Living on next to nought - is that the key?

Greying_Pilgrim

Hey Hopefuljoy - crossposted with ya

Oooh, well, you can take the floor and tell us all about the dishes you make with the lentils - excellent. Are they the larger green lentils - sometimes called 'continental lentils' or are they the small 'lentilles verte' or Puy style lentil?

Can't wait to hear all about your veggie ventures

Greying

beanielou

Can anyone help with aldi super 6 from tomorrow?
I can only find the ones that finish today.

Greying_Pilgrim

HERE beanie - the oranges might be OK for 69p, but not a lot else tempting me.

Greying

sunnyskies2

Hi Greying and all:)

Thank you so much for taking the time to find the poppadum link - was so excited I tried it straight away - hey presto - tasty and non greasy - and fun to watch too - we all squatted peering at it through the glass as it puffed up - quite mesmerising lol.... And obviously cheaper, cleaner and quicker

Also thanks for the recipe link - I've been buying curried veg paneer burger things from Asder for my pack-up but these look like just the jobee:)

Mmm super 6 - I'm new to this so will have to keep an eye out - I'm currently jumping camp from Asder to Lidl but Aldi is en-route:)

Hopefully when you read this England will have caught up and won !!

Sarah:)

Hopefuljoy

Hi there GO, they are the continental ones... I think they might be it overpriced at 2.80 for 500g at sonsbees. I'm giving them a whirl anyhow! Am enjoying not watching the world cup I'm afraid, not a great sports fan but want us to win anyhow!

beanielou

Thanks so much GP :A

Shortie

Oh gawd GP, I'm now on a 'Google' for how to make poppadoms from scratch.. I suspect that'll be way out of my expertise though, and maybe one for when I have a day off work with no other plans, lol

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

sunnyskies - I now have a picture of *family sunnyskies* clustered around t'microwave, watching a poppadum puff fer entertainment............ :D I'm glad it works - I mean, I saw Jaymee do it on TV, but I have to say, I've not done it myself. But if it works, then brillo, and you can bet that I'll have a go myself now that you have said that it works - THANK YOU

I think you may like the Scheherazade casserole. The only thing to bear in mind, is that our American friends term different things casserole - I think of liquid when I think of casserole, but this resembles...... um, more a nice, moist bean roast???? I'm probably not selling it well, but made well, it is nice. And bear in mind, you can use different beans - including chickpeas (I've made that version once - YUM!)

And I ain't discussing the footy further.....................

Hopefuljoy - whilst I will say that the lentils were a *little pricey* and you can possibly find cheaper - don't let that put you off making something YUM with them My original thought is for cottage pie, but of course it is the wrong time of the year for that - despite the weather's recent attempts to thwart us. But I've at the back of my mind a nice recipe....... I'll have to trawl my memory banks, but perhaps give you a pointer - but of course, you may already have an idea of something to make - or perhaps DD has?

beanie - you're welcome love, got the oranges myself today, 7 Valencia oranges from Spain, 69p - gets the thumbs up from me, juicy too

shortie - I'm not sure I would make poppadums from scratch....... um, I think sunnyskies bought a packet of uncooked ones, I think I would do the same....... might be easier???

Today has been marvellous, helped in no small part by the lovely weather

I cannot claim a NSD. I spent money, but it was on *budgeted for things* and also will contribute towards our hols, so I think I did OK expenditure-wise today

Dinner this evening had to reflect the weather, so I pulled up *another* Buddha bowl........ sorry ...... But I think to be fair, this dish was *based* on the Buddha bowl concept, rather than rigidly following its rules

We had a meditteranean inspired BB - with pearl barley, black olive and tomato sauce, topped with rocket, fresh tomato and mozzarella slices, fresh parsley and hazelnuts. My homage to all things *Italiano* Picture here;



As you can imagine, this is *made up* as I went along, but the only thing that I would do differently, was to add more salt, particularly to the cheese and tomato - if you were able to use HG sun-ripened tomatoes, this possibly would be unnecessary

It was certainly *right* for this evening's weather, which is pavement splitting sunshine

Today I am grateful for these 3 things;

People who give a **** - we seem to be in a minority :cool:

for knowledgeable people who will take the time to validate your thoughts - I appreciate it massively, especially when I think I'm right, but am just unsure.......

that boring auld planning, can lead to so much (holiday) fun........

Thanks for popping by, reading and pitching in. Always mucho appreciated by me

Now, just in case you thought that our *mains* for dinner was a little light, I'm away to dish up rhubarb crumble and yoghurt

See y'all later.


Greying

Ellidee

GP - do you know what ? This ! :A

A couple of weeks ago I saw this young lady on ch4 'Sunday Brunch' and found her blog http://deliciouslyella.co.uk/

Thought you might be interested

sunnyskies2

Hi there:)

I quite agree regarding the 'casserole' I did wonder about consistency! I have some chickpeas in the fridge waiting for a job and some feta - hey presto - will give it a go:) hmmm just had a thought - possibility of adding pesto, that's your lovely 'Italian' dinner on my mind:)

Yes, shortie they were ready-made and you can buy then with different seasonings and in very cute tiny size too:) (I don't think it would be worth the time/effort to try and make them as they are quite reasonably priced )

Enjoy what's left of the evening:)

Sarah