The 'Here's what I had for dinner last night' thread - Part II - Don't quote pics!

SarahBeep!

Michellenman wrote: »

Made Donal Skehan's minestrone soup. Lovely and hearty on a miserable aul day. I made the full recipe and that yielded about 6/7 decent sized portions which will do nicely over the rest of the week. Any idea if chunky soup freezes well?

Looks fab!! Any chance of the recipe?

kylith

Michellenman wrote: »

Made Donal Skehan's minestrone soup. Lovely and hearty on a miserable aul day. I made the full recipe and that yielded about 6/7 decent sized portions which will do nicely over the rest of the week. Any idea if chunky soup freezes well?

I've frozen lasagne soup before and it was really nice.

katydid

kylith wrote: »

I've frozen lasagne soup before and it was really nice.

Lasagne soup??

vicwatson

Queens, garden peas from my back door, carrots, sweetcorn, Salmon from Aldi on super 6, lovely salmon, 2 smallish pieces for €3

Michellenman

SarahBeep! wrote: »

Looks fab!! Any chance of the recipe?

http://www.donalskehan.com/2009/10/hearty-minestrone-soup/

I doubled the onion and courgette for some more bulk but could happily have gone without in hindsight

Lasagne soup.. That's a new for me! Have you a recipe? I'll freeze a small amount tomorrow and see how it turns out! Thanks!

Aisling(",)

Continuing into my beginning of cooking I made my first dinner without a recepie today. 😱😱😱

Following an absolute wash out of a day in tayto park my family got home soaked to the bones and starving so I decided on a whim to make dinner for the 5 of us.

It's a sloppy crappy phone photo because I served up quickly and managed to spill some but I fed everyone.:p

It was pasta with a coconut milk and pesto sauce with broccoli and chicken even though it looks a dogs dinner!

Could have done with more sauce and I made too little pasta but as it was my first time going by instinct I was just happy that it was edible!

kylith

katydid wrote: »

Lasagne soup??

Make a lasagne and put in too much water, and substitute the sheets of pasta for farfalle. Below is the recipe I use, personally I think they go a bit overboard on the cheeses but it's well tasty.

http://www.cookingclassy.com/2013/12/lasagna-soup/

dibkins

I bought a green rock over a week ago and forgot about it. Last night i found a perfectly ripe avocado in my veg basket. Only one thing for it!

Shenshen

Gongoozler wrote: »

I roasted up some vegetables with a seasoning, and stir fried some egg noodles, and it turned out lovely. Definitely a fan of roast veg vs fried. I was very content with myself, until I read the pack of the seasoning - shocking amount of sugar and salt. Thought maybe I could try make up my own.

It had garlic basil and something else in it. Anyone have any good tasty seasoning recipes for me to try?

I love roasting vegetables - I started doing it after my husband needed a healthier diet after a stint in hospital and I was looking at ways to reduce the amount of fats and oils in our food.

My favourite way is to roast them with 2 or 3 sprigs or rosemary and about 5 or 6 cloves of garlic. Just thrown in with the veg, rubbed with a bit of olive oil, and into the oven.
It's easy to discard the rosemary afterwards, with no bits left behind. And you can either leave the garlic in (once it's roasted, the flavour of it is much milder), or store it for a pasta sauce or something the next day.
The veg only needs a tiny sprinkle of salt afterwards, as it'll be full of flavour already anyway.

the beer revolu

I've a few dinner posts to catch up on.

Last week Mrs. Beer did a couple of dinners.

Fried Hake Chinese style with brown rice (I'm sure we had something else with it too but can't remember - maybe a green salad after).
Lovely lemon, soy, ginger, chilli flavours.

the beer revolu

Another one by Mrs. Beer.
Pan fried duck breasts, wet polenta, grilled tomatoes and braised courgettes.

onlineness

Stir fried beer with rice and peas..very much "I have no money and need to use what I have" dinner!

onlineness

onlineness wrote: »

Stir fried beer with rice and peas..very much "I have no money and need to use what I have" dinner!

