The 'Here's what I had for dinner last night' thread - Part I

r3nu4l

Okay, I know a lot of people get stuck in a routine of eating the same dinners every week so hopefully this thread will give us all some useful ideas or something to laugh at.

If you see something you'd like to try ask the poster to post a recipe in another thread

Last night I had:

Stir-fried honeyed chicken breast with stir-fry vegetables, mango and boiled rice

Really tasty!

*The night before, I had curried omlette with peppers, garden peas spring onion, tumeric, ginger and a dash of soy sauce. Tasted great, I swear!

PLEASE READ MOD NOTE IN THIS POST.

The Hill Billy

Beef stew last night (same again this evening).
Thai green curry soup the night before.
Roast "crying" Connemara lamb the night before that.

p-nut

Wholegrain mustard and mashed potato, mmmmm, with peas and homemade burgers between two of those huge mushrooms instead of burger buns. sorta like my mams healthy take on fast food:D
i noticed she left out lemon sole fillets to defrost for today aswel
(licks lips at thought of it)

bonkey

Pork chops marinaded in gyros, a baked potato w. a wild garlic yoghurt dressing, and a side-salad of rocket, iceberg, cucumber, carrot and purple carrot (with freshly-made salad dressing, of course)

catspring

had grilled bacon, turnip (mashed with an onion softened in butter), and peas for tea last night

making a roast chicken tonight, will probably do roast veg with it, and am going to round it off with home-made fairy cakes because it's my mum's birthday

am hoping the weather will be calm enough for fresh fish for tomorrow, am with you you on the lemon soles p-nut

hill billy, can i ask what roast crying connemara lamb is?

The Hill Billy

catspring wrote:

hill billy, can i ask what roast crying connemara lamb is?

It is where you place the leg/shoulder of lamb on a rack (as opposed to a roasting dish) above your roast veg & spuds.
Hey presto! As the lamb roasts the fat then "weeps" down on to the veg for extra "lamby" flavour.

Beetlebum

I made a really quick but tasty dinner...chicken with pasta in a creamy pesto sauce topped with grated cheese and cruched up cheese and onion crisps....mmm...putting crisps on food really works....saltilicious!!

Malteaser!

i had beef burritos with extra jalepenos! yum!

Chicken breast stuffed with mozeralla, covered with chicken-y pasta sauce and all roasted. On the side was some roast vegetables, and also some mash with kerrygold & cheese melted into it. Yum.

Asiaprod

A heavenly Chicken Masala Curry with Garlic and buttered nan, washed down with a couple of bottles of Grolsh beer. Yumyum.

NextSteps

Eddie Rockets. Yuck. But tonight I'm having courgette soup and spaghetti alla puttanesca, so that makes up for it.

The Hill Billy

UB wrote:

spaghetti alla puttanesca

Whore's spaghetti - it's your only man.

bonkey

Vol-au-vents, filled with chicken/mushroom in a cream, white wine and paprika sauce, served with wild rice which had some diced veg added through it.

Dewdropdeb

Salmon with a garlicky herby (homemade) cream cheese and white wine all wrapped in pastry served with Garlic redskin mash and musy peas. YUM! Even the two year old ate it... but I think just cause it was pink! :-)

r3nu4l

Last night was a very simple spaghetti and tuna bolognese.

Home made sauce of olive oil, crushed fresh garlic cloves, chopped tomatoes, mixed herbs and a dash of tomato ketchup.

Other ingredients, tuna, spring onion, mushroom, red and green pepper and some frozen mixed veg to top up.

Tasty!

EDIT: yeah, kids are strange, my 4-year old nephew only likes yellow food!

bonkey

Pork & Chorizo stew (with red pepper and onion, sauce of stock, tabasco and sherry)

Served with fresh, homemade tagliatelle.

r3nu4l

bonkey wrote:

Pork & Chorizo stew (with red pepper and onion, sauce of stock, tabasco and sherry)

Served with fresh, homemade tagliatelle.

Sounds excellent...hungry now

Last night I had home-made chicken curry with boiled rice. I added a bit too much tumeric to the mix so everything looked very yellow.

I also discovered that the natural yoghurt I had was out of date and couldn't use it, so there was no chopped tomato, yoghurt and cornflour mix

Still tasted great <-- What's that about self-praise...?

bonkey

Seeing as I'll be offline till Sunday....

Tonight will be fondue (i.e. of the cheese variety).

Yum.

