicken strips and stir-fry veg with cauliflower rice.
I thought I had ordinary rice in the cupboard, but no sign of it doh! ::)
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Yesturday Sweet and sour Chicken with pilua rice 1/2 a baghette and tonight Beef casserole baby pots and fresh veg, pud peach flan and ice cream. :)
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Roasted boneless turkey joint from the freezer, as it was taking up a lot of space (brought for Christmas celebrations that never happened) ::) It'll probably last most of the week :lol: :lol:
Today with leeks, peas and small roast potatoes.
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Roast beef, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and a selection of veg that were found lurking in the fridge.
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Roasted boneless turkey joint from the freezer, as it was taking up a lot of space (brought for Christmas celebrations that never happened) ::)
Snap except it was a beef joint. It was going to be a Christmas treat but never mind. It was a good excuse for a treat today :)
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Seared, pink in the middle, pigeon breast, parsnip chips and griddled leeks.
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Chip shop tea :)
Our local was always good, but now has new owners and has upped its game even more. Large crispy battered fish fillets and masses of chips all rustling away in the paper when we opened them. It smelled wonderful and tasted even better. I don’t usually manage to finish mine, but OH only got a few extra chips this time :lol:
Sorry, I have probably got you all craving chips now :blush:
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Chip shop tea :)
Our local was always good, but now has new owners and has upped its game even more. Large crispy battered fish fillets and masses of chips all rustling away in the paper when we opened them. It smelled wonderful and tasted even better. I don’t usually manage to finish mine, but OH only got a few extra chips this time :lol:
Sorry, I have probably got you all craving chips now :blush:
Not me, I had a chippy dinner too!
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We had turkey burgers chips and beans last, the other lunch time we were out so we decided to have Fish and chips snack size it was good and just enough at lunch time.
Tonight Toad in the hole, new pots and veg :)
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Last night was chilli and rice. Tonight is steak and kidney pie with cauli, peas and carrots.
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Cottage pie with swede topping with peas and cabbage.
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Pork dopiaza, chapattis and salad.
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Hm fried rice with dry fried chicken breasts in a herb dressing
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Fried Dover Sole few chips and peas :D
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Filet steak last night with parsnip chips, red kale and griddled leeks (sadly that's the last of the leeks :().
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Dansk curry with pilua rice and popadoms :D
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A lamb chop with a Feta cheese Greek-style salad.
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Chicken and cauliflower curry, rice and sweet potato pakoras :)
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Chicken curry here tonight. A recipe that we came across in The Sun's TV mag a couple of weeks ago. One pot Thai peanut butter curry. I'll let you know how it goes. We like satay and curry so are going to try a combination of the two.
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Another lamb chop, but this time with cauliflower cheese and peas.
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Mince and onion pie baby potatoes carrots broccoli and peas, Apple and blackberry crumble with tiny ice cream :)
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Mince and onion with peas and cabbage.
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Cold meat and salad that needed eating up and the rest of A/B crumble :)
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Baked salmon,mash,peas,carrots,y.beans (ftf), sweet corn & cheese sauce.
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Hm sourdough pizza with lotty salad on the side.
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Cauliflower cheese, peas and a gammon steak.
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Spicy steaklets mini roadst pots Aunt bessy, oh mushrooms me lge tom all baked in the oven plus peas and gravey, Banana yoghurt choc sauce and nuts :)
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Slow cooker borlotti casserole.
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Shepherds pie with cabbage and carrots, not forgetting the spoon-standing :nowink:
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Chicken strips with Bq sauce pored over and pilua rice, pineapple and what ?? not sure :)
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Soddages with crispy roasted potato chunks, mashed swede and spoon standing - yum :D
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Soddages for us too :) with borlottis in a spicy casserole and black kale on the side.
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Salmon parcles with vegerable rice, pineapple and yoghurt :)
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Smoked haddock risotto with peas & leeks
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Gigandes Plaki (Gigandes beans in tomato sauce cooked in the oven) with garlic flatbread and salad bits on the side.
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Fried duck eggs, roast butternut, parsnip chips and red Russian kale.
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Beef burger in wholemeal roll and a mixed salad :)
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Basa fillet in lemon/pepper crumb coating with peas and coleslaw.
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Beef bourguignon with crusty baguette and the first of a great many glasses of red wine this evening.
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Lamb chops, roasted onion,potatoes & parsnips with peas,carrots &broccoli, with plenty of gravy
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Home made Chilli with pilua rice and 1/2 a baghette :D
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Minced lamb, onion, swede and potatoes (like pasty filling but no pastry :D) with some peas.
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Fish and chips for me, gammon, egg and chips for himself. We often have seperate meals as I really don't like gammon and prefer fish. :D
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Hm pizza & chips with salad for me
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Indian takeaway here last night as we had both had a long week.
Just got meatballs out of the freezer for today. I have plot leeks that need eating up and I want mashed potatoes and gravy, so they will give me a perfect excuse :D
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I've just got lamb chops out of the freezer, they looked more bone than meat, so 2 it is!
Greek salad and lemon roast potatoes to go with them.
I can pretend I'm still in Zante where it's a sunny 17C today 8) ::) :lol:
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Chicken thighs, with all coloured peppers (except green !) red onion, pulse beans, and potatoes, tin tomatoes and the Sumac. All in the casserole, in the oven - done. :D Mrs Bouquet
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As a reward for cleaning the cooker and kitchen floor, plus three of the kitchen walls (all tiled so need just a wipe over) we have had prawn, chorizo and scallop pil, pil. It's a tapas dish but we love it. It's just a good thing neither of us are planning on kissing other people tonight as it does contain rather a lot of garlic!
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Pork Faggots with baby pots and loads of veg, H/M Fruit trifle :)
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Roast chicken with potatoes,parsnips & leeks, stuffing, with peas,carrots, cauliflower,sprouts & gravy.
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Disappointed with Sumac. Got the second portion of the chicken casserole tonight, but have added Ras Al Hanout.
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More of the chicken with mash & veg
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chicken breast in spicy breadcrumbs with salad
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Using up odds and sods pork pie and mixed salad, Fruit trifle again it was yummy :) haven't made one for ages :)
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Toad in the hole was requested and duly served with mash and broad beans. We haven't grown then for about four years so I don't know where Paul found them.
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Pork steaks with noodles, peppers and mushrooms. Tried a new hot sauce (Encona Exxxtra hot) and half near died. One that needs to be used sparingly...
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Corned beef hash with a fried egg. Corner beef was well past its best before date but who cares, I've lived to tell the tale.
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Tonight it’s cod,chips & mushy peas, maybe push the boat out & have a slice of bread & butter :lol:
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I've got one of those 'loads to choose from in the fridge and freezer, but nothing I really fancy' days - so who knows what will happen ::)
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Sausaages mash and peas fried onions and gravy, tiny bit of trifle left all gone now :)
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Chicken and chorizo risotto. It has peas in it but I'll do some broccoli as well.
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I've got one of those 'loads to choose from in the fridge and freezer, but nothing I really fancy' days - so who knows what will happen ::)
Cheese and beans on a jacket is what happened :D Tonight is chicken curry.
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Tuna melt (with finely chopped celery and jalapeno) on toasted sourdough.
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One pot chicken casserole, contains lardons, sweetcorn, carrots and potatoes. Was actually meant to be last nights dinner but I went to bed at 6pm as Monday's jab knocked me out and I couldn't stay awake any longer. Slept right through till 7 this morning. :)
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Mince & tattles, leftovers made 3 cottage pies for the freezer :)
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a nice piece of breast of lamb boned out stuffed and rolled with sage and onion stuffing with one of Jezza's onions :D with baked potatoes cauliflower with white sauce also must have mint sauce and there's enough left overs for cutting cold next day :D
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Ham,egg & chips with baked beans
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meatballs (reduced in the Co-op) in home made passata and mushroom sauce. Garlic bread on the side.
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Pork steak with cajun rub, roast Butternut wedges with broccoli, peas and carrots mix.
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Chilli made with slow cooked diced beef (freezer delve find) and rice :)
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Chicken dish cobbled together useing odds and ends up from freezer, i've also made tomorrow so i've got the day of apart from lunch. Cottage pie with veg i'll do tomorrow and an Apple pie and custard :D
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Spicy pork sausage and vegetable rice.
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Got the curry munchies, so chicken Korma, Pilau rice and poppadoms.
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Got the curry munchies, so chicken Korma, Pilau rice and poppadoms. Enjoy x
i'm having that for my birthday on Tuesday, Dansak not korma to mild for us :D
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We're having a new kitchen fitted next week, so we're running our supplies down. Perfect excuse for a pizza delivery...
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Pasta with hm tomato sauce out of the freezer. Also found a few scallops and prawns which I think were leftover from another meal as they were unceremoniously dumped in a bag together, so used them as well.
Came out as a rather classy seafood pasta with some fresh parsley from the greenhouse :)
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Sourdough flatbread wraps filled with cold chicken and freshly picked spinach and land cress.
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Lamb chop with cauliflower cheese, peas and roasties :)
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Sourdough flatbread wraps
Homemade? If so, do you have a recipe I could pinch :)
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Sourdough flatbread wraps
Homemade? If so, do you have a recipe I could pinch :)
Certainly, 345g flour (we use half strong white bread flour and half wholemeal bread flour)
200g water
1.5 tsp fine sea salt
40g sourdough starter
Mix it all together (we use a bread maker on dough setting) and leave it to rise all day (7 or 8 hours)
Divide into 8 balls, roll each one out then stretch by hand immediately prior to cooking on a cast iron hot plate. You could probably grill them too
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Bacon steak with baby pots peas and broccolli pineapple ring , for pud rest of fruit pie and custard . :)
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Spag bol tonight :)
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A small Cornish pasty peas and carrots. Raspberry jelly with HG rasps set in it, for after :)
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Beef keema and salad in chapatti wraps.
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Nuked a spud, added beans and cheese and nuked those too.
Wonder if all this nuked food will make me glow in the dark ?
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Dijon pork with mushrooms added to the sauce, pappardelle,broccoli,carrots & b.beans.
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i had Brill today fried in was lovely, oh had birds eye cod fillet few chips and peas, yoghurt for pud :)
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Bass in lemon/pepper crumbs with peas and carrots and coleslaw.
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I've got a nuked jacket as well, with a few beans and grated cheese :D
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Thick HM (&HG :D) leek and potato soup with HM seedy rolls and cheese with HM chutney.
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Stir fried prawns and broccoli in garlic sauce, plus a quick braised dish of tofu and mushrooms. Plain rice to eat it all with :)
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Plan A was Cajun chicken and mash. They were those pre-marinade things from snasbods and a quick taste test confirmed they were like rancid butter :mad: Max enjoyed them. Not sure what they're doing to the chicken lately but I don't like it.
Plan B was leftover lamb and pearl barley stew, it's been in the fridge for a while and had developed that overly lamby smell, better not risk it - so Max also enjoyed that too.
I then spent longer than I'd like to admit pondering the actual difference between egg noodles and tagliatelle, eventually ended up settling on a peanut butter and nutella sandwich. ::)
Normal service will resume tomorrow with a HM pizza - probably.
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Pork Chop with all the trimmings, Plum crumble and ice cream :D
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Pork loin with lemon roast wedges and salad stuff .
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Roast chicken dinner with home grown braised red cabbage from the freezer and some freshly picked plot greens.
For pud - this :D
Raspberry jelly with HG rasps set in it
Plus squirty cream :D :D :D
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For pud - this :D
Raspberry jelly with HG rasps set in it
Plus squirty cream :D :D :D
But of course :lol: :lol:
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Leftover fish pie , with the last fog sprouts + peas,carrots broccoli & some of the last hg leeks that I pulled today...I also sowed this years leeks 3 lots :lol:
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Spicy meat pizza - extra spicy and extra meaty :tongue2: Leftovers tonight. I'm also feeling the faint distant twang of the curry munchies.
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Lamb chops, reduced in T@@sco. Mashed potatoes and spinach and cauliflower.
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Sea bass fillet in lemon pepper crumb, with peas, carrots and sweetcorn.
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Spicy chicken stripes with vegetable rice, rest of last nights pud :)
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Chicken jalfrezzi and all the sides.
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Ham and cheese omeltte with baby pots and peas, pineapple and yoghurt for pud :)
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Pork and bean stew in a tomato and herb sauce. It was slow cooked at 150 degrees C in the oven for 3 hours yesterday, so was really good :)
Mashed potatoes on the side to mop up all the sauce and some tender stem broccoli for something green on the plate.
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Cornish pasty (but without the pastry) with peas and green beans.
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sausage, egg and chips with baked beans, really easy and quick. It's the end of the year for us and I am doing the stocktaking on my own at the moment, so really don't have the 'brain time' to come up with anything more exciting. :D Tomorrow will probably be just as exciting.
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Chicken stir fry, banana yoghurt choc sauce and nuts :)
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Lamb keema with cauliflower rice.
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Cheese and pickle sandwich on fresh, warm, HM, crusty bread and one of the last apples for storage :tongue2: Promise to have something green and leafy tomorrow. :nowink:
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Sweet leek carbonara with some of the last leeks from the plot :)
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Sweet leek carbonara with some of the last leeks from the plot :)
Ooh that sounds good, any chance of the recipe/instructions please
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Sweet leek carbonara with some of the last leeks from the plot :)
Ooh that sounds good, any chance of the recipe/instructions please
It is this Snowdrops.
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/sweet-leek-carbonara/
It doesn’t have to be fresh thyme. I’ve used parsley, basil and even dried oregano before now. I add fresh green herbs at the end, but dried ones at the beginning.
Tonight was American diner special - burgers, fries, onions rings and corn on the cob. Darn good as well :D
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Also plundering the lucious delights of the US of A, Southern fried chicken, cajun fries, onion rings and breaded mushrooms.
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Sweet leek carbonara with some of the last leeks from the plot :)
Ooh that sounds good, any chance of the recipe/instructions please
It is this Snowdrops.
https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/sweet-leek-carbonara/
It doesn’t have to be fresh thyme. I’ve used parsley, basil and even dried oregano before now. I add fresh green herbs at the end, but dried ones at the beginning.
Tonight was American diner special - burgers, fries, onions rings and corn on the cob. Darn good as well :D
Thank you that sounds delicious & one to store away for my veggie sister
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Deconstructed cottage pie and chunky mixed veg, all covered in spoon standing. Looked for an apple for pud but the warm weather has seen the last of them off. :( Kidds Orange Red being the last to turn.
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Finally our new kitchen has been finished so a homemade Admiral's pie tonight with chips. A couple of bottles of the redders for pud and a bar of coconut and rum dark chocolate to go with the good stuff.
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Meh leftovers, just not enough for proper meal but enough not to bother doing anything else yesterday. Curry planned tonight with the rest of the mince.
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Lamb steak with roasties, still not decided whether to have with salad or more veggies :unsure:
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Mince and onion slice with new pots and veg, apple crumble and custard :)
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Roast pork, roast potatoes, the very last of the plot leeks and some plot braised red cabbage from the freezer.
I picked rhubarb today, so we are having a crumble with that and some plot raspberries from the freezer. I have ice-cream and a bit of squirty cream to use up so going all out. Good job I did a decent session of gardening today :lol:
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Savoury rice from yesterdays leftovers and there's a pork loin chop somewhere too if it defrosts in time.
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Toad in the hole tonight, rest of last night pud :)
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Gammon with carrots, peas and mash.
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Lamb meatballs in spicy sauce, herby couscous and some roasted veg, none of it grown by me, but the herbs for the couscous were :lol:
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I made a cottage pie with plot cabbage. Only 1 more left to eat now ::)
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Pasta bake except I got the wrong tub out of the freezer and it was chilli not pasta sauce. It turned out OK though - a bit different, but in a good way :)
Rhubarb and raspberry jelly for pud with squirty cream.
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Smoked haddock,with mash,carrots,broccoli, cauliflower & cheese sauce
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I was asked to make toad in the hole but someone (not me) forgot to buy the milk needed. Changed to sausage, egg and chips as he had bought some reduced chips today. We have already discussed tomorrow and decided curry is on the menu.
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I used the last of the ham, with HG tomatoes FTF, to make a sauce for Penne pasta, with cheese on top, of course. Salad bits on the side.
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Quick game of guess the dinner from the damage :lol:
The roof of my mouth is smooth and blistered.
Today's dinner will be beef stew and probably mash - it's supposed be beef and ale stew, but it will probably end up being beef stew with an ale. :nowink:
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Chicken stripes cooked in BQ sauce with pilua rice and pineapple and yoghurt for pud :)
Already cooked ready for tomorrow H/M Fish pie and veg :D
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Surf & Turf, giant mushrooms topped with melty cheese, onion rings, breaded mushrooms, giant grilled tomato and curly fries!
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Swedish meatballs (PON) with mash, chips,peas,carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, red currant jelly
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Leftover stew - The beef is tough as old boots despite being in the slow cooker for 8 hours. A trip to the butchers is almost enough for me to warrant getting the car fixed... almost.
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Soddages and mash, probably old-style, just with fried onions :lol:
I was thinking of making an apple pie, but not sure if I can be bothered to make the pastry :unsure: ::)
It's just one of those days - when walking to the Co op for milk and the paper was a real effort *sigh*
There's always tomorrow, so they say!
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Chicken and spinach curry with rice, onion, tomato and cucumber salad and some yogurt.
There's always tomorrow, so they say!
Hopefully a better day tomorrow :)
Soddages, mash and fried onions sounds wonderful. I have soddages in the freezer as well. You may have sorted my tea for tomorrow ;)
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Baked trout on sliced potatoes & onions cooked in fish stock,peas,carrots, broccoli, cauliflower .
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First roast since the new kitchen was installed! Chicken and all the trimmings.
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Roast lamb, potatoes and veg. Lamb has been marinading in garlic and rosemary overnight. It smells lovely.
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OH badly wanted a roast, so soddages are on hold until later in the week. Roast chicken dinner instead and rhubarb crumble for pud :)
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I was doing so well but the CBA fairy has showed up again. Gave Max the stew, it was literally too much effort to eat the rest of it. Pork chops are defrosting not sure yet if they'll get covered in spoonstanding, sweet and sour or spiced up Cajun style. I should start buying oven chips or something :nowink: .
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Well it was going to be the rest of yesterday’s roast lamb, but hubby just suggested we save that for tomorrow & have chicken breast & wedges so that what it is, plus the lamb can go in a hot pot tomorrow which will be good if we get to do some more on my poly tunnel if ge hoops turn up :D
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Curry from yesterday's left over lamb.
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Oh dear, Paul wanted to cook the curry as he had found a recipe on line for 'left over lamb curry'. Ever grateful that I didn't have to cook left him to it. Ate two mouthfuls and couldn't eat any more. He'd put coriander leaf in it which I don't like and it was all I could taste. He knows I don't like it and his excuse was ' the recipe said to'. Three hours later and I'm still sat here with a mouth full of sup suds! :nowink:
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I had a chicken breast with spicy breadcrumbs, Aunt Bessies mini roasties, peas, carrots, green beans and sweetcorn mixed veg.
Baked apple and ice cream for pud :)
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Chicken stirfry last night and Spaghetti bolonase for tonight and rest of fruit trifle for pud :)
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Lamb hotpot for us tonight.
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The other pork chop, was going to do cauli cheese and a jacket ... currently trying to talk myself into being bothered ::)
Nope didn't manage it - Covered it with S&S sauce and served with plain white rice.
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Basa fillet with lemon pepper crumbs, with peas, boiled potato and side salad.
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All this talk of lamb ... I've fetched out some of the froze slice leg from the other week for tonight. Mash rather than roasties to soak up the spoon standing, mint sauce and also so I don't have to chase the peas around the plate. :nowink:
Would love some crumble and custard for pudding - but I don't see it happening ::)
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I only went in for some milk and my paper, but Mr Co op was just reducing a nice big steak and ale pie, that'll do nicely, thank you - peas and French beans ftf will go with it :) Today and tomorrow sorted!
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Sausages new pots and veg broccoli carrots and peas fried onion and thick gravy. :ohmy: No pud now until the weekend :)
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Heavy day at the shop today, arrived at 9am to find two lorries waiting to unload! One was timber and the other was dustbins, incinerators and other odds and ends that we'd ordered. The third one turned up at mid-day and was our garden plastics delivery, water butts, compost bins and garden pots. The last one was just shoved in the barn out the back and will be sorted tomorrow. SO, tonights dinner is chicken kiev and chips, both kindly reduced by Mr. Co-op and not requiring much effort from anyone.
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Soddages, mash and fried onions (I had not forgotten that idea) :lol:
I will find something green to put on the plate and some spoon standing might make an appearance :)
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Hard day out in the cold working in the garden so it's pizza and brown things out of the freezer tonight.
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Homemade fish & chips with mushy peas out of a tin
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Spicy chicken strips with veg rice :ohmy: NO PUD
Home made fish and chips tomorrow NO mushy peas, proper peas :lol:
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I didn't fancy the rest of the pie, so it went in the freezer ;)
I had lamb kofta kebabs and a Greek chopped salad with Feta.
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Vegetable fried rice and a pork and tofu braised dish with garlic and chilli. Can’t remember the name as I scribbled it down in a notebook while watching a show on TV and didn’t record the title ::)
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Chicken rogan josh & rice.
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The last of the roast lamb in a pressure cooker stew with mash plus dumplings for him
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CBA tonight and just nuked a spud.
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Curry munchies have struck.
I have a chicken saag planned and a dhal, plus there are popodoms and yogurt on standby :D
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Homemade pizzas as we found a pack of salami, chorizo and ham in the freezer along with a bag of frozen mozzerella ready grated. Quick and easy. Salad and coleslaw on the side.
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More reduced lamb from the Co op, today, so some of that grilled with a Greek/Feta salad and a few wedges :)
I've even got a bottle of Mavrodaphne to open - that should really cheer me up :lol:
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Curry Munchies :tongue2: - best I could do though was a frozen pizza. :blush:
Sawhedges, mash and onion spoonstanding tonight, I might also do some mashed carrots to free up space in the freezer as it needs defrosting again, chunky mixed veg as always because you have to eat from all the colour groups ;)
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Lasagne, salad and garlic bread. That's the last of last year's tomatoes used up (Passatta) and finished off the salad. We will soon be able to see the bottom of the little chest freezer soon! :D
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Got distracted by the thought of cheesey garlic bread, I know it's not a proper meal but ... well cheese makes everything better.
Have to do the sawhedges tonight instead.
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Its home made cheese and onion pasties new potatoes and baked beans tonight jezza
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After much thought we are going with hot sausage sandwiches and a bottle of red.
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Meatballs in tomato sauce (HG tomatoes FTF) with butternut squash 'spaghetti' :)
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Since we forgot to take the salmon out of the freezer til we got home at lunchtime we opted to use up tge other 2 breasts of chicken that got roasted yesterday into a hotpot & very welcome it was too after a busy morning at the plot, poly tunnelling,& then scavenging woodchip & then potting on tomatoes .
