What are you making for dinner?

BlueJ94

Im currently doing "project pan" so I use items in my freezer and cupboard before doing another food shop!

Tonight we've got chicken wings but I need a suggestion what else I could make with them? I may have to pop to the supermarket to get something to make them with..

JingsMyBucket

@BlueJ94 how are you flavoring the wings? That’ll help me/us think of ideas.

BlueJ94

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81966437#Comment_81966437

Either Minted or bbq!

BlueJ94

Oh and my OH doesnt eat veggies or spuds 😂

JingsMyBucket

Well he’s definitely a tough customer, @BlueJ94 ! I know you mentioned he doesn’t like vegetables but here are some ideas that might spark other ideas for you:

Sautéed green beans and rice 

Pasta salad 

Coleslaw 

Corn on the cob

Jambalaya or dirty rice 

Mac and cheese

Cauliflower cheese

Garlic bread

Carrot salad

Cucumber (and tomato?) salad (might go well with the mint) 

Stuffed peppers

Brie

@BlueJ94

The norm with chicken wings where I'm from is to just have them with celery sticks and blue cheese dressing (you did both into the dressing, nom!) but that's Buffalo wings, the spicier the more dressing you need.

But if celery isn't an option for the OH then you might go for bread sticks or even garlic bread. Unless lettuce isn't a vegetable in which case you might serve him a simple large wedge of iceberg lettuce with the dressing on that.

Of course the other norm where I'm from is to have them with pierogi (which of course are cooked with bacon and fried onion and served with sour cream). All standard bar food as far as I'm concerned around Niagara.

fyi - my OH always says he doesn't want a salad so when I make a small bowl for myself he wanders in and asks where his is and what dressings are available and why don't we have bluecheese/ranch/caesar. Silly boy.

Meanwhile - OH did fish and chips from Sainsbrys last evening. I don't really have the stomach for it while recovering from covid/cold/something. Tonight he's got trout which he'll grill or fry and serve with potato slices and (depending on what's in the shops) green beans or asparagus. Lamb chops are scheduled for tomorrow and I'm hoping they're done on the bbq.

goldfinches

I've been too busy to post here recently but here's a quick roundup of recent recipes.

I made Riverford's Wild Garlic Tarte Soleil which was lovely but rather let down by the M&S all butter puff pastry I used which wasn't as good as I'd expected. Next time I'll make my own.

Then, yesterday evening, I made Riverford's Marry Me Cauliflower with Garlic Bread which is delicious and very filling although not very photogenic so no pics. I got five big portions from mine which I made with a medium cauliflower and a large sweet potato. I had another portion for dinner this evening and thought the flavours had got better overnight too.

Other things I made during last week were Ottolenghi's hummus and marinated mushrooms although I just used all chestnut mushrooms rather than the more expensive ones and I don't bother with the chilli either. I charred my mushrooms in my panini press thingy which dries them out beautifully and then when they go into the marinade they suck it all in and get really juicy.

Brie

tonight's proposed feast is pasta with pesto. not very enthusiastic about this but will go along with it if I'm not cooking. And not washing up. And not having to try to put away a greasy pasta pot that has been merely rinsed rather than scrubbed.

on the plus side I had a nice piece of pan fried salmon with fried potatoes for breakfast.

goldfinches

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81970548#Comment_81970548

Oh @Brie you do sound fed up and thoroughly disenchanted with home life at the moment. Perhaps you should go on strike for a couple of days or even go away for a weekend on your own. Could you fancy a residential art or craft course this May? Hope you feel better soon.

I had another portion of the marry me cauliflower with some salt and pepper tofu and cous cous.

Brie

@goldfinches - thanks for the kind thoughts.

fed up with my covid/cold not disappearing quickly and feeling tired. but I know I'm getting better just not as quick as I'd like.

also annoyed that bits of life can be so unnecessarily stressing. i.e. I finally got round to contacting a gardener as my last went just wasn't reliable cancelling for emergencies every other time which stretched a monthly visit into every other month. I had bought bulbs to be planted in October and she cancelled then we were away and then I got a vague text about was I wanting her back in January….. So I got hold of a different gardener last week who does the neighbours and he said he'd book me in for next week and text me the details, costs etc. Nothing received. I'll send him a msg to ask what's happening. It should be easy but often isn't. I'd like to get a cleaner as neither of us is great at keeping things reasonable but the OH thinks it will be too intrusive (for him).

so to amuse myself I'm looking at booking a holiday for my birthday (ending with 0) but that wouldn't be until December. OH always books the holidays and always grumbles about how hard it is but I think he makes things overly complicated by booking different locations with concerts at each and restaurants researched. They're always lovely but the "woe is me!" beforehand I can do without. So considering either a drive to Leipzig and Karlsbad or a flight to Prague. We were in Leipzig last December which was lovely but have never made it to the Czech State. (I keep wanting to say Czechoslovakia, which shows my age)

p.s. last night ended up with me making pasta sauce from scratch - shallots, mushrooms, courgette, passata, slug of left over red wine, fresh basil etc. OH cooked the pasta and served up and I told him strictly just a small portion for me which meant there was pasta left over (chucked out as we wouldn't use it) as well as some of the sauce. I saved that as there's enough to go on a jacket potato which I know I will enjoy.

and on the plus side our chiropodist is expected shortly which is always nice and relaxing. and I will think about the "days away" if I can find something I like.