What's for Supper/Dinner/Tea?

by **ukus** on Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:56 am

I just had a poached egg, bacon and Mushrooms for Breakfast. I don't normally eat a large breakfast but I was just in the mood this morning

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:54 am

That sounds good Karen - I had a fry-up the other day. Yesterday I made little shit and carrots and will have the leftovers again today.

by **wakeyboy** on Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:48 pm

Monday

Breakfast: Porridge
No Lunch.
Dinner: Haggis, neeps and tatties with rosemary gravy.
Dessert: Sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce, vanilla ice cream, pouring cream, chocolate sauce and stawberries.

Tuesday

Breakfast: A croissant and coffee followed by a cooked breakfast of Bacon, sausage, fried mushrooms, fried egg, fried bread and black pudding.
No Lunch.
Dinner: Starter: mixed platter of felafel, humus, and meat and vegetable things in breadcrumbs. Main: Bamya (Okra cooked slowly with chopped tomatoes & a hint of garlic with rice and a 'naan' bread).

Wednesday:

Breakfast: Bacon, sausage, fried mushrooms, fried egg, fried bread and black pudding.
Lunch: just a couple of biscuits.
Dinner: All you can eat Chinese buffet. Starter and main.
Dessert: Chocolate gateaux.

Thursday

Breakfast: Bacon, sausage, fried mushrooms, fried egg, fried bread and black pudding.
Lunch: Packet of Walker's ready salted crisps.
Dinner: Beef stew with Yorkshire pudding.

by **kitchenwitch** on Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:42 pm

For most of us here in the states I think I can safely say we all had turkey, stuffing potatoes and gravy and assorted other side dishes depending on your family traditions. We ate around 2:00 and I still feel full. I never intend on over eating, but everything tastes so good and there is always so much. My mom thinks she's feeding 40 people even though there were only 8 of us. But I'm always thankful we have so much when too many have too little.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:00 am

I had Cornish game hen with sage and onion stuffing, roast potatoes, green beans and kernel corn and gravy. Mizz Smiff made a Dutch Apple Pie (apple crumble) and I baked it!! In the evening I nibbled on some more hen until I realized half of it was gone. I shall have the other half today with all the same veggies.

by **wakeyboy** on Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:59 pm

Pepperoni and pasta bake.

Later I had some melba toast with boar pâté.

by **ukus** on Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:56 am

I've never had Boar pâté , is it a strong flavor?

Sounds like it would go with a new recipe I want to try for a savory Biscotti ( I'll put recipe in recipe thread)

by **wakeyboy** on Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:53 pm

ukus wrote:I've never had Boar pâté , is it a strong flavor?

Sounds like it would go with a new recipe I want to try for a savory Biscotti ( I'll put recipe in recipe thread)

No it wasnt strong, just tasted slightly luxurious.

It was made from 20% boar meat, pork, pork fat and pork livers.

by **ukus** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:15 pm

I made a Turkey and Bacon pie from scratch for tonight and if I do say so myself .... it was pretty scrummy.

by **waterbeetle** on Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:09 am

Potluck and champange for us, tomorrow will be bloody mary's and eggs.

Happy New Year!!!

by **Druid 2156** on Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:20 am

waterbeetle wrote:bloody mary's and eggs.
Happy New Year!!!

I'm sure that it tastes wonderfull, but it sounds rather dreadful!

Spoiler:

by **wakeyboy** on Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:04 pm

Chicken stir-fry and noodles

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:28 pm

Leftover duck.

by **wakeyboy** on Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:43 pm

Aberdeen angus rump steak, cauliflower and potato dauphinoise.

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:13 pm

What's potato dopinoise?

I haven't had dinner yet, but had minestrone soup, homemade hummus on pita, and a beet and field greens salad for lunch. For desert, apple/cranberry crisp (crumble). I'm still pretty full, so maybe just some oatmeal for dinner.

by **wakeyboy** on Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:33 pm

Caer Ibormeith wrote:What's potato dopinoise?

Its thin slices of any waxy variety of potato in a garlic cream and cheese sauce.

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:36 pm

wakeyboy wrote:
Caer Ibormeith wrote:What's potato dopinoise?

Its thin slices of any waxy variety of potato in a garlic cream and cheese sauce.