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Bolognese tonight, white wine to follow (gift from a neighbour who doesn't understand that red wine is the superior drink ;) )
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Sawhedge , beans and chips - cos I'm a child :nowink:
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chicken breast strips with stir-fry veg and sweet chilli sauce :)
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Dinner and movie night with the good lady this evening, sea bass fillets, garlic & lemon marinated prawns, roasted finely diced Mediteranean vegetables and cous cous mix and asparagus.
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou was the movie of choice and great it was too.
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I've started to do lunch rather than dinner lately, to break the day up as much as anything.
What a mess I made of things today :blush: A handful of oven chips, a few mushrooms, some garlic bread, half a can of beans and some cauli/brocc cheese, an eclectic mix to use up the fridge/freezer gravel but covered all of the food colours. It would have been passable if it hadn't have been served as individual items across the space of an hour, grazed on whilst standing at the oven waiting for the next item to be ready.
I'm pretty sure I used to be a capable adult ::) I appear to be broken. :nowink:
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Piri Piri half chicken, fries, onion rings and battered mushrooms.
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Beef mince, onion, swede, peas, sweetcorn with Greek herbs and spices - served over green beans ftf :)
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Ftf Swedish meatballs (pon) mash,peas, carrots, cauliflower & mushrooms.
Himself has profiteroles (I’ve been to Tesco lol) & I’ll have fruit & yogurt
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Chinese style pork loin steaks, stir-fry veg and rice. Mainly freebies from work - pork steaks mislabelled somehow, no idea why but not saleable for some reason, veg was sugar snap peas, baby corn, spring onions and some tender stem broccoli that was reduced but did not sell. Menu sort of wrote itself :)
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Lamb hotpot
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Pork steak with barbecue sauce and roast butternut wedges with peas, carrots, sweetcorn and beans mix of veg.
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Pasta. I rather like the wholewheat stuff just as it is with a little olive oil ::)
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Last night was was smoked salmon and pea risotto, tonight is fish, chips and mushy peas.
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Fish in lemon/pepper breadcrumbs with peas and mash, salad bits on the side.
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Scampi, chips and peas. The scampi was on special in the shop on our way home so changed my mind from the original battered cod.
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Baked trout on Boulanger potatoes,peas,carrots,broccoli.
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H/M Madras curry with all the bits and pieces :)
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Chicken breast with Cajun spice coating, coleslaw, tomatoes and a small jacket potato.
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Basa fillets steamed with ginger, garlic and spring onion, plus stir fry of enoki and shimeji mushrooms with an oriental green of some sort (went to the local Chinese supermarket, so exact ID unknown) and rice.
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Lamb shanks (boil in the bag shop bought ones), ready made mash and I may make a huge effort and cut some broccoli up and cook that.
CBA fairy is in town, but I am hungry :tongue2:
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Last of the weekend ham joint cooked with potatoes, onions and swede in a hash with sliced tomatoes.
Simple but tasty :)
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Pizza & chips... I'm easily pleased :lol:
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Slow cooked shredded piggy and it's the same again tonight. :tongue2:
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Spag bol for us already cooked just have to heat it up simple :)
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Salmon,potatoes & veg, pretty simple too :D
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I've been working in the garden all day, so CBA fairy sat on my shoulder now.
So - it's a jacket potato, cauliflower cheese and peas, all ftf and some leftover HM coleslaw ::)
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Spag bol here as well :)
I've been working in the garden all day, so CBA fairy sat on my shoulder now.
She can sniff out a tired gardener in spring from a thousand paces ... or maybe flutters :lol:
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She can sniff out a tired gardener in spring from a thousand paces ... or maybe flutters :lol:
Not sure what she's doing down there - she'd already had dinner at my place ::)
More piggy today, I really should make some yellow frizbees but CBA - I need to have a rethink of the menu for the rest of the week as Snazbods were apparently all out of pasta (and bottled water) again for the 3rd week running :mad: - yeah right.
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Roast chicken & potatoes,carrots,peas & freshly harvested cauliflower with gravy for us & no doubt a bowl of stuffing for himself.
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Lamb keema with cauliflower rice.
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Sausage casserol new pots broccoli carrots and peas, No pud fruit later :)
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Stir-fried pork and broccoli with noodles.
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Harrissa lamb and couscous. we will probably put some veg in. One of our favourites.
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I’ve taken out the last of our half lamb- neck & breast. So that’s destined for the slow cooker & will either become a stew,hotpot or shepherds pie I suppose,but I like Wighty’s idea of harissa, but not sure himself will agree, his food choices get plainer the more he ages :wacko:
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Lamb steak, roast lemon potatoes and a Greek salad 8) Hopefully the sun to go with it :D
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Husband returned from shops with steak from the reduced section(his second home). So it's steak,chips and peas, with a compulsory glass of red wine.
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Huge rack of BBQ ribs, potato wedges. Rhubarb & ginger crumble for pud.
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Some greedy guts at 2 piggy dinners on Wednesday :blush: leaving nothing but Frozen pizza for last night - bleugh I've forgotten how bad they could be.
I have all day to think of something nice for tonight and when I fail there's always fish fingers and chips.
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Tried these yet Lardman?
https://www.pataks.co.uk/products/spice-pastes/madras-paste-pot
I used a madras one last night mixed with yoghurt to marinate some chicken, then grilled it on skewers. It was not at all bad. I guess it should have been a tikka one but our local Co-op did not run to that.
We had spinach and sweet potato dhal and naan with it.
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H/M Chilli con carne with pilua rice and 1/2 a baghette, tomorrow roast chicken breast with all the trimmings and Apple sponge for pud, just incase i forget to look in :lol:
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Chicken breast in spicy breadcrumbs, small whole potatoes and French beans in Vinaigrette dressing and cherry tomatoes.
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Our first Barbecue at the new house and it was epic. Mango and coconut marinated chicken, tikka chicken kebabs, hot dogs and plot corn on the cobs. Also made a pesto potato salad.
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Tried these yet Lardman?
https://www.pataks.co.uk/products/spice-pastes/madras-paste-pot
Not tried the pataks stuff for ages, although I remember the madras in a tin being pretty good. I'll slap one on the shopping list. It's the supermarket chicken that's the problem it all tastes likes rancid butter to me. I'm not sure if its the preservative or "added water" but it's ruining all my quick curry and spicy noodle stuff.
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Spicy fishcakes with vegetable rice pud rest of Apple sponge with ??? :)
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I fancy sausages, onion and mash today :D
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Cottage pie and veg, pineapple and yoghurt :)
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Mince cooked with onions and HG tomatoes ftf, with carrots, swede and peas.
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Mince cooked with onions and HG tomatoes ftf, with carrots, swede and peas.
What does ftf stand for please ?
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What does ftf stand for please ?
From the Freezer ;)
Which is where my mince came from for my deconstructed cottage pie, spoonstanding and the last of the chunky mixed veg :ohmy:
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I fancy sausages, onion and mash today :D
I read that earlier and immediately went and got sausages out of the freezer :lol:
Good call :D
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From the Freezer, silly me :lol:
sausages and mash and veg, may be banana yoghurt or ice cream choc sauce and nuts :)
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From the Freezer, silly me :lol:
Same here about getting the sausages out, does anyone make lists of what there having for the weeks meals ?? i get fed up with wondering what to do by the end of the week, same old :ohmy:
sausages and mash and veg, may be banana yoghurt or ice cream choc sauce and nuts :)
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Yes I try to menu plan each week, doesn’t always work out though. Been shopping today & the farm butchers,so
Rib-eye steaks with probably chips, mushrooms & for me salad.
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Got into the habit of planning the weeks meals when I worked full time. Always some sort of fish on Friday, tonight is cheese omelette and salad. Tomorrow is chicken and mushroom pie.
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Sausage and fennel pasta bake (basically to use up the fennel). Found the recipe on line. Garlic bread too (yippee).
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Steak and ale family pie reduced to £1 in the Co-op this afternoon, new potatoes, carrots and cauli .
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Bacon steak baby pots peas tomato yoghurt for pud :)
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The last of the pasta with a little red pesto. I could do with shopping but it's that odd time where there's not enough to justify it but I've run out of bits.
Mystery Meat tomorrow - could be pork, could be chicken it's not labelled at it's all looks the same when it's been in the freezer an unhealthy amount of time. Cauli cheese as it goes with either and it's about time to nuke a spud.
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I had a pork chop, rubbed with Cajun spices, mixed roast veggies and wedges :)
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Tonight were having a takeaway curry, No cooking today yipeeee :D
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Tonight it's Kofta lamb kebabs in pitta bread with salads and a glass or 2 of the red stuff ::)
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Lamb chops,mash, peas,carrots,broccoli & drum roll hg cauliflower & asparagus :lol:
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Weather disrupted the planned BBQ so it was burgers, chips and veggie kebabs indoors instead.
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Steak sausage new pots veg mushrooms for oh and tomfor me, Blackberry and Apple pie H/M of course custard i expect. :)
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Roast beef,potatoes,parsnips, various veg to include s9me of my lovely cauliflower & asparagus harvested yesterday, might even run to a Yorkshire pudding!
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Bbq at sons, have sorted out suitable attire as it's more than a bit nippy.
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Too busy working in garden and in house preparing for visitors, so forgot my food, it will be 2 sausage rolls, salad, and baked beans. Must buy some more very soon :lol: Mrs B
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Gammon steak, cauliflower cheese, new potatoes and peas.
Didn't make a cake this weekend, so probably grab a Cornetto from the freezer, if I fancy a sweet treat later :D
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Made a fresh crusty loaf - Had a cheese sandwich (or two). :blush:
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Hello again!
It is going to be sorrel and egg curry - need something to warm the cockles on a right nasty afternoon.
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Made wrong choose today, cold meat and salad it's been bitterly cold never mind it went down alright with Blaclberry and Apple pie and custard all gone now :)
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Chicken and vegetable stir-fry for me :)
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Oooohhh pie. I didn't get the chance to do any apple pies this year :(
I was going to do cauli cheese, jacket spud and a chicken kiev. I did the cauli cheese and ran out of steam. It's a bit late now, I don't feel like it and I hate to waste food by eating it when I don't want it IYKWIM.
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Leftover roast beef in gravy with wedges, mash, carrots, b.beans for himself & cauliflower & broccoli for me
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I've done a big pan of veggie rice so that should last a few days.
Tonight it's going with that chicken kiev, cauli cheese and a few mushys and I have a few spoons of beans in the fridge which have been hanging around.
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Fish pie x 2, 1or tonight & 1 for the freezer :)
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The plotholder I just started helping said ‘take anything you want’. So my roasted Quorn chunks, mashed swede and mushroom gravy were embellished with some beautiful succulent Brussels sprout flower sprouts (which to my mind are much tastier now than when they are little balls) and finished off with rhubarb and custard. I simmered vanilla pods in the soya milk first because custard powder just doesn’t taste of anything nowadays. It was deliciously good payment for 3 hours of grubbing out nettles and buttercups!
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quick and easy meal tonight been busy all day Turkey burgers chips and beans, pineapple and yoghurt for pud. :)
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Same as yesterday: the other chicken kiev, veggie rice, cauli cheese and some mushys. Put some sawhedges in the oven at the same time so they're done for tomorrow, and there's rice and cauli cheese left.
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Tuscan chicken( PON) first time I’ve made this & will be having it again, boiled rice,peas & cauliflower
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Chicken and ‘spinach’ coconut curry and rice. There was not much chicken but it padded out well with plenty of plot greens :)
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Chorizo, chick pea and sweet potato stew with rice and broccoli, last of the rhubarb crumble and ice cream.
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Chicken breast with BQ sauce poured all over it and baked in the oven with pilua rice :)
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A scaggy bit of lamb in a casserole with onion, carrots, swede, and lentils, also found an offcut of red pepper in the fridge so bunged that in as well :D
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Battered fish (reportedly cod) from that chap with excellent facial hair and a few oven chips. Mushy peas if I can find a can otherwise beans.
Chicken breast out of the freezer for tomorrow, I bought some of that patak stuff Shoots recommended - no pressure. :lol:
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I bought some of that patak stuff Shoots recommended - no pressure. :lol:
:lol:
You can always nuke a spud if you hate it ;)
Stir fried noodles with prawns and veg for me today.
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Fishcakes (smoked haddock with a cheese middle, reduced in the Co-op) with skinny chips and peas.
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A scaggy bit of lamb in a casserole with onion, carrots, swede, and lentils, also found an offcut of red pepper in the fridge so bunged that in as well :D
More of the same :D
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Just back from the farm butchers with half a lamb & 2 pieces of sirloin, so sirloin tonight & leg of lamb tomorrow :)
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Fish and chips last night from chippy, tonight chilli and pilua rice with a piece of baghette :)
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Last-but-one of last year's home grown roasted tomato/shallot/garlic/courgette/parsley sauce from the freezer.
Tuna mixed in, stirred into pasta, grated cheese on top - one of my favourite meals, and so easy (I wasn't saying that last year when I was endlessly prepping and cooking the sauce ingredients! :lol:)
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Chicken breast in spicy breadcrumbs with mini roasties and peas all ftf.
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Comfort food required due to rubbish weather so a great big fish pie with all the cheese.
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Turners steak and ale pie tonight with pots and veg, apple and raspberry crumble with ice cream for pud :)
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Today, Mrs R made a full Sunday pork roast dinner, with all the trimmings, stuffing, crackling etc and we used the first of my overwintered cabbage, it was absolutely delicious!
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Grilled pork steak with salad bits and coleslaw.
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Barbecue hotdogs, enjoyed inside as it decided to start raining :mad:
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I'll give Patak Madras spice pot a miss in future. :( Worth a try.
I did a fresh loaf this afternoon and I've been cutting slices and covering in real butter since - not sure I can manage a proper meal this evening. ::) What is it with freshly made warm bread ?
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Got a load of mushrooms free from work yesterday, plus some baby corn, so we had stir-fry with chicken.
Have either had quick cook meals or late night snacks after getting home from work for too many days now. I feel a proper dinner coming on with potatoes and spoon standing :)
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Lamb mince and a packet of mixed veg (mangetout, Broccoli and mini corn) stir fried in curry spices with a small coriander & garlic naan :)
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Oven fries topped with cheese sauce and beef chilli.
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Oven fries topped with cheese sauce and beef chilli.
Be round in a bit. :tongue2:
I nuked a spud and put some chorizo and bean casserole with it.
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Sea Bass baked in the oven with a few chips and peas not sure about a sweet :)
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Something beanspouty as they need using, probably mushroom chew mein as they also need to be used as do some pepper skulking in the bottom of the fridge.
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Chicken wings in HM barbecue sauce with salad bits.
It isn't the right weather for them (despite the Co op's voiceover telling customers that it is barbecue season ::)) but I fancied them as soon as I saw them in the reduced section :lol:
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Jacket potatoes with corned beef for himself and tuna for me, both with cheese of course.
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Curry :D
Had to be done :lol:
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Rib eye steaks, wedges & peas & peppercorn sauce for himself & salad( hg leaves) no Waldorf salad & mushrooms in a creamy sauce for me.
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Still a few beanspouts left so it's looking like noodles again but not until after I have sat staring into the freezer for 10 minutes waiting for Divine inspiration ::)
I might cave in next week and order a big box of lucky boat No2, I appear to be eating a lot of noodles lately.
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Lamb cutlets with a few roast potatoes broccolli carrots and peas mint sauce, rhubarb and apple pie with a bit ice cream :)
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More of the chicken wings with HM coleslaw and a jacket spud here ;)
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Lamb chops, roast spuds for himself, swede & carrot mash, hg asparagus for me 😊& broccoli, spoon standing & gooseberry & mint jelly.
Apple pie & custard for him & plain yogurt with blueberries & black currant purée for me
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Beef chilli wraps.
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Beef casserole ftf , dumplings & mash for him, leftover swede & carrot mash for me with Savoy cabbage
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Small piece of ham has been simmering away this afternoon, peas and mash with it, I think as it's deffo not salad weather today ::)
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Spaghetti bolangnaise tonight rest of Apple and rhubarb pie with yoghurt :)
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beans and chips :blush: real food tomorrow.
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Lardy, I love reading your menu, they sound so like mine ! Tonight I have a scotch egg and tiny boiled potatoes. Done enough spuds for tomorrow, but what shall I have with them ? :unsure: Mrs B
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Lardy, I love reading your menu, they sound so like mine !
My menu is a product of cooking for one, being too preoccupied with other things and a general CBA attitude to food at the moment. I should hope you eat better than I do, you should eat better than I do !
Something bland and milk based today - probably mac'n'cheese
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No Lardy, I don't. Today I accomplished a wish of many months for fish and chips. I dont know why because
I loathe fish to the point of feeling ill. But there you go, I bought Huss and Chips. On the plate, the smell was revolting, pick at a few bits and some chips, threw the entire lot away, and walked down to rubbish bin half a mile away, and in it went. Thats taught me, I am a silly old fool. Now eaten a large slice of banana cake and half a scotch egg. Probably eat a bowl of cheesy nibbles later ::) So no, I am terrible, just totally lazy about food. No point for one person. Mrs B
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I know what you mean about fish and chips - the smell is glorious but I've given up eating them too, but I doubt I could have binned them. I could repeat some of things Mother Lard has said to me about eating properly but it would be hypocritical :(
I am terrible, just totally lazy about food. No point for one person. Mrs B
I had a similar conversation with one of Mother Lards carers when asked if I now had time to do "nice" meals for myself like I did for Mother Lard.
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Vegetable rice and spicy chicken strips, banana ice cream choc sauce and nuts sprinkled on :D
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A Cornish-style pasty without the pastry :lol: with peas :)
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Katsu chicken curry and rice with some tender stem broccoli.
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I have some diced pork leg - not sure what I bought it for originally but I'm planning on meat and 2 veg with mash, spoon standing and stuffing.
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quick meal tonight been out alkl day, Turkey burger chips and bake beans , yoghurt for pud :)
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HM lamb and veg curry ftf with a pita bread and salad bits. Perfect for a CBA day ::)
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Vegetable curry for me, lamb in gravy with veg for himself.
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I'm planning on meat and 2 veg with mash, spoon standing and stuffing.
Best laid plans of mice and men and all that. Ended up with scrambled egg on toast ::) .
I'll try again today as I really should eat something from the green food group.
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Finally got around to having time to cook a Sunday lunch yesterday. Oh well, only 3 days late :lol:
Roast lamb (reduced half leg joint from work), roast spuds, braised red cabbage from the freezer and some greens, plus spoon standing :)
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Chicken schnitzels with garlic, lemon and parsley potatoes. A recipe I cut out the paper, it's also a weight-watchers recipe but it won't be followed exactly as I only have full fat mayo, full fat oil etc. :D
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Ham hash with peas and cherry toms.
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Sausages new pots and fresh veg, pineapple and yoghurt :) Husband is already asking what are we having Saturday I said i haven't got there yet :D
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Husband is already asking what are we having Saturday...
When I used to ask questions like that I got "Whatever you're making." as a reply.
What I thought was a bag of spuds turned out to be a bag of onions and I'm spudless :ohmy: which has kind of messed with my dinner plans. Rice, noodles or pasta just don't go with gravy :lol:
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More vegetable curry for me & ftf some beef in gravy for himself with mash
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What I thought was a bag of spuds turned out to be a bag of onions and I'm spudless :ohmy: which has kind of messed with my dinner plans. Rice, noodles or pasta just don't go with gravy :lol:
Get some Aunt Bessies roasties in the freezer, for these sudden emergencies - just like me :lol:
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What I thought was a bag of spuds turned out to be a bag of onions and I'm spudless :ohmy: which has kind of messed with my dinner plans. Rice, noodles or pasta just don't go with gravy :lol:
Get some Aunt Bessies roasties in the freezer, for these sudden emergencies - just like me :lol:
Blasphemy!
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Get some Aunt Bessies roasties in the freezer, for these sudden emergencies - just like me :lol:
Unfortunately her stuff disagrees with me. :( I've tried the roasties and the chips already.
I will definitely be doing some emergency mash when I've done my shopping. When I was having spuds delivered weekly by the milkman it was never an issue but I'm buying them from the supermarket now and it's shocking how many I actually use. :blush:
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Fillet of Sea Bass baked in the oven few chips and peas, rest of Pineapple and ice cream :)
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Chinese takeaway followed by a bottle of rhubarb and ginger gin.
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Chicken breast in spicy crumbs, with mixed veg and wedges :)
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Baked plaice with a mass of stir fried veg for me & wedges & peas for him
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spicy crumbs, what did you use ?? mum
Home made chilli with pilua rice and baguette :)
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Hm fresh pasta & meatballs in a garlic & tomato sauce
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Eurovision tonight, so a whopping great curry takeaway fiesta and plenty of beer.
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Just plain pasta with perhaps a smidge of grated cheese - cheese makes everything better :tongue2:
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Steak and ale pie new jersy pots broccoli carrots and peas gravy of course, Fruit tart and tiny ice cream :)
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Pork chop and cauliflower cheese
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I have curry muchies. There are no spud and I had pasta yesterday so it's a rice day anyway. That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it. Not sure what I'll be currying yet though ::)
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Sausages, with Sainsburys Frozen Mashed Potato. Always got this in the freezer as a standby.
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There's a lamb and lentil curry in the slow cooker, that should warm me up a bit :lol:
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Fish pie ftf, hg asparagus (plenty coming now) & any other veg we can muster
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Sausage casserole with baby pots carrots and peas, rest of fruit tart with ice cream again run out of yoghurt :(
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Jacket potato salad and cold meats, yoghurt for pud :)
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Sea Bass and a Greek salad.
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Cottage pie, red cabbage and peas. It's blooming freezing and blowing a gale.
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Fish for me and steak with a pepper and mushroom sauce for Paul. Saute potatoes as we had some left over from a previous meal that needed using up. First thing I've eaten all day as I just haven't been hungry. Had my second jab yesterday and am having the same reaction as I did last time just a few hours later!
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Late pizza yesterday and an uncomfortable night because of it. Someone remind me eating after 9 isn't a good idea any more.
Shopping delivered yesterday so it's cottage pie tonight and I'll make some extra emergency freezer mash. ;)
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Fish, chips & mushy peas, al hm apart from the peas
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Chicken and mushroom pie with peas and wedges.
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I'll make some extra emergency freezer mash. ;)
I like the idea of emergency mash. There are not many situations that can’t be made better with mash and some spoon standing :lol:
Tonight for us was chicken thighs made into stir-fry and some rice. I got asparagus, spring onions, tender stem broccoli and some mushrooms from work (unsold reduced stuff) so it made sense of a bit of a mash-mash of stuff.
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Another good standby in the freezer we find is homemade croquette potatoes, they’re a faff to make so ideal to make a big batch, they’re also nice with dry packet stuffing mix to replace the breadcrumbs, does that appeal Lard? We tend to use up the last of a sack of spuds like that.
