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Post by Tig on Mar 25, 2013 17:03:32 GMT
Crispy fried roast ham chunks with broccoli and cheese pasta and savoy cabbage. No pudding, OH can have golden syrup cake or malt loaf
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Post by Auricula on Mar 25, 2013 18:05:59 GMT
Cheese and egg salad for me  |
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Post by Jilly on Mar 25, 2013 18:12:59 GMT
The rest of last nights casserole, with cauliflower & Broccoli
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Post by Auricula on Mar 25, 2013 18:16:22 GMT
Hi Jilly I have started a regime of salads from Mon - Fri, accompanied by fruit tea ( no pudding or alcohol during the week) I like salads but it seems a bit cold to be starting today  Still... I'm up for it |
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Post by Jilly on Mar 25, 2013 18:18:58 GMT
I love salad & have been eating it on & off all winter Auricula, but you're right about it being a bit hard to fancy when it's so cold. Have you tried Twinings fruit flavour Green Tea, very nice. I find ordinary fruit & herbal teas haven't got enough flavour for me. |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 25, 2013 18:20:24 GMT
No, it's a new one on me Jilly. I'll give it a try as I agree with you about the insipidness of most fruit teas |
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Post by Jilly on Mar 25, 2013 18:23:02 GMT
Green Tea is meant to be good for weight loss too, I don't believe all the fat busting hype, but if you're drinking that instead of coffee with milk (or in fact wine  ) it can only help. |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 25, 2013 18:24:00 GMT
I lost 2lbs this week without trying...must be all the exercise, and toothache
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Post by Jilly on Mar 25, 2013 18:27:21 GMT
Yes toothache will work, says she from experience |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 25, 2013 18:28:00 GMT
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Post by Tig on Mar 27, 2013 16:01:47 GMT
Smoked haddock tonight, crispy fried baby potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower florets
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Post by Auricula on Mar 27, 2013 17:03:38 GMT
Salad for me again, meat pie for OH
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Post by Jilly on Mar 27, 2013 19:31:18 GMT
We had Cajun chicken last night & the rest tonight, if we can find a way of making sure that the rice doesn't go soggy. If not it may well be a packet of crisps |
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Post by Jasmine on Mar 28, 2013 18:01:23 GMT
We have got sausage, mash and onion gravy...and wine! |
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Post by Jilly on Mar 28, 2013 18:49:05 GMT
We've got wine, Gammon steak & chips & more wine |
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Post by Tig on Mar 28, 2013 19:18:17 GMT
We had lamb rump steaks, with fried egg, oven chips and broccoli, followed by quite alcoholic rum babas.
Wine with mexicana cheese & crackers later
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Post by Auricula on Mar 28, 2013 20:17:59 GMT
I had egg salad  and NO WINE just mint tea |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 11, 2013 17:11:44 GMT
We had a bit of an experiment tonight. The boys wanted to try smoked salmon pasta so I found a recipe using philly light with chives and smoked salmon and tagliatelli. It was very nice but it needs some changes for next time as the sauce was too thick and although it said for 4 it obviously didn't include 2 teenage boys! |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 11, 2013 17:36:32 GMT
Maybe add a drop of milk to it next time or cream  I had chicken kiev and rice and now not only do I and the house stink of garlic I also feel quite sick  wont be having that again for a while |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 11, 2013 17:52:43 GMT
Oh nooo  I wondered if crème fraiche would work I don't know if you can heat crème fraiche |
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Post by Missredhead on Apr 11, 2013 17:56:07 GMT
I dont know either...never used it
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Post by Auricula on Apr 11, 2013 17:56:42 GMT
Salad for me ( every Mon - Thurs) and baked potato with tuna for OH
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Post by Tig on Apr 11, 2013 22:23:52 GMT
We had sweet and sour beef with roasted pepper and courgette rice. I'm on an economy drive, no waste - just had to find something quick to use up the beef. It was very nice actually |
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Post by isabella on Apr 12, 2013 5:39:49 GMT
Oh nooo I wondered if crème fraiche would work I don't know if you can heat crème fraiche Jasmine - you can heat the ordinary creme fraiche but not the half fat one as it can split easily . I make a spring onion sauce by gently cooking a bunch of chopped spring onions in a small amount of butter ,then adding a small carton of creme fraiche ,seasoning then simmering gently for a couple of minutes |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 12, 2013 7:18:11 GMT
Thank you very much for that isabella. I'll try that next time we have it as the melted philly was quite 'thick' for a pasta sauce. |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 12, 2013 7:30:30 GMT
I've never got the hang of using Philly to make a decent sauce Jasmine, even though it does say it on all the packs  I'm not surprised isabella was saying that the half fat creme fraiche splits when heated, I've yet to find half fat anything that heats well & believe me I've tried. |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 12, 2013 8:27:39 GMT
I was worried last night as the sauce was a tub of philly light, 2 tablespoons semi-skimmed milk and a tablespoon of lemon juice - was expecting everything to go horribly wrong at the lemon juice point!
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Post by isabella on May 4, 2013 14:57:01 GMT
I am just going to make a chicken and leek pie with a crispy potato topping - Marry Berry's recipe : also a rhubarb and strawberry crumble for pudding |
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Post by Auricula on May 5, 2013 10:15:17 GMT
We're having an M & S £10 meal, based around lemon sole fillets and profiteroles |
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Post by Barbara on Jul 19, 2013 16:28:49 GMT
Is everyone on a diet, or run out of ideas? I roasted a piece of ham with mustard and honey on it, let it go cold, so we had a ham salad, I made my own coleslaw with onions and cabbage from the lotty, I had to buy some carrots, and we had strawberrys and ice cream after, Oh I forgot to mention I made a jug of pimms with fruit and ice and we had that as well. |
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Still... I'm up for it 
) it can only help.