The Hill Billy

Chicken curry last night. Had made it extra mild for Mrs Billy & HB Jr I. I spiced mine up with ½ teaspoon of Crazy Jerry's Mustard Gas. Bîtchin!

Heinrich

bonkey wrote:

Seeing as I'll be offline till Sunday....

Tonight will be fondue (i.e. of the cheese variety).

Yum.

aux bolets?

rediguana

I'm normally health-conscious but I was at a wine tasting yesterday evening which discombobulated me, so I went to a Turkish fast food gaff near Charlemont and I had:

Shish Kebab.
Quarter Pounder.
Chicken Dippers.

My girlfriend picked me up then and we stopped in Donnybrook Fair on the way home and bought sausages, bread and eggs. I had some of those, with Soy Milk (see, I told you I'm healthy).

I became remorseful then and it was difficult to fall into an easy sleep last night, and I like a python who'd just swallowed a goat.

bonkey

Heinrich wrote:

aux bolets?

Living on the other side of the röstigraben (as I do) I must confess that the term means littleto me. If you mean with mushrooms ...then no.

Local (Zweisimmen) cheese-mix, white wine, garlic, shallots, kirsch, cornflour, dash of nutmeg, salt, pepper & lemon juice. Cooked atop a wood-fired stove and consumed with plenty of Mont Sur Rolle (most likely).

Heinrich

bonkey wrote:

Living on the other side of the röstigraben (as I do) I must confess that the term means littleto me. If you mean with mushrooms ...then no.

Local (Zweisimmen) cheese-mix, white wine, garlic, shallots, kirsch, cornflour, dash of nutmeg, salt, pepper & lemon juice. Cooked atop a wood-fired stove and consumed with plenty of Mont Sur Rolle (most likely).

I thought you guys would be more into rösti. Fondue is for fruzes.

My favourite was Gruyere, Vacherin and Appenzell in equal quantities. Always had the ol' Cardinal with my fondues.

Enjoy you evening.

The Hill Billy

Sat: Sirloin Steaks with fried onions & tomatoes with mashed spuds.
Sun: Braised rabbit with baby onions & wild mushies in red wine.

r3nu4l

Yesterday I had good old Shepards pie. Absolutely fantastic!

Saturday was a quick tuna and pasta bolognese (again) before going out to a French restaurant for wine and a selection of cheeses with friends

bonkey

Sat: Roast leg of chicken, boiled baby potatoes w. a wild garlic dressing, broccoli & carrot.
Sun: Potato soup w. wienerli (hot-dog sausages) cut into it, topped with grated gruyere.

xzanti

Yesterday I made Beef Fajitas.. Quite nice, I put to use a tip given to me by a friend of putting cheese into the mince while its frying, it melts in and gives it a lovely tangy taste and constancy.. I also used Old El Paso spicy taco sauce in the meat with, guacamole, salsa, re-fried beans, grated cheddar and salad on the side with spicy wedges

Asiaprod

bonkey wrote:

Seeing as I'll be offline till Sunday....

Tonight will be fondue (i.e. of the cheese variety).

Yum.

Speak of the devil. I will be having that wonderfull fondue recipe of yours this weekend.

5unflower

SAT: vegetable tarte (one half broccoli & ham, other half peppers, onions, courgette)
SUN: roasted chicken breast with lemony Bombay potatoes (eh...yes...it's a Jamie Oliver recipe )

Jesus Wept

5unflower wrote:

SAT: vegetable tarte (one half broccoli & ham, other half peppers, onions, courgette)
SUN: roasted chicken breast with lemony Bombay potatoes (eh...yes...it's a Jamie Oliver recipe )

I think he is useless. I bought one of his books, wish I could get my money back.

Celticfire

Homemade pizza with pepperoni,mushrooms,onion,red peppers and an egg a generous sprinkle of cayenne pepper and a drizzle of chili oil..... YUM

emeraldstar

Celticfire wrote:

Homemade pizza with pepperoni,mushrooms,onion,red peppers and an egg a generous sprinkle of cayenne pepper and a drizzle of chili oil..... YUM

oooh yea isn't egg on pizza just yummy?? most people think I'm strange when I say it...

Mr. Presentable

Celticfire wrote:

Homemade pizza with pepperoni,mushrooms,onion,red peppers and an egg a generous sprinkle of cayenne pepper and a drizzle of chili oil..... YUM

Do you make our own dough?

Celticfire

nipplenuts wrote:

Do you make our own dough?