Tonight we’ve got some bought ham that needs using & some roast chicken so chicken & ham pie it is with a topping of bought puff pastry - really must make my own, just for himself though as I’ve given up on pastry. I buy the sheets & cut it to size & freeze it but I could do the same with homemade :nowink:
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Another good standby in the freezer we find is homemade croquette potatoes, they’re a faff to make so ideal to make a big batch, they’re also nice with dry packet stuffing mix to replace the breadcrumbs, does that appeal Lard?
Sounds great if you're making them for me :lol: I've failed in the past with them as I don't fry things and doing them in the oven just doesn't give good results, I'll try again as the stuffing crust sounds yummy.
There was a mash related incident yesterday - so I will need to do some more for the freezer :blush: when I make tonight's dinner with the level over mince.
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Not the weather for it today, but the beans spouts need to be used. Mushroom chow mein with a goodly amount of chilli.
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Soddages with bubble and squeak :D
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Wedding anniversary tonight, so It's a swanky dinner for the good lady!
Stuffed steak pinwheel with spinach, chestnut mushroooms and gruyere cheese, with homemade pasta with a roasted red pepper, tomato and cream sauce.
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Gammon, baked potatoes, braised red cabbage and roasted beetroot (both last years plot veg from the freezer) and some greens that were picked today :)
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Beef casserole with a dumpling new pots and peas , Fruit Trifle for pud :D
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Roast beef and gravy ftf, roast potatoes,roast courgettes, peas, broccoli, carrots & hg asparagus
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Cajun spiced chicken cooked in a bag, lemon roast potatoes and salad.
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Need to use up the fridge gravel today, with either noodles or pasta. Assuming the weather hold, a light lunch with potentially the first salad things from the GH and then some spag bol sauce in the slow cooker for later.
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We went out for Chinese last night it was lovely and well organized, needless tonight something light scotch egg and salad :)
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Smoked haddock tonight so I think risotto should be about right, usually I make it & use peas but as I harvested 14 spears of asparagus this morning, I think I’ll use some of that today
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Coronation chicken and salad, might add a small jacket spud - I'll see how hungry I am :)
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Nuked a spud added spag bol sauce and cheese. Green leafy from the GH, but I will need a better variety of stuff for it to be called a salad.
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We are going out for a meal at our local pub tonight. I'm rather fancying Bangers and Mash washed down with Draught Old Speckled Hen! 8)
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Enjoy plot 6B
Salmon parcel with veg rice ,still on light meals getting over bank holiday :D
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Steak, new pots, asparagus and salad. Yellow sticker section in T@@co.
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Chicken curry with a salad side and lots of water, methinks :lol:
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Grilled halloumi and a traybake of veg including new potatoes, beans and courgettes. Courgettes were a freebie from work yesterday. OH went quite pale thinking I had got the allotment plants going already :lol:
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Nipper's choice tonight to go to a popular sushi chain restaurant. He liked it, I had to make a bacon and egg sandwich when I got home.
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That's one adventurous nipper P1P - you'd be hard pressed to get me anywhere near sushi, even now.
I have a lump of piggy - I was going to slow cook with peppers / tomatoes etc but I'm seriously considering a roast piggy dinner :tongue2: as comfort food.
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Grilled halloumi and a traybake of veg including new potatoes, beans and courgettes. Courgettes were a freebie from work yesterday. OH went quite pale thinking I had got the allotment plants going already :lol:
:lol: :lol:
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Creamy garlic chicken with boiled rice & tge first broad beans of the year- not mine but a young chap at the allotments I chat too grew some for him & me apparently & told me to pick some as some are getting to tge size I like- small :lol:, there’ll be carrots & peas no doubt as well.
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Well, I got up this morning thinking it was Friday, so got sea Bass from the freezer to defrost for tea.
I've since realised that it's only Thursday, but never mind I love Bass whichever day I eat it on :lol: :lol:
Salad and lemon potatoes to go with it, I think :)
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I shall be having that tomorrow mums, tonight we had ham and cheese omelette with new pots and peas, banana and ice cream :)
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Some breaded cod (Like tuna I don't class it as fish :nowink: ) going with mustard mash and veggies.
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As I ate the Bass yesterday ::) I'm going for sausage, mash and spoon-standing, with whatever freezer veg I fancy at the time.
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Sea Bass fillet with a few chips and peas not sure about pud :)
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Last night was pasta bake and I have another one lurking in the fridge for a second meal, but we want something different tonight and the CBA fairy has arrived with a flutter and a crash landing thunk.
OH has suggested a takeaway and I am not arguing :lol:
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Both of us under the weather today so baked trout on top of potatoes & Onions layered & cooked in stock with peas,carrots,cauliflower & asparagus. Easy meal but tasty
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Hope your feeling better snowdrops
Sweet and sour Chicken with pilua rice and 1/2 a baghette :)
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Spicy Noodle stir fry. Tasty but I'll probably need a cheese sandwich later :tongue2:
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Hope your feeling better snowdrops
Sweet and sour Chicken with pilua rice and 1/2 a baghette :)
Thanks Mrs Pea, not feeling too great still unfortunately so today was potato wedges & fried chicken with salad.
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not feeling too great still unfortunately
There appears to be a lot of something going around at the moment :( Chicken soup and bed rest time?
I'm considering some roast lamb ftf , mash and veggies or a massive pile of scrambled eggs on toast- it's comfort food weather. :tongue2:
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I found a couple of thick cuts of lamb rump, welded together in the freezer, so they're defrosting. Think I'll go full roast dinner, this evening, despite the heat :)
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Hope you feel better today Snowdrop. Your easy meal sounded hardwork to me !! After lugging the very heavy leaf vac round the garden and getting filthy and dusty. I couldn't be bothered, so it was cheese on toast with Dijon mustard spread on before the cheese. Now thats easy 8) Mrs Bouquet
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Ahh yes Mrs B cheese on toast would have been a tad easier but there was a packet of chicken fillets in tge fridge & hubby did that & the wedges so a salad was all that was required of me.
Today I’ve made carrot & coriander soup for lunch for me that hubby turned his nose up & we’ve decided on a pressure cooker stew with the braising steak I took out last night, that should be easy enough what’d yah reckon plus there might be enough for 2 days as usual. By then a trip to the shops might be in order for fresh supplies :)
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I couldn't be bothered, so it was cheese on toast with Dijon mustard spread on before the cheese.
A Lard approved dinner :D
Also works with wholegrain mustard or Worcestershire sauce and for when you're feeling really down - bovril. ;)
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Mince and onion slice new pots broccoli carrots and gravy, pud Blackberry and Apple crumble and ice cream :D
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Beef chilli wraps and roasted veggies.
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Pork chops, new potatoes and roasted med veg. Smells lovely. I have overdosed though on Island cherries from the farm at Godshill who sell them at the farm gate.
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I have overdosed though on Island cherries from the farm at Godshill who sell them at the farm gate.
I am with you on that one. If I had anything like that near me I would look like a cherry by now :lol:
I got called into work unexpectedly this morning - 1 minute loafing with a coffee, next dashing around to get ready and get in as the manager that morning had walked into carnage. Tea ended up as burgers, fries and onion rings from work, plus some hm coleslaw. I have bought cherries home as well as a treat for later. I bet they won’t be half as nice as yours Wighty, but any cherries are better than no cherries in my book ;)
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I have overdosed though on Island cherries from the farm at Godshill who sell them at the farm gate.
2 tree and if for 4 years (could be more) I've never manged to get a single cherry - I'm informed by the local wildlife they're very nice though. :nowink:
Might try again with the lamb today, I was pushed for time yesterday and ended up with the scrambled eggs. It's time I had something from the green food group and there's a savoy looking sorry for itself in the fridge. :ohmy:
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Spaghetti bolognase with whole wheat pasta piece of baghette, blackberry and apple crumble and yoghurt :)
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More of the same pressure cooked stew for us can’t be bothered people tonight.
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The rest of the roasted med veg, aubergine, courgette, red pepper, tomatoes and fennel. Have found some garlic bread at the bottom of the little freezer to go with. We were going to put some pasta in the mix put we are both tired.
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Chicken breast in a spicy breadcrumb mix with a bowl of salad.
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The CBA's hit hard yesterday - ended up with a ready meal around 10pm. Tuna pasta bake or mac'n'cheese with tuna today I always struggle with the veggie side when doing anything with pasta.
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Yesterday Hot chilli burger with a mixed salad and a few chips, pineapple and ice cream, today sausages and mash with peas and gravy rest of pineapple and yoghurt for pud :)
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The other half of yesterday’s cottage pie that hubby made, with some steamed asparagus & a leftover portion of salad that needs using up for me. Both still not very interested in preparing or eating that much, maybe our waistlines will benefit :lol:
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Lamb Rogan Josh which has been in the slow cooker all day so when we came home the house smelt lovely. Rice, poppodoms for me and Naan for Paul.
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Went to an NGS garden with a friend, then to the cafe on the Beach. So dinner was a Danish and a pot of tea. May have a marmite sandwich later. Lovely.
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HM Lasagna with salad bits for me :D
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I've been tied up with work in the garden all day so it's pizza night tonight.
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Grilled mackerel fillets, veggie rice and some crusty bread. There was not much leftover rice, so it was more veg than anything and a bit of a carb boost was needed.
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Cajun chicken dish with pilua rice, banana ice cream choc sauce and nuts :)
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What I thought was a portion of chilli ftf, but turned out to be beef stew with dumplings :lol: :lol: :lol:
It still went down a treat though,
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Hm cod & chips with peas
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Nuked a spud yesterday. It's about time to do something rice based - probably chilli assuming the mince defrosts in time.
Hm cod ...
The thought of "Home Made" cod always makes me chuckle :lol:
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Nuked a spud yesterday. It's about time to do something rice based - probably chilli assuming the mince defrosts in time.
Hm cod ...
The thought of "Home Made" cod always makes me chuckle :lol:
Yes I thought that after I’d posted it, but you know what I mean :lol:
Hubs & I have just decided we’ll have a chicken hotpot type thing tonight as neither of us are still very interested much tbh, he asked if we’d got any chorizo, so I’ve had a freezer dive & found a few slices destined for pizza, so that’ll perk it up a bit & maybe our tastebuds too :D
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Sea Bass is defrosting and I'll have it with a Greek-style Feta salad :)
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Turkey burger chips and bean tonight, made a fish pie for tomorrow something different it looks and smells good i nearly changed my mind and had it tonight :lol:
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Chicken burger and salad. OH out and I have been gardening all afternoon and into the evening, so that was the best effort I could muster. I also had a choc ice for pud :)
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I should stop posting in a morning as what's for tea turns out to never be what was planned for tea ::) Trying again to make a chilli for tonight, but I've got a serious case of the CBA's already today :blush:
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Lardy, what is the CBA's ?
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Lardy, what is the CBA's ?
Cant Be at all "bothered" Or at least that's the family friendly version ;)
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Proper Saturday night nosh - steak, chips and salad :D
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Cheesy chilli beans and coleslaw with a nuked jacket potato
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Fired up the barbecue tonight and we had burgers with coconut and mint rice and jalopeno poppers.
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Cheesy chilli beans ... with a nuked jacket potato
That'll be me tonight. :tongue2:
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Lamb chops, wedges and Feta salad.
Raspberries set in jelly for pud :)
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Roast leg of lamb, wedges & roast Mediterranean veg
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Crab salad, new pots with a ton of butter, strawberries fresh from sons allotment with cream and a very large glass of white wine.
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Baked salmon fillets with a pesto, creme fraiche and lemon sauce. Potato salad with leek thinnings and capers.
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A few days by the sea, a first for 18 months and a meal at an Italian restaurant.
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The last 5 posts have made me deeply envious :lol:
We had pasta with prawns in a tomato sauce, followed by raspberries from the freezer set in jelly, fresh strawberries from the garden, ice-cream and a bit of squirty cream just because we could. So I actually did alright, just like the sound of all yours better :tongue2:
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Pork pie and a mixed salad, Apple and rhubarb crumble with natural yoghurt :)
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Chinese spice Stir fry of pork strips and veg.
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Found some brioche buns on offer during the last shop so I'll be putting something on those today with green leafy stuff from the GH. Just picked some rhubarb so that'll be enjoying the company of some custard as a special treat too.
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Toad in the hole with fresh veg, rest of crumble and ice cream for pud :)
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Oven baked plaice, with boiled potatoes,broccoli,carrots & hg asparagus
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Gammon steak with cauliflower cheese and peas.
I've picked some rhubarb as well, Lardy :lol:
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I've picked some rhubarb as well, Lardy :lol:
I picked it, I stewed it, I CBA to eat it.... I'll try again today.
It was supposed to be pouring down today and the plan was for sawhedge,mash and a cabbage covered in spoonstanding but it's bright sunny and warm ::) I don't want to stand in the kitchen cooking in this heat so plan b is a nuked spud with tuna/mayo or beans.
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I have plans for some D---io Tomato and Basil sauce for meatballs, as it is now exactly 1 year old. I thought I might heat it and pour over wholewheat pasta. Somebody said it is better for one. Hope I like it, never eaten it before. ! Mrs B
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Bassa fillets in lemon & herb breadcrumbs with potato & chives in olive oil dressing, plus whatever salad bits left in the fridge. (I must go shopping soon.....)
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I have plans for some D---io Tomato and Basil sauce for meatballs
Mutti passata and basil in a glass bottle is worth checking out for lazy pasta pouring. Glass jars so you can use as little as you need for a meal and reseal. ;) Much better than other brands I've tried. Available in snasbods, ocado and probably elsewhere.
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Gammon steaks, new potato and broad bean salad with homegrown ingredients and some asparagus :)
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Lamb chops,mash, fresh broad beans, carrots & asparagus
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The rest of the potato and broad bean salad, asparagus and mangetout peas and some grilled fish. It felt really summery :D
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All the junk/instant food delivered with the shopping yesterday morning :blush: I feel very unwell today so there will be scrambled eggs on the menu tonight at most.
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Dunno for tonight I’m going out for dinner with friends 😀 first time since goodness knows when, I’ve lost track
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the last two cooked chicken drumsticks from a pack of six. with beans and salad.
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Started a lamb and dhal curry this morning and it has blipped away in the oven for about 3 hours. Now smelling heavenly and cooling in the kitchen.
I have made a huge pot full so I have some tubs of it to freeze. I will add veg for the batch we eat tonight and to subsequent freezer batches as used :)
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The 'other' person who lives in our house volunteered to get some bacon out of the freezer as he 'knew' exactly where it was. He took several other things out while he was digging around and I found them this morning still on the side where he'd forgotten to put them back. ::) So tonight will be salmon en croute with new potatoes and carrots.
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I found a chicken curry in the freezer, so that's what I've had, with stir-fry veg rather than rice though :)
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Take away tonight Chicken Dansak :D
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Fish in parsley sauce, mash, peas and broccoli.
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Full English breakfast, flippin' lovely it was too!
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OH was really late back yesterday, but he brought fish and chips with him, so instantly forgiven ;)
We had the curry I planned yesterday tonight instead :)
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Hoisin sir fry with the rest of the 'stuff' that had been 'left out of the freezer'. Normal service can be resumed tomorrow (I hope).
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Steak & kidney, with a puff pastry lid for him , with the first hg new potatoes (rocket- 10 weeks to the day,
With carrots, hg cabbage & given broad beans & lashings of gravy
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Jacket potato with a mountain of butter and grated cheese.
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Roast lamb, roast potatoes, carrots, leek and cauli, of course with spoon standing. Lamb spiked with garlic and rosemary.
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Opened the "out of date last June" jar of Tomato and Basil sauce for meatballs. Heated half the jar in a saucepan with half a small tin of yesterdays baked beans. Cooked some pasta, stirred it all in together and dredged with Parmesan. It was lovely, out of date, be blowed !!! Mrs Bouquet
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Father's day barbecue treat was moved to the oven due to rubbish weather. I ate all the meat.
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Jacket potato with a mountain of butter and grated cheese.
This :nowink:
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I had a pork steak a la George Foreman, with coleslaw, toms and cucumber plus a jacket spud :)
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Sunday was creamy garlic chicken ala PON ftf with new potatoes,carrots,broad beans & cauliflower
Tonight it’s cooked lamb in stock ftf made into either a hotpot or as a roast type dinner & same veg etc
& Tuesday it’s more of the steak & kidney ftf with whatever’s left in the fridge as we are going away on Wednesday :D
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We are having sausage casserole with mash. Decided we needed something warming as it's been so wet and chilly today. I don't know what veg is going with it as my personal chef has'nt told me.
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Last night i did amixed grill sausage , steak and bacon Aunt bessy mimi roast pot broccoli carrots and peas and to finish of with a fruit tart and ice cream.
Tonight Cottage pie and peas and the rest of tart and yoghurt :D
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I've got Cornish pasty (cooked filling without the pastry) and mixed veg ftf.
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Leftover lamb and mint koftas from yesterdays meat extravaganza were cut into 'meatball' chunks and served with a tomato sauce and pasta.
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Yesterday Daughter cooked, pulled shoulder of pork, we had in in rolls with gerkins,coleslaw, a few raw onions and lettice and chips. Tonight I am having a cottage pie.
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Mince and onion slice few chips and bake beans, Banana ice cream choc sauce and nuts :)
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Spicy chicken in a wrap, with a few wedges and salad bits ::)
Oops forgot the salted Caramel Magnum I had for pud :blush:
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Spicy chicken in a wrap, with a few wedges and salad bits ::)
Oops forgot the salted Caramel Magnum I had for pud :blush:
:ohmy: what you told me that for, I didn’t know they did salted caramel ones :mad: :mad: :D :D
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Spicy chicken in a wrap, with a few wedges and salad bits ::)
Oops forgot the salted Caramel Magnum I had for pud :blush:
:ohmy: what you told me that for, I didn’t know they did salted caramel ones :mad: :mad: :D :D
I'd highly recommend the double raspberry one as well, but that wouldn't be helping, would it :unsure: :lol:
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You lot gave me curry munchies and I was forced to have a chicken jalfrezi ready meal yesterday. Spud nuking time tonight with beans as the CBA fairy has put half a can in the fridge again :nowink: and cauli cheese if I can find enough in the mixed veg packet.
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Spicy chicken strips with vegetable rice, pineapple and yoghurt :)
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Gammon, new potatoes, french beans and cabbage :)
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meatballs with the rest of last night's sauce watered down with some stock, pasta and garlic bread. Filling but not what we really wanted. We were expecting a chicken and chorizo casserole with garlic and parsley dumplings which I'd planned but then we found out it needed cooking for about three hours. We don't get home until 4.30 (earliest) and we like a bit of 'me time' before we go into what we have to do. I don't work on Thursdays so it will be tomorrows dinner instead.
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Lamb Rogan Josh & CHIPS.
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Jacket potato with chopped up ham and grated cheese with a mixed salad, pud was mixed fruit from garden with the rest of pineapple and ice cream all went down a treat :)
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As we are on holiday we’ve been treating ourselves from tge nearby excellent farm shop services, last night was fillet steak & usual trimmings followed by lemon meringue tart for him & half of the salted caramel tart I bought for me, with a few hg strawberries on the side & a rather nice glass of red vino colapso
Tonight it was rack of lamb, baked onions, hg new potatoes,broad beans & peas, with bought carrots, spoon standing & gooseberry & mint jelly, & profiteroles for him & the other 1/2 of tge salted caramel tart for me. More red for him & a gin & tonic for me, :lol:
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HM lamb curry last night with wilted plot greens stirred in when reheating it, plus rice, chutneys and some poppadum. I had done a 4.5 hour stint on the plot yesterday and the poppadum called to me when I stopped at the shop on the way home :lol:
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I had meatballs cooked in tomato sauce with mozarella cheese and parmesan shavings. A small portion of fresh spaghetti and green beans.
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Stone baked pizza last night, tonight I had chicken in honey/mustard sauce with coleslaw and a jacket spud.
I had the last Magnum for pud :)
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Sausage and mash with onion gravy and red cabbage, strawberries from the garden.
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I cooked my ultimate carb-fest today, saved for depressing days like today.
Home made Lasagne al forno, cooked to Mary Contini's recipe :)
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Good for you mums you shouldn't be depressed !
We have sausages mash and peas and gravy, raspberries and strawberries from the garden for pud, first real pickings :)
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Spag bol :)
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It appears the board had my post yesterday for tea (either that or I pressed preview and not post ::) )
I feel the need for something covered in spoonstanding today, nothing prepared so it will have to be mince (I think I have some pork), mash, stuffing, cabbage and some mixed veg to free some freezer space up.
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The half a Quiche from yesterday. I should have gone shopping today but C.B.B. It will be half a small tin of b.beans, a little bit of lettuce and two tiny plum tomatoes.
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More of the same from yesterday, I have missed a nice bit of cabbage. The burning question being ... as I intentionally cooked 2 meals yesterday am I having leftovers tonight or not :unsure: ?
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Red pepper stuffed with mince and rice plus a green bean salad :)
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For a complete change we had scampi chips and peas went down a dream then for pud i made Eaton Mess with H/G strawberries and yoghurt :D
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as I intentionally cooked 2 meals yesterday am I having leftovers tonight or not :unsure: ?
You are (1) being really organised by cooking in advance or (2) being really virtuous and eating up what you have without wasting food. Win/win either way in my book.
Minted lamb leg steak here (freebie from work) with veggie rice. Actually the rice was a leftover fried back up with veg, so as I deliberately cooked more than I needed was I planning ahead … or … fridge delving for leftovers ??? :lol:
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Last minute change of appointment for the good lady's second jab yesterday meant all plans were scuppered. A visit to Mcdonalds thus ensued and it was good. Oh so, so good.
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Dansak curry from the freezer tonight :)
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Pork chop and bubble and squeak (made with a bolting cabbage from the plot! ::) )
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Leftover cold roast lamb, 2nd steaming of accord hg potatoes (delicious) hg-peas,carrots,cabbage, & donated broad beans, gravy & gooseberry & mint jelly
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Jacket potatoes, tuna and cheese for me, Paul made a bean, mushroom and some pork ribs that he found in the freezer.
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Nuked a spud yesterday as I had a serious case of the CBA. It's probably time for some pasta again today, mac-n-cheese I think.
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Last night was chicken casserole ftf with mixed veg also ftf, so didn't take much effort, or time :)
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Spicy fish cake with vegetable rice, fresh fruit from gardenb with ice cream :)
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Basa fillet with peas, potato and parsley sauce. Greek yogurt, walnuts and honey after ;)
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Chicken parmigiana,with a tomato & garlic sauce & pasta with a goodly amount of Parmesan
Strawberries & yogurt
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Curry, rice, poppadums and naan. I started to eat the roast chicken dinner last night and after about five mouthfuls admitted I couldn't eat any more. Don't know why, but I really didn't want it.
