The All New Bang on Trend Cookbook Challenge 2018

Josh1994

Used my Leon cookbook yesterday which was quite dusty! probably the first thing I've cooked from it in about 5 years - made Spaghetti Milanese - apparently was popular when bacon was a cheap cut of meat.
Sauce - delicious. Spaghetti unfortunately I overcooked it and it was the consistency of tinned spaghetti

Oh well - meal planning for next week now, and hope to get a few new recipes in too.

Mr_Singleton

Floss wrote: »

Polly we use orzo quite often, it makes a nice change from pasta & rice.

Errrrrr.... Orzo IS pasta!

Pollycat

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

Errrrrr.... Orzo IS pasta!

I think I get what Floss means.

Floss

Yes it us, but not pretty bow ties or long spaghetti or tagliatelle...different sizes / shapes need different recipes

Nelski

Just reporting back on the turkey sloppy joes .....A good 9/10 and would recommend if you have any turkey left. ( the scores are as a result of me currently watching Dancing on Ice )

downshifted

The HB twelve days of Christmas Beef Bourguignon was a bit disappointing. The meat was tender but a bit dry, although the sauce was lovely and the recipe was too restrictive and fiddly without a good enough result to make it worthwhile, if you see what I mean

caronc

Nelski wrote: »

Just reporting back on the turkey sloppy joes .....A good 9/10 and would recommend if you have any turkey left. ( the scores are as a result of me currently watching Dancing on Ice )

Good to know as yes I have LO turkey :D

downshifted wrote: »

The HB twelve days of Christmas Beef Bourguignon was a bit disappointing. The meat was tender but a bit dry, although the sauce was lovely and the recipe was too restrictive and fiddly without a good enough result to make it worthwhile, if you see what I mean

That's a shame, I usually find HB recipes fairly reliable but sometimes the original recipes are best left alone!
Shopping arrived today so I now have aubergines and kale so "Aubergine & Kale Satay" is planned for tomorrow night- will report back:)

riotlady

Hi everyone Thought I'd join in as our weekly veg box is encouraging me to try and cook a lot of new things.

Made a BBC good food recipe tonight- baked potatoes with chard and beans and tahini dressing.
Very tasty, healthy and cheap!

Pollycat

Pollycat wrote: »

new recipe for me today - Nigella's pasta risotto with peas and pancetta.

It uses orzo, the tiny rice-shaped pasta.

^^^^ was very nice.
It's definitely on our list to do again.

Another new recipe for me today:
Greek potato stew.
I'll serve with some focaccia.
With a nod of thanks to Mr Singleton for recommending the recipe a while ago. :T

Need2bthrifty

Pollycat wrote: »

Another new recipe for me today:
Greek potato stew.
I'll serve with some focaccia.
With a nod of thanks to Mr Singleton for recommending the recipe a while ago. :T

Is that from the greek vegan blog? I was also interested in that one.