Yum.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:38 pm

Fish curry, rice, dahl and puppodums

by **wakeyboy** on Thu Jan 07, 2010 1:39 pm

SilverMiniCooperS wrote:Fish curry, rice, dahl and puppodums

Yum.

by **kitchenwitch** on Thu Jan 07, 2010 4:34 pm

French Onion soup.

wakeyboy wrote:
Caer Ibormeith wrote:What's potato dopinoise?

Its thin slices of any waxy variety of potato in a garlic cream and cheese sauce.

It does sound good. I was worried it had something to do with dolphins....

by **wakeyboy** on Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:48 pm

Not DOLPHIN... DAUPHIN!

Dauphinois

by **kitchenwitch** on Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:08 am

Well that's different then.

I suppose heir to the throne of France is better than dolphin. :smt002

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:44 pm

Well I thought it was maybe supposed to be Dauphin, but then with Wakey one never knows!

by **wakeyboy** on Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:35 pm

Chicken in black bean sauce with rice

by **ukus** on Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:58 pm

I made a fish pie with garlic toast on the side. Yummy.

by **kitchenwitch** on Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:30 am

We're planning on grilling hamburgers this evening. If we can get the camp grill to fit inside the fireplace without having to take out the grate that is in there we shall grill inside. Otherwise WB said he would put on his woolies and stand outside in the cold in front of the BBQ grill. We've both had a yen for cheeseburgers done on the grill.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:49 am

Good luck!! Try not to get carbon dioxide poisoning!

I'm having pork chop, roast spuds and broccoli.

by **kitchenwitch** on Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:13 pm

It's a wood fireplace, and we're just going to cook over the coals after the fire dies down, so I think we'll be just fine. Like I said, the tricky part will be getting the grill - which is essentially a wire rack- to fit in there without falling down into the fire. I want grilled burgers, not ashy bits of burnt meat.

by **waterbeetle** on Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:16 pm

Well, I couldn't find the rack to put in the fireplace so we did it the normal way, on the grill outside on the coldest day of the year! :smt023

but they were awful good :smt045

by **kitchenwitch** on Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:59 pm

WB is so good to me. :smt049

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:17 am

Awwwww, how sweet!

by **ukus** on Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:01 pm

We had a nice rib of Beef with Yorkshires and the rest of the fixin's.

We were all too full for the Bread and Butter pudding I had fixed for dessert :smt011

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:22 am

Yesterday I had lamb rib chops, baked potato and romaine salad.

Today I made vindaloo sauce to freeze and kept some to have today - chicken.

by **mr dragon** on Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:30 am

Chicken Madras, whole grain rice, and a nice slice of nan bread for Dragon tonight. I haven't had an Indian for ages. Yum :-)

by **bll** on Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:23 pm

I made a beef roast Thursday, so I'm using what's left for beef and noodles.

by **Druid 2156** on Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:25 pm

Sloppy Joes tonight for Joshua & me.

by **Mr Retro** on Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:50 pm

Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup

by **mr dragon** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:03 am

I think I'm going to do a spag bol tonight. I woke up with it in my head this morning for some strange reason.

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:16 am

mr dragon wrote:I think I'm going to do a spag bol tonight. I woke up with it in my head this morning for some strange reason.

That abbreviated description sounds disgusting! Like something you cough up when you clear your throat or something! SPAG BOL! Ugh! :smt048

by **mr dragon** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:05 am

Those Brits with their dirty language eh!

Y'know, it does taste the same even if you abbreviate it....At least I think it does....

:smt002

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:56 am

What a coincidence - we have a Brit lady (Surrey) on the Reimans board and she had spag bol (she put it that exact way) yesterday. Must have been a spag bol day in the UK!!

by **mr dragon** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:05 pm

I love a nice spag bol. It hits the hunger spot just nicely. I usually gently cook mine for at least an hour or so- just to let it all soak in. It's nice re heated as well, if you have left overs, the next day.

