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What are you making for dinner?

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  • arielgirl
    arielgirl Posts: 479 Forumite
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    edited 10 April 2021 at 11:40AM
    Chinese fakeaway yesterday and I even made prawn toast in the air fryer. It wasn't perfect but a good effort though.
    Bigger lunch today instead of dinner, sausage, mash, onions and gravy. 
  • JIL
    JIL Posts: 8,859 Forumite
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    We are having Mexican, a chicken and pepper traybake and I have taken two chilli con carne out of the freezer, I think (and hoping) one is quorn mince otherwise I will be going hungry. 
    With some tortilla chips and dips.
  • Thelaughingcat
    Thelaughingcat Posts: 77 Forumite
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    That sounds yum, @JIL!  We’re having Mexican as well here, had some chicken marinating in an enchilada spice mix I pulled together and pairing it with some homemade pico de gallo, guac and some brown rice, with a side salad.  So nice to have light sides again now that the weather is (slightly) warming up ☺️
    Short term
    CC 1: £0/£3491 (finished Apr 21)
    LOAN: £1698/£3408 (finished Jan 22)
    Long term
    Student loan: £7562.66 (finished July 25)
    Mortgage 1: £75,326 (low interest)
    Mortgage 2: £25,025 (high interest - snowball focus)

    Goals
    Slush fund: 1050/5000 21%
    NSD/total days: 0/1
    Meal plan: 0/1
  • kerri_gt
    kerri_gt Posts: 11,202 Forumite
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    Wish if was warming up here @Thelaughingcat , it's been 7 degrees and chilly here today 🥶
    Feb 2015 NSD Challenge 8/12
    JAN NSD 11/16


  • rachsecret
    rachsecret Posts: 366 Forumite
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    I had a LC sausage roll with salad and for pudding I made a passion fruit mousse.
  • Thelaughingcat
    Thelaughingcat Posts: 77 Forumite
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    @kerri_gt - I think I probably just mean the days are longer 😁. Yorkshire isn’t exactly tropical right now either!
    Short term
    CC 1: £0/£3491 (finished Apr 21)
    LOAN: £1698/£3408 (finished Jan 22)
    Long term
    Student loan: £7562.66 (finished July 25)
    Mortgage 1: £75,326 (low interest)
    Mortgage 2: £25,025 (high interest - snowball focus)

    Goals
    Slush fund: 1050/5000 21%
    NSD/total days: 0/1
    Meal plan: 0/1
  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,221 Forumite
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    talking of tropical, another chicken and spinach curry with coconut milk
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • nic2075
    nic2075 Posts: 3,025 Forumite
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    Chilli and Eve’s pudding and custard follow. 
    :santa2::xmastree::santa2:
  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,221 Forumite
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    roast pork, cabbage, peas, and gravy
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • JIL
    JIL Posts: 8,859 Forumite
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    My vege chilli last night turned out to be a quorn bolognese, but I ate and enjoyed it with tortillas and onion rings.

    Today I made daughter a roasted vegetable tart, husband had pork chops, I had vege sausages served with stuffing, roast potatoes (29p per bag from aldi,  fresh) which were lovely, purple sprouting broccoli, carrots, cauliflower and gravy.

    I made an apple and rhubarb crumble for after using frozen rhubarb and tinned apples.

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