What's for dinner tonight?

[everso]

Tonight we will be mainly eating chicken casserole (with the obligatory dumplings).

Chicken breasts, onion, carrot, parsnip, celery, potatoes and sweet potato (just a smidgin, remembering Trubbs's problems with her soup a couple of weeks back - don't want to make the casserole too sweet). It's been simmering away for ages and smells wonderful.

Dumplings to be added when Mr. E. gets home.

I foresee an evening lolling around on the sofa (especially since I'm about to pour myself another glass of wine).

[sesley]

beef stew with dumplings, i got the idea from Olive the magazine, i already had raided the freezer and found stewing steak,so the magazine recipe made the meal interesting and delish,just what you need on a frosty day with snow still on the ground a week on.

[betty]

that is a very good question.

i'll have to get back to you.

possibly a day old vegetable samosa

[Weyland]

Mar 3, 2010 19:49:03 GMT everso said:

Tonight we will be mainly eating chicken casserole (with the obligatory dumplings).

I am envious.

Today I had a hospital appointment, which I had expected to result in surgery soon. The consultant was called away to an emergency that kept me waiting hours longer than I thought, but the outcome was -- no operation. Just a question of diet, exercise, etc. In other words, business as usual.

So naturally I went to the boozer to celebrate, and ate there as well. Moussaka. I could make a better moussaka in my sleep. Not that I'm bitter.

[betty]

Mar 3, 2010 20:30:39 GMT Weyland said:

Moussaka. I could make a better moussaka in my sleep. Not that I'm bitter.

that's the trouble with being a good cook - there are too many chances of being disappointed when you bother to eat out and pay for someone else's 'talent'.

[Patrick]

We'll be chicken casserole-ing afore the week is out. Down to Garstang tomorrow for Sausages, Chicken, Pork Chops, Steak and Gammon and all for about £20.

[trubble]

You should really eat some vegetables too. All that meat must very heavy going on the old digestion system.

[trubble]

remembering Trubbs's problems with her soup a couple of weeks back

^{Hmm. Yee-ees. I did throw the last bit out in the end.}

[trubble]

Mar 3, 2010 20:30:39 GMT Weyland said:

Just a question of diet, exercise, etc. In other words, business as usual.

Ah, the double edged sword. You know it's good news really but who wants to be told they have to behave well?

I could make a better moussaka in my sleep.

Sleep-cooking? Now that's what I call talent!

[aubrey]

For dinner I'm going to have some boiled potatoes that have been in the fridge a few days chopped up and fried, in sandwiches with red sause and Mayo and maybe some vinegar, if I remember. (There's not much; I should be able to spread it over 4 slices.)

Tea, I don't know.

(Potato is a reason for believing in God. That, and JS Bach.)

[everso]

I shall be cooking a chilli tonight. Or maybe I'll do it tomorrow. I can't decide. It might be salmon. Or smoked haddock.

Or cod in batter. Yes! I'll do that. It's quick and easy.

But I fancy chilli.

Damn!

[Weyland]

No cooking today. Salmon and salad sandwiches in fresh crusty buns with Welsh butter and a pint of tea.

I'll probably have an overdose of industrial-strength chilli at the weekend, with a side of salad and fresh jalapeños, and melted Dutch sambal cheese on nachos, with ice-cold Oranjeboom beer.

I think there's some beef chilli somewhere in the freezer. If not, I know for sure there's a chicken vindaloo.

[riotgrrl]

Mar 4, 2010 14:30:19 GMT everso said:

I shall be cooking a chilli tonight. Or maybe I'll do it tomorrow. I can't decide. It might be salmon. Or smoked haddock.

Or cod in batter. Yes! I'll do that. It's quick and easy.

But I fancy chilli.

Damn!

Freshly cooked chilli is no good.

You have to let it cool for a bare minimum of 2 hours (but preferably overnight, or even better, freeze it for future use), then reheat it.

[everso]

It's the same with spag bol and curry. But when you gotta have chilli, you gotta have chilli.

[Weyland]

Mar 4, 2010 16:43:15 GMT @riotgrrl said:

Freshly cooked chilli is no good.

You have to let it cool for a bare minimum of 2 hours (but preferably overnight, or even better, freeze it for future use), then reheat it.

That's right. Same with curry.

But Ev is right too -- when the urge for capsaicin strikes, it MUST be sated, otherwise there could well be blood and snots all over the chandeliers and antimacassars, not to mention the cleaning bill for my pearl-grey spats.

I have been fighting the Chilli Depletion Demon for many a long year, and am now capable of fending her off for several days at a time . . . sometimes even a week, but there is always a day of reckoning. Oh, the Agony and the Ecstasy! . . . . .

[riotgrrl]

I've actually stopped making chilli with mince so often, and moved on to a wonderful chilli chicken recipe which is far nicer.

Same basic idea - tomatoes, hot stuff, etc. - but far nicer.

[Deleted]

i LOVE chilli qwuite frankly. in all its various forms and disguises. ive just crammed myself full of many many rounds of marmite on toast, spread thick like tar. that was lush. i want a toffee crisp now thou. i realise this is not dinner though. this isd just things wot you eat when you're waiting till dinner time.

[Weyland]

Mar 4, 2010 17:17:29 GMT @riotgrrl said:

I've actually stopped making chilli with mince so often, and moved on to a wonderful chilli chicken recipe which is far nicer.

Same basic idea - tomatoes, hot stuff, etc. - but far nicer.

Sounds good, even if a little perverse.

Any particularly relevant recipe tips in the chicken-chilli department?

[riotgrrl]

Mar 4, 2010 17:33:42 GMT Weyland said:

Mar 4, 2010 17:17:29 GMT @riotgrrl said:

I've actually stopped making chilli with mince so often, and moved on to a wonderful chilli chicken recipe which is far nicer.

Same basic idea - tomatoes, hot stuff, etc. - but far nicer.

Sounds good, even if a little perverse.

Any particularly relevant recipe tips in the chicken-chilli department?

Nope.

Just as you'd imagine it.

Fry your onions, garlic, add the spices directly to the onion mix, add chicken, brown, tinned toms., stock cube, peppers.

Oh, and add your cannelloni beans (sp!) later on in process. It's nice with cannelloni beans. I'm sure it woudl be equally nice with kidney beans.

To go with it, I have a great salad recipe (if that's not an oxymoron) that I got from Jamie Oliver (sorry but true - it's great!) No cucumber or tomato or lettuce - boring old English salad. White cabbage, red cabbage, carrots, radishes, chilli peppers, red onion, fresh coriander, dressed in olive oil and lots and lots and lots of freshly squeezed lime juice.

It's called a 'Mexican Street Salad' and it's a great way to eat lots of healthy things and actually enjoy them.

[Weyland]

Mar 4, 2010 17:27:10 GMT @costal said:

i LOVE chilli qwuite frankly. in all its various forms and disguises. ive just crammed myself full of many many rounds of marmite on toast, spread thick like tar. that was lush. i want a toffee crisp now thou. i realise this is not dinner though. this isd just things wot you eat when you're waiting till dinner time.

I lurrrrve Marmite, but it contains too much salt for my blood pressure.

However, a thin layer on wholemeal melba toast with a lorra cottage cheese on top is great, once you get used to it. Also good with melted cheese on nachos.

Wonderful stuff, Marmite.