What are you making for dinner?

Smoosh

Burgers (beef for OH, veggie YS for me) in cheese topped rolls with curly fries and corn on the cob (YS). 

goldfinches

I made this Cocoa Quick Bread from Nick Malgieri's How to Bake How to Bake: Amazon.co.uk: Malgieri, Nick: 9780486829180: Books using the Look Inside preview to see what I thought of his recipes and whether I might add his book to my charity shop lookout list. His name was mentioned by several commenters below a Food52 article about cookbooks that were used again and again so I thought it worth investigating further. It's a variation on Irish Soda Bread and I had all the ingredients to hand so decided to treat myself to celebrate the day.



He has a website as well and I found this recipe there Chocolate Spice Bread — Nick Malgieri which I think might be even better than the one in the book which I can report is very good and worth trying, nice clear method and straightforward ingredients with a delicious result.

ETA: Try it with smooth peanut butter 

happydenial

The defrosted bolognese ended up feeding all 4 of us yesterday with the addition of a sourdough baguette, which leaves the beans in the cupboard for another day!

For lunch I’ve polished off the last portion of 2021 ratatouille that I found in the freezer, for dinner we are having chicken wraps with french fries and salad. 

Smoosh

Spaghetti carbonara (using YS eggs) with Quorn bacon for me and pancetta for OH. With peas and garlic bread. 

florianatwobob

Coming in from lurking. 

Huervos Rancheros (aka Jamie Oliver’s Mexican breakfast) for dinner with rice and black beans in the side. Serves 4

1 diced onion
1 diced pepper
1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes
fresh chilli if you’ve got some
1 clove of garlic
salt and pepper to taste

sauté until the onion and pepper are caramelised

add two tins of chopped tomatoes and leave them to reduce

Crack your eggs (I do 2 per person) in to poach in the tomato-y stew. 

Once your eggs are cooked serve with rice/tortillas/wedges (and maybe some grated cheese).  

It makes for a pretty cheap and quick dinner out of store cupboard stuff. It tastes lovely. 

Islandmaid

*waves to @florianatwobob welcome ☺️

Your dinner sounds lush, we do something similar, a Shakshuka but eggs is eggs 😂

i’m fasting today, but, had all the family over so made a giant cottage pie with peas and gravy - and Nigella chocolate brownies and vanilla ice cream for pud. 

JIL

I had pizza as it needed eating. Others had steak that had been in freezer for a while, with broccoli, baby potatoes, onion rings  mushrooms and coleslaw.

goldfinches

I had this Roast Savoy cabbage with lemon recipe | BBC Good Food



which was delicious and cheap as M*rks are selling Savoy cabbages as part of their value loose range at the moment.

I ate it with this Focaccia alla Barese from Nick Malgieri which was a slightly weird method but came out beautifully.

C_J

Thank you for the introduction to Nick Malgieri, @goldfinches. He has some delicious-sounding recipes.

Tonight I’m using up the last of the stripped roast chicken and a few peppers to make fajitas.

happydenial

Chicken and mushroom curry for us tonight, with turmeric rice, garlic naans and mini samosas. All out of the freezer.