What did you have for lunch thread - NO BLOG LINKS & NO PIC QUOTING

MissFlitworth · 18-05-2015 03:42PM

kylith wrote: »

Ha, snap! Feta and broad bean cous cous with lamb kofta.

Mine was decidedly meh though, A squeeze of lemon would probably have helped, but it's cheap, filling, and quick to cook.

I need something a little tart in cous cous, be it lemon or a tomato base or something to make it taste nice. Quite like the sounds of broad beans in there!

Tilly · 19-05-2015 02:21PM

Just had some homemade veg soup. Perfect for a day like this

iwantmydinner · 19-05-2015 04:03PM

Leftover savoury mince in brown pittas with salad and a wee bit of grated cheddar. And tea. Happeh.

Miaireland · 19-05-2015 05:27PM

There was a street market near work today so had a wood fired oven pizza with pepperoni, olives and mushrooms. I would have loved to have had some anchovies on it but they had none. The pizza itself was lovely except they used really cheap grated mozzerala. I would have prefer to have the option to pay a bit more and get proper mozzerala.

Tilly · 20-05-2015 12:39PM

Roast chicken salad. Was too hungry to take a pic :P

Mrs Fox · 20-05-2015 01:38PM

Snacking on Vietnamese summer rolls and crudites with red pepper hummus.

Tilly · 20-05-2015 01:53PM

Now Foxy, how much would you charge a week to feed me all your lovely food?

\I'd buy your cookbook - make one

Mrs Fox · 20-05-2015 01:56PM

Tilly wrote: »

Now Foxy, how much would you charge a week to feed me all your lovely food?

\I'd buy your cookbook - make one

If I come out with a cookbook I'd have to heavily credit you lot from this forum

Mrs Fox · 21-05-2015 02:43PM

Cucumber 'sushi' - cucumber cored and stuffed with goat's cheese and dark tahini, carrot & pepper. Sprinkled with chia and served with pickled ginger and wasabi. Dessert was SUPPOSED to be mine banana topped with hazelnut butter and blueberries but the scallywags got to them first.

iwantmydinner · 21-05-2015 03:13PM

LOVE that cucumber sushi idea!!

Faith · 21-05-2015 03:16PM

Mrs Fox, I've never seen creativity like yours with such healthy food. I'm incredibly impressed. Where do you get your inspiration from? Is there anything you don't eat? Please tell me there's an easy to find cookbook that you use every day

Mrs Fox · 21-05-2015 04:05PM

Faith wrote: »

Mrs Fox, I've never seen creativity like yours with such healthy food. I'm incredibly impressed. Where do you get your inspiration from? Is there anything you don't eat? Please tell me there's an easy to find cookbook that you use every day

Even better, it's free on the net!
Instagram is full of ideas. I got this sushi idea from @mindovermunch.
I just cut back (but not completely for the love of my sanity) dairy, bread, pasta, rice. I enjoy the 'forbidden' food more when I allow myself to have them every now and again. That brioche bun from Aldi the other night? The full on big fat slice if red velvet cake complete with full fat icing and sugar last week? Phwoaarrr... The ONLY thing I completely threw out was soda.

Mrs Fox · 22-05-2015 01:36PM

Lemon and parsley smoked mackerel quinoa kedgree, topped with more mackerel just because it's Friday, boiled egg, sprouts and squeeze of lemon to finish. Yum.

Smiles35 · 22-05-2015 05:56PM

After watching some vids on japanese broths I decided ther was nothing stopping me doing a simple one with a packet of rice seasoning I had no intension of using as intended. Some random meat and veg popped in with some soy suace.

A1 cup a soup.

TeletextPear · 22-05-2015 10:17PM

Noblong wrote: »

After watching some vids on japanese broths I decided ther was nothing stopping me doing a simple one with a packet of rice seasoning I had no intension of using as intended. Some random meat and veg popped in with some soy suace.

A1 cup a soup.

I definitely read that as Japanese brothels first time around

Mrs Fox · 23-05-2015 08:43PM

Daughter had a fever so I made a big pot of clear chicken soup. Kept mine simple with sprouts, spring onion and chillies, a dish very similar to Soto.

