Here's What I Had For Dinner - Part III - Don't quote pics!

13-05-2018 11:21PM

Friday night was IKEA meatballs with mash.

Last night was bratwursts, soft rolls, ketchup, mustard and fried onions, with a tangy salad including avocado and feta.

Tonight was steak, spuds, asparagus, baby corn and mushroom sauce.

Shenshen · 14-05-2018 11:05AM

Stir-fried vegetables with a satay sauce

pew · 14-05-2018 12:27PM

Last night was turkey sausage swirls with a caprese salad.

I made the mozerella from scratch using cashew nuts, tapioca flour, nutritional yeast and apple cider vinegar. It's a happy pear recipe.

dartboardio · 14-05-2018 03:38PM

Anybody have a decent pulled pork recipe I could use? Have a large pork steak there. I don’t have any BBQ sauce so can’t get that, but I do have brown sugar, cider vinegar, soy sauce, spices all the kinda stuff you might let it cook in??

Wanna make it tonight..

14-05-2018 03:52PM

Pork steak won't give you pulled pork, it's too lean. You need a shoulder joint for pulled pork.

But there's no reason why you can't have barbecued pork steak. You can make a simple BBQ sauce with your sugar, vinegar, spices and some ketchup - Google can help!

pew · 14-05-2018 07:03PM

Harissa chicken thighs, red onion and peppers with homemade flat bread.

It was my first time making flat bread it was delicious

Grandeeod · 14-05-2018 07:19PM

pew wrote: »

Harissa chicken thighs, red onion and peppers with homemade flat bread.

It was my first time making flat bread it was delicious

I zoomed in on that. Everything looks fab.

14-05-2018 09:29PM

Spaghetti and meatballs in a garlicky tomato sauce.

2xj3hplqgsbkym · 14-05-2018 09:47PM

Rashers ( maple cure from aldi , very nice) sausages, mashed potato and butter beans in homemade tomato sauce ( pasatta, garlic, sauté onions, red peepers, splash of vinegar ) . Beans were so good.

kylith · 15-05-2018 10:13AM

Mushroom Egg pile and chips.

Egg pile is what people who can’t make omelettes cook.

Have to work in Himself’s timings. The chips were cooked and out of the oven before he even started anything else :roll:

pew · 15-05-2018 11:05AM

Grandeeod wrote: »

I zoomed in on that. Everything looks fab.

Thank you very much.

I'm happy with how it turned out

dartboardio · 15-05-2018 04:28PM

Mystery Egg wrote: »

Pork steak won't give you pulled pork, it's too lean. You need a shoulder joint for pulled pork.

But there's no reason why you can't have barbecued pork steak. You can make a simple BBQ sauce with your sugar, vinegar, spices and some ketchup - Google can help!

Tried it out last night, well surprise it actually can :eek: I put the large pork steak into my slow cooker, threw in 1 onion, 2 garlic cloves, 120ml cider vinegar, 120ml stock, few spoons of ketchup, some brown sugar, loads of thyme, salt , pepper and chilli powder, let it cook on high then low for about 5/6 hours! turned out well.

I then made a sauce for it by taking out a few ladles of the cooking liquid into a pan, thickened with cornflour and vinegar/water, let it simmer,

next time i'd use a leaner meat like you said, but it still can be done easily!

Dizzyblonde · 15-05-2018 05:26PM

dartboardio wrote: »

Tried it out last night, well surprise it actually can :eek: I put the large pork steak into my slow cooker, threw in 1 onion, 2 garlic cloves, 120ml cider vinegar, 120ml stock, few spoons of ketchup, some brown sugar, loads of thyme, salt , pepper and chilli powder, let it cook on high then low for about 5/6 hours! turned out well.

I then made a sauce for it by taking out a few ladles of the cooking liquid into a pan, thickened with cornflour and vinegar/water, let it simmer,

next time i'd use a leaner meat like you said, but it still can be done easily!

That was a very late dinner! It's a fattier cut you'll need, not a leaner one

The Hill Billy · 15-05-2018 05:51PM

Forgot to post about Saturday's dinner. Being Eurovision night we thought we would dine appropriately.

We drew numbers according to each countries' position in the line-up. Ended up with Moldova, Albania, Denmark & Germany. Being chef for the evening I decided upon German cuisine for dinner. (I wouldn't know where to start with the others.)

Ended up running to Lidl & treating the Billy Family to currywurst (bockwurst & the Lidl curry sauce with a few tweaks) und pommes.

The Kids were a bit suspicious of sausages with curry sauce to start with, but were true converts afterwards.

Gloomtastic! · 15-05-2018 07:08PM

Falafels with a yogurt dip and tomato salsa, spinach leaves and pitta

Grandeeod · 15-05-2018 07:29PM

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Forgot to post about Saturday's dinner. Being Eurovision night we thought we would dine appropriately.

We drew numbers according to each countries' position in the line-up. Ended up with Moldova, Albania, Denmark & Germany. Being he for the evening I decided upon German cuisine for dinner. (I wouldn't know where to start with the others.)

