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

ellejay · 23-11-2016 1:23pm

cefh17 wrote: »

I made dhal last night for the first time and it was quite yummy, using Jamie Oliver's recipe. Though I don't know what to serve it with so just had a big bowl like porridge haha. One thing however, when I was pouring the lentils in there was this brown nugget (heh) in there, about the size of a malteser, dry and powdery/crumbly.. I take it these aren't normally in there? I eat the dhal anyways but was curious as to what it was

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Grandeeod · 23-11-2016 8:49pm

cefh17 wrote: »

I made dhal last night for the first time and it was quite yummy, using Jamie Oliver's recipe. Though I don't know what to serve it with so just had a big bowl like porridge haha. One thing however, when I was pouring the lentils in there was this brown nugget (heh) in there, about the size of a malteser, dry and powdery/crumbly.. I take it these aren't normally in there? I eat the dhal anyways but was curious as to what it was

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I don't know exactly how you cooked it, but it sounds like your heat was too high and the ingredients prior to the lentils cooked too fast and parts congealed. With Dahl, its low and slow and keep an eye on moisture.

The Hill Billy · 24-11-2016 8:00am

Bacon, cabbage & shpuds.

Dolbert · 24-11-2016 10:27am

Good old-fashioned cottage pie!

Miaireland · 24-11-2016 1:00pm

My oven has packed in so it is hob cooking for me. It was fresh prawns with garlic and chilli in a light white wine sauce, rice and salad.

miamee · 24-11-2016 1:53pm

A one dish wonder with rice, broccoli, chicken and plenty of cheese

Mystery Egg · 25-11-2016 1:10pm

I was invited to an American thanksgiving.

Dinner was turkey, stuffing, mash, green bean casserole, carrots, bread and gravy. Everything was really delicious but, like so often when eating with Americans, everything was cold by the time everyone sat down to eat! Kinda ruins good meals.

Pumpkin pie and lots of prosecco was also enjoyed.

Four Phucs Ache · 26-11-2016 12:09am

Tonight I had crusty chiabatta bread spread with crushed black olives and garlic topped with juicy slices of plum tomatoes , some bresola ham, rocket , onion relish , rocket, mozzarella, drizzled it in olive oil and threw it under the grill.

Now I'm on my 4th double decker bar because I'm a hungry fecker.

anon71 · 26-11-2016 2:52am

Mystery Egg wrote: »

like so often when eating with Americans, everything was cold by the time everyone sat down to eat! Kinda ruins good meals.

Why is that?

Mystery Egg · 26-11-2016 10:36am

anon71 wrote: »

Mystery Egg wrote: »

like so often when eating with Americans, everything was cold by the time everyone sat down to eat! Kinda ruins good meals.

Why is that?

I don't know. I live in an ex pat community and 90% of my friends here are American. Every meal we eat together they prepare reeeaaally slowly and by the time everything is cooked and on the table and everyone is seated, the food is cold. They always eat family style where big dishes food are passed around. Like, they'll put out the meat dish onto the table and only then begin making salad and slicing the bread. Sometimes, everything is completely stone cold. Like the gravy at Thanksgiving on Thursday was stone cold. I actually had to get up from the table and reheat it because I could tolerate lukewarm/cold meat and vegetables but could not cope with cold gravy on top. With close friends I sometimes ask if I can pop my dinner in the microwave and they don't mind. With people you don't know so well you just gotta go with it. I'm always disappointed when a beautiful meal is allowed to go cold while we look at it!

Miaireland · 26-11-2016 11:09am

miamee wrote:

A one dish wonder with rice, broccoli, chicken and plenty of cheese

Sounds really good, could I get the recipe please.

Still waiting on the oven repair man so it was Wagu Burgers last night and chips made in the airfryer.

Gloomtastic! · 26-11-2016 11:28am

Mystery Egg wrote: »

I don't know. I live in an ex pat community and 90% of my friends here are American. Every meal we eat together they prepare reeeaaally slowly and by the time everything is cooked and on the table and everyone is seated, the food is cold. They always eat family style where big dishes food are passed around. Like, they'll put out the meat dish onto the table and only then begin making salad and slicing the bread. Sometimes, everything is completely stone cold. Like the gravy at Thanksgiving on Thursday was stone cold. I actually had to get up from the table and reheat it because I could tolerate lukewarm/cold meat and vegetables but could not cope with cold gravy on top. With close friends I sometimes ask if I can pop my dinner in the microwave and they don't mind. With people you don't know so well you just gotta go with it. I'm always disappointed when a beautiful meal is allowed to go cold while we look at it!