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Home alone and after a big project today so I planned ahead. Cooked cold chicken and pre-prepared salad from the fridge, plus a couple of whole meal pittas that just needed chucking in the oven for 5 minutes to warm through.
The project was to replace the liner on my small wildlife pond, so tea was a little late, owing to the time needed to de-swamp :lol:
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Stressful day and by the time I thought about food it was after 21:30 and CBA had set in. I'll try again tomorrow ::)
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I stir-fried onion, sliced sugar-snap peas, bacon bits, garlic and mushrooms and when cooked I stirred in some Philadelphia garlic& herb cheese and tipped it over some spaghetti :D
Lovely!
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When I've tried doing that sort of thing MoS the philly has split when I've added milk to thin it :wacko: are you just heating it neat?
Nuked a spud and added so some poor man's boursin :nowink: too. I really need to eat something green tomorrow.
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When I've tried doing that sort of thing MoS the philly has split when I've added milk to thin it :wacko: are you just heating it neat?
Yes, it thins as it melts :)
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Kiddie tea last night - fish fingers, chips and peas.
Was pretty good. I’ve not eaten fish fingers for ages and you forget how nice they are :)
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Kiddie tea last night - fish fingers, chips and peas.
Sold ! and it's even got something green with it. It is Friday after all :D
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I always think I would like a fish finger, but do they taste of fish, Do they make the same in chicken ?
I have got a Lamb Rogan Josh with all the chutneys etc.
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Case of the cba fairy here combined with a not working larder fridge has totally changed how we cook & eat & plan! So chicken breasts taken out of the freezer this morning with no real knowledge of what to have, so new potatoes being boiled prior to roasting, then the chicken roasted with peas ready shelled leftover from yesterday & french beans, probably with mayo, & as hubby is doing it who am I to argue. :lol:
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Steak dinner tonight with giant mushrooms topped with cheese, grilled tomato and CHIPS!
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I HATE Mushrooms :ohmy:
Bass fillet fried few chips and peas, home grown rhubarb and ice cream :)
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I always think I would like a fish finger, but do they taste of fish, Do they make the same in chicken ?
Yes, not very strongly but yes, mildly fishy like battered or breaded fish fillets :)
Birds Eye chicken fingers are available ;)
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I buy jumbo fish fingers, you get more fish with the breadcrumbs :D
It was a cba tea, so I had a jacket potato with beans and a couple of bacon rashers :)
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I HATE Mushrooms :ohmy:
Is it the taste or texture thing? I used to really dislike them but it turned out just to be the way they were being cooked.
I always think I would like a fish finger, but do they taste of fish
I don't like fish either but most supermarkets do their own brand chilled jumbo cod ones and I buy them occasionally (when on offer :nowink: ) , they're much better than the boxed "fish" fingers far less fishy.
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I shall look for the chicken ones. Cannot abide fish, not even the smell. Got to go for my Click and Collect in 30 mins, so dinner will be whatever I fancy out of the bags.
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Fish fingers are one of my 'comfort' foods. I have them in sandwiches or with chips and peas for tea. Always with brown sauce of course. The 'Captains' are my favourites although I will eat others. I have even made my own. For tonight I've been told we're having chicken kiev and chips.
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Chicken is defrosting for a Korma :D
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Soddages :)
Got new potatoes and veg from the plot to go with. Perhaps a tray bake :D
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Food again? sigh what a drag. :dry: It's probably time for pasta again, doing something with rice feels like too much effort.
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Pork steak roasted with potatoes, onions, peppers and tomatoes, plus a few green beans.
For my weekend treat I cooked a sponge top over some plot raspberries :D
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Bacon and mushroom club sandwich. :blush: I'm going to suffer for it but it was oh so very tasty :tongue2:
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Jacket potato with leftover mince & onion, sprinkle of cheese, tomatoes & hg cucumber & beetroot
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Roast chicken, new roast potatoes and veg.
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After the most distressing day today we just having salad and cold meats lets hope tomorrows better :(
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After the most distressing day today we just having salad and cold meats lets hope tomorrows better :(
Fingers crossed for you MrsP.
I'm having chicken breast in spicy breadcrumbs, bubble and squeak ftf, plus salad bits :D
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After the most distressing day today we just having salad and cold meats lets hope tomorrows better :(
Hope you’re ok Mrs P
Neck of lamb cooked & then made into a lovely stew, dumplings for himself.
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Basa in lemon/pepper crumbs with chips and mixed veg ftf.
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Chilli con carne. We have experimented tonight and used Quorn mince. Couldn't taste any difference. Even Paul who is true carnivore said he would eat it again. Result! I've been asking for ages to be allowed to try it.
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Fish cakes with melting cheese centres (bought) plus plot veg and spuds.
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Chilli con carne. We have experimented tonight and used Quorn mince. Couldn't taste any difference. Even Paul who is true carnivore said he would eat it again. Result! I've been asking for ages to be allowed to try it.
Even I don't mind Quorn, it's one of the more acceptable (for me anyway) vegetarian options :D
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Today i fanced a fry up bacon sausage tomato and a few bake beans, to finish of with strawberries and raspberries from the garden with yoghurt, it was a lovely change naughty but nice :D
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Sawhedge and a few of those big mushrooms, it looked a bit sad on the plate so I nuked a spud and added beans. It's one of those meals that was begging out for cauliflower cheese but I didn't feel like picking the bits out of a bag of mixed veg to make it.
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HM meatballs in tomato sauce with HG Sugar Ann peas :)
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Curry Munchies .... Use up that other patak's paste pot. There's probably some chicken in the freezer.
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I watched This Morning on Tuesday and repeated the recipe they made last night. Didn't work quite right so we've 'tweeked' it tonight as some elements weren't strong enough, or weren't cooked for long enough. So tonight we are having our version of harissa chicken with butter beans and green beans, with new potatoes.
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Bacon, egg and bubble & squeak :)
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I have some curry leftovers (I know :ohmy: ) Might be naughty and put them with wedges :tongue2:
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Dansak curry out the freezer with pilau rice and popadoms :)
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When I went for my paper, this morning, Co op had reduced one of their Wood-fired Margherita Pizzas, so I thought - that'll do nicely :D
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I’ve got mince,onions,garlic,celery,peppers in the slow cooker with some leftover gravy & a tin of chopped tomatoes simmering away. It was going to be cottage pie, but I might turn it into a type of moussaka but with sliced potatoes & (courgettes in my half) lol
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Scotch Egg and Salad, but I've only got lettuce and tomatoes. :D
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Omelette as all the chickens not old enough to qualify for their bus passes are now laying again. Potato salad and tomato salad, both made with homegrown veg :)
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reduced to 50p, crumbed camembert with salad and potato salad. Cheap meal but really filling.
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Fired up the barbecue, homemade burgers with homemade pesto (too much garlic ;) ) and mozerella.
Big bowl of olives to pick at too. Beer to accompany and wine later for pudding.
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Pizza, and very yummy it was.
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Today Cottage pie with fresh veg from garden french beans and carrots, Apple parcels with ice cream :)
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Greek Kofta kebabs with various salads, for me :D
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Kedgeree for us. Followed by strawberries and cream/ice cream.
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bbq at daughters at 6.30.
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Assortment of tapas with some cheese and caramalised red onion topped ciabatta.
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I'll be nuking a spud when the heat of the day passes. I'll too hot for food especially if it's not already made.
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Spicy fish cake with vegetable rice, home grown raspberrys with not sure yet :D
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Pan fried salmon & courgettes,steamed new potatoes (Foremost today, freshly dug this morning) green & yellow beans & carrots with a cheeses sauce
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A pork chop a la George Forman, HM coleslaw and a small nuked spud.
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Burgers - in burger buns for OH, just as is for me, plus salad.
The last of the raspberries out of the freezer set into jelly for pud, with some squirty cream because we could :lol:
1 pan on the hob was my limit for cooking tonight :)
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Best I could manage was a corned beef sandwich. I might try doing so pasta and pesto later, I can at least call it a pasta salad then if I just let it sit there until it's cold :nowink: I'm drinking so much water to try and keep hydrated I'm not feeling like eating.
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Yesterday was the cold pasta with the honemade passatta. Crickey it was HOT !!! and a scotch egg with it.
Today it will be an omelette and salad which is only lettuce and tomato.
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Another nuked spud, with cheese this time, plus more of the HM coleslaw and cucumber from the greenhouse. Tomatoes from the Co op still, though - never before had cukes ripen before toms. Very weird ::)
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Cold salmon,HM potato salad and French beans. Ice cream for pud.
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Called in at my local Chinese/Thai/Japanese cash and carry on the way home from work and bought noodles ready to stir fry, plus mushrooms.
I had some pork steaks at home that I cut up and put in, as well as plot garlic, spring onions and mangetout, with a chilli from the greenhouse for good measure. 10 minutes tops in the wok which was more than enough cooking for today :)
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Change of plans as there was mince on the use by date in the fridge. Made a chilli but couldn't face eating it, so the plan is to nuke a spud today and add some for a quick no cook meal.
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Due to the continuing no fridge freezer in the kitchen situation I took oook out a pot of steak & kidney casserole from the garage freezer a couple of days ago to make room for something else :wacko: & put it to defrost in the borrowed minute fridge, & today is the day it needs using! Not my ultimate choose for the hottest day of the year so far :wacko: but I suppose it’ll be ok with steamed potatoes & veg in a while.
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I made a couple of big bowls of salads yesterday so they are stashed in the fridge ready - potato salad with plot spuds and a mayo dressing and one of blanched french beans and tomatoes in a oil and vinegar one.
We had those last night with … steak! I spotted some bargains at the Co-op, so a nice rump steak each and it was really good :D
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It's our first salad today with the full set from the garden...
Sungold toms
Cuce
Lamb's lettuce
American cress
Beetroot
Lettuce
Spring onions
Wild rocket
With a hard-boiled egg and a load of cheese! Possibly a garlic ciabatta too...
And just found the first carrots are big enough too..:0)
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We’ve just agreed that the chicken breasts will be flattened out & breadcrumbed, a tomato & basil sauce made & served with tagliatelle ala chicken parmigiana style, but without the mozzarella as we haven’t got any lol
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Now just gratuitously attention seeking because
IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!!
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Fired up the barbecue and grilled two huge steaks (all for me :) ) which had been tenderised and then marinated in orange juice, thyme, parsley and garlic. Best steaks I've ever cooked!
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Grilled Basa with coleslaw and a few new potatoes (sadly not HG)
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Stir fry last night, today something easy Faggots pots and fresh veg from garden, Plumb crumble and custard :)
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Last night was spaghetti with HM meatballs in tom sauce and tonight it's a pork steak with HM coleslaw and salad from the plot, at last some ripe toms :D
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Roast lamb, roast potatoes, carrots and home grown green beans.
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After a few hours at the allotment, we went to our Beefeater and had a trio of fish for me on a bed of Spinach and for the wife Chicken Salad. A cheeky Sunday night out. Much enjoyed.
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Tuna pasta bake. Meh - I'm a little tired of nuked spuds and rice. The lump of piggy taken out of the freezer is destined for the slow cooker tomorrow. :tongue2:
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Close to bb date cheese (soft cheese and Feta) in the fridge, so I'm making a cheese and spinach (probably chard from the plot) Greek-style pie :D
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Got a beef joint slowcooking in beer and spices for 10 hours. That will get shredded and soaked in homemade BBQ sauce, served in rolls with peppers & onions.
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P1P, I went out for a pub lunch with two old school chums from the fifties, last week, They both had 'Beef cheeks', which I've never heard of (wilting violet me) and they looked fantastic on the plate! Anything like?
I had the veggie option - goat's cheese tart, but two pints of Harvey's went down better...
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Not disimilar growster!
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Left over lamb from yesterday with a fridge clear out of let over potatoes and veg mashed up and fried in patties. Various pickles served with. Satisfying but the fridge now looks a bit empty. I'm sure it will fill up again soon.
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Not disimilar growster!
One year, around the end of December, I bought a large joint of salt brisket, and slow cooked it in Guinness for a few hours.
It was just fantastic at the time, but the next time I opened a tin of corned beef, I couldn't tell the difference!
(BTW, Hawkhurst is famous for starting off OXO, corned beef etc, by a bloke called Gunther, who is buried just a few yards from 'The Turrets! Not a lot of people know that)!
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Slow cooked piggy dinner with all the trimmings - at least that's the plan.
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Last night Jacket potato with mixed salad and cold meats pud rest of plumb crumble and custard. Tonight fry up husbands idea :)
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Sweet potato wedges with veggie chilli. Recipe taken from the supplement that comes with the Sunday paper. I'm not that keen on sweet potatoes but we have three in the fridge and it would use at least two of them up so I will ' suffer for my art' I think the saying is. :lol:
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Home made fish pie.
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Diced beef, tomatoes ftf, kidney beans and HG Cajun Belle peppers (a little hotter than I thought they would be ::)) are all bubbling away in the slow cooker :D
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Garlic & herb wedges & burgers(no buns) salad for me & tomatoes for him. Apple cake for pud
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Frittata as the chickens have been on an egg laying drive again. It included plot veg and we had a plot salad on the side :D
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Spicy chicken strips with vegetable rice, pineapple and yoghurt :)
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I've just counted about fifteen Sungold toms a-ripening, so it may - just may, be a bruschetta tomorrow...
It won't be a big one, so we'll ease ourselves into the race out to the GH first thing, peer around the door, and exclaim in a loud voice ...
YESSSSS!!
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Frittata, garlic bread and salad.
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A couple of ham slices, left in the fridge, a cheesy jkt potato with coleslaw and plot peas :D
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Leftover fish pie. Pork scratchings for pudding.
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Proper Melton Mowbray Pork Pie, bought back for me by daughter. Wasn't that kind. I shall eat with salad.
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Shredded beef chilli and rice.
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In the oven there's a casserole dish of chicken breasts in honey & mustard sauce, plus a traybake of courgette, potato, onion, tomatoes and garlic. It smells lovely :D
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Proper Melton Mowbray Pork Pie, bought back for me by daughter. Wasn't that kind. I shall eat with salad.
Ooh now there’s a proper treat, the best pork pie there is! I’ve even made one there too :lol:
Roast lamb shoulder, steamed new potatoes, beans- green & yellow, roasted courgettes & gravy. Normal service is almost resumed as the new fridge freezer arrived yesterday :)
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Trying to assemble a piggy dinner - the pork has been sitting in the fridge since I slow cooked it, I've just not felt like eating it. :ohmy: I did some mash earlier today and the pan is on for some veg, everything feels like such hard work though, I have that man flu feeling.
Glad the fridge is sorted Snow - just in time for the produce to start rolling in too ;)
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Spaghette Bolangnas tonight :)
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Trying to assemble a piggy dinner - the pork has been sitting in the fridge since I slow cooked it, I've just not felt like eating it. :ohmy: I did some mash earlier today and the pan is on for some veg, everything feels like such hard work though, I have that man flu feeling.
Glad the fridge is sorted Snow - just in time for the produce to start rolling in too ;)
Cheers Lardy, it’s been a tad of a struggle jiggling veg in a cool box with ice packs, tried not to pick too much at one time as I hadn’t really got freezer space. That’s the job for tomorrow, sort out the freezer in the garage & then I can fill the new one with what belongs in there, which will free up space for stashing the surplus vegetables
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Apparently, Snows, a decent wodge of newspaper around the frozen comestibles works OK for about a quarter of an hour or so.
Our freezer is jammed right up to the gills, as a dear elderly neighbour left, and gave us everything she had left!
Mind you, I've just taken a half-pound of Lurpak out (bought a load - it was on offer), so there's now space for a few joints of beef, half a pig, three gammon joints and a whole lamb...
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Apparently, Snows, a decent wodge of newspaper around the frozen comestibles works OK for about a quarter of an hour or so.
Our freezer is jammed right up to the gills, as a dear elderly neighbour left, and gave us everything she had left!
Mind you, I've just taken a half-pound of Lurpak out (bought a load - it was on offer), so there's now space for a few joints of beef, half a pig, three gammon joints and a whole lamb...
:lol: :lol:
Thanks I shall utilise the huge cool box we borrowed from our son when I summon up the wherewithal :lol:
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Fish fillet but not sure what fish as i never labeled the bag silly me just as well i like all sorts, oh birds eye fish few chips and peas :)
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Sea bass, coleslaw and potato salad.
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Found out what it was DOVER SOLE Beautiful :)
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Lemon pepper pork steaks with Hassleback potatoes.
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Hunters chicken, with steamed carrots & hg runner beans,green & yellow french beans.
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Looking like breaded cod and wedges. I have a serious case of the CBA's and that can all be chucked in the oven at the same time, at the same temperature and for the same length. Beans or mushy peas whatever is first out of the cupboard.
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Chilli Con Carne with pilua rice and 1/2 a baghette :)
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CBA today so, Tuna and coleslaw with a cheesy nuked spud :)
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I’ve had a spicy spag sauce bubbling away in the oven for 3 hours on really low heat, but spent too long smelling it cook and I don’t feel like eating it now :tongue2: It was a bulk batch for the freezer, so just more to freeze.
Home alone tonight and when I went to the shop for milk, they had steak reduced. It would have been rude not to buy some, so that and salad for me :D
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Lamb hotpot with a medley of hg beans
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Gammon, egg and CHIIIIIIIIIIPS.
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Gammon, egg and CHIIIIIIIIIIPS.
There better be a ring of char-grilled pineapple with that ! :tongue2: :tongue2:
... everyone's tea sounds nicer than mine :(
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Gammon, egg and CHIIIIIIIIIIPS.
There better be a ring of char-grilled pineapple with that ! :tongue2: :tongue2:
... everyone's tea sounds nicer than mine :(
Pineapple? You've gone down in my estimations Lardy...
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Mrs Growster has a cunning plan for today...
She has always made 'Toad' with steak in a large pan of batter, but the other day, we were chatting about 'finger food' at gatherings, and I just mentioned a few comestibles I often had when I worked for a living, and just HAD to go to alcoholic evening functions for business!
So today's 'Toad' will be in individual tart-sized shapes, as sirloin is easily cut with scissors into small pieces, and I'm starving already...
...plus a pound of runner beans each...;0)
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Got the curry munchies and Paul makes a mean chicken biryani. Plenty of onion crispies on the top. Yum, yum. Freezer all cleaned out today and we now have a better idea of what is in there for the rest of the week. Just the small chest freezer to go.
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Got the curry munchies ...
Me too now ::) bit late to get anything out of the freezer though so it's would have to be lentil or spud based.
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Hunters Chicken dish for us with baby new pots and loads of veg F/Beans carrots peas and broccolli with a BbBq sauce poured all over it went down a treat,with peaches and ice cream for afters :)
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Pasta bake (yesterday’s pasta sauce that I did not eat), roasted wedges of summer cabbage and french beans.
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Takeaway curry delivered as we're all lazy today. Enough leftovers that lunch is sorted tomorrow too!
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Roast chicken, stuffing for himself, Yorkshire puds,steamed hg new potatoes (homeguard- have been great) & hg broad beans,runner & green & yellow beans & spoon standing, oh & roast squash with garlic for me.
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Pork shoulder steak with mashed swede and green beans ftf, plus HG peas.
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Pasta day - I don't feel like anything tomato based though. Looks like it's macaroni cheese and there's some chorizo crumb in the freezer. Extra green things tomorrow to compensate.
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Toad in the hole with new pots carrot and peas, mixture of fruit with ice cream :)
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Chicken legs roasted with Havana Gold chillies from the greenhouse, plus roasted cubes of Kestrel potatoes and a big pile of french beans, both from the plot :)
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Lasagne from the Co=op for £1.50 , there's only two of us but Paul likes big portions and I only like small ones so it equals out. It is enougth got us for a second meal another day.
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I made a fish pie, and there's enough left for tomorrow, I had HG Autumn calabrese with it (just proves that's what the weather is like ::) )
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Pizza night!
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It'll be a bought version of a 'Shakshuka' with caulis and aubergines - one which we inherited from a dear neighbour who has moved away!
Never had anything like it before!
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Pizza night!
Go on put pineapple on it :lol: you know you want to. Actually no don't - bluerggh.
I have chicken defrosting - waiting to see what the weather does to decided if it's getting spiced up or covered in spoon-standing.
Edit : Found some goldfish brand curry sauce skulking at the back fridge - use by date is Jan 2020 but I figure there really not a lot to go off in it. Chinese style chicken curry it is then :tongue2:
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Tonight I must have something hot. Shop bought spag bol in microwave with salad on the side.
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Full English Breakfast for us tonight.
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Turkey burger chips and beans, rest of pineapple left over from last night with yoghurt. :)
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Soddages in a tray bake with plot veg and some oven roasted small whole spuds.
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The other chicken breast, there's some shop bought "mash direct" cauliflower cheese (remind me not to buy that again) and spuds probably mashed with some whole grain mustard.
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Chicken stir fry, banana and yoghurt for pud :)
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Meat balls in tomato/chilli sauce, not sure whether to have mash or spaghetti with them :)
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Interesting about the banana yog, Mrs Pea...
I had that for breakfast, and still can't make my mind up as to whether it was divine, or the fact that I waddled around all day feeling too full was another 'result!
Banana and peanut butter is a fab alternative, but looked what happened to Elvis Presley!
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Interesting about the banana yog, Mrs Pea...
I had that for breakfast, and still can't make my mind up as to whether it was divine, or the fact that I waddled around all day feeling too full was another 'result!
Banana and peanut butter is a fab alternative, but looked what happened to Elvis Presley!
Growster i only buy the small banana's slice it down the middle put 2 desert sponfulls of yogurt along the slit a bit of choc sauce and a sprinkling of chopped nuts' LOVELY' not a filling dinner before hand :D
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Pork chops, spicy peppers, courgette and onions followed by a lemon sponge (double helping for me, the wife decided she didn't like it).
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Pork chops, spicy peppers, courgette and onions followed by a lemon sponge (double helping for me, the wife decided she didn't like it).
Lemon sponge sounds nice :D
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Friday - Wedges and a very manky looking beef burger I found in the freezer. There are few toms and maybe a bit of cuke from from a self set plant - might be horribly bitter not tried them yet. Tin of beans at the ready just in case.
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Friday - Wedges and a very manky looking beef burger I found in the freezer. There are few toms and maybe a bit of cuke from from a self set plant - might be horribly bitter not tried them yet. Tin of beans at the ready just in case.
You always make your meals sound soo delicious, Lardy :lol: :lol:
I've got HM vegie burger also with wedges ;)
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Mrs Growster made one her famous Shepherd's Pies, with baked beans.
I was in the doghouse, as I forgot to get the lamb mince out of the freezer, so had to go out and buy some more! The traffic was horrendous, and I'd just got back from the weekly shop too...
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Chicken tray bake with peas as an extra.
