What are you making for dinner?

Islandmaid

Is is getting older or just us, we tend to avoid places when we know they are going to be busy, especially restaurants, we enjoy our home and choose to spend time here.  A perfect example is this next 2 weeks, the Isle of Wight Festival is on next weekend, 1000’s will be coming over.  They hold it in Newport, the main Island town, right in the centre.  A lot of people just stay away unless attending. I have no issue with the festival itself, but it’s a pain in the neck for anyone that is just trying to get to work due the many and complicated road diversions the council set up a week before and a week after, to allow for getting stuff in and out.

Enough moaning 🤣  Niçoise salad tonight with garlic bread, which uses up the ciabatta I made over the weekend. Flipping lush….

PS Had steak from Aldi yesterday, one of the best steaks I’ve had in a while 👍

Brie

I'm fond of the Aldi steaks.  And then I'll have one from a particularly good butcher shop and am amazed at the difference.  Price not that much more at all but a better example of a cut.  

Tonight it's pork chops on the BBQ with rice and courgette.  

Teapot55

Quick Pasta Dish made with leftover Chicken 

Ingredients in order of adding to pan:

Rapeseed Oil 
Chopped Onion ) fry gently with lid on till soft 
Chopped Celery )
Garlic (finely chopped)
Black Pepper to taste
Double Cream 
Chopped Cooked Leftover Chicken 

Just before serving add cooked pasta and chopped leftover spring onions. 

Serve sprinkled with grated parmesan and chopped parsley or ripped basil leaves.

Accompanying vegetables as required. We served with cooked mushrooms and tomatoes yesterday. 

All quantities are to taste and depending how much you have as leftovers but obviously go sparingly on the oil/ double cream/ parmesan!

goldfinches

I had the last of the Aubergine Curry with added frozen spinach and a handful of tofu cubes with rice, sweetcorn, lamb's lettuce, yoghurt, cucumber, mint, crispy onions and lime pickle.

Islandmaid

Easy one tonight, DH bought a Chinese crispy duck and pancakes, will make Mongolian beef with peppers and rice 

Brie

Salmon (maybe done on the bbq!?), new potatoes and asparagus.  Not sure if there will just be butter to use or hollandaise.  

goldfinches

It was lovely and warm with some sunshine here today so I celebrated with a huge salad with feta and a bread roll.

MrsStepford

Household chores tonight, so Turkish kebabs. Lamb shish kebabs, their home-made houmous (fantastic) and salad (shredded red cabbage and red & white onions, whole green chillies, wedges of lemon, tomatoes, cucumber). No pittas, chips or garlic sauce. 

Islandmaid

Hmmmm getting to the end of my shopping week, maybe a curry? I’ll have a dig through what needs using after coffee 🤔

Edit: opened freezer whilst coffee machine was doing its thing, and gammon steaks fell out - gammon it is then, I’ll make some chips in the air fryer and use up the remaining salad stuff

C_J

I’ve made something (very loosely) based on a beef keema. It’s chopped onions, peppers, chillies, mushrooms, aubergines, cherry tomatoes and spinach sautéed with minced beef, cooked rice, peas, curry paste and a few dollops of mango chutney. It uses up lots of bits and pieces, and smells delish.