What are you making for dinner?

Islandmaid · 18 January at 4:21PM

Garlic chicken breasts with sautéed sliced sprouts and bacon, with a few spuds for himself

C_J · 18 January at 4:48PM

kerri_gt said:

Ohh, what do you make the caramel rum sauce with? Sounds yummy

Melt 60g butter with 85g dark brown sugar, juice of half a lemon and 50ml (or thereabouts!) dark rum in a heavy based all-metal (no wooden handle) frying pan. Stir gently until sugar has dissolved and it turns into caramel. You can add a pinch of ground cloves at this point, but I don't always bother.

Arrange thickly sliced bananas all over the rum caramel, then cover with a sheet of puff pastry (tucked in all around the edges like a lid). Bake in the oven for oh I dunno, about 30 mins at a medium heat until puffed and golden, leave for 5 mins to start cooling down then carefully flip out onto a serving dish so the pastry is now underneath. Do not splatter yourself with hot caramel, it's a bit volcanic. It is also v yummy. Mr CJ uses a long handled sundae spoon for this one

Guineapigsqueaks · 18 January at 6:46PM

Burgers, chips and beans. Aberdeen Angus 1/4 pounder or Linda McCartney veggie 1/4 pounder with mozzarella, depending on preference. There is leftover crumble.

-taff · 18 January at 7:21PM

Beef stew with leftover beef from Sunday with rosemary and thyme dumplings.

kerri_gt · 18 January at 8:23PM

@C_J thanks for that. Annoyingly I have white rum...but I'm thinking pina colada vibes....

Dinner tonight was a portion of lamb casserole from the freezer, end of some sprouts I'd par boiled a while ago with some petit pois and last two Yorkshire puddings that were in the freezer too.

I seem to have a lot of ingredients in the freezer atm, must make an effort to make those into something. Also going to need to make more stock as i have a chicken roasting in for mog and several carcasses in the freezer already.

JIL · 19 January at 2:20AM

We had mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, tender stem broccoli, and pie, husband had steak pie and I made a concoction from mushroom, vegan quorn and vegan cream cheese. It was ok. I will be happy when January is over and I will revert back to just vegetarian I'm only doing vegan as daughter is doing veganuary.

Islandmaid · 19 January at 3:29PM

Grocery shopping today, and I’m not sure what to have tonight, it might be an all day breakfast as I need to use up bacon and sausages 🧐 if not, fish gratin, but not sure I an be @rs3d to faff with that today 😂

Brie · 19 January at 4:15PM

OH is being radical and has proposed fish (as in battered) with mash. But also got scampi so we might do fish & scampi & mash. I had intended salad with mine either way but I do love mash.....(don't tell the weight loss board)