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Indeed it is nash as my partner is a very good cook.

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Sirloin steaks griddled medium to rare with mushrooms and onion rings. Oven chips and battered onion rings. Peas, tomato and Bearnaise sauces.

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Well Done to the cook Den

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Well there is only one person in charge in our household nash and it ain't me.;)

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Rabbit stew with roasted taters and parsnips. Rabbit is melt-in-the-mouth tender. Right back to my childhood and grans rabbit stew except no bones. Now if I could just reproduce her bread pudding I'd be in food heaven. :)

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We woman must keep you in place, ha ha :)

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Pumpkin seeds.

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Porridge.

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Brown bread sandwich in corn beef and cheese,

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Lamb shanks slow cooked. Gravy and mint sauce. Roasted Taters, parsnips, carrots and leeks.

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Banana on toast.

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Flame Grilled Steak McCoys - not as good as they used to be, though..

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Baked Cumberland sausages, home made onion gravy with rosemary and balsamic, mash and peas.

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Rolls spread with light mayo and filled with smoked salmon with a little creamed horseradish and cucumber slices.

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Chicken , chorizo and okra gumbo.

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Breaded smoked haddock, baked. Steamed broccoli, leeks and carrots. Cheese sauce.

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Pork belly slices marinated in Chinese five spice, soy, ginger, garlic, honey and wine. roasted until sticky. Roasted sweet potato, parsnips and courgettes.

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Porridge with a tiny bit of honey.

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Home made steak-in-ale pies in #2 ceramic dishes with puff pastry tops. Chips, battered onion rings and peas.

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l hope the pastry was homemade given your Michelin cooking skills.;)

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Sorry Den I draw the line at making puff pastry. Anyhow the commercial stuff is infinitely better than I could do. :D

Still looking to get my first star.

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Chicken Fajitas with a smoky hot sauce.

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Yes shop bought pastry is very good nowadays although my partner likes to make it mostly but we do have it sometimes..

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Found some 3 year old large squid tubes in the back of the freezer earlier so decided to come up with a recipe to transform them into a spicy stew of chorizo, squid, tomatoes, butter beans and chickpeas, heavily laced with garlic. 90 mins later I'm enjoying a delicious hot meal and the squid is as tender as a tenderised tender thing. Yummy!

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Just shows that use by dates on frozen stuff are only notional so long as it's tightly wrapped to prevent freezer burn (Dehydration)

Tuna, coriander and lime fish cakes*. Steamed broccoli, leeks, carrots and lashings of strong cheese sauce.

*JS Taste the difference

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Indeed use by dates have to be put on things by law but the vast majority of produce will keep for much longer then that as we know.

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Yup, we were brought up that way - to waste nothing. Of course it's a lot easier just to live on takeaways and moan about having no money...

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I've been telling my wife that my sell by date hasn't arrived for years. :)

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Would you be having a good recipe for Home made steak-pies? This combination sounds delicious.

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Welcome to Heero's kitchen. :D

800g lean braising/stewing steak, 1 big onion chopped, 50g seasoned plain flour, level tsp of mixed herbs, 250g sliced closed cup mushrooms, beef stock cube made up with 50 mils hot water. 250 mils ale (Ideally John Smiths or Newcastle brown) 2-4 cloves crushed garlic, 2 tsp mushroom ketchup, 1 tsp dark soy, dash of Worcester sauce, 1 tbsp tomato puree, 2 bay leaves. 500g Shop puff pastry block. 6 #2 pie dishes for individuals.

Cut steak into bite sized pieces, toss in flour and put in a large saucepan, ideally on a diffuser. Add remaining flour and all the rest of the ingredients. Bring to the boil stirring regularly. Cover with tight fitting lid, turn the heat down as far as it will go so it's only just bubbling and slow cook for 3-4 hours. Stir every 1/2 hour and make sure the gungy bits on the base of the pan get fully mixed in. Season to taste at the end of the cooking time.

Remove the bay leaves, fill dishes and allow to cool. Each pie will need 1/6 of the pastry block rolled out to fit. Milk or beaten egg can be used to glaze the tops.

Oven bake on a sheet at 200C for 25-30 mins until fully puffed and golden. Serve with chips, battered onion rings and peas for that pub grub experience. Tuck in! :drool:

The puff pastry can be frozen in individual ~80g pieces wrapped in cling film and the pies covered with film and also frozen in their dishes. Then you have them ready to defrost ( ~ 6 hours room temp) at a future date. Each pie with pastry is about 600 calories.

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When are you taking orders old bean.:D;)

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Not yet.

Slow cooked (4 hours) rump steak* sliced and served in a giant Yorkie with creamed horseradish sauce. Roasted taters and parsnips. Steamed broccoli, carrots and sprouts. Gravy made from the pot roast juices whizzed with the hand blender.

* Skanky looking and reduced to sell quick. No good for presentation but ideal for slow cook: 250mil beef stock, bay leaves, onion, seasoning and pinch mixed herbs.

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Fish and wedges Apple Crumble

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Coronation chicken.

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Thank you so much. Though 600 calories per pie? Lord. I will have a minimum of 3! Haha. Life is too short.

