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

Tonight I made Chicken lo Mein and have left overs for lunch tomorrow.

I made goats cheese and roasted beetroot salad with lambs lettuce and carrots. Mmm

Tuna, butterbean, red pepper and red onion salad.

LauraStar wrote: »

Ooh, Mrs Fox, how did you make those chips??

Whenever I try and make homemade chips, they stick to the bottom, I’ve tried using lots of oil, using tinfoil, cooking them slowly, but they also end up a mess because I have to scrape them off the bottom of the dish!

I double cooked the chips.
I first soak the chips in cold salted water for about half an hour, to get rid of the starch. Then I steam them for 15 minutes, and let it dry.
Heat a large pot with a lot of oil, on high, and fry the chips in batches.
It'll only take about 3-4 minutes.

In the past I've also used the method of parboiling the chips on low temperature oil, then later high heat as above. I do find that the chips tend to soak up the oil a bit more.
The steaming method gives you the same result without having to double cook it in oil -- soft on the inside, crunchy on the outside.

One of my favourite summer meals:
Rare steak, new potatoes with butter, dressed green salad. Glass of red wine. Espresso.



I got an araignée steak from O' Mahony's butchers in The English Market, Cork.
Twas only €15.50/Kg and it was delicious. I do love the way they experiment with cuts of meat.

No where near the glorious dinner Gloomtastic made there, but nevertheless keeps the wolf from the door.
Southern oven baked chicken with coleslaw, corn on the cob, chippies and gravy.




Dessert was brownies and cream, minus the strawberries

Had bacon, mushroom and leek in a creamy rosemary and fennel seed sauce served over roast potatoes.

On my own tonight, and felt like having a Koka.

Heh, I have to cook in that heat all the time!

The grill and the barbecue do get more of a look in, as do salads and quick n easy starches like couscous, quinoa, so on.

I've discovered my local supermarket do excellent pork chops - loin, on the bone, skin on. They're excellent grilled or barbecued, with a quinoa salad with a little sesame oil and some cherry tomatoes. I also try to grill apple slices to have with them - can't get cooking apples or bramleys here, so use red delicious instead.