What are you making for dinner?

number_23

Chicken and Chorizo paella tonight for us, all from food we already have in (the chicken is currently defrosting). 

CA23

Brie

soup and sandwiches this evening.  there's a bag of prawns I've told the OH to get out of the freezer.......might need to nuke them if he waits too much longer!!!

Islandmaid

HM Burgers tonight, in lettuce wraps tonight, would love to extend an invitation for coffee, but juggling cats at the moment ☹️

Quick Frank update pic - butter wouldn’t melt hey…. This was taken after he was ‘helping’ daddy in the garden, digging up the new plants quicker than they where being planted 🤣

JIL

I'm more than happy with the suggestions @Islandmaid.  I really wasnt hinting at an invite, I promise lol.

Frank is gorgeous and saw lots of dogs today, we have been to shanklin and sandown, the donkey sanctuary and godshill. We had lunch of a sandwich on the seafront with a lovely coffee. 

Picked up some bits (cheese, ham, porkpie) at a nearby farm shop and its salad and bits tonight.

happydenial

Sounds like you’re having a lovely holiday @JIL

Pizza pasta bake for us tonight, needed something that could be reheated as and when people get in. 

kerri_gt

JIL said:

I'm more than happy with the suggestions @Islandmaid.  I really wasnt hinting at an invite, I promise lol.

If I was on the island I would be 

Last night was LO rice and posh freezer shop chicken Dijon - although it was a little heavy on the mustard for me. 
Not sure about tonight - there's another portion of LO rice which I could just reheat, or turn in to egg fried rice. But there's also some jersey royals in the fridge when I really want. 

Might use the rice as it should really be eaten, I can also use up from vegetable gyoza from the freezer too with that if I egg fry the rice. May be a droopy spring onion too that could be used. I think there's a plan forming.

Islandmaid

Massive salad here to use things up, eggs, ham, coleslaw, jacket spuds (for them) pepper, celery ooh and some corn on the cob 👍

In general I’d be up for a meet, not that I need (or you expect) an explanation, things are a little hard going on the home front at the moment, patience is fraying with DS, they are due to move out soon, and as much as I love them, they’ve been here 18 months now, it was supposed to be 6-12 and we just want our lives back, I’m sure they do too, but DS in particular is making all the excuses under the Sun 🫣 going though a bit of tough love as Noah starts school in September and he need to be settled wayyy before then x

kerri_gt

Sorry to hear things are a bit fraught @Islandmaid - I have heard from friends / family experience how these 'temp' moves for X period always end up longer. No consolation but those on the 'temp resident' side were equally anxious to move back out. Which prob makes for a fraught situation if no one is entirely happy. 
Could you chivvy DS along suggesting rooms have been rented out for a mass MSE visit 

C_J

It’s always difficult when there are too many adults in one house, especially if not all of them are grown ups 😁. I’m sure it will sort itself out eventually, the CoL malarkey is surely not helping.

Tonight we’re finishing up the lamb ragu bianco which I made last night. I thought it was a bit bland and meh, but Mr CJ really enjoyed it so I’ll take that as a win (but won’t be rushing to make again).

Brie

I quite get the wanting to move out bit - moved in temporarily with the outlaws and moved out 7 years later.  My youngest bro and wife2 moved in with our folks and she moved out a couple of months later and filed for divorce.

pasta and meatballs tonight.