What did you have for dinner?

I always liken them to cooked polystyrene! Vile things if you ask me.

 

Yesterday had sausage casserole with potatoes,peas,carrot,cabbage,sprouts and celeriac.

 

Today we had chips,eggs and baked beans.

 

Tonight, yes we eat late, is chicken curry (again )
We do indulge with other continents
Spaghetti carbonara last night, wow! Delish but sooo many calories
The chicken dish I’ve made tonight is low cal. It’s a Balti style curry, ( I was always suspicious of not frying spices ) but I really like this !

 

@shiney those two beef burgers affected my tummy something chronic for two days so wish I hadn’t bought the dam thing now

Mrs Shiney will have to eat some carbs because to eat no carbs at all she will have to live on lettuce leaves and they say if you eat no carbs then it can be dangerous to the body as the brain needs carbs to survive

I made the mistake the other day of having my lunch then had some Victoria plums and two hours later my numbers were up to 10.0 so looks like I can’t tolerate plums any longer

The upside of trying to go low carb is that I have managed to lose 4lb in weight now which is good for me.Some people go as low as 20-30 carbs a day but I wouldn’t want to go that low but it seems to work for them

Enjoy your week

 

Planning to have something labour intensive (we like cooking fiddly things together), fatty, salty and hot. It has been one of those days

The available ingredients consist mainly of bacon and pancetta, assorted vegs and cheese. Hmmm... pancetta wrapped in bacon? Chillies stuffed with pancetta and cheese (and wrapped in bacon..)? Possibly not quite that fatty, salty and hot if we aim for a long life....

No, I'll have to keep looking for inspiration, thanks for this thread btw . Any ideas are most welcome!

 

Cheese and pancetta stuffed chillies! Now your talking! @Selleri
You could get the sour, sweet, salty, and loads of umami with a dipping sauce! I try not to do fatty , there’s enough of me already
Tonight I’m doing, for me, salmon.
He’s still out and won’t starve
Thai style salmon....
Poached with chillies, garlic, ginger, lime zest and juice and a bit of veg stock.
Once the salmon is cooked drain the stock into a pan, add fish sauce and soy, reduce.
To serve....
In a bowl place some steaming hot basmati rice. Place your salmon on top and pour over the yummy sauce !
If anyone is going to complain it’s not authentic , I did say ‘Thai style’

 

In the end this turned out to become puff pastry twists with cheese, bacon and chilli, and "empty the fridge"- soup. Very nice soup we chucked the teeniest weeny baby plum tomatoes from the garden in at the last minute, so that they just warmed up but retained the shape. A handful of (bought) mangetout and the humble soup was a treat with the sinful pastry twists.

 

Hi @Loki , your Thai style salmon sounds delicious! I'm always on a hunt for new salmon ideas, as a Nordic person I tend to cook it quite often

We had a rather nice one some time ago, involving coconut milk and salted peanuts. Not that marvellous to save the recipe apparently, but a good idea.

 

Ive cooked salmon two ways tonight!
My son had it pan fried with Cajun seasoning sprinkled on it. It was served with buttered new potatoes and salad, he loved it !
Mine is still to be cooked, I know it will good though, the stock smells delish

 

The poaching stock, that will become sauce. Red and green chillies, some are mild, some are hot. It’s all about flavour!