Urgh!

You should buy them a Hostess Trolley, problem sorted!

BuffyBot · 26-11-2016 12:37pm

Baked haddock with a crumb topping, potato gratin and Brussel sprouts

miamee · 26-11-2016 1:04pm

Miaireland wrote: »

Sounds really good, could I get the recipe please.

Still waiting on the oven repair man so it was Wagu Burgers last night and chips made in the airfryer.

Sure you can, it's
here on Tasty. So much cheese but so good

anon71 · 26-11-2016 4:22pm

Mystery Egg wrote: »

I don't know. I live in an ex pat community and 90% of my friends here are American. Every meal we eat together they prepare reeeaaally slowly and by the time everything is cooked and on the table and everyone is seated, the food is cold. They always eat family style where big dishes food are passed around. Like, they'll put out the meat dish onto the table and only then begin making salad and slicing the bread. Sometimes, everything is completely stone cold. Like the gravy at Thanksgiving on Thursday was stone cold. I actually had to get up from the table and reheat it because I could tolerate lukewarm/cold meat and vegetables but could not cope with cold gravy on top. With close friends I sometimes ask if I can pop my dinner in the microwave and they don't mind. With people you don't know so well you just gotta go with it. I'm always disappointed when a beautiful meal is allowed to go cold while we look at it!

This would literally fry my brain!! After going to the trouble of preparing food just to let it go cold...

Anyone I cook for is well used to the "On the table now"... and now means now...

Mind you I'll always give people a 5/10 minute heads up so they know its nearly there....

But cold gravy.... ((((shivers))))...

Mars Bar · 26-11-2016 4:59pm

Jesus, my mother would have a calf if that was happening. She's been known to ask a restaurant or two to fire hers in to the microwave for a minute or two if they can. She asks very nicely though

Dizzyblonde · 26-11-2016 6:19pm

Mystery Egg wrote: »

I don't know. I live in an ex pat community and 90% of my friends here are American. Every meal we eat together they prepare reeeaaally slowly and by the time everything is cooked and on the table and everyone is seated, the food is cold. They always eat family style where big dishes food are passed around. Like, they'll put out the meat dish onto the table and only then begin making salad and slicing the bread. Sometimes, everything is completely stone cold. Like the gravy at Thanksgiving on Thursday was stone cold. I actually had to get up from the table and reheat it because I could tolerate lukewarm/cold meat and vegetables but could not cope with cold gravy on top. With close friends I sometimes ask if I can pop my dinner in the microwave and they don't mind. With people you don't know so well you just gotta go with it. I'm always disappointed when a beautiful meal is allowed to go cold while we look at it!

I thought that only happened in films - it horrifies me to see it all left sitting around. I'd be divorced - Mr. Dizzy likes his food searingly hot and served on a hot plate :eek:

Grandeeod · 26-11-2016 9:46pm

Basmati rice and chicken madras tonight and not from any takeaway. Once again cooked from the heart. Piping hot and full of flavours, but still managing to leave that little ring of fire around the lips!

Being really bold and skipping the garlic nan bread and having chips on the side instead. Its the beer and rugby effect!

waffleman · 26-11-2016 10:14pm

Big plate of chunky cut chips actifried in coconut oil
1 tin of chickpeas cooked in a pot with a thick gravy, plenty of pepper and poured over the chips
Mix of broccoli and carrot with cayenne pepper as a side dish

Mystery Egg · 26-11-2016 10:16pm

Tonight we had spinach, leeks, garlic and mushrooms in a creamy sauce stuffed into home made crepes, topped with cheese and baked. It was lovely.

The Hill Billy · 26-11-2016 11:03pm

Lamb, chickpea & spinach curry with pops, naans, chutneys & pickles.

pew · 27-11-2016 12:03pm

Home made chicken curry with tempura prawns and spring rolls made form scratch and basmati rice.