Beef not beer....and I'm unable to edit my original post

the beer revolu

Araignée steak, steamed new potatoes, tomatoes and green salad.

the beer revolu

A golden dinner:
Grilled chicken thighs, corn on the cob, crushed roast new potatoes with garlic and rosemary - leftover from the previous day.
There was a lovely marjoram lemon and white wine jus but as neither of us wanted to put it on our lovely crispy potatoes, we had it in espresso cups:D
There was also lots of green salad but we didn't bother eating it:o

the beer revolu

And finally, last night:
Not the prettiest dinner I've made but pretty tasty.
Stirfried leftover chicken thighs.
Onion, celery, chicken, Chinese sausage, ginger, garlic, chilli, spring onion whites, soy sauce, chicken stock, rice wine, pak choi, spring onion greens, corriander.

NOS3

kylith wrote: »

Make a lasagne and put in too much water, and substitute the sheets of pasta for farfalle. Below is the recipe I use, personally I thinkthey go a bit overboard on the cheeses but it's well tasty.

http://www.cookingclassy.com/2013/12/lasagna-soup/

You can do that? :eek:



But sweet cheesus, that is a lot of cheese. Soup looks really nice though.

kylith

NOS3 wrote: »

You can do that? :eek:



But sweet cheesus, that is a lot of cheese. Soup looks really nice though.

Yeah, I'm a big fan of cheese, but even I'm left going daaaaamn, that's a lot of cheese.

Tasty though.

marklazarcovic

had some pork belly from lidl (2 euro) running out of date, roasted in the oven coated in Jamaican spices,same with some cauliflower and baby spuds,chopped the pork when done and flash fried in some jerk bbq sauce,threw in the veg.. yummy

vicwatson

Pork Chops (Aldi super 6), Carrots (Aldi super 6), Peas (From Garden), Queens (Aldi 1.99) and Homemade Apple Sauce (with apples on Aldi super 6)

I'd say the lost cost about 2.50 a dinner !! and it tasted really nice.

NOS3

Lidl cod fillets with peppers and garlic with steamed new potatoes and mixed leaf salad.

kylith

M&S beef stroganoff kit with spuds, broccoli and carrots. And enough left over for lunch

katydid

Reheated lasagne - the second half of Monday's dinner. Last time I reheated lasagne it dried out a bit, this time I heated it in the microwave for about 8 minutes at a low heat, then 20 mins at 200 in the oven. It was perfect.

If I say so myself, one of the nicest lasagnes I've made in a long time. I did the meat sauce in the slow cooker. It was cooking away in there on low for 14 hours. It makes all the difference.

Dizzyblonde

My daughter cooked a Nandos style dinner tonight. Spatchcocked chickens, wedges, dips, pitta bread, corn on the cob, salad and coleslaw. We stuffed ourselves and there's plenty left for lunch tomorrow.

I love when someone cooks for me

dibkins

Duck and sugar snap stir fry with brown basmati. Delicious!



Also, this is for lunch tomorrow, and freezer lunches, but my soup is so pretty before the liquid is added!

homemadecider

Took most of these to work today but may have kept a couple at home for after tonight's dinner...

dibkins

Serious question, were they difficult to make vertical like that? I've never tried as i assume my ingredients would fall off.

TeletextPear

Shepherd's pie tonight. Yup, autumn's drawing in alright!

Minder

Last night we had an Indian take on crab cakes. Base of crab meat and potato flavoured with turmeric, curry powder, chilli, black mustard seed and curry leaves with a little softened onion, garlic and ginger. Formed into balls, crumbed and deep fried. Served with a crab mayo and a simple salad.

Night before last I made some simple Japanese food. Onigiri yaki - grilled rice balls. I couldn't quite get the triangular shape, so mine were more rounded. Served that with a rare ribeye on the bone, one steak was enough for two. Also made Sunomono - fresh pickled cucumbers, a perfect foil for the rich beef.

kylith

That's a genius idea for onigiri! I'll be doing that!