Cooking for one (Mark Three)

Mistral001

I recently bought a small plastic tray of ready-cooked Currywurst from Lidl's.  I know that Currywurst is really popular in Germany, but I had never tried it before because I thought that putting two spicy elements together such as curry and sussages just would not work.  In fact I found the Lidl's Currywurst very nice.  The sassages they used were in fact Frankfurters, which are not very spicy and the curry tasted just like sweet and sour sauce with curry powder added.  It might be a little sweet for some, but I was surprised how much I liked it. 

The little plastic trays of Lidl Currywurst seemed expensive, about £1.50 if I remember correctly, so I thought I would try to make it myself.  A 60p jar of sweet and sour sauce from Tesco's, curry powder I already had and needed to use up and a jar of Lidl's Frankfurters costing about £1.10 makes about three or four helpings of Currywurst. .  I usually add some fresh choped onions and capsicums, lightly fried, to the sauce and serve with boiled rice.   This amounts to a filling meal for about 75p each person.  By the way, my version of Currywurst tastes almost identically to the Lidl's version. 

caronc

Oh Mistral I love currywurst and often make a cheats version using LO chasni curry sauce with some added ketchup, mustard and a splash of vinegar. I buy the Tesco Bratwurst sausages which I prefer to frankfurters, they are £2.25 for six but two of them is a generous portion and as the sauce is LO a cheap and filling meal with some rice and lurking veg. One of the sausages in a roll with onions and mustard makes a tasty lunch. 

Mistral001

caronc said:

Oh Mistral I love currywurst and often make a cheats version using LO chasni curry sauce with some added ketchup, mustard and a splash of vinegar. I buy the Tesco Bratwurst sausages which I prefer to frankfurters, they are £2.25 for six but two of them is a generous portion and as the sauce is LO a cheap and filling meal with some rice and lurking veg. One of the sausages in a roll with onions and mustard makes a tasty lunch. 

I see that your version has vingegar, the sour in sweet and sour sauce.  I might experiment a little by using something like your recipe, as my version, made mostly from sweet and sour sauce, could do with being just a little less sweet.   

caronc

Mistral001 said:

I see that your version has vingegar, the sour in sweet and sour sauce.  I might experiment a little by using something like your recipe, as my version, made mostly from sweet and sour sauce, could do with being just a little less sweet.   

I've also made it with Mayflower or Goldfish Chinese curry sauce, I never thought of starting with a sweet and sour sauce base (the bought ones are too sweet for me) rather than a curry one. I suspect any not too creamy curry sauce would work as base to tweak. 

Brambling

Farway said:

Still dull & windy here, but rain has stopped at last. Oops, spoke too soon, it's turned into a Monsoon out here now, standby Brambling

I've told you before Farway there is really no need to share the bad weathe the bad weather means I have a badly behaved cat, he's bored indoors but isn't fond of this weather, I have a litter tray for him but he hates to use it.  He disrupted a meeting today with a manic ten minutes he found a couple of toys to toss up in the air and then sat in my notepad and pen and was reluctant to let me have the pen back 🙄

lunch was another portion of soup made on Sunday.  Dinner was a mini roast dinner, pork chop, root veg mash, roast parsnip (AF) green beans and purple sprouting 

justkeepswimmimg

Is it really only Tuesday? Wet and grey on and off all day here 😕

WFH day but a couple of meetings and a few minor crises kept me occupied and the day flew by. It then seemed to take ages to get to time to go swimming…

Lunch was LO tuna pasta with green beans. Beans with toast before swimming, and a granola slice with my cuppa watching Bake Off 😉

Wednesday2000

I had a bit of a lie-in as I didn't need to get up for any deliveries. I just had toast with romaine lettuce and mustard and a strawberry pot of yoghurt with a spoonful of chia seeds mixed in. I keep reading how healthy chia seeds are so I'm trying to find a way to eat them. They do get stuck in your teeth, though!

caronc

Good morning everyone, 
Dryish but grey and chilly here today.
More admin on the agenda today.
Trying JO's one pan pancetta and bean pasta for dinner though I'm using chopped bacon instead of pancetta.
HM lentil soup for lunch. 

Farway

Sunshine & mild and could be like it all day allegedly

Off to Mark's first thing, turned into a profitable visit this week, lovely huge Savoy, 45p, ditto cauliflower, 90p and prompted by someone in another thread, chicken legs, 3 for £1.20, and one YS, cod in parsley sauce MFO

Only thing not there was own label brown sauce, every other type of sauce but zilch brown, and celery seems to have vanished as well. Oh well, nothing that will keep me awake worrying anyway

Lunch, another cheese toastie I think, getting near the bottom of the loaf now so may have to get the Panny out soon

Dinner, the YS Mark's cod in sauce MFO, I may add extra mixed veg as I also came home with a frozen pack from Mark's

justkeepswimmimg

Ooft, two long meetings day done.

Lunch was the second half of the mixed grain, roasted pepper and Stilton salad. Swimming again this evening so scrambled eggs and mushrooms on toasted bagel for tea when I got back (quick, easy and used up stuff that needed eating 🙃)