B0jangles · 27-11-2016 12:52pm

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Urgh! You should buy them a Hostess Trolley, problem sorted!

I genuinely have no clue how anyone does a big meal like Christmas dinner without a hostess trolley - how do you keep everything warm???

Mystery Egg · 27-11-2016 1:07pm

B0jangles wrote: »

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Urgh! You should buy them a Hostess Trolley, problem sorted!

I genuinely have no clue how anyone does a big meal like Christmas dinner without a hostess trolley - how do you keep everything warm???

Meat joints retain heat before carving for ages. So they can come out and potatoes/stuffing/veg can go in. Warm your plates in hot water, carve at the last minute, slather with hot gravy and boom.

Dizzyblonde · 27-11-2016 5:48pm

I warm all the plates and the serving dishes in the oven while the meat is resting, then while the meat is being carved (Mr. Dizzy's job), I put the veg etc into the hot serving bowls and make the gravy. It's a bit frantic for a few minutes but it all reaches the table piping hot and stays that way for ages.

Gloomtastic! · 27-11-2016 6:43pm

We had us a Muslim staying for the weekend so went to a halal butcher on Friday and stocked up.

Friday night we had buffalo chicken wings with Carolina Reaper chillis on the side for anyone brave enough.

Saturday was homemade burgers.

Today was roast beef, roasties, carrot and turnip mash, cauliflower cheese, brocolli and pickled cabbage......

Not forgetting the Yorkshire puds and gravy....

Turns out it was his first ever roast dinner and first time ever having gravy or Yorkshires! :eek:

When asked what he thought of it all, he replied, 'I feel alive!'

(Perfectionists amongst you will notice dinner was served 3 minutes late! :rolleyes:)

Lady Haywire · 27-11-2016 6:58pm

Slow cooked beef ribs which I mostly followed to this recipe.
The ribs I got happened to be cut flanken style but they still worked very well. Very satisfying and I've about 1lb of ribs left in the fridge for tomorrow!

Mystery Egg · 27-11-2016 6:59pm

What a feast, Gloom!

Gloomtastic! · 27-11-2016 7:55pm

Mystery Egg wrote: »

What a feast, Gloom!

Can just about move my thumb, nothing else!

The Hill Billy · 27-11-2016 8:22pm

Roast rib of beef with roast spuds & steamed veg with gravy & Lidl luxury Yorkshire puddings.

Dizzyblonde · 27-11-2016 8:22pm

That looks amazing Gloomtastic!

Tonight we had Aldi ribeye steaks, roasted crushed baby potatoes, fried mushrooms and oven baked crispy onion rings. Quite a brown looking dinner but very nice.

Mystery Egg · 27-11-2016 8:40pm

We had home made burgers and chips. I followed a tip and put a spoon of mayonnaise in the burger meat. Wow! So tender.

Grandeeod · 27-11-2016 8:51pm

Gloom inspired me to post my dinner tonight. Roast potatoes, back bacon, carrotts and PICKLED RED CABBAGE!

Get the red cabbage going lads. Only in season for a few more weeks!

BuffyBot · 27-11-2016 9:11pm

Slow roast pork belly (mmmmm, crackling!), goose fat roasted baby spuds with peas and sweet corn

Faith · 27-11-2016 9:26pm

We're all on the roast beef today, it seems! We had slow roasted beef brisket, goose fat roast potatoes, roast carrots, Yorkshire puds and gravy made with the beef juices and the juice of the vegetables it cooked on. Delicious!

RentDayBlues · 27-11-2016 9:35pm

Lemon children that had far too much lemon in it and made my teeth chatter!

Lady Haywire · 27-11-2016 9:37pm

RentDayBlues wrote: »

Lemon children that had far too much lemon in it and made my teeth chatter!

:eek::eek::eek:

Grandeeod · 27-11-2016 9:39pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

:eek::eek::eek:

An unfortuante typo.:D But if rentdayblues has a recipe for lemon CHILDREN, I'll listen.:D

RentDayBlues · 27-11-2016 9:58pm

Grandeeod wrote: »

An unfortuante typo.:D But if rentdayblues has a recipe for lemon CHILDREN, I'll listen.:D

Silly phone! My children probably do have a lemon flavour to them after that dinner but it was sadly just lemon chicken we had! !!

the beer revolu · 27-11-2016 10:07pm

Had an aubergine and a butternut squash to use so I decided to make a risotto.

