What are you making for dinner?

Wicked_Lady

Today will be pork shoulder with cauliflower and roasted carrots.
In true MSE style I have poached the last few pears that were going soft so will have them with some ice cream for pudding.

C_J

I'm making a puff pastry galette (or possibly plait, depending on how far the pastry goes) filled with a smushed-up mixture of pork sausagemeat, sauteed diced red onion, garlic, celery and green pepper, chopped parsley and baby spinach, a dash of cumin, coriander leaf, black pepper and cayenne. Will serve it with green beans and asparagus which I will steam first then stir fry in garlicky olive oil.

I've just baked a huge meringue which will be topped with thickly whipped cream, sliced tinned pear halves and a sprinkling of blueberries for this week's puds.

I'm also cooking up a big pan of vegetable peelings, as the worms in my wormery tend to prefer soft cooked food. I am cooking for worms. At least I will get a nice pan of vegetable stock to use in this week's soups though. But honestly. Cooking for worms.

Brie

Islandmaid said:

Leg of lamb today with all the usual suspects 

Shall I bring some wine???

Pork chops with squash is happening today I think, yesterday we ended up with pizza which quite frankly was disappointing - an Italian brand from Asda (Giovanni??) and much too doughy.  I prefer a thin crust and so does my ever thickening waist.

Brie

C_J said:

But honestly. Cooking for worms.

I glanced and saw the "cooking for worms" bit before I read I read the rest and wondered why you were referring to friends and family as worms!

C_J

You haven’t met them 🤣

kerri_gt

Mash, vegan fish fingers and beans tonight. 

Made the mash with the hand blender but not sure i really like it like that, tends to turn it a bit gluey rather than mashy. Still, not 100% better yet so it was easier than bashing with the masher.

JIL

I use my food mixer to mash my potatoes @kerri_gt always gets rid of lumps. Hope you will soon be back to your best. It's not nice being poorly.

Today I had a break from the traditional get ready for the week ahead Sunday,probably because I'm off work tomorrow. So I made a really easy dinner. Chicken thighs wrapped in bacon, green beans and a tray of roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes, red onions, parsnips and carrots with a honey and tahini dressing.  I had halloumi with mine. 

arielgirl

Got some lemon and pepper pork chops (from As*a) defrosting. I thought they sounded nice and different for a change. Tonight with mash, and broccoli cheese sauce. Tomorrow with noodles.  There are 5 chops, seem big so any left will be refrozen, from cooked. 

C_J

I spent some time eyeing up the electric potato masher from Lakeland, but decided against it because I thought it would make the potatoes gluey in the same way that a stick blender does.  Hope you feel fully restored to good health soon, kerrie!

We are finishing up the sausagemeat puff pastry plait which I made last night - it was really nice, certainly something I will do again in the future. More of the traybaked meringue covered in cream, pears and blueberries for pud.

Islandmaid

Gnocchi and chorizo bake and salad for the family - LO lamb for me, spiced up with some gochujang paste