Either way, I chickened out! I went shopping tonight and bought a pizza instead. I suddenly couldn't be arsed- I made a Masala last night. I'll do one tomorrow instead. Typical male living on his own ;-)

by **Caer Ibormeith** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:07 pm

So, am I right in thinking that spag bol is British slang for spaghetti bolognese? :smt006

by **mr dragon** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:13 pm

Lol. Not quite slang. Rather 'creative' British English language 'laziness'. That's what we jokingly call it- as in: I'm gonna do a 'Spag Bol' tonight ;-)

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:32 pm

mr dragon wrote::smt012

Lol. Not quite slang. Rather 'creative' British English language 'laziness'. That's what we jokingly call it- as in: I'm gonna do a 'Spag Bol' tonight

I don't think she was asking so much whether or not it's considered slang as whether or not it means spaghetti bolognese (which is what I was also assuming).

by **mr dragon** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:43 pm

JuanaLaLoca wrote:
mr dragon wrote::smt012

Lol. Not quite slang. Rather 'creative' British English language 'laziness'. That's what we jokingly call it- as in: I'm gonna do a 'Spag Bol' tonight

I don't think she was asking so much whether or not it's considered slang as whether or not it means spaghetti bolognese (which is what I was also assuming).

Caer Ibormeith wrote:So, am I right in thinking that spag bol is British slang for spaghetti bolognese?

Aye Juana. If you hadn't deduced by now ( :smt002

) it's an abbreviation for 'Spaghetti Bolognese' that Brits sometimes use. It's deeply upsetting and worrying, I know. We occasionally like to 'abuse' our own language and other languages too....No one else would do that, though, of course......Would they?

:smt002

by **kitchenwitch** on Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:48 am

I made pasty for dinner last night. I probably will have leftovers for dinner, WB is out of town for a couple of days - he left this morning.
Then again I might just have a cup of yogurt, depends on how motivated I am to eat.

It's too hard to cook for myself. I don't know how those of you that live alone manage to eat properly. WB is convinced that if I was left up to my own devices I'd subsist on lettuce and air.

by **bll** on Thu Feb 11, 2010 10:58 am

There's only two of us, and it took me a while to sort out how to scale down so there's not loads of leftovers after my son moved out. Some thing you just can't do 'small' so I plan on making a full batch and just portion it out for the freezer for nights I don't feel like cooking. I no longer make turkeys or roast chickens; we make game hens instead, and I use the bones and leftovers to make soup. I think if John was left on his own he'd live on egg salad.

by **SilverMiniCooperS** on Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:02 am

KW - believe it or not, I find it easy to cook for just me. With soups stews and the such I just freeze it in portions. With curry I now make a large quantity of sauce only and freeze in portion sizes - I then cook whatever meat or fish I want in that one portion. With meat, I portion it out and freeze - I wrap each portion in cling wrap making it easier to take out just one from the freezer zip bag.

Right now I have a pork chop in the oven with some spuds and will also have some green beans. I eat my main meal at lunch.

by **JuanaLaLoca** on Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:11 pm

kitchenwitch wrote:I made pasty for dinner last night. I probably will have leftovers for dinner, WB is out of town for a couple of days - he left this morning.
Then again I might just have a cup of yogurt, depends on how motivated I am to eat.

It's too hard to cook for myself. I don't know how those of you that live alone manage to eat properly. WB is convinced that if I was left up to my own devices I'd subsist on lettuce and air.

Well, I don't like lettuce, so that would never do for me!

I just keep it simple; nothing that requires recipes or various ingredients. A piece of meat (boneless pork chop for tonight), with some garlic powder and whatever other seasoning I fancy, some frozen vegetables that I just have to throw into boiling water or the microwave. Probably the most involved is the starch, but even that isn't tough at all - a baked potato, Lipton's pasta or rice mix, instant mashed potatoes, pasta, Uncle Ben's microwave rice, etc. That's my typical dinner, with occasional variations (like I might have fresh corn on the cob in season, or something like that); it pretty much follows the meal plan that the nutritionist gave me years ago.

And like Silver, I freeze most of my meat, individually wrapping them and then putting them in a big plastic container that I call my 'meat locker'. Some things come individually wrapped already, which is handy, like Perdue Perfect Portions chicken breasts and the buffalo filets. Those I pop right into the freezer as soon as I get them home. Wrapping is a pain.

Saturday, though, I almost always have Betzio's frozen pan pizza, and on Sundays I frequently have a frozen dinner (favorites are Smart Ones mandarin sesame chicken or low-fat mac and cheese). Weekends are just a different animal from weekdays!