-pops- Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Yesterday was a cheese omelette. Today is tagliatelle Bolognese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 3 hard boiled eggs with salad. Enjoyed it. As usual of late we followed with half a punnet of British strawberries each an apple and two clementines  and a Fage plain yogurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 King prawn fried rice (peppers, onion, chilli, shredded omelette and king prawns) with sweet chilli dipping sauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Our usual Saturday evening baps. This time salt and pepper baps, filled with medium rare beef, and for me sliced onion, and for Er indoors , sliced tomato. Followed again by half a punnet each of strawberries, an apple, two or three clementines and a Fage yogurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Roast chicken today with the usual accessories. I have revived my old vertical "spit" to impale the chicken on vertically. It cooks more evenly and with crispy skin all over compared with sitting it in a roasting dish.  (By the way - my vertical spit is actually a large stainless steel funnel that I keep in the garage- madam is not impressed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Bought a turkey leg very cheaply the other day so, after 20 minutes in the pressure cooker to tenderise, it will form the basis of a nice curry. Â The remainder will make a nice turkey and vegetable soup for tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Chicken, ham hock and leek pies with salad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 I didn't like the turkey in the curry yesterday - it had an odd flavour - so I'm abandoning the soup which was planned. Â I'll decide shortly what to have and report back later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 3 hours ago, -pops- said: I didn't like the turkey in the curry yesterday - it had an odd flavour - so I'm abandoning the soup which was planned. Â I'll decide shortly what to have and report back later. We love roast turkey hot or cold. But the smell of turkey being boiled for stock is revolting. I have used it in curry made from left over roasted turkey, and found it to be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 I find that re-heating chicken and turkey always produces a weird flavour. I can even taste it in a curry.  I have lost count of the number of chicken meals I have sent back in a restaurant because the chicken had obviously been re-heated from cold. In fact, I now warn them when ordering a chicken meal to ensure it is cooked from raw - and I don't mind waiting for it.  Some of my other restaurant pet hates are :-  People on adjacent tables talking loudly  Badly behave feral kids or babies screaming.  Dirty menus  Blunt dinner knives  Wine glasses that have not been polished  Any meal flooded with sauce or gravy - I always ask for them to be served separately. This also applies to Indian and Chinese meals  Waiting staff inappropriately dressed and/or impolite     Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 23, 2018 Report Share Posted July 23, 2018 Yes, the turkey leg was boiled from raw and it was truly unpleasant. As an indicator, even the dog refused it. Â I've made some burgers from low-fat mince for tonight - with chips and marrowfat peas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 Hard boiled eggs with salad. It is proving difficult now to loose a few more pounds. I must keep it up though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 That's how it is with dieting - the closer you are to your goal, the more difficult it is to get there - exponential something or other. What about ditching the eggs and replacing them with root veg:- carrot, beetroot, Kohlrabi, radish, mooli, onion, cauliflower, cabbage and any combination thereof all finely grated with a dressing of low (or no) fat fromage frais, vinegar and pepper !no oil! - very tasty. Â Today is smoked haddock en croute (as per a couple of weeks ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 24, 2018 Report Share Posted July 24, 2018 You should try an egg salad without the eggs - or just the shells if you must. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 Mixed fish poached in parsley & onion sauce with green beans and new potatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 Deep Fried Gluten free beer battered cod loin and McCain French Fries served with Mortons marrowfat peas and home made tatar sauce.  Followed by Scottish strawberries, raspberries and cream.  NOTE : We are not gluten intolerant - it's just that gluten free self raising flour produces nice crispy batter that stays crisp throughout the meal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 We had pork and herb burgers with salad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 Mussels in a tomato & garlic sauce with couscous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 Beer battered haddock fillets with salad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 Mushroom soup (via the soupmaker machine) with cheese & onion rolls (via the breadmaker). Â Note to andsome: the mushroom soup comprises 300g mushrooms, one medium potato, one medium onion and a litre low/no fat stock (a couple of chicken Oxo cubes, perhaps) Very low calorie and quite filling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 Canned mackerel fillets in olive oil with salad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Saturday: boiled ham, new potatoes and broad beans with parsley & onion sauce. Today: Ham & cheese omelette with a few Actifry chips. Ham is the remains from yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 29, 2018 Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 Sunday evening : Roast beef Sunday dinner. Followed by English Strawberries and cream. Strawberries purchased on Friday evening at M&S - reduced from £4.00 to £0.40 for a Kg after 7:00 pm because the date expired that day. They were superb - not a single fur coat on any of them and so full of flavour.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Yesterday we had pork steaks cooked in the oven, with Thai seven spice sprinkled on and three cloves of garlic on each steak. All with salad. Â Today its rib eye steak with salad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 30, 2018 Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 Roast beef, roast potatoes, roast carrots, roast onions, French beans (not roasted), horseradish sauce (from local wild horseradish) and gravy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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