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

Dolbert

A very simple chicken casserole from the BBC Good Food website. I'm back at work so batch cooking twice a week, and this made loads

angeldelight

Dial Hard wrote: »

Fillet steak, lime & chilli sweet potato and a spinach salad dressed with cumin & cayenne yoghurt. 'Twas delish.

How did you do your sweet potato? It looks delicious!

MissFlitworth

Beef & red ale stew with more red ale on the side. Was very good food-medicine for a long and irritating Wednesday

Dial Hard

angeldelight wrote: »

How did you do your sweet potato? It looks delicious!

Just scrub your sweet potato and cut it into thick slices. Mix the zest and juice of a lime with about a tablespoon of oil, about half a teaspoon of chilli powder and a good pinch of garlic granules. Brush both sides of your sweet spud slices with it, then stick under a medium grill for about 10 minutes each side. Season & serve!

Mystery Egg

Nachos, with queso, chunky guac, salsa and sour cream. The Aldi 'ripe and ready' avocados purchased 6 days ago were like little green rocks.

Michellenman

Got a new burger press gadget so burgers it was! Steak mince mixed with onion & chorizo and seasoned generously. Topped with kilmeaden strong red cheddar (melted), blob of ballymaloe and scrapping of coleslaw and all on a toasted slimbo. Smooth potato salad on the side.

nicki11

chicken tikka masala, with pilau rice and vegetable tom yum soup, freshly made with plenty of leftovers, luckily it was nice

IvyTheTerrible

Mystery Egg wrote: »

Nachos, with queso, chunky guac, salsa and sour cream. The Aldi 'ripe and ready' avocados purchased 6 days ago were like little green rocks.

Put avocados in the same bowl as bananas, that helps ripen them. Or put them in a paper bag.

Mystery Egg

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Put avocados in the same bowl as bananas, that helps ripen them. Or put them in a paper bag.

The banana tip is an excellent one, and I use it when I know what day I will be eating them. But when things are haphazard I tend to just put them in the fridge, to save coming back to them a couple of days later and finding they've disintegrated into brown mush! :pac:

IvyTheTerrible

Mystery Egg wrote: »

The banana tip is an excellent one, and I use it when I know what day I will be eating them. But when things are haphazard I tend to just put them in the fridge, to save coming back to them a couple of days later and finding they've disintegrated into brown mush! :pac:

I saw another tip a few years ago to ripen much quicker, something about cutting the tip off, but I can't find it on google...

Alun

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I saw another tip a few years ago to ripen much quicker, something about cutting the tip off, but I can't find it on google...

You might be thinking of the tip for determining if the avocado is ripe ...

1) stem won't easily come off - not ripe
2) stem comes off easily and it's green underneath - ripe
3) ditto, but it's brown underneath - overripe

Mars Bar

Dial Hard wrote: »

Just scrub your sweet potato and cut it into thick slices. Mix the zest and juice of a lime with about a tablespoon of oil, about half a teaspoon of chilli powder and a good pinch of garlic granules. Brush both sides of your sweet spud slices with it, then stick under a medium grill for about 10 minutes each side. Season & serve!

I always oven roast them and they do be nice and soft. Do they stay crunchy when you do them this way?

Harry Palmr

Sad cottage pie in a breakfast bowl - mince beef, peas, onion, potato with cheese.

Gloomtastic!

Aldi Striploin Steak, triple-cooked chips and onion rings.

Spanish Eyes

I'm all cottage pie, meatballs, stewed out.

Any other comfort foods for me that you can think of. Brain fog here.

angeldelight

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I'm all cottage pie, meatballs, stewed out.

Any other comfort foods for me that you can think of. Brain fog here.

Risotto!

Mrs Fox

Last night was turkey paprikash with wholegrain basmati.

Zelda247

Mrs Fox wrote: »

Last night was turkey paprikash with wholegrain basmati.

Could you please share the recipe for turkey paprikash, thanks

Mystery Egg

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

I'm all cottage pie, meatballs, stewed out.

Any other comfort foods for me that you can think of. Brain fog here.

Fish pie, pastry pies - chicken, ham and leek or beef and mushroom, roast dinners of all varieties, filled crêpes, chilli.

patsypantaloni

How about mac and cheese, it's my favourite comfort food! Or chicken noodle soup, smitten kitchen has a fantastic recipe

Mrs Fox

Zelda247 wrote: »

Could you please share the recipe for turkey paprikash, thanks

I'll have it up on the random recipe thread at some stage.

kylith

Lidl fillet steak, rare as an honest politician, with fried potatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, and melty blue cheese.

hardCopy

The last three nights have been chicken and chickpea Korma with rice and cauliflower.

I have the slow cooker on now with a beef and ale stew which will be the base for a cottage pie tomorrow.

Crumpets

kylith wrote: »

Lidl fillet steak, rare as an honest politician, with fried potatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, and melty blue cheese.

''rare as an honest politician'' :pac: :pac:



Looks gorgeous!!

Ruu

Coconut flour pizza crust with moz cheese and Canadian bacon! Gluten free and low carb.

iwantmydinner

On Thursday night I made a really lovely mushroom risotto. Towards the end I chopped and quickly fried some green beans and mixed them in, along with some gorgeous crispy pancetta. Served with a little bit of vintage cheddar grated on top. Best risotto ever.

Leftovers will be breaded and fried as wee rice cakes for lunch today. Can't frickin wait.

kylith

Crumpets wrote: »

''rare as an honest politician'' :pac: :pac:



Looks gorgeous!!

It was! And the meat was soooo tender

garbanzo

Moules Frites....mussels and chips. Really good value and they cook in jig time. Yum yum...

Dial Hard

Mars Bar wrote:

I always oven roast them and they do be nice and soft. Do they stay crunchy when you do them this way?

Nah, they'll be soft. The only way to get sweet potatoes crispy is to deep-fry them, in my experience.

Whispered

When I'm making sweet potato wedges in the oven I cook them through as normal then crank the heat up to max for the last 10 mins. They get crispy then.