What are you making for dinner?

C_J

Don’t speak with your mouth full! 🤣

goldfinches

Happy anniversary @Brie

Jolly well done on the bargains @C_J - your aubergine curry sounds scrumptious. May I ask for the recipe for the marscarpone, mushroom, shallot, garlic and truffle oil pate please? It sounds right up my street and I have a glut of shallots to use up.

@kerri_gt - your "murdered a smurf" comment is making me giggle, brilliant.

I made these onion bhajis for dinner and managed to use up two onions and quite a lot of mint doing so Onion bhajis recipe | BBC Good Food and everyone in the comments is right about doubling the spices and adding cumin, coriander and garam masala. I didn't bother to photograph them because they looked just like every other onion bhaji I've ever seen and I'm sure you all know what they look like as well.
I had a rather overripe mango to follow with coffee.

C_J

@goldfinches : 

3 shallots and 2 fat cloves of garlic, diced and gently sautéed in some truffled oil (but olive oil would be just as good). Add chopped mushrooms (at a guess, I think I used around 300g of chestnut ones). Cook gently

I then soaked a tablespoon of dried porcini mushrooms for 10 minutes in boiling water, drained them (I added the liquid to a pan of veg stock I was making) and added those to the pan.  Leave to cool to room temperature, then blitz to a smooth paste along with a glug of white wine vinegar, a tub of mascarpone, a grind of black pepper and a handful of grated Parmesan cheese.

klew356

weekend roast was roast chicken, stuffing, gravy, yorkies, cauli cheese, mash potato, roast potato, chantenay carrots and peas

Islandmaid

Maple (Skinny) and mustard lamb chops with garlic green beans tonight 

kerri_gt

LO pasta from last night with more grilled courgette and some tinned sweetcorn that had been lurking in the fridge to use that up.

arielgirl

sausage, mash, cauli, gravy

goldfinches

I made a red lentil dahl in the slow cooker while I was out for my afternoon walk and running my supermarket etc. errands, tasted very nice and also had some sliced radishes to go with it followed by coffee.

Brie

Islandmaid said:

Maple (Skinny) and mustard lamb chops with garlic green beans tonight 

how can maple be skinny?  you mean it's maple flavoured sugar free something??  sorry but that is just wrong!!!

And besides maple is better with pork, chicken or salmon.

(to bbq a side of salmon first marinade over night in a mix of maple syrup, rye whiskey, soy sauce and garlic) (frankly the same marinade would do nicely on the chicken or port too)

Ellie79

Hello.  I have to eat out of the freezer and cupboards so much more, due to a huge change in circumstances, this is a lot harder. My OH has had a huge dietary change and now cannot eat much of what I consider staple foods for us. I need some motivation as I love to cook and miss cooking in the way I did. I am hoping to pick a few ideas up from here (and some motivation!).