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Plaice fillet dry fried with a few chips and peas , it was lovely fresh from the beach this morning, Raspberry yoghurt to finish :)
Day of tomorrow having a takeaway curry :D
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You always make your meals sound soo delicious, Lardy :lol: :lol:
:lol: :nowink: I do my best.
Rubbish weather forecast for today so comfort food needed, slowcooked lamb leg ftf, mash and mixed veg all covered in spoonstanding.
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Yesterdays lamb turned out to be rather chewy beef casserole :( Freezer surprise again today I want to empty and defrost it.
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Technical question - er - is 'spoonstanding' gravy please?
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Technical question - er - is 'spoonstanding' gravy please?
Yes, it's gravy sooo thick you can stand a spoon up in it :lol:
I've got a lamb-shank in the slow cooker, and hoping the gravy is heading in the right direction ;) Veggies to be decided 'ron...
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Yesterday was hm dhal with cougettes, plus some yogurt and rice.
Today is mini roast with chicken breasts on the bone, plus plot spuds and veg. There will be spoon standing as well. Having finally ventured outdoors and scuttled back in pdq, it feels like a gravy day to me :tongue2: :lol:
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Turners pie Mince and Onion with new pots and veg from garden, plumbs from last year made into a crumble with either yoghurt or ice cream :D
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Salmon fishcakes with holandaise for wife & sprog, monstrous rack of BBQ ribs for me. With CHIPS.
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Technical question - er - is 'spoonstanding' gravy please?
Yes, it's gravy sooo thick you can stand a spoon up in it :lol:
I've got a lamb-shank in the slow cooker, and hoping the gravy is heading in the right direction ;) Veggies to be decided 'ron...
Thanks Mum!
My old Aussie flatmate always called it 'sauce', but he did come from Sydney, and his dad brought the first ever 'Vogelbread' to the UK, back in the late sixties, so he can be forgiven!
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Pasta bake, run out of anything green to put with it though :(
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Ham and tomatoe omellete with new pots and peas, left over plum crumble with ice cream run out of yoghurt thats not good news :)
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Chicken breast in spicy breadcrumbs with coleslaw and a small jacket.
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Mrs Growster allowed me to buy some smoked salmon to go with scrambled eggs today, so I may just treat myself (she doesn't like smoked salmon for some reason - she used to when we went on holiday to Honfleur and we had a fantastic choice from the local fishmongers there...:0(
Why do people go off things I ask you?
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Homemade fish pie.
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All this talk of fish :D - I think I'll get some seabass out to defrost....
Salad stuff to go with it already in the fridge :)
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Oh no, I really do hate fish, the look, the smell, the taste, revolting. Fresh honey roast ham for me, but I don't know how to prepare it yet, might just be a sandwich.
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It's a salmon and cucumber sandwich today, with our first 'Shirley' tom!
(Sorry Mrs B, just had to say that..;0)
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I slow cooked a joint of beef overnight in a rich sauce made froom roasted peppers, padron chillies and fresh squeezed orange juice. Going to have that tonight with tacos and all the (Mexican) trimmings.
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I slow cooked a joint of beef overnight in a rich sauce made froom roasted peppers, padron chillies and fresh squeezed orange juice. Going to have that tonight with tacos and all the (Mexican) trimmings.
Luxury!
We had it tough...
Handful of cold gravel etc etc etc...
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Spaghetti bolognaise with whole wheat pasta, not sure about pud :)
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Egg foo yung with mushrooms and some stir fried noodles with spring onions and bean shoots.
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Half way into eating yesterdays pasta bake it dawned on me I'd forgotten to put the mince beef in :ohmy: ::) anyone remember when I used to be a functioning adult :nowink: I need to do something with the mince tonight as its been cooked for a few days but I've got a serious case of the CBA's. I'm considering raiding the spice cupboard in an attempt to add some flavour and just putting it in a nuked spud.
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Oh Lardy, you really need a good woman to come in and take a firm hold of you. I'm not talking sexually but just to help you get your life in order. Don't look at me I'm happily married to Paul.
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Oh Lardy, you really need a good woman to come in and take a firm hold of you.
You may be right although that hasn't worked out so well in the past :D Personally I think I'm a beyond saving now ;)
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Made a fresh loaf this morning - I may have already eaten a large wedge warm with some real butter :tongue2: There may be more destined for beans on toast tonight, with cheese of course. It's a pity all the chickens have shuffled off their mortal coil otherwise I could have put an egg or two on top. :tongue2: :tongue2:
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Tonight jacket potato and salad with cold meats colslaw beetroot from garden, pud tonight raspberries from garden and a meringue nest with last of ice cream :D
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I put some lamb mince, lentils, veg and curry spices into the slow cooker before I went to the plot. It was done by the time I came home, completely knackered :D
It was more like soup than curry, but went down well with some crusty bread and meant all I had to do was eat it ;)
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Leftover shredded beef on top of CHIPS and a quickly made cajun cheese sauce. Still full now.
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A huge pile of runner beans and several Bernard Matthews Kievs, with a gallon of ketchup...
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My plan for last night went to pot. I got home from work and OH had started a DIY project that had grown arms and legs and turned into a monster. After pitching in to help I was knackered and he was woe begone and needed a large plate of pasta and sauce with lots of cheese before the world was right again.
Tonight I am doing the grilled peppers and some tomatoes as well, plus chicken and will serve the whole lot over veggie rice :)
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Freezer surprise. It's in a c500 and has brown sauce - could be the lost lamb leg or more chewy beef casserole. Mash and whatever veg I can find, as just peas never feels right :nowink:
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H/M Fish pie, very filling no pud tonight :)
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CBA, so ham, HM coleslaw, toms, cue and a small jacket potato :)
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Spag bol, it used up a load of bits and pieces that were left in the fridge. Garlic bread on the side.
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Hot dogs and HM coleslaw, all the veg from the garden which was satisfying.
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The misery meat was/is lamb but it felt a bit of a waste to cook it I really CBA with food yesterday. Trying again today.
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Takeaway curry bonanza!
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Sausages new pots and veg and lovely onion gravy, pineapple and yoghurt for pud :)
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HM Meatballs with tomato sauce ftf with crusty bread still warm from the oven :)
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Late finish at work yesterday so beans on toast for me last night.
I’ve been working all day today as well, so have come home with the makings of pretend KFC. XL chicken burgers, skin on fries, mini corn cobs, coleslaw and salad. Not much work to do and I may even get OH to make it, so effort free (for me) :lol:
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Leftover takeaway curry.
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Leftover takeaway curry.
My favourite kind :)
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Stop it you're giving me curry munchies :tongue2:
I finished off the lamb but I'm out of sensible veg now and no chunky mixed veg in stock for the shopping :ohmy: Pork chop tomorrow - mash , veggies, stuffing and spoonstanding if the CBA fairy leaves me alone, wedges and beans if she doesn't.
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I've got a Cajun spiced pork chop with first pickings of Mennonite beans, and spoon-standing :)
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2 lamb chops, roast courgettes, steamed carrots,potatoes,green & yellow french beans + runners,cabbage all hg :), gravy,red currant jelly.
Fruit & yogurt for pud.
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Leftover takeaway curry.
My favourite kind :)
Not with the horror wind it's induced it's not ;)
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2 Lamb chops mini roast potatos french beans carrots broccoli and peas gravy and mint sauce went down a treat. H/M Apple and rhubarb pie and ice cream :)
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Harissa lamb with cous cous and roasted med veg.
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We're in the mood for lamb, it seems... mines a lamb shank with runner beans and calabrese :)
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Another day non-stop decorating, rewarded myself with a delicious steak and CHIPS.
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Trying again with the pork chops today - stuff got in the way yesterday and they're still in the fridge.
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HM pizza for me today, got all I need for the topping in the fridge, just need to make a base...
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Take away curry. Granddaughter riding school show today, I only want to watch the 45 minutes she's involved in! So by the time I've applauded children I'll never have contact with again a curry and lager are required.
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Second day of Mrs Growster's ham, egg and cheese pie...
One or two toms if they're ripe too, but they're painfully slow this year!
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Selection of cold meats lge mixed salad few new pots and pickles. Banana yoghurt choc sauce and nuts :)
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No time to cook again today, so pizza it was!
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I never got round to making the pizza base, but put all the toppings onto a split baguette and put that in the oven till the topping was cooked :D
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Just taken out some cod so could be cod & chips or since we’ve so much veg, cod Provençal or somat like that :lol:
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The other chewy chop tonight, might put spicy rice with it though as being a loin chop is was a little lacking last night.
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Chicken breast cut into stripes then covered in BBQ sauce served with pilua rice, rest of Apple pie left over from Sunday with ice cream :)
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Full English breakfast.
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HM braised beef ftf with plot Calabrese and mr Birds Eye peas (all the HG ones already eaten ::))
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Cod Provencal with steamed potatoes, a mixture of beans- green/yellow french, runner & the last few broad beans. All home grown except the cod & the red onion I put in :D
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Looking like chilli in the slow cooker for a CBA day. Rice, jacket or wedges depending on how the day goes and the weather.
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I've taken a pork steak ftf for a stirfry, lots of fridge gravel to use up/hide in it :D
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Looking like chilli in the slow cooker for a CBA day. Rice, jacket or wedges depending on how the day goes and the weather.
I was uninspired this morning and didn't get anything out of the freezer, but I have mince in there and that sounds like a great idea. Darn it! I will nick that one for tomorrow.
Tonight ..... hmmmmmm .... still uninspired but stir-fry has caught my eye. I brought quite a bit of veg home last night from work (reduced and unsold, so I get it free) and I could use/hide a goodly amount as well :)
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Bacon steak with new pots tomato and peas slice of pineapple on top, oh having mushrooms. Raspberries from garden with you know what ??? :D
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Paul wanted a roast dinner so chicken pieces duly roasted with roast potatoes, creamed leeks (his choice), cauli and green beans.
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Lamb hotpot
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I left a bit of mince out of the chilli yesterday and it's destined for deconstructed cottage pie later with whatever green or orange things I can find in the freezer and spoon standing. I've nearly used enough to defrost the freezer now, but I really need more frozen veggies to use what's left :wacko:
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Tromba Parmigiano, as there's one sitting on the worktop and there's cheese in the fridge :lol:
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I got distracted by reduced steak yesterday so we ended up with spicy marinated steak strips, griddled sliced veggies, wraps, yogurt and mint dressing and a shredded cabbage salad. OH demolished 4 wraps so I guess you could call that a success :lol:
Today I have a base of mince, tomato, onion, garlic and herbs in the slow cooker, plus cooked beans from the freezer and some fresh veg to end at the end to turn it into chilli. The bonus is that once I finish my paperwork at the workshop, I can go and play at the allotment and tea will be waiting when I get back :)
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Chicken stir fry :)
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Chicken & ham ftf in a cheesy mustard sauce with onions,mushrooms,celery & red pepper with a puff pastry top for himself & a thinly sliced courgette top for me with steamed charlottes, mix of green,yellow french & runner beans & cauliflower.
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spicy breadcrumb sea bream fried it was lovely with a few chip and peas, treacle pud and custard :)
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baked plaice & roast tomato, steamed samphire,potatoes,carrots, French & runner beans.
Vanilla kvarg quark, strawberries,blueberries.
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Tiny new pots, cut in half and boiled along with green beans, into dish with a few v.small tomatoes coated with cheese and grilled, v. nice it was. Afterward I thought I could have added some chopped black olives, I've got those, and some chopped bacon, but I haven't got that. ::)
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Home made Chilli with pilua rice and baghette, also made a sherherds pie and fresh fruit flan not to forget the lemon fairy cakes, yes i've been busy cooking :D
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Still eating the chilli - Nuked a spud to go with it today.
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A garlicky bruschetta, (Shirley and Sungold) with basil and a tiny chilli from last year...
Also some grossly expensive Greek olive oil, which is so good, it makes the other stuff pale into insignificance! It's one summer extravagance we look forward to, but Greek oil it has to be - whatever the cost!
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Had a cauliflower and chick pea curry last night, made by me !! Tonight invited to a Bbq so don't know.
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Roast chicken & parsnips (ftf) steamed potatoes,carrots & a medley of beans, maybe roast courgettes & gravy of course oh & a Yorkshire pudding or two with gravy.
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Paul's having a steak with potato dauphinoise. I'm having a jacket potato with leftover prawn cocktail sandwich filling. Been busy tidying the front garden today and we had a roast mid week.
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Sherpherds pie and french beans and peas, fruit tart and ice cream :)
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Roasted chicken legs, baked potato, tray bake of plot veg and … corn ! Freshly picked from the plot corn no less and it was superb :D
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Chicken - Mash, mixed veg , stuffing and spoonstanding.
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Pork loin chops - not sure about these but they were a freebie from work. Not enough fat or thick enough to be called a chop in my book, but anyhoo. I might cut the meat off the bone and make a spicy pork something. It may morph into curry or just be a spicy stew :unsure:
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More chicken, there's some mash left but not really enough to make a meal (I hate that), either more mash needed or some other carb.
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either more mash needed or some other carb.
Add flour and make tattie scones?
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Pizza night, plus we picked up some halloumi fries to try as a side.
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Last night was cold meat and salad, with rest 0f fruit tart and yoghurt, tonight spicy fish cakes with vegetable rice, Banana and ice cream for pud :)
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Smoked haddock risotto when I can shift myself into the kitchen to make a start on it, seemed a good idea this morning, now I wish it was something already done ???
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Add flour and make tattie scones?
Life got in the way again :nowink: I'll be doing bubble and squeak with the mash and a sorry looking savoy from snasbods. May make them and freeze, chicken needs to be cooked so some for curry and some with a pepper corn sauce with some mushies.
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chicken needs to be cooked so some for curry
That is wot I got tonight :lol:
We had spicy pork yesterday but I kept thinking about curry ::)
Sag curry sauce out of freezer defrosting for later, plus some cooked chicken. We had rice yesterday so naan on the side today.
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cajun Spicy chicken strips with chips and peas last night tonight was wet mince and mash potato, fruit yoghurt for pud. :)
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In response to the 'humble sandwich' discussion, it was huge Philly cheese steak sandwich tonight :)
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We had spicy pork yesterday but I kept thinking about curry ::)
As have I, so that's what I'm having tonight :tongue2: Just waiting on the rice.
It's a pity but just "spicy" never satisfies my curry munchies either :(
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Got everything prepped and had started to cook spag bol, turned out the fridge to find the other half of the passatta I made earlier this week for another meal and it had 'disappeared'! Somebody ( ;) had put it in the freezer thinking they were 'helping'.
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Mrs Growster is making a cod mornay today, with a small mountain of runners...
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Beef chilli wraps.
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Sausages and mixed Med veg/Tromboncino traybake :)
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Fresh pasta with a hg tomato & basil sauce & breaded chicken breasts, garlic bread
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I had to buy a couple of corn cobs the other day, so they won't beat my personal record of 1minute 40 secs from garden to saucepan, but there it is!
Just a few years ago, every road into the village had a private stall selling cobs! They've all vanished, while we still see them growing in the fields!
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Jacket potatoes with steak for Paul and cheese and tuna for me.
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Bacon, beans and the leftover roast veg, plus blackberry crumble for 'afters' :)
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Meh food, I could nuke a spud I suppose. Major case of CBA here today.
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Late finish for us both today, so Indian takeaway :)
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Yesterday was stir fry, to night Steak and ale pie with new pots and veg. Apple and Raspberry crumble and ice cream. :)
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Salmon Jaloussi otherwise known as a salmon pie with rice, mushrooms, spring onions in a puff pastry case. We had to halve the recipe as it was for six but we have managed to stretch it to make two, so one for tonight with asparagus (reduced in the Co-op today) and one for the freezer.
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Chicken roast dinner with all the trimmings, most veg from the garden too :)
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Chicken chasseur with new potatoes and carrots.
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Jacket potato mixed salad ham and cheese, rest of yesterdays pud with yoghurt :)
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Cabbage and spoonstanding - I also put a little mashed spud and mince beef with it.
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Leftover lamb from yesterday, with mash, runner beans, peas and onion gravy.
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It's now raining!
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It's now raining!
That's an odd sounding meal?
Leftover pizza from sprog's birthday party.
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It's now raining!
Oops. Well the garden enjoyed it, in fact it asked for more! :D
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Jumbo fish fingers, HM coleslaw, tomatoes and wedges.
Just filled a coffee and walnut cake, so a slice, or 2, of that after :lol:
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Cod & chips & mushy peas & a cup of tea with no chip shop in sight lol
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Chicken and bacon pasta with a tomato sauce packed with all the garden grown veg.
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Chicken and bacon pasta with a tomato sauce packed with all the garden grown veg.
I have something similar planned tomorrow as I made tomato sauce yesterday, but tonight is curry from the freezer as I have a busy day :)
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I spiralized a humungous Tromba this morning, I'm gonna try some with a Bolognese sauce tonight, the rest I'll squeeze into one of the freezers. They're nearly jam packed with veg atm though ::)
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Cabbage, mash and ...... something.
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Yesterday I had burnt beef ends with bbq sauce. Followed the instructions, but it was very dry. Cooked too many spuds and veg, so today it will be the left overs.
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Full English breakfast, followed by a homemade tarte tatin.
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We've also got a fry up tonight hubby fancied it, last night Spaghetti bolagnaise, pineapple and ice cream :)
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Ham, egg and chips. Baked beans for husband and mushrooms with mine. Raspberries and crsam/ice cream for pud.
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Deconstructed toad in the hole,or sausages in onion gravy, Yorkshire puds,mash,carrots,various fresh beans, & with cabbage & courgettes for me :D
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We also had sausages with pasta and clear out the fridge of left over bits of veg with garlic bread and cheese it was very nice. Tomato sauce with it (not the ketchup kind).
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Took some chewy chops out the freezer yesterday having forgotten there was some minced beef left :nowink: Pork chop tonight - spud situation is a little dire but mash and mixed veg probably.
Deconstructed toad in the hole ....
Contemplating the nature of deconstructing a hole ... would that be reconstructing. ::) :lol:
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Bruschetta with a couple of rolls I've just bought in a local shop!
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Chinese take-away tonight. We have just phoned the order through and didn't have to give a name as they knew it! We don't have one very often as MSG upsets my stomach so usually make our own.
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Hunters chicken tonight with chips and peas, rspberry yoghurt for pud. :)
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Mince in onion gravy over HG runner beans (a few at last!!) and marrowfat peas :)
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tonight is curry from the freezer as I have a busy day :)
Yesterday got a bit busier than I bargained for so did not make it home in time for tea.
We had the curry tonight instead with naan and yogurt :)
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Steak pie, CHIPS, peas and carrots, drowned in spoonstanding.
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The other chewy chop today. I could dice it and lob it in the slow cooker with some toms but it's gravy not sauce weather. No eggs for yellow frizbees :( and the last of the stuff too.
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I've found a small tin of cod roe (not the sloppy cod roes but the solid stuff). That's going with some wedges, a big mushroom probably mushy peas or beans. Before anyone reminds me I don't like fish - I know, but like tuna it's not the same. ::) :nowink:
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Yesterday was a takeaway curry, so leftovers for wife and sprog, pork chops for me because I ate a double portion of curry last night...
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HM chicken curry with salad and a jacket potato (I thought I had long grain rice in the cuppoard, but apparently not ::) )
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Nothing, we had the Chinese takeaway on Thursday and I really suffered with nausea yesterday ( which we put down to my lactose intolerence ,and MSG has this affect on me ) so I had two pieces of toast, Pau'ls got it today. so more toast for me. \\\\no idea what's caused Paul's upset as he is the biggest dustbin going! :D
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Yesterday was spaghetti and meatballs in HM tomato sauce and today is pork loin steaks with plot spuds, chard and cabbage. Spoon standing will also be making an appearance :)
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Mac and Cheese last night - it was as interesting as it sounds ::) Probably should be a rice day depending on what's missing from the shopping delivery, might be a curry if there's any chicken.
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Lasagne and it is already made and sat in the fridge ready to cook later.
An afternoon of mucking about on the plot and making the most of the weather was higher on my priority list, but best to have some tea in waiting to stave off plaintive whinging from OH :lol:
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Yesterday was chicken stew! Hubby idea & creation :wacko: too hot for stew which in reality was potatoes,chicken, bit of onion in gravy oh & baked beans & a token carrot- there were parsnips in the freezer, & in the fridge -peppers,celery, courgettes,various fresh beans, tomatoes :mad:
Tonight it’s burger & chips, salad for me, bread bun for him :D maybe coleslaw if I can be bothered & possibly melted cheese :lol:
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Last night cold meats and a mixed salad, h/g Raspberry tart with yoghurt.
Tonight salmon fillet with vegetable rice, banana and ice cream :)
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Tonight it's a large jacket potato, with a pizza-style topping (HG toms, onions and peppers) plus plenty of cheddar. Also a large serving of French beans in vinaigrette on the side 8)
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Smoked haddock and mash as we decided something plain would be a good idea as our stomachs have finally settled down after the weekend's upsets. We have apologised to the Chinese takeaway as we drove past as we found out yesterday that a stomach bug has been doing the rounds over the weekend in Freshwater where our shop is.
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Pork chops, onion rings, pan fried courgette and CHIPS.
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A Twongo's ready-made curry, but for one, so we can add all the bits like banana, peanuts, tomatoes and cuces, plus a couple of poppadoms each!
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Ran out of steam yesterday after I did the rice. Either chilli in the slow cooker today or if I can find the energy I do fancy some hm lasagne :tongue2:. More missing than delivered on yesterdays shopping so things are going to get creative towards the end of the week ::)
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Sticking with basics still, jacket potatoes with whatever you fancy and can find in the fridge to go with.
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Broccoli and cheese omelette with peas and tomatoes.
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Fish pie with the first of the sowing of parsley for the winter, so much tastier than the supermarket pots. With great beans & carrots.
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I put a fresh loaf on this morning and I have some nice thick slices of black pudding. :tongue2: I'll eat something green to make up for it tomorrow :nowink:
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My neighbour picked up packets of Molino type 00 flour (marked down to a silly price) which was shared - so I'm making pizza bases today... will top one for tea, the rest can go in the freezer. :) Though I'm fast running out of room, what with the beans finally producing ::)
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Salmon and cuce s/w, with a couple of toms for colour...
There's also some caviar in the fridge, as Mrs Growster was feeling a bit low recently, so I bought her a tiny jar for a squillion splonders (arm and a leg to everyone), and after a gap of around thirty years, she's decided she doesn't like it now, so I'll have the most expensive sandwich outside of Oxford Street!
I don't really mind of course...
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Cajun dirty rice for me with mince,onions & carrots ftf , same for himself minus the Cajun dirty rice with spuds & baked beans no doubt lol
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Sausage and mash peas and gravy, pineapple and yoghurt ;)
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No one eating tonight :lol: i had a fillet of seabream baked just a couple of chips and peas. pud Melon and Raspberries from garden :D
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Pizza delivered!
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Managed to pull a crown off whilst flossing this morning :ohmy: it set the tone for the rest of the day. Overly boiled soggy pasta and pesto was about the only thing I could think of for tea.
