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What are you making for dinner?
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We had fish and chips at lunchtime today, they were really good but I must remember that in future a bag of chips between us is plenty. I hate to see waste and there are notices up telling us not to feed the seagulls. 🐦🐦
We had the ciabatta rolls i made yesterday with mozzarella, pesto, tomato and husband had ham as well for a late tea.4 -
Ooh that looks delicious! Thanks for sharing (and for the lovely welcome!)C_J said:Snap! We are having creamy chicken and mushroom pasta bake from leftovers tonight too, squanderscouse. I'm adding some baby spinach and a handful of frozen peas to the pasta when I cook it (it's a Delicious magazine recipe which I found online here).
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Didn't get to post yesterday, but we had aubergine, tomato, mozzerella & potato bake which was unexpectedly tasty.
Tonight we're having chicken biryani (veg version for DH)Bank Loan 8839/3761.16 Barclaycard4500/£1949.33 Overdraft 2000 /0
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Pork steaks with a creamy mushroom sauce, tender stem broccoli and a jacket potato for DHNote to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!
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Supermarket curry for husband and supermarket pizza and Cesar salad for me.3
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Chicken roast dinner with pureed swede, spiced red cabbage, green beans and broccoli. Made a blueberry clafoutis using almond flour and sweetener for pudding which was lovely and was really easy and quick to make.2
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DH had a Jamaican patty with beans.
I had breaded haddock with LO veg and roasties from Sunday.
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Mushroom risotto and salad followed by stewed rhubarb and plain Greek yoghurt and a cup of black coffee.3
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HM bunless burgers with salad and halloumi fries tonight 👍Note to self - STOP SPENDING MONEY !!
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Chicken and ham pie tonight with broccoli, green beans and cauliflower.3
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