Mrs Fox · 24-05-2015 03:18PM

I've made Pad Thai from the Cooking Club many times, but today I replaced the flat rice noodles with strips of courgette and carrot, and added mushroom and cashews instead of peanuts.

kylith · 25-05-2015 12:14PM

Back on the salads today. Baby gem, smoked salmon, carrot, olives, mozzarella, raw broccoli, and tomato. Lidl's veg crisps for an afternoon snack if needed.

Mrs Fox · 25-05-2015 07:15PM

Warm duck salad, with glass noodles, sesame seeds and hoisin dressing, from The Courtyard Cafe in Castletown House.

kylith · 26-05-2015 12:59PM

Roast tomato soup and a cheese toastie.

Shenshen · 26-05-2015 01:31PM

Leftover falafel, big salad with baby tomatoes, cucumber, olives and cream cheese stuffed mini peppers. With a pitta and lots of houmous.

In short, chickpea overkill

MissFlitworth · 26-05-2015 02:12PM

The Spicy Pollo from the nice Argentinian sammidge place around the corner from my office. Pretty much covered head to toe in chipotle mayo now but worth it!

the beer revolu · 26-05-2015 05:35PM

Sunday's lunch was fried smoked bacon cubes, poached eggs, toast, tomatoes and rocket.

StripedBoxers · 27-05-2015 01:52PM

Had lunch out today, ordered a carbonara, however it was nothing like carbonara and I ended up sending it back as it was inedible, so instead I had lasagne.

Not sure who decided to call the first dish carbonara as all it was was some fusilli, with a bit of bacon, slices of cold chicken, dodgy tasting cream, a dusting of green powder (not sure what it was) and a dusting of paprika. The whole dish had a sour taste and just wasn't edible.

kylith · 27-05-2015 02:36PM

StripedBoxers wrote: »

Had lunch out today, ordered a carbonara, however it was nothing like carbonara and I ended up sending it back as it was inedible, so instead I had lasagne.

Not sure who decided to call the first dish carbonara as all it was was some fusilli, with a bit of bacon, slices of cold chicken, dodgy tasting cream, a dusting of green powder (not sure what it was) and a dusting of paprika. The whole dish had a sour taste and just wasn't edible.

The green powder was probably dried parsley.

I had a salad of lettuce, tomato, broccoli, courgette, mozzarella, olives, and prawns with a lemon and black pepper dressing.

Does anyone have a good low-calorie alternative to olive oil? It really bumps up the calories of a salad.

StripedBoxers · 27-05-2015 03:04PM

kylith wrote: »

The green powder was probably dried parsley

I dunno, I have dried parsley and use it regularly, however this stuff was like green paprika, like dust, can you get dried parsley like that? I've only ever had it in little pieces (all dried) from Tesco etc.

kylith · 27-05-2015 03:25PM

StripedBoxers wrote: »

I dunno, I have dried parsley and use it regularly, however this stuff was like green paprika, like dust, can you get dried parsley like that? I've only ever had it in little pieces (all dried) from Tesco etc.

The dust from the end of the jar maybe?

The only green powder I can think of would be matcha, but there is zero reason that would be anywhere near a pasta dish.

Mrs Fox · 29-05-2015 11:23AM

I made a loaf of vegan pumpkin bread theother day:

So yesterday I had it with Aldi's gravadlax, boiled egg and salad on top of the pumpkin slice.

Yesterday was grilled aubergine with chickpea, spinach, tomato and feta salad.

nozzferrahhtoo · 29-05-2015 11:49AM

Hmmmm Leberkase.

MissFlitworth · 29-05-2015 12:15PM

Defrosted some potstickers/gyoza to have as a starter on Wednesday but they just didn't go with our main and also a giant bucket of pasta in a cream sauce does not lend itself to a starter, really. So, as I quite like cold doughy things, I made them up to bring in for lunch yesterday! It's probably not how it's done but I enjoyed a lot. Garlic was a bit forceful ("Trying to taste other things are you? Bit of ginger maybe? Some of that spring onion, hmmm? YEAH GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. FOR I AM LORD GARLIC. RULER OF THIS DUMPLING" sort of a thing) tasting though, not sure if that's because they were cold or frozen.

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