What are you making for dinner?

creative_gal

Off out for dinner with the parents tonight, just to their local pub, but it will be nice to have a treat.

Cappella

‘Use it up Friday’ before I do he weeks fresh veg an fruit shopping so we’re having pesto baked fish with couscous stuffed peppers to use lots of bit and pieces up.

hatful-of-hollow

Tonight we're having Tom Kerridge's Southern style chicken, with sweet potato wedges and some green veg (tenderstem broccoli, green beans and peas.

Islandmaid

Hi all,

I had a lovely time yesterday. Sorry for the long post, but I thought you might be interested x

We started with coffee and a chat, then watched the chef prepare Pheasant, it was used to make canap! of Peasant and Pork sausage rolls, served with an apple chutney- it was actually very MS as we get a lot of Pheasant and it’s a good way to use up the LO meat.

He showed us how to make carpaccio of venison too

He then went onto make Duck Apicus - apparently this is a Roman recipe, he used Mallard, which he trimmed to a crown, pan fried to brown, then oven roasted for a few minutes, it was then coated in a Caramel made from spices and honey, cooked down till deep gold and then popped back into the oven for a couple of minutes before being left to rest, to be served with Celeriac pur!e, celeriac game chips, deep fried kale, a date pur!e and picked mushrooms.

We then went to the bar area, offered a glass of wine before lunch.

Then, Hubby came into the restaurant with the kids, including my big boy who lives on the mainland - and he had arranged for us all to have lunch together which was the most wonderful surprise and so thoughtful of DH - queue tears

After a 5 course lunch, we weren’t hungry in the evening, but I made Halloumi wrapped in bacon as snacks with a glass of wine, as we were all driving at lunch time and DH and DDs boyfriend had to go back to work

The five courses were

sausage rolls and spiced apple chutney
Espuma of Potato, chive and truffle oil with various breads and seaweed butter or smoked butter
Venison carpaccio
Duck Apicus
Cheese board or chocolate Fondants

Today will be something simple, not sure what yet

C_J

That sounds wonderful, what a lovely peresent to be given.

Many years ago I used to work for a well known Michelin-starred chef and sometimes I do miss the impromptu cookery lessons he would give me. What I don't miss however is the very frequent bad temper that went on between the other chefs in the kitchen, I've been accidentally caught in the midst of a heated culinary discussion and had to dodge flying knives on more than one occasion.

MrsPear

IslandMaid no apologies need for length of post - thank you for settling curiosity! It sounds like a wonderful day and that you have a kind thoughtful husband.

Today I had a naughty lunch after lots of housework - hot chicken sandwich which is basically one of those birds eye crispy chicken things that my youngest seems to love sandwich between toast with mayo and salad leaves. I fill shamed writing that down! The boys will have fish and chips at school as it is Friday.

Dinner is straganoff which I can’t spell - it is on the slow cooker - and will be served with pasta and green salad. Pudding help yourself - various options from rice pudding to yogurt to fruit to mousse.

kerri_gt

IM your day sounds fab and top marks to your DH for such a thoughtful gift. You do realise we'll be expecting that standard of cooking in your meal plans everyday now :rotfl:

Tonight OH has suggested we treat ourselves and have fish n chips from the chippie - not quite in the Jan healthy eating menu plan but hey, it's fry-day (hee hee - sorry couldn't resist)

In light of that, lunch was iceberg lettuce with the last of the goats cheese, baby toms, turkey and cucumber. So basically used up lots of things and it was reasonably healthy (if you ignore the dollop of mayo that I also plopped on the plate :rotfl:)

caronc

IM - that sounds truly wonderful!

Gammon steak, pinneapple, baked toms & flat mushrooms and sweet potato wedges here tonight.

Viking_mfw

Nigel Slater's carrot and coriander fritters which I can really recommend (recipe on bbc website). Excellent way to use up excess carrots.

JIL

What a lovely post island maid. Really good to read and your excitement and happiness shone through the words.

We had new potatoes, smoked haddock and spinach.