What's for Dinner? - Page 54

Sundae · 01-05-2013, 02:24 PM

I was going to have quinoa with dressed crab and roasted vegetables.
But when I got home Mum was making one of the Simon Rimmer's Tomato Biryanis I bought her. She offered me half and I just flopped down on the sofa and said, Yes Please.

I did have roasted orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, garlic and red onion with it though.

Finished off with a mini clementine.
All washed down with fizzy water.

Look at me with my rainbow menu.

Tomorrow we're having risotto with oven poached salmon, mixed green salad and crusty bread. I'm cooking and may just have salmon and salad.

wolf · 01-06-2013, 03:29 PM

I am trying to rapid thaw chicken because I have mango chipotle marinade. I will probably satisfy myself with thawing enough to pull off the styrofoam container. Yes, I'm bad, I froze chicken in the original packaging.

Aliantha · 01-06-2013, 06:30 PM

What's wrong with freezing things in the original packaging? I do it all the time. Always have and we're all still alive.

Undertoad · 01-06-2013, 07:11 PM

Chicken in the original packaging... which is chicken skin covered with feathers.

wolf · 01-06-2013, 10:22 PM

The mango chipotle chicken, sans plastic and styrofoam, turned out really yummy.

It is accompanied by carrots and toasted sesame ginger quinoa.

However, because of the protracted amount of time necessitated by the defrosting and other assorted mucking about I didn't get to eat it for dinner. It's ready to take for work this week, though. Dinner was spaghetti and meatballs.

orthodoc · 01-07-2013, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

I was going to have quinoa with dressed crab and roasted vegetables.

I did have roasted orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, garlic and red onion with it though.

Look at me with my rainbow menu.

Tomorrow we're having risotto with oven poached salmon, mixed green salad and crusty bread. I'm cooking and may just have salmon and salad.

The rainbow menu sounds wonderful! Any chance you're going to start a catering business? I'd be your first customer (we'd work out the shipping kinks somehow). Everything you've described sounds divine.

Dinner tonight ... starting a modified juice fast a bit early this time. Salad; juice; more juice. Water water water. Repeat (already rinsed).

DanaC · 01-07-2013, 07:10 AM

Yesterday I made a big stock pot full of winter broth. Minced beef, potatoes, tinned plum tomatoes, bit of carrot, onions, leeks, peas, mushrooms, fresh sage and parsley. Dash of worcestershire sauce too.

Today I will be dipping in to that on and off served with rough cut crusty bread and butter. I've already had a small amount, reheated to near dry and served with a baked stuffed mushroom (bought not made :p). It was awesome.

DanaC · 01-07-2013, 12:37 PM

Rfn, I'm tucking into another bowl of winter broth, with crusty bread to dip in.

orthodoc · 01-07-2013, 01:22 PM

Sounds delicious, especially with the crusty bread. Absolutely necessary. Yum!

Sundae · 01-07-2013, 01:47 PM

Tonight I had crab claws, garlic mayo (full fat but a controlled portion) and a salad of watercress, spinach and rocket, yellow pepper and spring onion.

Should probably not eaten all the crab claws. It did say "Great for sharing!" on the box. But I bought it because it was reduced and I'd be wary of eating seafood after the Best Before date in a way that doesn't worry me with other food. Yeah, my excuse for pigging out

Ortho I'm afraid I'm a poor savoury cook. Salads I can do, but only to my own specific requirements. If you're a fan of tomato or cucumber you will find them sadly lacking...

Sundae · 01-13-2013, 01:01 PM

Tonight I had roasted Apache potatoes (lightly tossed in olive oil and rosemary), baked carrots with Orange Honey and Dijon Mustard, Teriyaki Chicken slices and sugar snap peas. The most conventional meal I've had since mid December.

I put half the potatoes aside for tomorrow (oh, baked with a little red onion) because although I only had three, I cut them into quarters. I'll have the rest of the chicken then too.

Again, nice colours on the plate.

Apache potatoes:

DanaC · 01-13-2013, 01:48 PM

Ooooh. That sounds mega tasty.

