what's for dinner tonight?

[mattham]

An earlier thread on food shops got me thinking about what to have for dinner ? what's everyone cooking tonight?

I'm trying to eat less meat, but don't have a great selection of veggie recipes ? can anyone recommend good, quick, healthy veggie meals? I'm lacking inspiration!

[Administrator]

Lounged

[lozzyloz]

I've just cut some sage from the garden and I'm going to fry it up in butter and olive oil with some freshly chopped garlic and red chilli. Then squeeze in some lemon juice, S & P to taste and mix in some fresh pasta. Parmegianno and basil to finish. Takes 10 mins.

[SeanMacGabhann]

tonight is defrosting 12 chicken wings from (inserts name of reputable butcher here*)

Then I'm blitzing 3 Scotch bonnets, 1 habenero and 1 serrano chili, some passata, spring onion, salt, pepper, garlic and a dash of (praise the Lord!) dragon's blood sauce, mix it up, oven bake at high temp, crips on the grill - total time 30 mins....

(*have tried "packaged" wings from an assortment of supermarkets, high and low. Fatty shite the lot of it. And very expensive in some of them too...)

[Annasfield]

Can you all stop this please! I am still at work and it's really not very fair!!!! (6)

[downsouth]

Me too! Looks like a take away is in the offing...

[Marmora Man]

Tonight was well baked potato's (crunchy skins with i=oil & salt) with cheese & sour cream topping + salad. Last night - spaghetti puttanesca - olives, capers, garlic, toms & parsley with pasta, tomorrow poached salmon & pots & veg. We like to plan the week in Marmora!

[Nero]

I just made and ate chicken* and mushroom* risotto* with broccoli. The latter was not that nice as the stems were too hard and stringy. Banana*, yoghurt* and honey for afters. G and T in between. Nero

* denotes organic ingredient

[dulwichmum]

I have just been to Sainsbury's, and they were selling "Vanilla Risotto with Rhubarb compote"... My mother was laughing so loudly - I feared they would call security! Apparently, in olden days it was called rice pudding with rhubarb jam!

[Annasfield]

(6) Just got home from work and had a ham sandwich (6)

[Brendan]

I had some beetroot.

[citizenED]

Oh here goes - we had stew and baked potatoes. Leeks, carrots, swede, sweet potato, squash and herbs, with a touch or cumin. butter and cheddar cheese on the potato! Top nosh

[Michael Palaeologus]

Bloody hell Anna - how long do you work for? I saw you on the train yesterday morning at 7.50ish! Ask for a pay rise.

I try and cook a big meal over the weekend and then freeze portions for later mid-week eating. I had home made shepherds-pie (organic shepherds from Borough Market) and a banana.

[mockney piers]

I had a pumpkin casserole. And now have a lovely scary pumpkin on the balcony to boot :)

[Annasfield]

Re: what's for dinner tonight? new

Posted by: Michael Palaeologus Today, 08:37AM

Bloody hell Anna - how long do you work for? I saw you on the train yesterday morning at 7.50ish! Ask for a pay rise.

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I thought I recognised you! Sorry I didn't say hello :-$

[downsouth]

@ MP - but was it green or orange?

In the end I had a take away (the shame of it) Lemon duck and mushroom fried rice.

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

I had red pea soup with dumplings and yam. Yum Yum

[SeanMacGabhann]

A decent take-away doesn't even register on the same scale as ready-meals

I'm not THAT bothered about the calorie/healthy quotient of any meal - it's the undignified, gloopy, untasty, pre-digested-ness of ready meals I can't be doing with...

[mockney piers]

Bog standard orange pumpkin, bought from sainsburys when I went to get batteries for my wireless controller; then thought...hmmm casserole.

Lot's of smoked chipotle in there too (the casserole, not the controller), I mean what doesn't it go with?

Yes, even Vanilla Risotto with Rhubarb compote!!

[SeanMacGabhann]

smoked chipotle..... goes with everything. The man speaks the truth...

Have you a jar of the dried stuff from chiliPete or whole dried ones?

[Brendan]

Don?t mean to be pedantic guys but isn?t smoked chipotle a tautology?

[SeanMacGabhann]

Indeed it is and well spotted - but I'll probably always call it that as I'm in the habit

[mockney piers]

yep, good point, but that's what chilli pete calls them, and what the chilli god amongst men says is good enough for me.

And yep, I think I may have 3 jars!!

[Brendan]

Who is this Chilli Pete I here you speak of?

[Michael Palaeologus]

Oh the smoked chipotle in chilli con carne and fajitas is just fantastic.