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zippychick

lucky-legs wrote: »

Hi all just wondering if anyone can give me ideas for my tea tomorrow evening...

I have to be at DS school at 6pm (to choose his options :eek: he's only 12 and still in yr8) and as I don't get in from work till 5.50 I will have to eat after the event . By the time we get home and get DD to bed it will be near enough 8.30/9pm so I want something that is either very quick or that can be prepared well in advance. But just to make things a bit more awkward I like to eat a 'proper' meal in the evening, something filling, so just a salad or a soup will not be enough. Thanks

Ps. It will be a green day but will be able to keep an A and a B choice if needed

Pasta pesto - one of my current favourites and easily adaptable

Cook pasta all dente. As the pasta is cooking - in a little bowl mix the following

A tbsp or two of the pasta water, fresh chopped chilli (or flakes), salt, pepper, lime juice (i use from abottle - lemon would work too),and a quantity of pesto (syns but worth it). Once the pasta is cooked, drain well and mix with the coating sauce

Good additions - i usually add chopped cherry tomatoes, caramelised onions and peppers, and cooked chicken or bacon.

Delicious cold, and amazing reheated with cheese if you're a cheese fiend like me.:p

stef240377

lucky-legs wrote: »

Never cooked a risotto before, is it easy?

I have a slow cooker so could use that and as I work a split shift I'm home during the day for a couple of hours

God they are soooo easy, Hob version is to start sweating off the onion and any garlic you may use, throw in the arborio rice stir it all around, add stock bit by bit till it is all absorbed and depending on cooking time of any veggies used will depend on when you throw those in too. Cooks for approx 20-30 mins until the rice still has a small amount of bite to it.

lucky-legs

sharalee99 wrote: »

Easy peasy :rotfl:
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1221/easy-risotto-with-bacon-and-peas

Thanks I'll have a look

lucky-legs

zippychick wrote: »

Pasta pesto - one of my current favourites and easily adaptable

Cook pasta all dente. As the pasta is cooking - in a little bowl mix the following

A tbsp or two of the pasta water, fresh chopped chilli (or flakes), salt, pepper, lime juice (i use from abottle - lemon would work too),and a quantity of pesto (syns but worth it). Once the pasta is cooked, drain well and mix with the coating sauce

Good additions - i usually add chopped cherry tomatoes, caramelised onions and peppers, and cooked chicken or bacon.

Delicious cold, and amazing reheated with cheese if you're a cheese fiend like me.:p

Sounds nice, do I get the Pesto from the supermarket premade? Is it in the fridge with other dips etc..

stef240377 wrote: »

God they are soooo easy, Hob version is to start sweating off the onion and any garlic you may use, throw in the arborio rice stir it all around, add stock bit by bit till it is all absorbed and depending on cooking time of any veggies used will depend on when you throw those in too. Cooks for approx 20-30 mins until the rice still has a small amount of bite to it.

Yep sounds like even I could cope with this, would need to go and get the special rice thoough, I presume it's easy to get from Asda?

stef240377

Have another veggie one here that you can adapt for more veggies to top it up to your 1/3rd sf and use a HEa
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/451678/Easy-Peasy-Vegetable-Risotto

stef240377

lucky-legs wrote: »

Sounds nice, do I get the Pesto from the supermarket premade? Is it in the fridge with other dips etc..



Yep sounds like even I could cope with this, would need to go and get the special rice thoough, I presume it's easy to get from Asda?

Pesto in my local Asda can be found in jars near the pasta sauces. http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=pesto&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=85488
2.5syns per tbsp
Arborio rice is around £1 a bag in the rice isle. In mine it is usually on the top shelf.

lucky-legs

stef240377 wrote: »

Have another veggie one here that you can adapt for more veggies to top it up to your 1/3rd sf and use a HEa
http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/451678/Easy-Peasy-Vegetable-Risotto

Thanks Stef

Just found this one (as I still have some quark in my fridge from yesterday) I really fancy this one (though I suppose I'll have to leave out the wine ) I might add a bit of chicken too and maybe some leeks. The philly smoked salmon one looks lush but hubby is not a fan of salmon so will have to have that for lunch one day

http://www.philadelphia.co.uk/philadelphia3/page?siteid=philadelphia3-prd&locale=uken1&PagecRef=609&rid=15808

lucky-legs

stef240377 wrote: »

Pesto in my local Asda can be found in jars near the pasta sauces. http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=pesto&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=85488
2.5syns per tbsp
Arborio rice is around £1 a bag in the rice isle. In mine it is usually on the top shelf.

Great thanks again Stef I'd have been walking round the fridges for hours!! :rotfl:

stef240377

I have made that mushroom one before and served with a side salad. My hubby likes it but kids find it too cheesey, not sure how it would taste with quark though.

lucky-legs

stef240377 wrote: »

I have made that mushroom one before and served with a side salad. My hubby likes it but kids find it too cheesey, not sure how it would taste with quark though.

I think it might be less cheesy with quark, not sure though.


Grrrrr men!!!!! :mad: just said to hubby about risotto tomorrow and he pulled a face! Said he would rather have a jacket spud and beans...again! I give up!!! Got those Maggi bags still to do as well but not enough time tomorrow