What are you making for dinner?

Frith

Sainsbury’s delivery due any minute.

Hence a strange tea of broccoli cheese plus butternut squash curry that were HM from the freezer!

uk_american

In the continuing quest to be (somewhat) healthy in the lead up to the indulgent holidays, we had YS m&s lentil and beetroot burgers with lettuce wraps instead of bread, rounded out by a side of sweet potato fries and salad.

Whilst polishing our little healthy halos and patting ourselves on the back we failed to notice the low fat content on these little beauties.

It had said to grill or fry, but the sweet potato fries were in the oven so we fried in a little oil as instructed by the packet.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! went the central smoke alarm. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! it repeated with persistence.

I live in a flat, I have one minute before the alarm in my flat spreads to alert the neighbors on my floor. The I have two more minutes before the entire building is enveloped in an ear-splitting screech of beeps which requires the management company to come out and attend to with the accompanying out of hours charge, three hours later.

We ran the pan of smoking burgers out to the balcony and opened all the windows letting in the freezing rain whilst fervently flapping a tea towel at the angry smoke alarm. We managed to appease it at the 45 second mark.

On the plus side the burgers were ok, but not as tasty as the No Bull ones. Memo to self: use more oil next time.

Cappella

Small portion of hm beef chilli and small portion of hm veggie chilli pulled from the freezer yesterday. Together they will make two hm ready meals. I'll serve them with brown rice and a salad. Not inspiring but quick, and I need the freezer space. Whatever's left in the fruit bowl for dessert

klew356

Don’t know what to have with the gammon steak tonight, marrowfat peas I love maybe some of them, might make a small batch of mushroom soup as two punnets ready to use up

joedenise

uk_american wrote: »

In the continuing quest to be (somewhat) healthy in the lead up to the indulgent holidays, we had YS m&s lentil and beetroot burgers with lettuce wraps instead of bread, rounded out by a side of sweet potato fries and salad.

Whilst polishing our little healthy halos and patting ourselves on the back we failed to notice the low fat content on these little beauties.

It had said to grill or fry, but the sweet potato fries were in the oven so we fried in a little oil as instructed by the packet.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! went the central smoke alarm. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! it repeated with persistence.

I live in a flat, I have one minute before the alarm in my flat spreads to alert the neighbors on my floor. The I have two more minutes before the entire building is enveloped in an ear-splitting screech of beeps which requires the management company to come out and attend to with the accompanying out of hours charge, three hours later.

We ran the pan of smoking burgers out to the balcony and opened all the windows letting in the freezing rain whilst fervently flapping a tea towel at the angry smoke alarm. We managed to appease it at the 45 second mark.

On the plus side the burgers were ok, but not as tasty as the No Bull ones. Memo to self: use more oil next time.

I would have baked them in the oven as it was on rather than frying them. Just give them a spray of oil or brush with a little oil.

Having HM meatballs with ratatouille sauce and some pasta. Meatballs made yesterday and are in the fridge firming up, ratatouille from the freezer. I'm slowing using up some freezer stuff! Need to clear my inside fridge/freezer by the end of the year as hoping to have my new kitchen fitted in January! Anything left in the freezer can go in my outside freezer. Fridge stuff will go to my friend down the road.

Denise

Gintotmelinda

Root vegetable stew with butter beans and dumplings.

kerri_gt

Argh, after a week's respite from a cold lulling me into what seems to be a false sense of security, I've now got a flaming throat infection. I am blaming the delights of economy class air travel and airports for it. Kept me awake last night feeling sorry for myself. Currently dosed up on ibuprofen and prarcetamol so feeling a bit better than I was.

So tonight was soup with bread and butter.

Frith

Fish pie and peas then a flan topped with red and blackcurrants from the freezer.

Islandmaid

Hi all,

Had some lovely local pork belly strips, roasted in the oven with some garlic and oregano, roast potatoes for DH and cauliflower cheese for both

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I've got HWK's cold.....am not happy!!!

Lunch was comforting as I made bacon, potato and leek soup and got some nice crispy rolls from the bakery. Supper was oven cooked bacon and black pudding in gravy with new potatoes, carrots , broccoli for him and sprouts for me, and a cup of black coffee to finish.