Ended up running to Lidl & treating the Billy Family to currywurst (bockwurst & the Lidl curry sauce with a few tweaks) und pommes.

The Kids were a bit suspicious of sausages with curry sauce to start with, but we're true converts afterwards.

First visited Germany in 1977 as a kid. Had Currywurst. Loved it. Curry sauce wasn't really broadly available in Irish supermarkets back then and a Bratwurst was a thing of fantasy. My Dad reintroduced me to it Irish style in the early 80's. Pan fried pork sausage with Knorr curry sauce on top. Chips too.:D

dartboardio · 15-05-2018 10:22PM

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

That was a very late dinner! It's a fattier cut you'll need, not a leaner one

Night owl, me :pac: thanks for the tip

pew · 15-05-2018 10:48PM

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Forgot to post about Saturday's dinner. Being Eurovision night we thought we would dine appropriately.

We drew numbers according to each countries' position in the line-up. Ended up with Moldova, Albania, Denmark & Germany. Being he for the evening I decided upon German cuisine for dinner. (I wouldn't know where to start with the others.)

Ended up running to Lidl & treating the Billy Family to currywurst (bockwurst & the Lidl curry sauce with a few tweaks) und pommes.

The Kids were a bit suspicious of sausages with curry sauce to start with, but we're true converts afterwards.

Currywurst is one of my absolute favorite meals, I'd kill for some now.

pew · 15-05-2018 10:50PM

I made my own version of yuk sung with loads of beansprouts. Didn't have fresh ginger so I had to use a little powder instead. It still tasted really nice but I think it would have been better with fresh ginger.

Gloomtastic! · 15-05-2018 10:54PM

pew wrote: »

I made my own version of yuk sung with loads of beansprouts. Didn't have fresh ginger so I had to use a little powder instead. It still tasted really nice but I think it would have been better with fresh ginger.

Why don’t Aldi stock bean sprouts? I miss bean sprouts!!

kylith · 16-05-2018 09:10AM

Shakshuka with garlic flatbreads. Forgot to season, so a bit bland, but my experiment of putting garlic with the dough worked wonderfully.

pew · 16-05-2018 10:50AM

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Why don’t Aldi stock bean sprouts? I miss bean sprouts!!

Lidl currently have jars of it on special this week, that's where I got mine. Also a big bag only costs 75c in marks and Spencer

beertons · 16-05-2018 09:01PM

The child that's not in school told me I'd eaten my third chicken fillet! I wasn't counting, as it was delicious. Holy moley. 5 frozen fillets, turned out to be 6 thawed. This was always going to be a winner. 8am, into bowl with buttermilk. Cover. 5pm, remove, and mix with flour and spice mix. Deep fry for a few mins each side. Reserve, then put between burger buns. There's no way that's chicken, says the kids. But they ate it sweet. And with no ketchup. They're slowly learning.

LirW · 16-05-2018 09:07PM

Potato and pea curry, it had some spice to it, baby ate it like nothing, I was quite impressed and even Mr. Picky jr ate a small bowl of it like a good lad.
I added some garlicky shrimp to mine because they needed to be used.

Dizzyblonde · 17-05-2018 07:10PM

Aldi Irish Angus quarter pounders cooked on the barbecue in brioche buns with McDonalds style trimmings, and potato cubes from the Airfryer. I use a capital A for Airfryer because I love it so much

Shenshen · 19-05-2018 07:39PM

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Aldi Irish Angus quarter pounders cooked on the barbecue in brioche buns with McDonalds style trimmings, and potato cubes from the Airfryer. I use a capital A for Airfryer because I love it so much

Those chips - pardon me, potato cubes

- absolutely look the business.
I'd been debating if an airfryer is a justifiable expense for us at the moment, but looking at those I think it is.

Dizzyblonde · 20-05-2018 12:31AM

Shenshen wrote: »

Those chips - pardon me, potato cubes - absolutely look the business.
I'd been debating if an airfryer is a justifiable expense for us at the moment, but looking at those I think it is.

It really is the most amazing appliance. I made those cubes with Roosters - cubed, washed and dried and tossed a tablespoon of sunflower oil. Then they were cooked for 10 minutes at 160C, shaken and cooked for another 10 minutes at 180C, shaking them after 5 minutes. There were some left over so I reheated them the next day for 5 minutes at 140C and they were just as nice.
Chips/potato cubes made with new Italian or Cyprus potatoes are even nicer. I line the base (not the basket) with tinfoil so there's little washing up.

20-05-2018 03:39PM

Round roast beef, Yorkshire puds, green beans, roasties and a mushroom, red onion and red wine gravy. All accompanying a nice glass of red wine!

dartboardio · 21-05-2018 04:58PM

Chicken & Mushroom risotto, using arborio rice, fried off a few shallots and garlic cloves in butter, and mushrooms, cooked chicken, seasoned, add rice, add chicken stock & 1 glass of white wine is optional, ladle by ladle until each bit of stock absorbs, for about 20 mins, season to taste, add some parsley and you're good to go!

dartboardio · 21-05-2018 04:58PM

Grated cheese also

Here's What I Had For Dinner - Part III - Don't quote pics!

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