I make my own dough and pizza sauce.........

Emeraldstar wrote:

oooh yea isn't egg on pizza just yummy?? most people think I'm strange when I say it..

it has to be just right, the yoke must be a little runny.............

Malteaser!

i had a baked potato, salmon and vegetables! pretty boring!

Mr. Presentable

Celticfire wrote:

I make my own dough and pizza sauce.

Cool! Do you use honey in the dough?

Celticfire

nipplenuts wrote:

Cool! Do you use honey in the dough?

Have to say I've never heard of honey in the dough. Is it used instead of sugar?

bonkey

5unflower wrote:

SAT: vegetable tarte (one half broccoli & ham, other half peppers, onions, courgette)

Ham is a vegatable now? Way cool

Sorry...couldn't resist.

For tonight's dinner, I had spaghetti w. homemade basil pesto, a salad (lettuce, tomato, mozarella, cucumber) w. olive oil & balsamic vinegar, and a chunk of bread to mop up the leftover sauce

The Hill Billy

I worked late last night so I missed Mrs Billy's healthy home-cooked offering of grilled chicken & steamed veg.

I had a kebab from Macari's in Skerries. Do not - I repeat - Do not make the same mistake I did. It was shìte. And now I have them. :mad:

Country-Bumpkin

mmmmm...everything sounds so tasty.

Last night, I had thai chicken stirfry with chicken rice (rice cooked with chicken stock instead of salty water)

Bonkey - Whats the stuff gyros that you marinade your pork chops with? Is it like the greek gyros? Would like to try something to spice up tonights offering!

Minder

bonkey wrote:

Pork chops marinaded in gyros, a baked potato w. a wild garlic yoghurt dressing, and a side-salad of rocket, iceberg, cucumber, carrot and purple carrot (with freshly-made salad dressing, of course)

What's gyros ????

(Nobody mention the dole)

bonkey

Minder wrote:

What's gyros ????

Now that you mention it, thats a very good question.

Correctly, its a Greek dish, as Country-bumpkin suggested

In Switzerland and Germany (that I know of) you can get a spice mix marketed under the same name which gives you a taste reminiscent of how a gyros would be spiced.

We use it as a lazy way of spicing for anything like pork chops, chicken-wings, etc. that will either be done in the griddle-pan or on the BBQ. Normally, I prefer sourcing the base spices and making my own mix, but this is one of the few that we (so far) buy pre-made.

Its only when I saw these last two posts that it occurred to me that I've never seen this in Ireland. (I should mention that I live in Switzerland.)

You might be able to find it in Aldi or Lidl now that I think of it. I think one of the mixes we have is from Aldi (I'm not sure cause it was brought to us by a German friend who insisted his supermarket-mix was better than our supermarket-mix) and there's also a souvlaki mix in the same range which is also quite good.

bonkey

Tonight I had dinner at a mate's house.

Twas Spaghetti with a rather tasty and spicy "stir-fry" of merguez, mushrooms, baby tomatoes, and some other bits, served with a side-order of a ciabatta-style bread with pumpkin seeds in it.

The Sweeper

Bonkey, can you post the list of ingredients off your gyros mix?

The Hill Billy

I had to skip dinner last night (no solids at all yesterday) because I was still ill after the kebab the night before. :mad:

Mr. Presentable

Celticfire wrote:

Have to say I've never heard of honey in the dough. Is it used instead of sugar?

Yes. It's (apparently) the Napoletan habit to use honey, and I use it in my dough. Try it, it's good!

Country-Bumpkin

Thanks Bonkey, will try Lidl/Aldi...I must admit I am very very partial to Gyros (the traditional greek one served with tzatsiki, chips, onion, paprika & tomato) and often try to creat my own spice mix....its always missing that certain something though!

bonkey

I'll see what the ingredients are when I go home.

Country-Bumpkin

Last night I had Seared Swordfish (on special in Tesco if you're interested) roasted veg and garlic & cheese potatoes! Yum

catho_monster

Last night: risotto courgette and rosemary cake with tomato sauce. The yummiest thing ever. The name does not do it justice.

Asiaprod

nipplenuts wrote:

Yes. It's (apparently) the Napoletan habit to use honey, and I use it in my dough. Try it, it's good!

Please enlighten me, I have never used either suger or honey in my pizza dough. Tepid water, yeast and olive oil. tell me about the suger/honey bit, will be making them tomorrow.