I was cooking up something interesting involving sausages, but then I sliced my finger open whilst chopping onions and gave up on the something interesting. Just threw the sausages onto some bread and that was that :P

Sundae · 01-13-2013, 01:52 PM

Did you know you can buy single, cooked sausages?
I've seen them in our big Tesco.
Although chances are you don't have a Tesco Extra near you.

It appealed to me because I do fancy the occasional sausage (as well as cock) but they are so messy to cook...

DanaC · 01-13-2013, 02:06 PM

Yeah. There's a big 24hr tesco near me but it's a drive/busride away. I've had their ready cooked cumberland sausage ring. Oh bloody hell. Verrrry tasty.

Sundae · 01-13-2013, 02:16 PM

Y'see. I fall foul of the fallacy that it's grim up North every time.

When's your birthday btw?
Is this your 40th?
Feb 19th or 23rd come to mind...

01-05-2013, 02:24 PM	#796
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I was going to have quinoa with dressed crab and roasted vegetables. But when I got home Mum was making one of the Simon Rimmer's Tomato Biryanis I bought her. She offered me half and I just flopped down on the sofa and said, Yes Please. I did have roasted orange pepper, cherry tomatoes, garlic and red onion with it though. Finished off with a mini clementine. All washed down with fizzy water. Look at me with my rainbow menu. Tomorrow we're having risotto with oven poached salmon, mixed green salad and crusty bread. I'm cooking and may just have salmon and salad. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-06-2013, 03:29 PM	#797
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I am trying to rapid thaw chicken because I have mango chipotle marinade. I will probably satisfy myself with thawing enough to pull off the styrofoam container. Yes, I'm bad, I froze chicken in the original packaging. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-06-2013, 06:30 PM	#798
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	What's wrong with freezing things in the original packaging? I do it all the time. Always have and we're all still alive. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-06-2013, 10:22 PM	#800
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The mango chipotle chicken, sans plastic and styrofoam, turned out really yummy. It is accompanied by carrots and toasted sesame ginger quinoa. However, because of the protracted amount of time necessitated by the defrosting and other assorted mucking about I didn't get to eat it for dinner. It's ready to take for work this week, though. Dinner was spaghetti and meatballs. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-07-2013, 01:22 PM	#804
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Sounds delicious, especially with the crusty bread. Absolutely necessary. Yum! __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

01-06-2013, 07:11 PM	#799
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Chicken in the original packaging... which is chicken skin covered with feathers.

01-07-2013, 01:47 PM	#805
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Tonight I had crab claws, garlic mayo (full fat but a controlled portion) and a salad of watercress, spinach and rocket, yellow pepper and spring onion. Should probably not eaten all the crab claws. It did say "Great for sharing!" on the box. But I bought it because it was reduced and I'd be wary of eating seafood after the Best Before date in a way that doesn't worry me with other food. Yeah, my excuse for pigging out Ortho I'm afraid I'm a poor savoury cook. Salads I can do, but only to my own specific requirements. If you're a fan of tomato or cucumber you will find them sadly lacking... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-13-2013, 01:01 PM	#806
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Tonight I had roasted Apache potatoes (lightly tossed in olive oil and rosemary), baked carrots with Orange Honey and Dijon Mustard, Teriyaki Chicken slices and sugar snap peas. The most conventional meal I've had since mid December. I put half the potatoes aside for tomorrow (oh, baked with a little red onion) because although I only had three, I cut them into quarters. I'll have the rest of the chicken then too. Again, nice colours on the plate. Apache potatoes: Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-13-2013, 01:52 PM	#808
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Did you know you can buy single, cooked sausages? I've seen them in our big Tesco. Although chances are you don't have a Tesco Extra near you. It appealed to me because I do fancy the occasional sausage (as well as cock) but they are so messy to cook... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

01-13-2013, 02:16 PM	#810
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Y'see. I fall foul of the fallacy that it's grim up North every time. When's your birthday btw? Is this your 40th? Feb 19th or 23rd come to mind... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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