What are you making for dinner?

Brie

Fridge raid tonight to use up the left over gammon from yesterday and various other bits.  There's a lot of salad stuff to go with it.  I'm wondering if he who thinks he should be obeyed is expecting boiled eggs with his.....I know he'll pout if I just do some for myself.  

goldfinches

I'm still eating up the fritters combined with home-made red onion coleslaw and lots of ys tomatoes, turned colder here again so I'm wondering about soup and/or jacket potatoes.

Islandmaid

A very 5 yo friendly version of sweet and sour chicken, with egg fried rice, spring rolls and prawn crackers 👏

Movie night tonight - popcorn and Minions 🤗

crept into Noah’s room this morning just before 7 as things were too quiet, he was reading a book to Frank on the bed 😍 every boy needs a dog friend 

C_J

That's so sweet!

Peppered mackerel with a little side salad, a chunk of lemon and some bread and butter for lunch, and I've made chilli for tonight (leftovers for tomorrow night).

goldfinches

Islandmaid said:

A very 5 yo friendly version of sweet and sour chicken, with egg fried rice, spring rolls and prawn crackers 👏

Movie night tonight - popcorn and Minions 🤗

crept into Noah’s room this morning just before 7 as things were too quiet, he was reading a book to Frank on the bed 😍 every boy needs a dog friend 

That is so nice, long may it last. 

I made a borlotti and cannellini bean, sweetcorn and tomato stew and some chilli tofu using this recipe, eaten with cous cous and crispy onions.

Islandmaid

Another early start a la Noah, he’s had his breakfast, shower and teeth before getting dressed and taking Frank and grandpa for a walk 🤗 

They are off out to work and have cheese spread and cucumber sandwiches for lunch with blueberries, banana and an easy peeler, a packet of popcorn, a tube yoghurt and a water bottle - I do feel for you that have young children, I forgot how they get through fruit 🤣

spag Bol for (early) dinner, then if it’s nice, we’ll go to the beach and hunt out for icecream - it was a bit windy on our last visit 😳 grandpa was closer than it looks btw x 

Brie

Ideas please.....I've got some chicken thighs thawing and am wondering what to do with them other than bung them on the bbq.  

I've got tins of beans (borlotti I think), I've got shallots, onions and red peppers, I've got some other veg frozen which includes some chunks of courgettes I think.  I've got a tin of tomatoes but not sure I want to use those.  

I don't want to have rice as we had chinese last night.  I've got a pack of microwave lentils but they are mixed with stuff so not something I'd like to add.  Why I don't have any other lentils or dried beans is a mystery. 

I'm thinking of just browning the chicken thighs and then cooking up some of the veg and finish cooking the chicken on top of that with a small amount of stock.  I've got some bake your own breadsticks for dipping.  

A common dish for us (OH says "do your chicken dish") is breaded chicken browned, add onions, garlic, tomatoes, stock and cook and serve with french bread or noodles.  I don't want to do that again hence leaving the tomatoes out.  

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Nothing fancy from me.
Doorstep slices of bread with fried red onions and pork bangers with lashings of tomato sauce.

Islandmaid

@brie what about a Tuscan chicken bake, I cook by eye but put a cup of (any) rice at the bottom of oven proof dish, in a bowl mix together 250ml chicken stock, 1-2 cloves of chopped garlic, all dried - teaspoon of basil, oregano, parsley, rosemary, chilli (optional), a tablespoon of corn flour, a little salt and black pepper to taste, a glug of olive oil, a big squeeze of tomato purée, a good glug of cream or coconut milk, and the same of white wine (approx 200ml total) give it a good mix.  Onto the rice add a chopped onion, I use frozen cas I’m lazy. Cut the boned chicken thighs into 3 and place on the dry rice, pour over the liquid make sure it’s reached the rice below, give it a jiggle and I also put little nuggets of frozen spinach in with the chicken, but you could use chopped peppers, then cover in grated Parmesan and lob in oven for approx 30 mins.  

We ate early at a local pub as its Noah’s last night with us, loved having him, but we’re knackered 😂

goldfinches

I had the last portion of bean stew with spaghetti, some more marinated tofu and a fridge scraping salad which wasn't bad. 

Tomorrow it's some sort of soup or stew thing with onions, leeks, celeriac, green beans, parmesan and pecorino rinds and a jar of white beans from the cupboard plus any other bits I can find in the freezer. I might make some pita breads if I wake up early again.

It's turned cold again here and we've had more downpours today plus the heating came on earlier so something warming seems a good idea.