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What will probably surprise you is that the puff pastry has more calories than the actual filling which is around 280. What price comfort food though. :)

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No wonder you have hidden your weighing scales in the cellar.;)

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A roll with nice gammon filling for lunch ,

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Hahaha. You can say that again! ;)

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Hot Cross Bun

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Lovely toasted with lashings of butter nash.

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Liver , onions and bacon.

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Malt loaf with lashings of best butter thrown on it. Mmmm... Buttttterrrr.

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You may not believe this Den, but I eat toast dry, ;)

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Oh noooooo that is not for me nash.:nono:

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well that's traumatised me -no butter aint natural:)

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can't imagine toast without butter

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Frying steak marinated in Teriyaki and broiled for a short while. Roasted parsnips and courgettes. Soba (Buckwheat) noodles.

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A slow cooked BBQ leg of lamb. Feeling a bit like Fred Flintstone but boy it's good. :)

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l hope Wilma enjoyed it as much as you did.;)

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Toast

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She had all the crispy and really succulent bits, I'll be gnawing the bone later. :)

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Jacket potatoes filled with home made beef and mixed bean chili. (hot) Sprinkle of Parmesan Reggiano.

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Lamb rogon josh made using the meat leftover from last night's BBQ. Lovely.

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Banana on toast.

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Chicken breasts oven baked in double cream, parmesan and butter. Steamed broccoli with butter and home made mayo.

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Not the diet option then? :D

Pulled beef with BBQ sauce. Roasted taters and parsnips. Steamed carrots, leeks and broccoli.

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Baked Cumberland sausages, home made onion gravy with rosemary and balsamic vinegar. Mash and peas.

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It's been a long week, so we went out for a nice meal - I had

Warmed up with a Lemon & Thyme Martini
Chilli Salt Edamame Beans for nibbles
Romesco Chicken Salad with goat’s cheese, red peppers and aged balsamic for starters, with a large glass of Chilean Cab Sauv
CHargrilled Fillet Steak with garlic butter, roasted vine tomato and fries, washed down by a large glass of Argentinian Malbec
For dessert, an Espresso Martini

Now relaxing at home with a large glass of Old Pulteney 17YO

I'll sleep well tonight...

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A pear.

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2 rolls and square sausage.

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Gammon steaks griddled with pineapple rings and mushrooms. Oven chips and battered onion rings. Peas and sauces.

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Tiger roll with mature cheese & tomato.

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Scrambled egg :)

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Maple cured smoked back bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes, hashbrowns and black pudding. All fried. :drool:

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Banana & custard yogurt.

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Pork sausage and baked beans ration pack :drool:

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Where are you planning to go as l hear they are looking for workers in the far wastes of Mongolia.;)

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If he's on ration packs then he's already out there. :D

Some toasted crumpets with a buttery spread.

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Cottage pie.

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Nice creamy Gorgonzola cheese and a mixed salad.

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Prawn cocktail.

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Curries today, the lad wants one that won't promote spontaneous combustion.

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Ditto. Made a really hot chicken madras yesterday and there's loads left over for the next couple of days during which it'll only improve. :tu:

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I have made a tempering oil with Scorpion and Naga chillies just for me.;)

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Monday Morning , Porridge

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Calzone.

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Chicken Balti

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Hot l gather Taf.;)

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Tuna, lime and coriander fishcakes. Steamed broccoli, leeks and carrots. Cheese sauce.

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Oh yes, Naga Jolokia and Pink Tiger chillies to pep it up a bit. ;)

I've new superhot chilli growing this year (Bad Brains) that should sort out my capsaicin desires...

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You're an addict... ;)

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Marmite (thinly spread) on buttered multi-seeded toast. Delicious.

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Corn Beef Sandwich

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Crumpets with butter for once.

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Toasted crumpets with a buttery spread. :drool:

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Hot cross buns.

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Cheese and apple toastie that my youngest thinks is disgusting despite never trying it :rolleyes:

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Yes its makes me chuckle when some say l don't like certain types of food when they have not even tried it.

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Spam fritters, mash and beans.

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Spam is one of my favourites but sadly a vast majority don't agree with our taste buds.:)

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:sick::sick::sick:

i think you mean lack of taste buds

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Well each to their own papa as l do like exotic foreign food as well.:)

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Tuna, lime and coriander fishcakes. Steamed broccoli, leeks and carrots. Lashings of good strong cheese sauce. :drool:

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Osem Jnr#2 just loves those. We have 12 x 6 packs in our freezers... :)

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Spam fritters - last time I had them was back in school...

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Half pound fully-loaded beef burger nearly defeated me... but I persisted and added more Smoky WAHTHAFAH! sauce. That did the trick.

http://www.chilliofthevalley.co.uk/c...4624121938.jpg

My mate, the man behind the one-man-band sauce company, gave me a preview bottle of this sauce to try out... carefully..

http://www.chilliofthevalley.co.uk/c...4629381388.jpg

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Leftover chicken and homemade oven chips.

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1 Tesco jaffa cake and 15 or 16 salted peanuts.

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Baked eggs with wilted spinach and salmon

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Chicken Madras curry and basmati rice.

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Boiled eggs with soldiers.

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fried eggs with the RAF.