Roasted the squash with salt and pepper and a little smoked paprika, cut it into pieces and added fresh thyme leaves.

The aubergine I baked in the oven until soft, peeled it and blitzed it with roast garlic and some tahini. I added this purée at the end of cooking the risotto where you might add butter/cream /cheese. It gave a lovely deep flavor and creaminess but wasn't heavy and went nicely with the squash stirred through.

Successful experiment!

Some lovely fried hake with it.

BuffyBot · 27-11-2016 11:18pm

RentDayBlues wrote:

Lemon children

Hmm.

Do you happen to live in a gingerbread house?

ellejay · 28-11-2016 10:44am

we'd roast lamb, roast spuds, mashed spuds, carrots, turnip, broccoli and mushy pea's for some and loads of gravy

tonight we're having pan fried cod, haven't decided what to serve it with yet...

miamee · 28-11-2016 12:30pm

We'd sticky lime chicken which sounded very interesting in the recipe along with some baked potatoes and carrots. Unfortunately I was using a new (to me) oven and forgot it was fan and the sauce on the chicken was roasted away to almost nothing. It still tasted great if a bit sharp - will try again when I hopefully don't blast away the honey sauce with a too-hot oven.

Alf Stewart. · 28-11-2016 6:37pm

Big bowl of American style beef stew, done in the slow cooker.

Went a bit overboard on the paprika (and, or) pepper, as it was a bit spicier than usual.

Still was delicious though. Really hearty meal for weather such as today.

Tigerandahalf · 28-11-2016 6:40pm

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Big bowl of American style beef stew, done in the slow cooker.

Went a bit overboard on the paprika (and, or) pepper, as it was a bit spicier than usual.

Still was delicious though. Really hearty meal for weather such as today.

I have tried the slow cooker a few times and it just hasn't worked well.

I thought the idea was to just throw everything in and come back to a meal in the evening. But I found ingredients needed to be added at different times otherwise potatoes turned to mush. I also found it was hard to get flavour into it without adding lots of salt.

marklazarcovic · 28-11-2016 6:43pm

Spicy oyster chicken noodles today

Alf Stewart. · 28-11-2016 6:46pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I have tried the slow cooker a few times and it just hasn't worked well.

I thought the idea was to just throw everything in and come back to a meal in the evening. But I found ingredients needed to be added at different times otherwise potatoes turned to mush. I also found it was hard to get flavour into it without adding lots of salt.

I fry the beef first, lob it in slow cooker.

Then fry some onion, and garlic until translucent. Lob in the slow cooker.

Then 2 x cups of warm water from the tap, and a spoonful of salt, spoonful of sugar, pepper and paprika. (Tspns)

Throw in your peeled and chopped carrots, then some scrubbed and quartered spuds (I like roosters) but keep the skin on them (keeps them from breaking up)

Lastly throw in a couple of tablespoons of tomatoes puree or pasatta, a tsp of Worcester sauce or two, and a beef stock cube (I like using the jelly type).

Let her cook for at least eight hours.

Delicious and effortless

Tigerandahalf · 28-11-2016 6:49pm

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

I fry the beef first, lob it in slow cooker.

Then fry some onion, and garlic until translucent. Lob in the slow cooker.

Then 2 x cups of warm water from the tap, and a spoonful of salt, spoonful of sugar, pepper and paprika. (Tspns)

Throw in your peeled and chopped carrots, then some scrubbed and quartered spuds (I like finishers) but keep the skin on them (keeps them from breaking up)

Lastly throw in a couple of tablespoons of tomatoes puree or pasatta, a tsp of Worcester sauce or two, and a beef stock cube (I like using the jelly type).

Let her cook for at least eight hours.

Delicious and effortless

What type of beef? The normal diced stuff or something with a bone?

marklazarcovic · 28-11-2016 6:53pm

the cheap cuts work best for slow cooking

Alf Stewart. · 28-11-2016 6:53pm

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

What type of beef? The normal diced stuff or something with a bone?

Just stewing beef.

Have you been Browning your beef before putting it in the SC?

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

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