What are you making for dinner?

JIL

I have some spicy m & s chicken, so it's that with a few salads bits.  I can use the leftovers for lunch. 

Florenceem

I have a choice of 3 meals tonight - think it will be stirfry as still got lots of veg to use.

Brie

MattMattMattUK said:

Brie said:

MattMattMattUK said:

Fresh brown trout, caught from a lake and chalk stream where a customer has fishing rights, gutted riverside and currently in the car on ice, although I did get rained on! Tenderstem broccoli and asparagus on the side, with hollandaise, the trout cooked with a splash of lemon and dill. 

What time is dinner?  Shall I bring some wine to share??

They are a great customer and bits like that make them even better, the trout was lovely and it is easy to cook the veg and knock up the sauce, the white from the eggs went in with my scrambled eggs this morning so nothing wasted. No wine at the moment, I am losing two stone in two months, so no booze, no carbs, 10km a day minimum. That means that making really nice, but healthy food is my current outlet. 

Tonight is this, I am getting home early today so I have the time for the slow cooking, easy enough, just a long cooking time. 
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chinese-braised-beef-ginger

Okee dokey!  you make the lovely food and I'll drink the wine!!!  2 stone in 2 months is a bit of a challenge, make sure you read IslandMaid's posts as she seems to have the no/low carb thing down pat!!

Meanwhile at Chez Brie it's curry.  Probably too much and with too many side dishes.  I shall struggle through.....

Islandmaid

Haven’t had trout for ages, nor any river fish, must get some, too easy to get sea fish gratis where I am I suppose 🤷‍♀️ free fresh food is always the best gift 🤩 and not long till the glorious 12th 🐦 🙃

After a lovely walk up Culver downs, we went to one of our favourite pubs in Bembridge for an early dinner, prawn salad for me, fish n chips for him.

MattMattMattUK

Brie said:

MattMattMattUK said:

Brie said:

MattMattMattUK said:

Fresh brown trout, caught from a lake and chalk stream where a customer has fishing rights, gutted riverside and currently in the car on ice, although I did get rained on! Tenderstem broccoli and asparagus on the side, with hollandaise, the trout cooked with a splash of lemon and dill. 

What time is dinner?  Shall I bring some wine to share??

They are a great customer and bits like that make them even better, the trout was lovely and it is easy to cook the veg and knock up the sauce, the white from the eggs went in with my scrambled eggs this morning so nothing wasted. No wine at the moment, I am losing two stone in two months, so no booze, no carbs, 10km a day minimum. That means that making really nice, but healthy food is my current outlet. 

Tonight is this, I am getting home early today so I have the time for the slow cooking, easy enough, just a long cooking time. 
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chinese-braised-beef-ginger

Okee dokey!  you make the lovely food and I'll drink the wine!!!  2 stone in 2 months is a bit of a challenge, make sure you read IslandMaid's posts as she seems to have the no/low carb thing down pat!!

Meanwhile at Chez Brie it's curry.  Probably too much and with too many side dishes.  I shall struggle through.....

When I focus on something I am fine, losing that weight will be easy. 10km run a day (at the start of the two months it was more of a walk/run/walk) is 11lbs on it's own, other bits of exercise (Today I rode my bike to work and will ride home as well, 51km round trip, 1,500 kcals), walking during day to day life etc. will push that up to 20+lbs. Calories I am only cutting down to 1,800, plenty of green veg, meat and fish, a bit of cheese, healthy oils etc. and experimenting with lots of different flavours and spices, just largely dropping bread, rice and potatoes, so that combined with the exercise means I will easily drop two stone in the two months, I might even have to increase my food intake whilst losing the weight because of the exercise levels. I wanted a totally flat stomach back for the start of summer, but let life get in the way, so I at least want it for the end of summer, I can be stubborn like that. 

Tonight, really simple, large portobello mushrooms, cooked with a little garlic, parsley and butter, topped with some Cheddar, black pepper and a splash of Worcestershire sauce and grilled, served with creamed spinach topped with roasted pine nuts (I will cheat and grill them with the mushrooms, but they come out the same). 

Florenceem

I have lo hm egg & bacon pie to use up tonight with roast potatoes and cauli/carrots/& swede.

Islandmaid

 It of a Friday night fridge meze - pan fried boned chicken thighs in lemon and oregano, salsa from a friends HG tomatoes and peppers, some garlic butter fried mushrooms, salted padron, chorizo with chicory root syrup (SF honey substitute) and wine 🍷 

Brie

Tonight is pizza night.  OH bought in a couple of margherita ones and we have artichoke hearts and lardons to add.

Islandmaid

Blowing a hoolie down here - marinading some chicken thighs in yoghurt, garlic, ginger and various Indian spices, will oven bake them as BBQ would blow away 🫣served with red cabbage, red onion, coconut and coriander slaw with apple cider vinegar and pomegranate molasses dressing

Florenceem

Wet here and cool - still a choice of 3 meal's ingredients in fridge to have tonight - will decide later.