What Did You Have For Dinner Today?

Very light lunch - sandwich.
Main meal at 5, turkey, potatoes, veg and gravy followed by apple crumble and custard.
Hmmmm
 
jonbeeza said:
Going to make the missus a Ham Foo Young, and Burger and Chips for myself. Followed by my own home made fruit cake :)
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Foo Young sounds good.
 
Uncle Ben's microwave rice for me

I did discover however that if you forget to make a tear in the packet before you put it in the microwave it makes a rather loud bang
 
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Anyone got any good tips for microwave then oven jacket spud? e.g. how long in microwave/oven, what spud variety and whether to smear oil or butter on spud? Ta
 
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DorsetDude said:
Anyone got any good tips for microwave then oven jacket spud? e.g. how long in microwave/ovem, what spud variety and whether to smear oil or butter on spud? Ta
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No help with micro/oven.. Depends on size of jacket I guess.
Re the latter though... Butter and a little sea salt.. Yummy
 
DorsetDude said:
Anyone got any good tips for microwave then oven jacket spud? e.g. how long in microwave/ovem, what spud variety and whether to smear oil or butter on spud? Ta
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Brush with oil, push a metal skewer through and bake in the oven at 220 degrees for an hour.

Save the microwave for soup & popcorn.
 
I microwave jacket spud first. I start off with 5 mins on high and check them. If I can push a fork into to them fairly easily, they then go into oven. if not they get another 5 mins and so on.

Dave
 
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DorsetDude said:
Anyone got any good tips for microwave then oven jacket spud? e.g. how long in microwave/ovem, what spud variety and whether to smear oil or butter on spud? Ta
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Large spud, micro-nuke for 10 mins and oven for about 20 mins until crispy on the outside.
Cuts down on cooking time :thumbs:
You can even crisp them under a grill for 5 mins or so :thumbs:
 
Fairly hot oven then? Fan 200° C job. Ta. Using Maris Pipers at mo, seem tasty enough.
 
DorsetDude said:
And with the price of lecky these days, I begrudge putting the oven on for one hour for one little spud.
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As its a fan oven ( same as mine) spud in when you turn the oven on and check it @ 10 mins onwards.
 
So not a what I had but what I've got....

Chicken thighs but I have no clue what to do with them tonight :(

Answers on a postcard :D
 
DorsetDude said:
Does opening the oven door and looking at it count as checking it?
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Close enough but I was more thinking about either taping it with a knife to see if its gone crispy or stick a knife in it to see if its cooked and crispy :D
 
Went down to town for lunch so had chicken and prawn Cha Han Donburri at Wagamamma.
 
Just tucking into home made toad in the hole, boiled potatoes and plum tomatoes (y)
 
Cg_Girl said:
So not a what I had but what I've got....

Chicken thighs but I have no clue what to do with them tonight :(

Answers on a postcard :D
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I would put them in an oven dish with my own home made curry ( no garlic ) and serve with boiled rice. Or if I was feeling really lazy, I would stick them in the oven, with oven chips :)
 
jonbeeza said:
I would put them in an oven dish with my own home made curry ( no garlic ) and serve with boiled rice. Or if I was feeling really lazy, I would stick them in the oven, with oven chips :)
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First option sounds lovely but with lots of garlic :D
I have no oven so anything involving an oven was out. Ended up browning with garlic, paprika, red wine and slow hob cooked in gravy, plus mash and veg :)
 
Cg_Girl said:
First option sounds lovely but with lots of garlic :D
I have no oven so anything involving an oven was out. Ended up browning with garlic, paprika, red wine and slow hob cooked in gravy, plus mash and veg :)
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That sounds equally good, if not better than my suggestion. Glad you found a nice recipe :)
 
Just had spicy cottage pie (enough left for another three or four helpings). I marinated some chicken breasts which I cut into cubes earlier, using my chicken tikka recipe. There is enough for five portions (£3.50 for four decent breasts), so that is this weeks dinners taken care of.
 
Settled for a roast Chicken Roasties and Carrot and Turnip, oh and Cabbage. All with a splash of Minted Gravy :)
 
andy700 said:
Just had spicy cottage pie (enough left for another three or four helpings). I marinated some chicken breasts which I cut into cubes earlier, using my chicken tikka recipe. There is enough for five portions (£3.50 for four decent breasts), so that is this weeks dinners taken care of.
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All round yours for dinner then :D

jonbeeza said:
Settled for a roast Chicken Roasties and Carrot and Turnip, oh and Cabbage. All with a splash of Minted Gravy :)
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Yummy..Minted Gravy!
 
Crispy fried tuna steaks with mash and veggies followed by rice pud.
 
Cg_Girl said:
So not a what I had but what I've got....

Chicken thighs but I have no clue what to do with them tonight :(

Answers on a postcard :D
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Ken Hom's Balinese Chicken was a favourite of mine (prior to going veggie). Cooks on the stove in a large wok.
 
jonbeeza said:
YUP

The Missus really loves me, I have got this cooking and baking lark well cracked. It probably helps that I have worked in catering for over thirty years ;)
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Hell yes I bet she does, no Sane women would pass up on a man cooking (if they can)... I do love to cook but being just the kids and myself it now just tends to be boring everyday stuff as they aren't adventurous in trying

Llamaman said:
Ken Hom's Balinese Chicken was a favourite of mine (prior to going veggie). Cooks on the stove in a large wok.
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Mmmmmmm I may have to look into that :)
 
Cg_Girl said:
Hell yes I bet she does, no Sane women would pass up on a man cooking (if they can)... I do love to cook but being just the kids and myself .....
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I usually wind my missus mates up, by posting on her FB wall and what is on John's menu today? I give a mouth watering description of what I am going to cook :D
 
jonbeeza said:
I usually wind my missus mates up, by posting on her FB wall and what is on John's menu today? I give a mouth watering description of what I am going to cook :D
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Lol mean! I bet they are always jealous :D
 
Newmarket sausages and bubble followed by a large bowl of raspberry trifle, boy will those gallstones kick off soon, where's the gaviscon?
 
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