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Leftover Pizza with a few chips :D
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Baked plaice fillets, lyonnaise potatoes,carrots,runner beans.
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Today it's lemon/pepper crumbed sea bass with coleslaw and salad bits
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Take away curry that was in the freezer decided to eat that with pilua rice and popadoms, chopped up onion from garden and cucumber :)
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We went to franchise burger emporium this afternoon and I ate my bodyweight in burgers and chicken nuggets. Cheese on toast for tea.
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Take away curry that was in the freezer decided to eat that with pilua rice and popadoms, chopped up onion from garden and cucumber :)
Nearly snap for last night, except my freezer curry was a leftover homemade one, we had the rice but not the popadoms and I also added tomato to my onion and cucumber chopped salad side dish :D
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I treated myself to a Belgian bun from the Co op, when I went for the paper, this morning :D
A small lamb joint has been defrosting overnight, so that with plot veg for later.
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Spicy pork, probably veggie rice or if the CBA fairy drops round it'll end up going with wedges.
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The last of the lamb, spiced up and put in pita breads with salad and chilli mayo.
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Spicy fish cakes with veg rice and i made an Eaton mess with raspberries from garden before it rained :)
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Chicken and veg stir fry with rice
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Experimented today with 'mini' toads, using small chunks of sirloin, pre-pan-fried a bit then oven baked in a jam tart tray with the batter for half an hour...
Hopefully fab cold as well!
Had a break from runners, as they're going bonkers again...
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Had a break from runners, as they're going bonkers again...
Had runners here, instead of rice with my curry :lol: :lol:
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Was supposed to be a thai prawn curry but could'nt find the coconut milk in the freezer so meatballs in a tomato sauce instead with garlic bread.
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I had a well known brand of Cornish style pasty just after lunchtime and it's left me without a desire for tea and not because it was filling. Won't be buying one of those again.
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Salt & pepper wedges with garlic & herb coated chicken pieces & tomato & cucumber salad.
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Had a break from runners, as they're going bonkers again...
Had runners here, instead of rice with my curry :lol: :lol:
I've been having a burger or some bacon with just runners, Mum, and if there's a baked tom somewhere as well, it's not a bad mix!
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cajun chicken and pilua rice, next door broght some strawberries round last night so were having those with ice cream , just a thank you gift as OH does there lawns :)
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Thai stir fried pork mince. New potatoes with it, I think.
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The plan is for sawhedge, chips, beans and some mushrooms. I don't feel like adult food today I had a jam sandwich for lunch too :nowink:
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Oven baked salmon with stir fried noodles & veg for me with a sweet chilli dressing for me & oven chips & peas for himself , baked tomato halves as well for us both.
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CBA fairy here, so a nuked jacket spud with cheese and salad bits.
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Tuna pasta bake if I can find where I put the penne :unsure:
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HM Chilli for us with this years chillies HOT pilua rice and 1/2 a baghette each :)
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Roast pork dinner with plot spuds and veg. I’ve been working a few evenings on the trot and need a proper gravy dinner tonight :)
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We had a post swim trip to the Well Known Burger Franchise Emporium this afternoon, so all we wanted tonight was something light. Hummus and crisps for me!
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I had a Lemon/pepper chicken thigh with peas, coleslaw and chips :)
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Some thing completly different Toad in the hole new pots runner beans carrots and broccolli, Apple and plum pie for pud :)
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Veggie rice.
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Pork steak with sweet chilli sauce, a huge pile of runner beans ::) and peas.
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Beef bourguignon, with mashed taters and home baked baguette.
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Leftover pork, reheated in the oven with some gravy, plus crispy potato cubes with courgette cubes snuck in (didn’t fool OH :lol:) and green beans.
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Leftover pork, reheated in the oven with some gravy, plus crispy potato cubes with courgette cubes snuck in (didn’t fool OH :lol:) and green beans.
I had to make some battered courgette crisps to convince the family to still eat them ;)
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More veggie rice, if Id have planned ahead there would be a slice of gammon with it :nowink: I might raid the spice cupboard to see if I can make it a bit more interesting.
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More veggie rice, if Id have planned ahead there would be a slice of gammon with it :nowink: I might raid the spice cupboard to see if I can make it a bit more interesting.
Can you make it into egg fried rice ? With maybe some prawns & chilli?
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Can you make it into egg fried rice ? With maybe some prawns & chilli?
No eggs anymore :( Last of the girls died a few months back and I'm currently refusing to buy the revolting things they pass off as eggs in the supermarket. ::) I grabbed a can of mixed bean salad,an onion and some garlic and raided the spice cupboard - it wasn't bad but could have benefited from something meaty (even prawns).
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I had a lot of runner beans that were a bit to seedy to eat green, so shelled and cooked the beans and made some bean burgers. Had them with salad and cheesy chips :)
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Chilli and it is already in the slow cooker, so license to slack off and play on the plot this afternoon :D
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Chilli and it is already in the slow cooker, so license to slack off and play on the plot this afternoon :D
Got beef, carrots and onions in mine :D
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Turkey burger chips and bake beans, pineapple and yoghurt :)
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Chicken & chorizo, wedges, salad & hm coleslaw
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Microwave meal :blush: "fruity" chicken curry.. nice enough but not really my cup of tea.
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"fruity" chicken curry.. nice enough but not really my cup of tea.
I am a bit unsure about fruit in my dinner as well. I love it to eat and for pud, but ...
Last night was pork loin steaks in a hm tangy sauce of balsamic vinegar and quince jelly with pan juices (disguised fruit I can cope with), plus plot spuds and veg :)
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It might be a sandwich or a sandwich - I really don't know, but as I've just demolished half a packet of Bombay Mix, it might be just a small sandwich...
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Grilled pork steak with Cajun spices with plot runner beans, sweetcorn and tomatoes :D Don'tcha just love this time of year :)
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Omelette from the Chinese takeaway.
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Comfort food - Fried bacon and mushrooms on fresh crusty white bread :tongue2:
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Thelma Sanders squash baked with spicy vegetable rice inside :)
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Baked Sea Bass with a few chips and peas, pineapple and raspberries either ice cream or yoghurt :)
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Tonight Chicken sweet and sour with pilua rice and baghette :)
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Chicken Kiev which was a sub on the shopping. Might do some wedges and mushrooms with it as the oven will already be on.
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Bbq chicken thighs and salad, Maybe a small wholemeal pitta bread (meant to buy Naan, my mistake).
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Full English breakfast!
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Ham, egg and chips here :)....maybe some baked beans as well - they do still count as vegetables, right? :lol:
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We are both in a ' can't be bothered' moment so beans on toast has been agreed on, I expect there will be some cheese on top, maybe an egg. On Saturdays Paul's dad insists on going in with him .He started the business and inspects everything, but when you have explained things five times, you get a little bit cross. I couldn't do it, but support Paul and listen to him.
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HM chilli out of the freezer and it was going to be nachos, but I left it too late coming back from the plot and couldn’t be bothered stopping to buy the rest of the stuff I needed.
It ended up going with flat breads, oven chips and a coleslaw made from plot cabbage, so some loaded wraps were the end result. Good though :lol:
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HM Cottage pie and veg from garden, peach and raspberry flan for pud :)
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Pork chop with plot veg for me :)
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Aubergine parmigiana with cauliflower & romanescue & carrots.
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Chicken with a polenta and Gruyere cheese topping, roasted med veg and new potatoes. Apart from the potatoes the rest was reduced in the Co-op yesterday and Paul can't resist anything with a reduced label on it. He also got a large bag of carrots for 30p which I've peeled, chopped and put in the freezer as we'd never get through that many carrots before they went off.
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Chicken curry with plot spuds and greens in it, plus rice, yogurt and an onion, cuke and tomato chopped salad :)
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Ham egg and chips, rest of fruit flan :)
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Something (whatever I can find in the freezer) curry with rice.
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Homemade pumpkin soup for all, plus maple and thyme pork chops for me.
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Peppers stuffedwith cous cous, veg, chickpeas & feta cheese, with baked salmon, made for me by my sister with the peppers I brought for her. Tried to upload a photo of said peppers in the daily harvest thread the other day but the site said “no” :mad:.
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It's probably about time for a pasta night. Anyone for Mac'n'cheese.
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It's probably about time for a pasta night. Anyone for Mac'n'cheese.
Yes please :D
If Lardy's offering fails to arrive (what with the present delivery problems ::)) I guess I'll be having soddages, mash and veg tbd.... spoonstanding of course :lol:
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It's probably about time for a pasta night. Anyone for Mac'n'cheese.
Yes please hubby doesn't like it :D
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Chicken Paella an easy meal again tonight, banana and yoghurt for pud :D
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Yesterdays Mac'n'cheese was unsatisfying, I had to eat the lot just to make sure though - :blush: I thought I'd try sawhedge, mash, cabbage and spoonstanding tonight.
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After a very hard slog at job no.2 the last couple of nights, I put my feet up and sent OH to the chippy to collect tea :D :D :D
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I made a batch of Cornish pasties, so had 1 of them with runner beans and peas :D
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Beef chilli wraps
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Leftovers from yesterdays sawhedge and mash. It's time to break out the slow cooker menus, I think the weather agrees too. :(
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A layered bake thing, sort of Lasagna but with sliced Tromba squash instead of the pasta and Gigandes beans in with the minced beef :wacko:
It's still got the cheesy topping though, because cheese makes everything taste good, am I right? ::)
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It's still got the cheesy topping though, because cheese makes everything taste good, am I right? ::)
Obviously - but add bacon too as that makes everything more better....
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Big batch of chilli in the slow cooker as I can feel a bout of the CBA's coming on.
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I found some unlabelled white fish in the freezer ::) I think it's probably Bassa, but whatever it is, it'll get some parsley sauce over it, with peas and beans :)
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Paul's got a chicken kiev and I'm having a fishcake with melting cheese middle. Chips for both of us.
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Lamb stew, very good too.
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We only ever have a 'quick' tea on a Saturday so tonight it's pizza, coleslaw and I think there's some salad bits in the fridge, I'll go and have a dig shortly.
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Toad in the hole. Spoon standing.
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Change of plan tonight - Needed some room in the fridge so used up a savoy. Found a tin of new spuds in the cupboard (don't judge) and some of the left over mince, covered the lot in spoonstanding obviously. It's a shame that cabbage doesn't have a cabbage taste anymore :( but it was at least green.
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I had sausage, chips and beans :)
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Pasta bake which was made in advance this morning and shoved in the fridge for later. Just as well because a severe case of the CBAs hit this afternoon :lol:
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Last night was Take away Dansak Curry, tonight is Staek and ale pie with fresh veg new pots, Apple crumble and custard,
apples are from garden :D
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I've just put steak, carrots, swede, onions and a few lentils into the slow-cooker.
I'm undecided whether to add a suet topping later, for a change, or just do mash as usual.....
Decisions, decisions :unsure:
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Last night was steak, chips,mushrooms, for me salad & hm coleslaw & for him peppercorn sauce & a fried egg
Tonight will be chicken & ham pie with a mustard sauce, mash I think & whatever veg I can muster- definitely carrots as we’ve got loads ready now, maybe a few green beans. Making 2 lots of pie filling to repeat on Tuesday as I think the ham is some from Christmas :ohmy: & needs using up.
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I started to muck up today's lunch yesterday...
Got all the veg ready for lamb chops today, checked the chops (after defrosting), and found they were in fact pieces of stewing lamb, so it's back to the start with Dover Sole and Plaice - all from a fabulous own-business fish shop right by the fishing boats in Rye!
Still have real treats on Sundays..;0~
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Roast chicken, roast potatoes and carrots, last of the runner beans, some peas and a bit of cauliflower. To be followed by apple crumble and custard.
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We are having yesterday's tea as I got out of work later than expected, so mini roast with pork belly, roasties from plot spuds, braised red cabbage from the freezer and some greenery (yet to be decided) planned. There will also be spoon standing and I might even go mad and do Yorkshire puds for the heck of it :)
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Mrs Growster has built a fabulous lamb casserole with dumplings, and the smell is just fantastic!
If I hold the mouse nearer the kitchen, you might get a whiff...
any luck...?
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If I hold the mouse nearer the kitchen, you might get a whiff...
any luck...?
Nope - try pouring some into the keyboard instead. :lol:
Chilli tonight -Serious case of the CBA's and a splitting headache to go with them. :(
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What we call wet mince with new pots and veg, rest of Apple crumble and custard :)
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and a splitting headache to go with them. :(
I hope it eases soon Lardy :(
I've got braising beef and veg in the slow-cooker
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I’m on the use stuff up from the freezer ready for the man in red event :lol: so for him it’s a tub of steak in gravy & me it’s Keema pie & associated gravy with more of my wonderful crop of Carrots & maybe the last few runners or it will be peas & broad beans ftf.
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The other half of the cauliflower and vegetable curry I made yesterday. Probably be even better tonight.
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Picked up a cheap steak which got pounded and marinated for carne asada. Had it with the first batch of HM sauerkraut and CHIPS.
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Leftover chilli again.
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Enormous baked spud with cheese, coleslaw, toms an' stuff, plus a few bits of beef from the freezer, which is just lying there, bereft, unwanted (until now - I'm starving as it was just a small smoothie for b/fast, and anyway, Mrs Growster eats like a bird)...
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Piece of Salmon fillet with vegetable rice, banana ice cream choc sauce and nuts :)
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Traybaked chicken thigh with onions, tomatoes, peppers and tromboncino :)
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Everybody on a diet? :D
I'm having a couple of chunky fishfingers with coleslaw, tomatoes and boiled potatoes.
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Nope, liver & onions with plenty of mash,carrots,peas,broad beans & of course lashings of spoon standing :)
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Everybody on a diet? :D
Nope, I just scoffed four pork steaks, cheesy fries and HM sauerkraut!
A light ale or two for desert.
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No diets here but there was HM fish pie with plot veg on the side :)
HM sauerkraut!
What kind did you make? I have a batch made with plot red cabbage on the go at the moment and I keep munching away at it. The kraut process has made it a rather fetching shade of dayglo pink :lol:
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No diets here but there was HM fish pie with plot veg on the side :)
HM sauerkraut!
What kind did you make? I have a batch made with plot red cabbage on the go at the moment and I keep munching away at it. The kraut process has made it a rather fetching shade of dayglo pink :lol:
Homegrown white cabbage (can't remember what type without checking my plan) shredded carrot and caraway seeds in as well. I like it with a bit of apple sauce mixed in.
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Mrs Growster's coleslaw has to be made using a spud basher, so it takes ages...
Like the idea of a spoonful of apple, P1P, we sometimes do that with a grated raw apple, but then it's almost a Waldorf, so we try and keep them separate!
Always chuck in a handful of flaked almonds and sultanas as well!
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I keep a few jars of the shop bought stuff in the cupboard too :tongue2: Both red with apple and the standard white. I've finished up the last little bit of chilli for lunch so I might just do a few wedges tonight.
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rather wet and misserable for a cold dinner but never mind Pork pie and a mixed salad, yoghurt for pud :)
all went down ok
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I put runner bean seeds, mince, carrots, potatoes, onions, lentils and herbs in the slow cooker, but the bean seeds didn't soften ::) so I've had to fish them out to have dinner on time ::) The rest was good though ..
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I have some chicken in the fridge but have to admit I'm feeling a little uninspired about doing anything with it. I've already had plenty of rice and pasta this week so it should really be spud based today.
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Yesterday, the hard beans I hooked out of Thursday's dinner were cooked until soft then added to some curried veg and sered with rice and salad bits.
Tonight it's good old bacon, beans, egg and chips :D That'll do nicely after digging on the plot today.
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Gonna be the last undercover BBQ of the year. The gazebo is being packed away for winter.
Mackerel, caught by me and pork ribs, not caught by me. CHIPS and salad.
My niece is staying over so there will be a fair amount of gin consumed also. 8)
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Turkey and ham pie and chips. (Got to finish up last year's scraps from 'that' meal before we get to this years! :D
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Seafood pasta and salad. A fast fix after a busy day :)
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Lunch was a franchise burger emporium session of gluttony. Therefore dinner is cheese on toast.
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‘‘Twas supposed to be leftover liver & onions,but neither of us fancied it so we had leftover fish pie that was for tomorrow ::) :lol: with hg carrots & ftf hg broad beans & peas.
Had a request for lamb tomorrow & apparently the leftover lambs liver doesn’t fit the brief :lol: :lol:
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Utterly foul schwartz chicken biryani packet mix, made as per destructions.
It's not often I consider putting food in the bin ..... but this came very close, 0/5 stars would not recommend. Eat it I did, like it I did not. My own fault for being too lazy to peel spuds for a real meal :blush: :wub: .
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Pork shoulder steak and red cabbage braised with apple mmmm miserable weather food?
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Roast chicken, all the trimmings!
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M&S Haddock fingers, wedges and some mushies. Who in their right mind puts 7 fingers in a packet :wacko:
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Chicken thigh in honey & mustard sauce with some HG calabrese and purple stripe beans :)
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Overcooked pork loin steaks with chips :(
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Roast chicken, all the trimmings!
We were supposed to be having that yesterday but work dragged on longer than I thought. OH had eaten by the time I got home, so I had toast.
We had it tonight instead with plot veg - roasted spuds, squash and turnip, plus steamed green beans. Yorkshire puds and spoon standing as well :D
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Left over lamb just called out to be made into a hotpot :)
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Need to finish the fish fingers so mash and mixed veggies with them tonight.
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Need to finish the fish fingers so mash and mixed veggies with them tonight.
Who else really wants fish fingers and mash for tea after reading that … or is it just me :lol:
OH has already demolished a pasta bake I left him, but I’m in now and looking around for something for me. I’m just not sure what yet. I might just go tomato soup and toast as I have a thick sliced bloomer from work I brought home with me and it is calling my name :)
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Chicken thighs in honey & mustard sauce ....
More of the same with peas and carrots this time.
Walnuts and chocolate buttons after :)
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HM Lasagne, plenty of butter in the bechamel ;)
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Baked salmon with wedges,peas,carrots & runner beans, blob of mayo on the side,tomatoes
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Braised red cabbage and apple with sausages and peas.
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Pasta bake but a larger version than the one I left OH yesterday. He loves pasta bake, so was quite happy. Didn’t even notice I sneaked the last couple of courgettes I picked into it either :lol:
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Leftover lasagne plus a few chips on the side. I confirm courgette smuggling occured also.
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Steak & kidney casserole here with a square of puff pastry for himself, carrots,runner beans (as I spied some in the tunnel about ready earlier) possibly broccoli & or cauliflower/cabbage as they’re all in the fridge. Hmm now I’ve written that it’ll be cabbage as that’ll go really well with the gravy :lol:
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CBA fairy sat on my shoulder right now, so I'm having a nuked jacket spud with chillied beans ftf, toms and cucumber - and CHEESE :D
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Just shoved an enourmous fish pie in the oven, perfect now the weather is leaning towards cold now.
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Baked salmon, spinach, peas and new potatoes.
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Roast chicken few roasties f/beans carrots broccoilli and a few peas, i also made sage and onion stuffing all went down a treat :D No pud tonight
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Substitution bread on todays shopping "Roberts Mega Thick" :ohmy: 10 slice + crusts in an 800g loaf- It may be a tad thick. Tried a few round in the toaster earlier and made a peanut butter and nutella sandwich :tongue2: Not really hungry tonight :blush: :lol:
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Curry here from a base mix I made a load of and shoved in the freezer. Added chopped pork medallions (work freebie) and plot greens in and it worked well. Rice on the side.
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Cheese omelette, chips, salad (me), baked beans (husband) and a couple of glasses of wine.. Ice cream for pud.
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I'm just putting veg into the oven to roast and will stir it into pasta, then grate cheese on top :)
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I feel absolutely shattered today and I have no idea why :wacko: . Emergency frozen pizza for tea rather than the hoisin pork I'd planned.
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Chinese takeaway bonanza.
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Gammon ftf with the rest of yesterday's veggie pasta :)
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Last night was baked bass with chipd and peas. pineapple and ice cream
Tonight Sweet and sour Chicken dish with pilua rice 1/2 a baghette :)
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Baked trout on top of sliced potatoes & onions in stock, with carrots & broad beans.
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Spaghette bolongnase with whole wheat pasta, no pud this weekend been busy in garden :D
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Leek and bacon suet roly-poly in the oven. Carrots and green beans to go with. We decided not to have potatoes as there's enough 'stodge' in the pudding.
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Pork chop, roasties, peas and braised red cabbage ftf.
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Roast chicken, potatoes & parsnips, with runner beans freshly picked & carrots , Yorkshire puds ftf & of course a nice pan of gravy
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Steak pie, peas, spon stonding and CHIPS!
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Roast chicken dinner with spoon standing and including plot spuds, squash, beetroot, turnips and cabbage :D
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Unless I'm struck by inspiration in the hour or so there's a spud destined for the microwave. I had intended on doing cauli/broc cheese and a chicken Kiev with it - but opening a tin of beans sure is easier :nowink:
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I've got sausages, peas, carrots and mash, plus spoon-standing, of course ;)
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Was going to be cottage pie with the mince mixture that’s been in the slow cooker all day,but it seems silly to put the oven on so it’s mince & tattles with carrots & for me cabbage
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Pumpkin and red pepper soup with tuna melt ciabattas. Proper comfort food.
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We were both late back and it had been a long day, so chip shop tea :D
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scotch egg and mixed salad few new pots, 3 baby eclairs that needed eating up :)
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HM Cornish pasty cabbage and peas.
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Last night was curry made with homegrown onion, garlic, chilli, squash and greens. All I added that was bought was rice and curry spices.
Tonight is going to be chilli as OH is late back and I am not sure exactly when he will get home. It can sit and blip without spoiling :)
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Beef chilli here too tonight! We're having it with wraps, sour cream, pickled courgette and guacamole.
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Yesterday half the tray of ripening tomatoes, were red enough to cook, so I made a slow-cooker chilli con a small portion of carne :D :D I ate one portion and froze the rest :)
Tonight it's ham, coleslaw, a few leafy bits and a jacket spud :D
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Roast chicken, roast pots, cabbage, peas and carrots with gallons of gravy followed by 'no idea' but husband will always eat icecream
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Tuna pasta bake because for the life of me I can't remember what I was planning to make with the chicken drumsticks I had delivered on the shopping ::)
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In the supplement with the Sunday paper this weekend were two recipes from the Hairy Bikers new book on pies. We've now had both of them this week as we had all the ingredients in the cupboard/freezer. Hot pot style one using corned beef and tonights was sausage meatball and veg made into a cottage pie. Both to be recommended.
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Chicken drumsticks are in the slowcooker all on their lonesome as I still can't figure out what I was going to do with them :nowink: At this rate I'll be picking out the bones and making a stew with them. For once I don't feel like something spicy.
