Re: whats on the menu

by polgara 30th March 2012, 3:14 pm

Years ago, just after rationing finished, our butcher used to make what he called steaklets. They were just minced beef with seasoning in them but we did used to like them.

I tried to make some for lunch today & they were quite nice. Just like burgers but without the onion & spice. Had chips & garlicetype mushrooms with a sour cream & chive dip. Definately going to try them again

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 30th March 2012, 7:27 pm

Christmas pudding! Discovered a cache of them this afternoon. Yum. Going to get the kids to bed, curl up on sofa with a pot of tea and a film and a big Christmas pudding with clotted cream.

by polgara 31st March 2012, 9:58 am

Hope you enjoyed the pud Billy.

Bacon roll for lunch today, out of the freezer so not a lot to do.

by Kristy lee 1st April 2012, 1:40 am

it's still BBQ season here

So tonight it will be steak and snags. I'm going to do up a potato bake and of course a salad or two. I always hv to make one of them a good hearty one as i hv a DD that says isn't vegetarian.......but she only eats fish or spag bol

by Dandelion 1st April 2012, 8:03 am

A snag is a sausage, right?

by polgara 1st April 2012, 11:26 am

Roast pork with homemade stuffing, roasties & veg. OH will have a rice pud for afters.
Tea will be salad.

by Chilli-head 1st April 2012, 7:51 pm

Asparagus !!! Very Happy

by polgara 5th April 2012, 10:47 am

Corned beef curry, OH likes it & then a frittata thing for tea

by Kristy lee 6th April 2012, 8:20 am

Dandelion wrote:A snag is a sausage, right?

sorry.....Yes that's right you know some Aussie lol

Being Good Friday we had a big family BBQ with loads of fresh fish caught this morning, prawns, garlic and chilli prawns and crab Very Happy

by polgara 6th April 2012, 6:28 pm

Chicken salad for lunch & scrambled eggs for tea with the odd Hot Cross Bun

by Wilhelm Von Rhomboid 6th April 2012, 8:59 pm

Fresh sausage rolls, cold smoked venison, cheesecake.

by Dandelion 6th April 2012, 10:10 pm

Courgette, red onion and pinenut tart

by AngelinaJellyBeana 7th April 2012, 11:43 am

Mmmm Dandelion, that sounds delish. Do you have a recipe or is it a made up one?

I made mushroom & ale pies yesterday, ate one for my tea with new potatoes and green beans (the last of my frozen home grown beans). The other 2 pies are in the freezer ready for another time.

I've got some wild garlic growing in the garden so I'm going to pick some of that to go with the basil I bought today (a reduced pot from Tesco) and make some pesto to go with pasta for lunch. Will probably add some olives to that as well dribble

by Dandelion 7th April 2012, 11:56 am

It was a recipe in the Tesco magazine, and was a useful way to use up half a pot of creme fraiche. The tart bit was really fun to make - I'll post the recipe tonight.

by GB 7th April 2012, 3:39 pm

Roast pork, mashed spuds, steamed carrots and brocoli with the best gravy EVER!

Does anyone know why THIS thread only ever tells me twice about new posts and then stops? Tis most annoying!

by Dandelion 7th April 2012, 6:19 pm

Have just made a lemon and lime syllabub for tonight, and a summer pudding for Easter Sunday (which has become a bit of a ritual because everyone likes it. It also uses up all the soft fruit I saved from last year and leaves some space in the freezer!)

by freebird 9th April 2012, 8:55 pm

We had salmon stir-fry, but prepping the veg, found I had no fresh chilli. Have used up all the chopped, frozen chilli, so decided to try some that I had experimentally dried in the oven last autumn (had my doubts as I thought I might have cooked them, rather than dried them). Reconstituted in a little boiling water until rehydrated (just a few minutes), then chopped up and added to the stir-fry. Superb! Kept their heat and flavour much better than the frozen chillies.

I've since bought a dehydrator, so this year they should get properly dried.

by polgara 12th April 2012, 11:18 am

A bolognaise today, but a careful one as I have been quite ill the last few days and am just getting back to normal. If I did not HAVE to eat, I would not , but thats the way it goes.

Baked pots for tea with a minute amount of salad.

by polgara 13th April 2012, 3:12 pm

Beefy curry today, thought it was a beefy casserole laughy

by GB 13th April 2012, 6:20 pm

Fingers crossed for a pork pie. Never made one of those before so its a bit daunting, to say the least. Lets see if HFW can get me through!

by GB 14th April 2012, 12:11 am

Change of dinner plans. With hubby so sick he wanted the Japanese onion soup that comes as a starter at a Japanese steak house so I went and got him some..............

And about 10 different Sushi Rolls for the rest of us.

Finally the kids had all the Sushi they wanted and it only put a little hole in the birthday budget so Darling Daughter is thrilled with her late birthday dinner and hubby is feeling a little bit better.

And best of all, I didnt have to cook it Cool

by polgara 14th April 2012, 11:15 am

Cottage pie today

by polgara 14th April 2012, 11:15 am

Cottage pie today

by Chilli-head 14th April 2012, 9:56 pm

Did it repeat on you Laughing

by polgara 15th April 2012, 8:37 am

Have no idea what happened there, & no it did not repeat but was very yummy.

Roast beef today looking forward to that & egg & cress sarnies for tea, the cress will be cut about 2 mins before we eat it, how fresh can you get??

by polgara 17th April 2012, 6:19 pm

Spaghetti in tom sauce with onions & mushrooms & smoked sausage. Very yummy.

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