What Are You Eating Tonight?

Yesterday for lunch: Swiss chard and green bean soup.

Ideal for using up the chard and beans that have gone mad!!

To serve 2

1 small onion chopped
a small garlic clove chopped
Olive oil
1/4 tsp roast and ground cumin seed
about 1/2 lb Swiss chard, or spinach or a mixture of both, chop stalks and roughly shred leaves.
3-4oz green beans, French, runners or broad beans - strip any strings off the French or runner beans and chop into 1" pieces.
chopped mint or dill leaves
3/4 pt veg. stock.

Heat the oil in a pan, sweat the onion, garlic and ground cumin for a few minutes, add the chard, beans, mint and the stock. Cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes or until all soft.

Cool slightly, then process in a blender until very smooth. Return to the pan and reheat.

Serve in warm soup plates, garnish with some olive oil and lemon juice whisked together, a dusting of nutmeg and slivers of Parmesan cheese. Some warm ciabattas, crusty rolls or good bread goes well with this.

 

Alternatively, I can offer you plenty to do in Italy in exchange for spaghetti seasoned with garlic oil and chilly - typical Italian recipy - You just have to tolerate huge dogs and the peacocks sounds...

 

Yep, Clueless. Just in the front portion of the property (in front of the house) we have 22 trees all of which are about 180 feet tall, when the leaves drop it can be almost to the knees if we don't start working on it righ away. We have machines to help gather. But in the many gardens it pure rakeing to the big tarp and dragging down to the woods to a leaf pile.
Then there is the back yard, a few less there, but still the gardens to rake out. If it would not cost so much I'd get a few trees taken down, like a good 6 of them to start with.
Too many trees cause other issues, mold on the house and roof to deal with. A good storm usually brings down lots of branches, limbs etc.

Well, anyway, later today off to get some steakes.

 

hoping to have a BBQ a bit later, but looks rain is on it's way... will BBQ irrespective, as I have an area that has a overhang of the roof

wanted rib eye steaks, with home made roquefort cheese sauce, but ended up buying lamb shanks instead (ribeye was £18/kg), and the lambshanks were £12 for 4 large ones

have already put cloves of garlic into the shanks and spiced with salt/pepper and knorr aromat seasoning

will slowly BBQ them on indirect heat on the weber with the lid on, then crisp them once they are nearly done

wife will make slices of potaoes, spiced with salt/pepper and aromat, then covered in double thick cream and cooked in the oven till they turn golden brown ... plus greek salad, and beetroot salad

pud will be tesco ice cream

 

Yep, *dim* thats what I am getting "thick rib eye steaks". That roquefort cheese sause sounds great, maybe I'll buy a hunk of cheese and put a sauce together.
I am just making baked potatoes. After gardening all day my hands have had enough, so baking potatoes is so easier.
Husband does not like lamb.
I think ribeye over here is $10.00 a pound. I have some "real" smoked salt to season with, and of course garlic, pepper. Its only 9:45AM here, got a long way to go before lighting that grill. Rained all last night, it blew through so will just be humid all day. Rain again Sunday.

 

enjoy!

for the roquefort cheese sauce, I buy 2 packs of cheese sauce powder(the ones that you add milk and butter) ... follow instructions and when done, add loads of grated cheese, a few drops of tabasco sauce and loads of fresh ground black pepper

we 'pig' out on weekends as we go to gym from mondays to fridays and eat 'health foods' during the week ...

no alcohol during the week, but I make up for it on friday nights/saturdays and also have few pints on sundays

:o

 

Had lunch of arran pilots, beetroot, french beans & quorn sossidge, with a bright red gravy.

 

Breakfast: courgettes
Lunch: courgettes
Dinner: courgettes

Off to pick some more for tomorrow .......

 

very very very good, JWK, give the good example

 

Pea and left over chicken risotto yummy!

 

Hmmm ... lamb shanks were ok but a little tough... maybe better to cook them in an oven or slowcooker