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Out the freezer curry tonight :)
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It's what I call 'bitza' for tea tonight, we have a couple of small 'tapas' type dishes with left overs from this week left over so are going to finish them all off (of course with a generous grating on cheese on top to cheer them up!)
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HM lamb Keema with a few onion bhajis ftf.
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Toad in the hole, peas and spon stonding.
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Baked trout (donated by our neighbour from his fishing day yesterday :))on top of baked potatoes & onions in stock, peas,carrots & ftf broad beans
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Last night was spaghetti bol with hm tomato sauce from the freezer. A late blast of summer even if it was only on a plate :)
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There's a pork steak defrosting and I've made some coleslaw. I'll decide what to do with the potato part later ;)
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Steak and ale pie new pots and veg from garden, plum and apple crumble not sur what to have with it 8)
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Full English fry up!
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Full English fry up!
Lovely for a change isn’t it, just hits the spot particularly if chips are involved lol
Lamb chops, wedges, carrots,peas broccoli & cauliflower with gravy & mint & gooseberry jelly here. Oh & a nice glass of vino colapso :D
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Nuked a spud with cheese and beans.
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The plan is for risotto to use up some of the chicken.
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HM chilli ftf with cauliflower cheese and peas.
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Ham and cheese omelette with new pots and peas, rest of crumble with custard :)
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Huge lemon and rosemary salmon fillet with a white wine rissotto, mushrooms and a sneaky bit of diced courgette (still going in the garden!)
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a sneaky bit of diced courgette (still going in the garden!)
Mine are still going on the plot so we had a sneaky bit of diced courgette as well, which was roasted with red onion and chilli. Also pork loin steak, wedges and some steamed plot greens.
YouTube inspired pud which must be the simplest thing ever. Put coconut flakes or chopped peanuts or roasted sesame seeds in a small plastic bag. Add a peeled nana and squish into the topping. Add a lolly stick and freeze. I am not a nana fan and even I liked them :)
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I had sea bass with bubble and squeak :D
I made an apple pie, but alas couldn't find the ice cream I thought I had in the freezer :wacko:
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Went to the movies tonight and the chippy had closed early. Dinner is Moscow Mules and a bag of crisps ;)
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I made an apple pie, but alas couldn't find the ice cream I thought I had in the freezer :wacko:
... and where's my slice ?! Apple pie should be eaten naked as the day it was born, the only acceptable accompaniment is a splash of thick warn custard. :tongue2: :tongue2: :tongue2:
Sawhedge, mash and I'm going to try for cauli/broc cheese tonight if the CBA fairy leaves me alone. Pity there's no butter as I have a sudden desire for a warm slice of apple pie :D
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Jacket potato with salad and cold meats , banana and ice cream :)
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Used up the pastry left over from yesterday's apple pie, by making a Cornish-style pasty.
I've got salad bits in the fridge to go with it :)
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Spicy chicken pieces and vegetable rice, Mince pies left over with a bit of ice cream :)
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Pork chops as they were reduced and a bargain, plus plot spuds, vegetable spaghetti squash and chard.
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Lasagne
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Tonight we have fried Plaice and chips, last week we had take away f/chips and it was so greasy i wont be doing that again >:(
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Roast lamb,parsnips & potatoes, with carrots,cauliflower & a few freshly picked runner beans from the tunnel. Oh & Yorkshire puds. I’ve got jelly & fruit & himself has made a jam steamed sponge for him :lol:
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Fish cakes, spinach and peas. Followed by sticky toffee pudding (trashco and VERY reduced).
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I made a fruity bun round, earlier which I've been scoffing, so think just an omelette for tea, with a few salad bits.
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I can just about be bother to nuke a spud.
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I can just about be bother to nuke a spud.
As long as it had baked beans and lots of grated cheese to accompany it
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Yesterday was battered cod fillets, oven chips and frozen peas. Chucking a baking tray in the oven was about my limit :lol:
Today it is going to be curry themed, but a bit of a mash-up. I’m doing a tray bake of chicken legs, sweet potato and hg giant onion wedges with spices, pilau rice, a spinach and yogurt side dish and poppadoms.
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As long as it had baked beans and lots of grated cheese to accompany it
Errrrmmm :blush: It was still in the microwave this morning ::) Here's the "ed" that I CBA to type yesterday too :nowink: I have the feeling I need to buy yet another keyboard, either that or new fingers.
Tonight, I have a test item. A can of "hot lamb curry" from M&S, it wasn't cheap either. I know, I know - curry in a can :ohmy: .... but you never really know for sure until you try it. Basmarti to bulk it out.
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Chicken burgers, CHIPS and HM coleslaw.
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Beef chilli ftf with cauliflower cheese, also ftf ::)
can you see the CBA fairy sitting on my shoulder? My excuse is I had Covid & flu jabs this afternoon and am feeling blurgh after 2 buses to get there, and the same coming back, plus a lot of waiting about in queues ::)
Still all done now!
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My excuse is I had Covid & flu jabs this afternoon and am feeling blurgh after 2 buses to get there, and the same coming back, plus a lot of waiting about in queues ::)
It's considerably better than my excuse that the day has a "y" in it :D I'd take it easy for a few days MoS, let everything settle, public transport has the same effect on me ;)
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Well the curry in a can was as expected. Blueghh, and still repeating on me this morning.
The leftover the rice tonight with either some breaded haddock or a chicken kiev, I need to eat something from the green food group today too.
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Has to be orange food here today in celebration of Halloween, so I am planning roasted pumpkin soup with crispy bacon croutons, plus cheese on toast.
I have roasted my plot pumpkin in wedges already and have sourdough bread dough made and rising :)
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Roast chicken with spoon standing and all the trimmings. Probably some pumpkin mash as well from the behemoth I'm about to carve for the sprog.
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Sausage and mash, onion gravy and red cabbage.
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CBA fairy parked here, so squash soup ftf with a cheese & tomato sandwich.
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Faggots and new pots and veg, fruit tart and ice cream :)
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Well took advantage of the pishing it down rain & drove over to the farm shop & bought us some fillet steak, served with chips, fried egg & tomato for him & roasted cauliflower,Brussels,red pepper & onion & a creamy,garlic mushroom sauce for me followed by jelly with raspberries & blackberries, kvarg vanilla quark & squirty cream for me & he had banana & ice cream. Now feeling rather full :nowink:
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A small curry and rice. Made an apple crumble in a large dish, was a piggy and ate most of it !!!!.
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Made an apple crumble in a large dish, was a piggy and ate most of it !!!!.
I have a frozen one being delivered on the shopping, it's only a pound wasted if it's foul. - I intend to eat the lot :tongue2:
Tonight there's leftover cauli/broc cheese, a jacket, perhaps a spoon of beans and a chicken kiev as I had the fish yesterday. That almost qualifies as a balanced meal :lol:
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Mine was found in the freezer :lol: HM mince in gravy and also HM pasta with roast veg.
That'll do nicely.
Trashco delivery tomoz and, hopefully, by then the CBA fairy will have flown elsewhere :lol:
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Last night was small squash roasted with rice, cheese and veg filling, plus chicken breasts and a beetroot salad.
Working today, so OH has a curry left out for him to re-heat and I’ll wing it when I get in :)
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Beef steaklets new pots and fresh veg, pineapple and yougurt :)
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I have exactly zero BAs to give tonight. There's frozen pizza for such occasions.
Every time we move the clocks it leaves me shatter for 2 weeks, can we stop doing it please.
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Bacon and tomato sauce with penne pasta, plus lots of cheese on top :D
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Beef curry in the slow cooker since this morning. I'll have a poppodum and Paul a naan to go with that and rice of course.
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Bacon and tomato sauce with penne pasta, plus lots of cheese on top :D
Small portion of leftovers, with extra mixed veg (ftf) to fill the plate.
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Beef chilli and rice.
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Pasta bake with lots of melty cheese on top :)
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Hm Italian meat balls in a garlic,basil & tomato sauce with hm pasta
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Full English breakfast, not something we have often but it was so good.
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Just about managed scrambled egg on toast last night. Need a real meal today though, probably deconstructed cottage pie ;)
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Probably about time for pasta again.
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Cornish pasty and chips :)
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It was going to be cottage pie, but I ran out of time to make mash. Ended up as mince and tatties, with the remaining meat mix in a dish waiting for a mash top. It will make a good tea for OH when I am working next week :)
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There are chicken breasts simmering in a honey & mustard sauce, plus swede/carrot to mash and peas.
Salted caramel icecream cone for pud.
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We had huge breakfast rolls for lunch in town today so tea was just beans and cheese on toast.
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Roast lamb, potatoes, carrots, green beans and the last of the courgettes, (thank goodness!) :D Plenty of lamb left for a shepherds pie tomorrow so that's sorted.
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Roast chicken with roast pots and parsnips, sprouts, peas and gravy. The Apple crumble I made will be eaten tonight after......... who knows.
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I think I'll turn the rest of the honey/mustard chicken onto a curry for tonight :D
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Also fetched some chicken out of the freezer this morning. Undecided so far but at the moment Id prefer meat, 2 veg and spoon standing. I have a feeling that today is about to turn into a typical Monday, so it may well end up just being a jar of S&S sauce poured on top eaten in desperation late tonight.
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We had Shop Cottage pie last night as we'd both had our cateracts done saturday and told not to cook for a few nights GREAT.
Tonight burger in a bun for himself and burger and salad for me EASY :)
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Monday turned into a Monday - Tuesday has turned into a Monday .... and the chicken is still in the fridge ::) Assuming Wednesday does not turn into a Monday I'm planning on a curry.
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Gammon, egg, CHIPS and peas.
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It's deffo Wednesday here :D so braising steak and the usual veg, plus lentils, in the slow-cooker since breakfast time.
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Soddages :)
Got a large pack free from work so oven roasted with onions tonight, along with baked potatoes, coleslaw and salad.
The rest have been broken into bits and browned, before being put into a pasta bake for tomorrow. I do like having tea in the fridge just ready to go into the oven. It gives you a day off cooking :lol:
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Wednesday turned into a Monday too :(
The chicken needed to be used so I raided the last of the patak pots for a quick curry. No better than the last time I used them but at least it was food. There are leftover in the fridge for tonight, just needs rice (or could I get away with wedges :nowink: )
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Last night we went out for Chinese as the week before we were isolating as we both had our eyes done cateracts removed. it was hubbys birthday last wk, it made a lovely change.
Tonight a semi fry up useing up odds and bobs :)
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It's deffo Wednesday here :D so braising steak and the usual veg, plus lentils, in the slow-cooker since breakfast time.
Now it is Thursday, I've added some curry spice to the rest of that ^ and will warm up a flatbread to go with it. Fridge gravel salad is also available :lol:
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I feel the need to pour gravy over something today. The lump of piggy I have will take too long to defrost so sawhedges it is. Mash, onion gravy and whatever frozen veg I can find.
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I am going out for a "Posh Afternoon Tea". It is a fund raiser for Children in Need. Probably feel hungry later though. Mrs B
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Tonight my usual Fried Fillet of Plaice few chips and peas, not sure about pud haven't got anything made :unsure:
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Massive fry up.
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Roast lamb, potatoes & some veg, yorkie puds from the freezer.
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I feel the need to pour gravy over something today..................so sawhedges it is. Mash, onion gravy and whatever frozen veg I can find.
SNAP! :lol:
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Leftover sawhedges, probably wedges as the spuds went in the water yesterday and the mash wasn't the best.
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Home made Chicken curry with pilua rice and popadoms :D
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Hubbys fried chicken & wedges & for me salad for him tomato sauce :D
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Pork chops with scotch bonnet applesauce and cheesy mash potato.
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I put a pizza on the shopping to be delivered at tea time ;) There's HM apple crumble if I get the munchies waiting for it.
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Smoked haddock risotto with poached eggs perched on top, just hope I’ve the energy to make it as I’ve got the lurgy :mad:
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Pork steak, onions and spuds roasted, plus runner beans and peas ftf and gravy, of course :)
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Chilli con carne so we can watch Grand Prix while eating something we dont do very often, B/A crumble for afters :D
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Toad in the hole, garden grown cabbage.
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Szechuan pepper ribs, fish steamed with ginger, spring onions and oriental greens (greenhouse mix), plus some rice.
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I've defrosted some mince, but CBA fairy is here - spose the easiest thing is to bung it in a pan with a tin of beans, add some Cajun spice and when cooked serve it over a nuked spud.
I think I can manage that much ::)
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Pork chop with all the trimmings i thought it was about time i had some VEG thoughly enjoyed it, pud rest of apple and blackberry crumble ice cream :D
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Cauli cheese and garlic bread. Not my first choice but he was so proud of getting a cauli for 50p that I had to go with it. We've only used half, so no idea what to do with the rest.
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We've only used half, so no idea what to do with the rest.
Curry :D
I am really struggling with the CBA's at the moment. I managed a cheese sandwich which I then nuked, essentially the same things as yesterdays pizza. My apple crumble needs work - particularly the topping as it was less than satisfying.
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There's a salmon and spinach quiche in the freezer I bought a while back. I not a fan of salmon but but I'll give it a go with a jacket and some shrooms. I suspect the dog will end up eating it though :nowink:
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Cold meats with a jacket potato and a mixed salad, pineapple and yoghurt for pud :)
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I had a Cornish pasty for lunch, so this evening it was jacket potato, with some Philadelphia garlic and herb cheese on top plus coleslaw and salad bits.
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If id bought that wanting a salmon quiche i would have been very disappointed, I found one very small piece of salmon in. I was rather pleased about that :nowink: sorry Max.
There's mince beef to use in the fridge, bought to make spag bol but the shopping was missing the green pepper. I'm thinking mince and mash tonight with chunky mixed veg, spoonstanding covering the lot - naturally. Attempt #3 at apple crumble to follow if I get the time and energy.
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Spicy chicken breast with chips and peas, fruit yoghurt for pud :)
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I put carrots, swede, potatoes, lentils, split peas and a couple of orphan meatballs (found at the bottom of the freezer ::)) into the slow-cooker this morning, and I'm just baking a batch of sunflower seed baps. I forgot them when they were proving and they had risen to a humungous size. They'll probably be very holey but they smell lurvely ::)
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Baked trout on top of onions potatoes cooked in stock, carrots & peas,cauliflower & broccoli with....drum roll a few freshly picked french beans from the tunnel :lol:
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Steak :D
I have roasted some peppers to make a salad with a balsamic dressing, plus there is some green leafy stuff as well.
I'm just baking a batch of sunflower seed baps. I forgot them when they were proving and they had risen to a humungous size. They'll probably be very holey but they smell lurvely ::)
Some hm bread here as well to mop up juices from steak and peppers, but sunflower seed baps sound sooooooo good. Don’t care if they are holey, I’d be happy to scoff them :lol:
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Second day of trying to get the mince cooked as life got in the way yesterday.
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Bolognese( been in the slow cooker all day ) with tagliatelle, might do me a bit of cauliflower & broccoli too as I’m that sort of girl :lol:
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Found a small portion of pasta, with bacon and veg, in the bottom of the freeze, so I'll microwave that plus cook some mixed veg also ftf. Can you tell the CBA fairy is here again? ::)
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Chicken omelette and chips from the Chinese takeaway. Also CBA fairy in residence.
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M&S special offer traditional chicken tenders (whatever they are) and as the oven will be on, a few oven chips, mushies and no doubt there will be a few beans. Well it is Friday after all.
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Sea Bass fillet defrosting, and I think, peas, mash and parsley sauce to go with it.
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The good lady's birthday tonight so we'll no doubt be ordering in a meal from the super posho Italian restaurant tonight.
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Turns out that chicken tenders are just breaded chicken fillets ::)
I made the leftover mince and the half a tin of beans from yesterday into chilli, it in the slow cooker. Might nuke a spud as I'm not in the mood for rice and had chips yesterday. Alternatively I could drag my sorry self into the kitchen and make some bread and put it on toast.
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Fishcakes for the wife and sprog, all the meat for me.
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Lamb kofta kebabs with salad and Tzatziki in pitta bread. Some Mavrodaphne to go with it 8)
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Rack of lamb as a treat, picked up from Gloucestershire farm shop on our way down the M5, with roast potatoes,carrots, cauliflower & broccoli, it was delicious, red currant jelly & gooseberry & mint jelly.
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I googled Mavradaphne thinking you'd come up with some herb or spice that I'd not heard of. :D It's a bottle of plonk. I feel really hoodwinkded now. :D
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Plonk? :ohmy: It's a first class Greek wine, I'll have you know :lol: :lol:
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Leftovers - In the end I did twice the needed amount of plain rice yesterday with the intention of doing nothing but nuking the leftovers today ;)
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A small pork loin, roasted with tomatoes, onion, red pepper and potato wedges, plus some peas.
Raspberries set in jelly for afters, with squirty cream :D
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Beef casserole and veg, fruit flan and yoghurt for pud :)
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Found some venison casserole in the freezer, mashed potatoes and red cabbage, pear and ginger crumble for pudding
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Pumpkin, carrot and pepper soup with tuna melt toasties.
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Found some venison casserole in the freezer, mashed potatoes and red cabbage, pear and ginger crumble for pudding
That sounds nice Pear and Ginger :D
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A make do dinner tonight Turkey escolopes with chips and bake beans, the rest of fruit flan :)
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Dover sole fresh from the quayside here in Looe, won’t be repeating it at those eye watering prices!! Cornish new potatoes, peas,carrots & broccoli. Trifle for him & strawberries,yogurt & meringue for me & a chilled glass of a nice Chablis now in hand :lol:
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I'm really beginning to dislike Mondays. Just back, so I'm finishing off the chilli - only enough left to stuff in a small nuked spud so I suspect there will be a cheese sandwich making an appearance later too.
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Rubbish day today so just gammon, egg and chips.
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Salmon and veg rice NO puds made :ohmy:
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Lemon pepper breadcrumbed bassa, with mixed veg ftf and hm coleslaw
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Another serving of the roast beef with roast parsnips & potatoes with peas, carrots & some sprouts, more trifle for himself & more fruit, meringue & yogurt for me.
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Beef stew that was cooking formost of last night and most of today, with some hefty dumplings to boot.
I'll be ready to face the cold weather after that.
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Pizza - but only because it's a pain to keep moving it around in the freezer, it has nothing to do with the fact it only takes 12 minutes and requires no effort - honest guv' ::)
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Beef stew that was cooking formost of last night and most of today, with some hefty dumplings to boot.
I'll be ready to face the cold weather after that.
I had beef stew that had been in the slow cooker overnight, too! Wonderful smell in the kitchen while I was working from home today :D
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For some reason I really fancy beef stew ::) slight problem being there's no beef. The weather dictates that it's a gravy day. Best I can do is some sawhedge and mash. I do have a nice red cabbage to braise though :tongue2:
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We've got Wet mince and mash with some veg :) still thinking of a pudding !! might just do some crumpets later tonight :)
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Pan fried chicken strips with herbs & garlic,potato wedges & salad
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CBA fairy has arrived with all her chums, Chinese takeaway it is :D
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Gammon rasher, eggs and baked beans :D
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swahedges didn't defrost in time yesterday :ohmy: and I'm never comfortable nuking that sort of stuff, trying again today with the addition of an apple crumble.
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I looked in the freezer which is full of stuff - is there actually anything I fancy cooking? Nope!
I dunno, maybe it'll be a cheese or beans on toast day......
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Barnsley chop with boiled Cornish baby potatoes,carrots,peas & Brussels with gravy & red currant jelly & gooseberry & mint jelly
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Cheese and ham omelette with new pots and peas, pineapple and yoghurt last night, tonight takeaway Fish and Chips a night off :D
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You're certainly eating locally Snow, is it DIY or is someone else doing the heavy lifting?
Leftovers tonight, I didn't get chance to make a crumble yesterday hopefully there's time today if not I have my eye on a tin of rice pudding. Must be the weather lately, I've never really been bothered about deserts before.
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With Mrs Growster calling instructions, I've just made a cod mornay, with a Colman's Cheese sauce and some parsley sauce chucked in as well...
I need the strength, as a huge pile of wood is coming after lunch, and I'll have to stack it..:0~
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You're certainly eating locally Snow, is it DIY or is someone else doing the heavy lifting?
Lol, Hubby, is the chef in house on holiday, yes we try to eat local even holiday, yesterday’s & today’s steak was from the farm shop at Heligan, which we visited yesterday.
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Homemade burgers with CHIPS.
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Bassa fillet dusted in lemon/pepper breadcrumbs with peas and chips. :)
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Haddock mornay, green beans and new potatoes.
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Home made Madras curry with pilua rice and popadoms :)
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I have a serious amount of CBA today but not single CBA meal left. It's not exactly pasta and pesto weather but that's what it's looking like.
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I have mash and chicken, probably to go with mixed veg and spoonstanding. Beans and mushy as a nuked backup and there's a bit of apple crumble left.
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Mince and onion pies with veg and new pots. apple and raspberry crumble :)
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mmmmm pie :tongue2:
Cottage pie, mixed veg and spoonstanding - extra effort to be made so there's enough for tomorrow.
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It's been stupidly hectic for the last couple of weeks but I am getting home for a proper tea tonight :D
Soddages roasted in the oven with one of my giant homegrown onions sliced and dotted in and around them for company, plot spuds, and squash, plus a freezer dive/shop visit something green to go on the plate. Planning on plenty of spoonstanding as well :)
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Fish cakes and vegetable rice, rest of crumble tonight, tomorrow Cottage pie and veg it's already made :)
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Pork chop, cabbage, peas and mashed swede & carrot, plus spoonstanding
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Chicken breast stuffed with pesto, mozzarella and bacon, with pasta in a cream sauce, capers and olives.
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Lamb chops & mash, spoon standing,peas,carrots,psb, few l/o roasted peppers & leeks .
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Leftovers - I need to use up some apples today too, they've started to develop a nasty petrol like taste like last year :( The jonagold tree is probably my most attractive espalier but the apples aren't particularly useful, I can see it getting the chop this winter.
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Finishing off the cottage pie, might put some baked beans and mushies with it tonight for a change.
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Went into Iceland, just to pick up a leg of lamb for the holiday season (family fav) but a pack of barbecue ribs jumped into my basket as well as some jumbo chips. So guess I'll be having those for tea :lol:
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That sounds good mum, we just had burger and salad tonight pineapple and yoghurt, just as well we like pineapple hubby picked up 2 :)
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Greek Gigantes beans in hm tomato sauce, pork loin steaks, mash and some green veg :)
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Stuffed full of cold today so it was a healing magical Chinese takeaway tonight.
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Mac and cheese.
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Chicken stew, 3rd meal from the chicken we had on Sunday, & there’ll still be leftovers & the bones to stock down, bought from those lovely services in Gloucestershire on our way home, nicest chicken we’ve had in ages.
