What are you eating now?

[nstokes]

Sheppards pie, mash, pies, sweetcorn and spinach

[Osem]

A really nice spicy chorizo, smoked bacon and butter bean soup I made earlier today with some nice warm crusty bread and butter.

I never follow recipes and rarely note down the details of what I concoct but I did this time so, for anyone who's interested, here's what went into it.

Ingredients

2 large onions.
3 large carrots.
3-4 sticks of celery.
4-6 rashers of smoked bacon.
1 chorizo ring.
Garlic - 4-5 cloves.
Carton of pasata.
4 tins of butter beans.
Approx. 500mls water.
Chicken stock cube.
Salt & black pepper to season.
Tomato ketchup to sweeten.
Hot chilli sauce to add heat.
Parsley.

Method

Chop and gently fry the chorizo and bacon to brown slightly and release their oil. Add the chopped vegetables and soften in the pan with garlic as required. Add water and stock cube then simmer gently for 30-40 mins. Add tomatoes or pasata and a little ketchup to sweeten. Add butter beans and bring to simmering point then add chilli sauce/powder to the desired heat and continue simmering as required. Add parsley when off the heat shortly before service.

The above made enough for 3 adults with about an equal amount left for tomorrow.

[thenry]

fish and chips from the chippy

Just been out for a celebratory meal, and had -

Goat’s cheese and pesto risotto finished with air dried tomatoes and rocket leaves for starters,
followed by chargrilled 10oz fillet steak with garlic butter, roasted air dried tomatoes and fries for mains,
with Classic Affogato (ristretto, vanilla ice cream and Amaretto) for dessert.

Washed down by a bottle of Madfish Grandstand Pinot Noir.

Now for a very large 18 year old Glenfiddich for a digestif.

Life is good (if a little blurry at the moment).

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by denphone

Prawn Curry.

You've made me want one now...

Originally Posted by Hugh

Just been out for a celebratory meal, and had -

Goat’s cheese and pesto risotto finished with air dried tomatoes and rocket leaves for starters,
followed by chargrilled 10oz fillet steak with garlic butter, roasted air dried tomatoes and fries for mains,
with Classic Affogato (ristretto, vanilla ice cream and Amaretto) for dessert.

Washed down by a bottle of Madfish Grandstand Pinot Noir.

Now for a very large 18 year old Glenfiddich for a digestif.

Life is good (if a little blurry at the moment).

Pesto is one of my favourite things of all time.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Mushroom soup.

A bit early for soup for me as l will have a couple of rounds of toast with plenty of Clover on it in a minute.

---------- Post added at 09:32 ---------- Previous post was at 09:26 ----------

Originally Posted by Hugh

Just been out for a celebratory meal, and had -

Goat’s cheese and pesto risotto finished with air dried tomatoes and rocket leaves for starters,
followed by chargrilled 10oz fillet steak with garlic butter, roasted air dried tomatoes and fries for mains,
with Classic Affogato (ristretto, vanilla ice cream and Amaretto) for dessert.

Washed down by a bottle of Madfish Grandstand Pinot Noir.

Now for a very large 18 year old Glenfiddich for a digestif.

Life is good (if a little blurry at the moment).

Will you require 2 headache tablets this morning Sir or two Rennie.

[papa smurf]

bacon [crispy smoked streaky]on wholemeal with a duck egg on top -most of the yolk is on my shirt though.

Originally Posted by denphone

A bit early for soup for me as l will have a couple of rounds of toast with plenty of Clover on it in a minute.

---------- Post added at 09:32 ---------- Previous post was at 09:26 ----------



Will you require 2 headache tablets this morning Sir or two Rennie.

No, but thanks for offering...

Been up since 7:30am - walked the dog, cleaned the bathrooms, been food shopping, booked a holiday for July; busy, busy, busy.

[denphone]

Pan fried Chorizo and Pork Sausages with Savoy Cabbage , Stilton Mash with a Madeira and Onion sauce.

[thenry]

steak, rice and roast potatoes

[peanut]

4x 4 Cheese Arancini (used up leftover 3 cheese risotto but added an extra mozzy cheese centre), garlic and balsamic sauted courgettes. Lemon, olive oil and parmesan rocket salad. Parma hams and sun dried tomatoes with homemade garlic ciabatta. Oh and washed down with a nice chat neuf du pape.

[nstokes]

Dominos Pizza

[papa smurf]

leg of lamb cooked on a bed of sliced potatoes-yorkies -peas -mash- sweetcorn -carrots- lashings of gravy and mint jelly .

[denphone]

Roast Chicken with all the trimmings.

[denphone]

Blackberry Chicken.