What are you making for dinner?

kerri_gt

@Florenceem not the same, but here's a virtual *hug* 🤗 

Not sure what today will be, I've been spending the weekend making the most of the good weather working on furniture items that are stacking up our garage. 6hrs yesterday and back out at it today.Anyone who thinks upcycling is slapping a coat of paint on has no understanding of the process to be done well. Hours of prep go in before paint even comes out. So will be something easy I think. 

Islandmaid

Hottest day of the year so far here - loving it 😊 doors are wide open, Noah’s ‘helping’ grandpa in the garden, Frank is flaked out shade bathing - lovely 🥰 

night out with friends was great, DH is a little fragile this morning, I am surprisingly okay 👌 

DH is prepping the garden for the team to come in Tuesday to start the base for our garden office, I’ve been washing everything that needs doing, feeling slightly smug that the solar panels are doing their job and we’re running the house for free 80% of the time so far (they were fitted January), including charging the car 🙌 definitely worth the missing holidays to pay for it.

EDIT:  forgot what’s for dinner 🫣 basic BBQ butchers sausages, HM burgers and homegrown Asparagus, got some St Agur cheese that near on walking out of the fridge, so will make a sauce with that to dip asparagus in 

Nelliegrace

@Islandmaid Frank looks as innocent as my parent’s Labrador who denied all knowledge of a whole black pudding, gone in the blink of an eye. 
DH is sure that our little dog had my half of the breakfast banana off the kitchen table. She is not that agile, I think he forgot it, another grey cell gone. 

Dinner is a small half leg of lamb, bought and frozen when Tesco had them half price for Easter. I shall pot roast it over root vegetables, celery, onion and barley, which will make stew for several days. The lamb will be a Sunday roast with steamed veg, then used in several meals. I shall bake a Bara brith, and then a marmalade bread and butter pudding and some Anzac biscuits while the oven is on. 

lianne1984

@Florenceem hope you feel better soon!!

@Islandmaid would LOVE to be down there with this lovely weather right now, roll on July!

Dinner tonight was a pasta bake 

happydenial

@Florenceem - hope you feel better soon and get to give Mr F a big hug x

I got some beef mince out of the freezer this morning planning a bolognese, but DH rebelled and said he didn’t fancy pasta (tbf, he has eaten virtually 100% of the food I have put in front of him without complaint these last 23 years 😁) so I ended up making keema with potatoes and green beans, split pea Dahl with spinach (a new recipe) served with rice and naan. Clean plates all round, thumbs up from the kids and leftovers for lunch, so win win 🙌

kboss2010

I had a sad-looking courgette and aubergine to use so lentil and veg lasagna for tea tonight.

kerri_gt

OH had the last piece of breaded fish from the freezer with mash and beans.

I had a lonely sausage from the freezer with Jersey royals and beans (would've preferred broccoli but easier not to use another pan)

Extra cooked Jersey's turned into potato salad (incl chives from the garden). Also opened some tuna and sweetcorn and made some sandwich filler for lunch tomorrow. 

C_J

My never-ending quest to run down the big freezer has unearthed two small battered cod fillets so we’re having those tonight, either as mini fish and chips or as filet o’ fish burgers if I can locate the baps which I know are in one of the freezer drawers (somewhere!).

I can see daylight in three out of seven freezer drawers now, so I’m winning at last.

Islandmaid

Use up day here too, have so many eggs to use, so have hard boiled 6 for snacks, 8 will be used in a frittata for lunches, along with fridge gravel.

dinner tonight is Mongolian beef and broccoli 🥦 which has been hovering in the fridge for a week, rice for them, over salad for me. 

Will give the fridge a good clean too and restock the freezer, so I can see what we have before this weeks shop.

@lianne1984 the weather is great 👍 fingers crossed it stays for your holiday 🤞

@Florenceem hope you are feeling better today x

JIL

Been out for lunch, just a sandwich and a coffee, which is probably what I would have if I was at home. So why do I not feel hungry?

Will do a salad that I can have later if I get hungry, if not that's tomorrows lunch.