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a pork hock cooked in the oven with carrots onion swede sliced potatoes and dumplings with gravy served with freshly cooked kale lovely grub :D
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Stilton and biscuits with red wine. Had a pre Christmas celebration lunch with friends
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Soddages, a jacket and a dollop of coleslaw. Just used up my last white cabbage, so I'll have to buy them from now on. Boo hoo!
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Gammon steak, fried eggs and chips. Forgot the peas.
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Anchovies, peas and garlic with spaghetti. There will of course, be cheese :D
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Spag bol tonight with whole wheat pasta, pineapple and ice cream :)
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Fish fingers - the posh fresh ones, not the limp orange things. Thinking wholegrain mustard mash, peas and few mushies. Another try at crumble if I can summon the BA's during the day
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Beef chilli with jacket taters and some pickled cabbage from the garden.
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Home made fish pie and peas :)
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HM Lamb Keema ftf with a jacket potato and salad bits n pieces
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Roast lamb,potatoes & parsnips,peas,carrots & sprouts,spoon standing & gooseberry & mint jelly.
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Home made Hot chilli and pilua rice tonight :)
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Dirty great fry up!
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Lamb hotpot
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Pork chop with a huge pile of roasted veg - spuds, squash, onions, peppers and tomatoes.
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The other duck leg - mixed veg and mash today I think. Yesterday's gravy was disappointingly thin, if I have to resort to cornflour I might as well go back to browning rather than granules >:(
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I'm defrosting a boneless chicken thigh, so it'll probably be in a stir-fry with fridge gravel and rice.
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Chicken and pasta bake, not my husband's favourite but it's what I fancy
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Spinach and chickpea curry, plus chicken thighs roasted in spices, naan and yogurt.
It was supposed to the chicken thigh fillets in a curry, but I got the wrong thing out of the freezer. When will I learn to label things ::) :lol:
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Garlic fried chicken strips & salt & pepper wedges & salad
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End up with pasta yesterday :nowink: Trying again with the duck today.
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Today it will be shepherd's pie (lamb mince) with cabbage and carrots - comfort food ::)
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Shepherds pie here too with carrots,peas & broccoli. Roasted the lamb mince this morning to get the fat off & boy there was a lot, then added it as normal. Had a sneaky taste & it’s good :lol:
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quick and easy one tonight Scotch egg and chips with bake beans, naughty pud brought ginger sponge with custard :)
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Chicken in mushroom sauce with rice and olives.
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Salt and chilli chicken wings (work freebie) and salad. The wings were a bit too hot for me (yes I know, I’m a wimp) so I had a dollop of yogurt with them :lol:
OH couldn’t wait until I got home so demolished a pasta bake in the fridge that was meant for his tea when I am working late Thursday. Oh well, guess I’m prepping something else for him then ::)
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Bacon steak new pots and veg, pineapple and ginger yoghurt :)
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The rest of the Shep's pie with mixed veg ftf
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Rubbish day, sweet and sour chicken balls and egg fried rice from the Chinese takeaway, two bottles of red for pudding.
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Chicken, mash and mixed veg and there's a little bit of the apple crumble left from yesterday.
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Wishing I could remember, it’s WI Christmas meal, I’ve preordered, I hope someone kept a record otherwise it’ll be what no one wants :lol:
Think it might be soup- if I don’t get warmer by the time it is served I might put my feet in it :unsure:
Probably turkey & all the trimmings as I thought we were having beef on Christmas Day
& maybe fruit salad ? Whatever it is I’m sure I’ll enjoy being waited on & all the chat :D
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Pork pie and a mixed salad , warm mince pies and custaard :)
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More chicken and probably about time for some rice. Not sure yet if I'll do it spicy or sweet and sour.
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Fried plaice fillet chips and peas , brought apple turnover and ice cream :)
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HM meatballs in HG tomato sauce over mashed potatoes, cos still haven't remembered to buy some pasta :blush:
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Out for supper tonight what a lovely treat NO COOKING :lol:
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Steak pie and CHIPS :lol:
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OH is off out tonight with some of the others that have workshops near him, but it is a boys night out, so I am not invited. They are going to a steak restaurant for a meal. I have bought myself a steak to eat at home so :tongue2: to them :lol:
CHIPS :lol:
Now there’s a thought :D
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Burger in buns - not something I'd normally do but they were on offer :nowink: I bought gherkins and lettuce to add something green.
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Savoury mince with a suet crust topping it was lovely but very filling fresh veg , plum crumble and ice cream :)
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Roast chicken thighs, roast spuds and squash, cabbage and spoon standing.
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It feels like it should be a gravy day. Sawhedge and mash if I cba or mince beef and onion pie If I can force myself into making pastry. Normally there'd be no chance but I'm trying to avoid doing some overdue cleaning up and sorting out.
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Stig brought me some Gilthead bream, my favourite fish, so having one of those, grilled with salad and Greek lemon roast potatoes.
Shame I can't have Greek weather to go with them, as it's dreich out there today
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Turkey burgers chips and beans rest of crumble with yoghurt, mondays is always make do day :)
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No one eating tonight !!!
piece of salmon baked in sweet chilli sauce and vegetable rice , pineapple and ice cream :)
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We're eating! Spaghetti Carbonara with bacon, onion and mushrooms. Paul will put cream in his portion but I'll have mine plain. With garlic bread of course. I've just found some cherry tomatoes in the bottom of the fridge so will put them in my share.
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I really CBA today - think I'll nuked a spud, there's always cheese to stuff in it.
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A few slices of roast lamb from the freezer with mashed swede/potato and peas. Mint sauce and spoon-standing of course. ;)
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Pork loin steaks with cheesey mash, garlic mushrooms and carrots.
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Same as yesterday minus Yorkshire puds- Cold roast beef,mash,peas,carrots,sprouts & lashings of gravy, I even finished off the roast butternut & peppers too
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Fish fingers, chips and mushy pea I'll probably throw in a few mushrooms too. Comfort food after an MOT failure with a repair estimate more then the car value :(
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Oh no, what a bummer, Lardman :(
I've got chicken thigh defrosting will do a stir-fry with fridge gravel and nuked rice :D
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Sympathy lardman. My beloved Punto went to the scrap yard at the start of the year. I'd had it from new and it was brilliant
Supper is veg curry to be followed by apple crumble and custard.
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Not a lot tonight been out for Christmas lunch with my BEST friend of 50yrs !!
M&S Mac cheese , OH had steak and ale pie with a few chips and bake beans :)
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It's just very bad timing with the car >:( , I hadn't even recovered from doing my tax return on Tuesday. Probably time for pasta again tonight - It's been a while since I did tuna pasta bake.
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Spaghetti bolanganse with whole wheat pasta, fruit yoghurt for pud :)
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Soddages, onions, peas, grilled tomatoes and chips :D
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Sawhedges on their use by date - probably mash and onion gravy, can't promise I wont be naughty and do wedges instead ::)
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Unlabelled ::) white fish from the freezer (I think it's Bassa :wacko:) with mash, veg TBD and parsley sauce to hide it all :lol:
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Fish pie and green beans ftf. Trying to keep food plain and simple at the moment so that next week when we start 'splurging' we enjoy it even more.
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End of term lunch at the burger emporium franchise, dinner is just tuna melt toasties.
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Piece of fresh Haddock fried with chips and peas , pineapple and yoghurt :)
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Children’s party tea at our daughter’s with son & family, so crisps & nibbles, sandwiches, cheese & sausages, fairy cakes, mince pies
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Leftovers - might do an apple crumble if I can summon the energy.
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Home made Chilli con carne with pilua rice and a piece of baghette :)
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Pork loin, broccoli cheese, roast spuds, carrots and gravy!
And I have to keep rushing in and out of the kitchen to the living room to ask Mrs Growster what to do next...
...so a rather pleasant chilled Barley Wine helps a great deal!
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Pork loin, broccoli cheese, roast spuds, carrots and gravy!
Change the broccoli to cauliflower here, and SNAP!
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a nice piece of beef cooked slow home grown cabbage baked potatoes and a must have Yorkshire pud with gravy made from the beef juice followed by a home made custard tart O and a glass of Guinness what could be better on this cold damp winters afternoon I ask myself :D
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I need some freezer space so I'm finishing off the fish fingers which are in an over sized plastic tray. Probably mash, peas and sweetcorn. Parsley or possibly cheese sauce as everything is better with cheese ::) .
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Made a massive vat of beef stew yesterday so it'll be that for tea again tonight.
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Spicy beef steak lets with roast potatoes last of the veg from plot, Blackberry and Apple pie with custard :)
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I had planned on doing cottage pie but I think Id prefer cheese on toast, with a slash of Worcestershire sauce.
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Gammon, egg and chips!
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2 of the fish pies I made last week with peas & carrots & leftover salad for me.
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Chicken breast with roasted squash, carrots and peas.
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Sweet and sour pork and tofu with rice. Non battered version, just marinated and shallow fried with a potato starch coating to make it crispy and with a proper sweet and sour sauce, not that red gloop they give you in takeaways.
I did include peppers and spring onions, but no weird bits of fruit. I have a bit of a shudder response to hot fruit in my dinner :lol:
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Against all odds, I'm planning a chicken casserole today, so Kent Fire Brigade might have to be be on Red Alert...
The one bolted leek we have has now reached four ft, so I'll also need a degree in surgery to hoik out the middle bit and sort out the rest of the leaves, which are usually OK if treated properly!
As usual, Mrs Growster will be instructing me from the comfort of her recuperating chair - I hope!
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Roast beef ftf, maybe croquet potatoes ftf - hubby says there are some that he made but I think we’ve eaten them! :lol: & veg
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Made a massive vat of beef stew yesterday so it'll be that for tea again tonight.
Snap!! Mashed potato with chives in to go with it :D
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Bacon, egg, beans and chips :)
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Sausages mash and peas gravy, pineapple and ice cream :)
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Nuked a spud added cheese and the half can of beans left in the fridge.
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Deconstructed cottage pie and it's about time I had a pile of mixed veg. Lump of venison taken out of the freezer for tomorrow, it's been in there since 2019 so might be past it's best - if so I'm sure Max will enjoy it and I'll be having a cheese sandwich for Christmas lunch ::) .
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I made a chicken casserole today, and it was hideous!
I'm trying to build up Mrs Growster, not clonk her on the head with such a poor delivery..:0(
She's graciously said that I'm still learning, which is so true!
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I made a chicken casserole today, and it was hideous!
I don't think I've ever cooked a casserole or stew that didn't taste like a random assortment of fridge stuff in hot water :nowink: It's another one of those dark arts. You can always take the big bits out, add some noddles and call it chicken noodle soup :lol:
I've made the effort to construct my cottage pie just so I can melt some cheese on top of the mash :tongue2:
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Sweet and sour pork with stir-fried veg.
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Night off work and OH appeared with a chip shop tea - win win :D
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Cottage pie - the jury is still out on the venison - have to taste it when it's done.
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Jacket potato with a mixed salad cheese and turkey slice, pineapple and yoghurt :)
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Chicken and roasted veg after a long and very busy day at work. I was starving hungry and demolished it, but am now feeling sleepy. Just sitting and vegging with a hot cup of tea is about my limit for a bit :lol:
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Salmon en croute with a lemon and watercress sauce. Very disappointed. Wanted something different this year from normal but may have to revert back to the usual.
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First slices off the small gammon joint. I cooked it in the slow-cooker in apple juice and it is lovely.
Ate it with salad and a small jacket potato and the first HM mince pie of the year, for pud :D
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Couple of slices of Bambi , mash, chunky mixed veg and spoonstanding. I was going to make a pudding but somehow I've managed to completely run of of sugar :nowink: opened a tin of rice pudding but it wasn't the same.
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Jacket potato, first of the gammon here too, salad, coleslaw (was supposed to be celeriac remoulade but the celeriac was all wormy inside :mad:, ) pickles & chutneys
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Making an egg and bacon pie this morning, as Elder Daught is coming round for the day!
Adding coleslaw, a few bottled (shop) gherkins, peppers etc, and a dollop of chilli jam, which - ahem - has worked pretty well for a change!
Bit of a day to forget yesterday, ED was doing a fabulous lunch at her place; I only got a couple of hours of kip during the night, we were late as Mrs Growster felt decidedly off-colour, (which is what's happenening while she's recovering), got there eventually, laid off the Chapel Down as I was driving, but nearly choked to oblivion on a peanut, Mrs Growster became worse, and ED's cat got far too close to a candle, and singed her fur!
B****y H**l, I was pleased to get back to the fire at home, with a large brandy and a kip in the PM!
That's why we always prefer Boxing Day - the pressure's off for another year!
;0)
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Lunch was fabulous, my son sure can cook. Turkey, beef, gammon and all the trimmings. Spotless kitchen as granddaughter cleared up
Last night was a cup of tea
Today is, no prizes for guessing, cold meat, bubble and squeak and pickles. Not sure I don't prefer it to the big days blow out. We have a mountain of of cheese in be the fridge but that will be for later
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Cara was head chef for the Christmas cookathon. I was helping and washing up. We may have overdone things....
Roast chicken - fact is we're not that keen on turkey (or goose)
Pigs in blankets
Stuffing balls
A sausage meat stuffing 'cake'
Carrot & parsnip mash
Roast parsnips
Roast potatoes
Mashed potatoes
Mixed peas and sweetcorn
Brussels sprouts
Onion sauce
Bread sauce
Christmas flavoured redcurrant sauce
Followed by Cara's tiramisu - about 20 portions in the dish!
Washed down with Moet (thanks to our wonderful neighbours!) or some expensive raspberry crush for the grandson and designated driver.
Rennies :D
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Rennies :D
:lol:
It sounds like quite a spread.
Today I am mostly going to concentrate on not cooking too much at all, so we are on cheese, pickles and salad for lunch and tea is going to be something pretty simple as well :)
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Yesterday I went against tradition and cooked a leg of Lamb (family favourite) sausage toad in the hole, roast spuds, snap peas and carrots, just a few Brussels and cauliflower cheese; cherry trifle or mince pies and cream for pudding.
Gammon and salad was available for tea, but not a soul could be bothered with it, after they'd opened crisps and eaten all of MY chocolate brazils :ohmy: The cheek of it :lol:
Today it will be cold lamb and bubble and squeak :D
Flow tests all round again on Tuesday morning and repeat with stuffed pork loin for the other half of the family, if everybody is ok, Fingers crossed.
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Well yesterday’s late dinner (about 5:30pm) was
Baked goats cheese Camembert with garlic & rosemary served with toasted sourdough for DD & I & pate for himself
Roasted boned & rolled turkey,
Roast Potatoes & hg parsnips , mashed potatoes
Peas & hg carrots
Cauliflower & broccoli cheese
Sprouts with bacon & chestnuts roasted
Hm cranberry sauce with range, port & grand marnier( this later addition was a great idea to be repeated plus there’s 6 jars now water bathed in the pantry :D
Stuffing balls
Pigs in blankets - first year I’ve ever made them ! Normally just sausage meat balls
Lashings of really yummy gravy.
A fair few glasses of fizz for me & red vino colapso for himself
Rather later I succumbed to a chocolate & orange jelly mousse thingy I’d made & then made the mistake of having a 2nd :ohmy: but a glass of my late dads fine champagne brandy helped me feel better :lol:
Not sure by that time what hubby & daughter had for pud , oh I know lemon meringue pie lol
Today will be a rehash of anything we can be bothered with& probably chips or hubby might just have his usual Boxing Day Fayre of egg & chips :lol: :lol:
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Cold meat, (turkey or gammon) with potato salad, pickles and any other salad bits. Boxing Day is always a lazy day for us. We catch up tomorrow when normal service is resumed. :D
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Christmas leftover pasties.
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Egg and chips
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Curry made with left-over lamb :D
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Lst night we had steak and all the trimmings, tonight cold turkey and salad with bits and pieces. Not sure about pud :)
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Finishing off Bambi, although to be honest I'd also prefer egg and chips :nowink: especially if they were real home made chips rather than oven ones. :blush:
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Stew that has been pluttering away in the slow cooker since this morning. It started with base veg - carrots, celery, onion, garlic, plus herbs, stock and some stewing steak. Potatoes were added an hour or so ago.
The whole house smells warm and comforting :D
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Smoked haddock risotto
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Just starting to build tomorrow's Coronation Chicken... (actually, just roasted the chicken)!
Going to use this recipe, with Mrs Growster's approval tomoz, so she can see if it meets with her original recipe, but if anyone has some more tips I'm all ears!
https://www.food.com/recipe/coronation-chicken-deli-style-but-cheaper-490821
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We were going to have risotto as well but have pigged out on nibbles etc all afternoon and didn't fancy it. More nibbles from the freezer plus grapes and a satsuma each to try and even out the amount of breadcrumbs we've eaten today. Must try harder tomorrow.
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Ahhh …. Proper food at last .
Cornish pasty (farm shop ) with spuds, broccoli, carrots and B. sprouts from the plot .
Very acceptable :)
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Wet mince and mash , banana yoghurt choc sauce and nuts :)
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Leftover roast lamb, an orphan sausage, roast potato and squash, peas and carrots.
Piece of cherry cheesecake for afters :)
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Sausage hot pot with 1/2 a ‘stick’ of sausage meat the other half stick will be tomorrow’s breakfast.
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Ready meal - chicken madras. Thought it would cure my curry munchies, it didn't; but it was cooked in 6 minutes and required absolutely no effort.
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Lincolnshire sausage toad in the hole with onion gravy and seasonal veg.
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Pasta bake as a way to clear some Christmas leftovers and other fridge bits. Not tomato based for a change as it is going to have a sauce made with soft herby cheese and also feature leftover chicken and some Parma ham.
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Steak & chips, mushrooms in a mustard creamy sauce for me, with a helping of freshly picked salad leaves for me
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The last of the lamb, stewed with lentils, carrots and onions, with mashed potatoes and peas.
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Snazbods has thrown me a couple of curve balls with the shopping. No veggies :ohmy: , no bread flour and the baking potatoes are the size of hens eggs :mad: so I'm going to have to get creative or go shopping. Not tonight though as I've settled for tuna pasta bake. :nowink:
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Stir fry with the rest of turkey, £1 pud spotty dick and ice cream :)
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Celeriac and leek gratin with the last of the Charlotte spuds .
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Met up with a friend's family for pizza for lunch so tonight was back to the pate and wine. God I love Christmas!
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Back to cottage pie today and anything green or orange I can find in the freezer. At least I now have some sugar to do an apple crumble for pudding.
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Curry tonight, with the last of the salad bits on the side. Apart from an unopened pot of pate, and the meals made and put in the freezer, that Christmas food all gone....
Back to normal and low-carb food for me tomorrow :lol:
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Need help please :)
I have Brie and salami to use up and have just bought a box of ready rolled puff pastry.
Plate pies or parcels ? and what else to go inside ? I was thinking caramelised onions and beaten egg to bind it, but open to other ideas :)
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https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/151780/english-quiche-lorraine/
Quick and easy ;)
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Pizza style with the caramelised onions - Salad or jacket to ease the richness, or be naughty and a hand full of chips with it.
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Both good ideas. I was being lazy and trying to avoid making short crust pastry :lol:
I’ve got a cheese and onion bread mix, so now wondering about calzone :unsure:
I’ve got plot cabbage for a slaw, plus onion and carrot. Chips perhaps for OH. The bread will be enough for me :)
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Had to look up 'calzone', and now Mrs Growster has placed an order for a toasted cheese and onion sandwich tonight!
Bet she changes her mind after the hundredweight of Coronation chicken we're having for lunch - with sauteed pots and onions...
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Both good ideas. I was being lazy and trying to avoid making short crust pastry :lol:
Use the puff pasty - just don't make the topping too wet ;) I used to use it for ML as her teeth weren't up to chewing pizza bases.
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Both good ideas. I was being lazy and trying to avoid making short crust pastry :lol:
Use the puff pasty - just don't make the topping too wet ;) I used to use it for ML as her teeth weren't up to chewing pizza bases.
Aaaahhh got it ;)
An open faced puff pasty tart/pizza thingy - sounds good :D
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Treating the good lady and myself to a slap up surf and turf tonight, spicy wedges and giant mushrooms topped with cheese at the side.
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I also looked it up sounds good for a quick lunch,
Still using bits and pieces up pork pie and salad plus pickles, pud tinned fruit and yoghurt may be :)
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Both good ideas. I was being lazy and trying to avoid making short crust pastry :lol:
I’ve got a cheese and onion bread mix, so now wondering about calzone :unsure:
:)
Oh, you are posh, like Growster I had to look it up :lol: Now I shall wonder what you will have . I'd have had crusty bread and Salami and the Brie. Mrs B
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I use pizza base mix to make calzone, never used bread mix before but suppose they are basically the same thing. We've got the rest of the turkey and mushroom pie to finish up with left over veg from the last few days to make into bubble and squeak.
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I can’t believe it’s not butter chicken ( from the new pinch of nom book - comfort food) with rice & mini poppadums from a packets of nibbles bought for Christmas nibbles- another bit gone lol
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Now I shall wonder what you will have .
I went with the puff pastry pretend pizza and OH literally demolished it, so that was a hit :)
Calzone is just a folded pizza, but somehow different. Bread mix is definitely not authentic, but quick. I just sub a slug of olive oil for some of the water. Think Italian version of a pasty Mrs B. It’s a great way to use up leftovers and also good with just a pizza sauce and cheese inside. They reheat a lot better than leftover pizza so I make a few and freeze some :)
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When l were a lad we used to have a very similar creation , but it was always called Stromboli, which l think is more usually rolled and not folded ( we had ours either way ) . Quite the talking point in the playground ! . But l think true Calzone is made without tomato paste or sauce.
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FUN FACT : The word CALZONE is Italian for “Pants” or “Underpants” .
As the folded dough resembles in some way the article of wear . :)
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It has been decreed by him who’s never obeyed that we’re having lamb chops tonight :lol: so bound to be mash & onion gravy, might be a cheeky Yorkshire pud thrown in as there are some in the freezer, also carrots, peas ( we always have these, I’m sure you’ve noticed lol !) & broccoli. They’ll be gooseberry & mint jelly too & since it’s New Year’s Eve I might succumb to a glass of red or even sparkly stuff.
Happy New Year everyone
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The rest of the cottage pie. I found some of the diced veggies I normally use in fried rice in the bottom of the freezer so at least there's something green too. I was sidetracked by some spreadsheets yesterday and didn't get around to making a crumble will try again later.
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Saved the best to last Dover sole chips and peas OH having birds eye cod and chips and peas :)
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Pork steak in barbecue sauce with tenderstem broccoli and peas.
There's a drop or 2 of pink fizz to finish up, later on, as well :D
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Balsamic red onion and goats cheese tart with salad and the rest of the potato salad.
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I made a Shepherd's pie today, and keep wondering what to do with the baked beans left over!
Can't waste them...
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I made a Shepherd's pie today, and keep wondering what to do with the baked beans left over!
Can't waste them...
Save them for breakfast of course, nice with bacon & eggs
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Roast lamb, very yummy it was too.