WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER!!

[BethM]

I was pretty hungry right after work, but didn't have a lot of time before taking Nick to the vet. So I just had a can of soup (cream of chicken), because it was quick.

Now I will probably have some slices of baby baguette, and I will toast them with a slice of brie on top.

Nothing fancy here!

 

[SnowyShiloh]

That Thai rice noodles recipe sounds really good, I'll have to make it. Paul isn't really a picky eater, but he's adamant about not trying asparagus because he didn't like it when his mom made it growing up. He likes a lot of things now that he didn't used to though. That looks like a good recipe to get him to eat asparagus! I think he'd probably like it if he'd just taste it.

 

[degrassi]

SnowyShiloh wrote:

That Thai rice noodles recipe sounds really good, I'll have to make it. Paul isn't really a picky eater, but he's adamant about not trying asparagus because he didn't like it when his mom made it growing up. He likes a lot of things now that he didn't used to though. That looks like a good recipe to get him to eat asparagus! I think he'd probably like it if he'd just taste it.

I was a little worried that the asparagus might not work in the recipe but it did. I think next time I'll probably just use all broccoli or broccoli and bean sprouts.

I also only used 1/2Tbsp of chili sauce and found it to be the perfect amount of heat. I like things spicy but my mom doesn't. So it wasn't too spicy but you could still feel a bit of heat. I think if I had used the full Tbsp it would have been too hot.

 

[SnowyShiloh]

I ended up making this salmon recipe tonight: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sweet-n-Hot-Glazed-Salmon/Detail.aspx

Sweet and Hot Glazed Salmon. It was quite tasty. We had the leftover white cheddar sauce from a couple nights ago over egg noodles on the side, as well as cucumber and tomato salad in balsamic vinaigrette.

 

[hartleybun]

that looks tasty! wouldnt have thought to put apricots with fishit's my girlguiding night tonight so the kids get to eat pizza:biggrin2:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Donna, Paul and I were at a wedding last summer where apricot salmon was served. It was the best salmon we'd ever had! What I made last night wasn't exactly like the salmon we had at the wedding, but I'm going to try again. I think maybe apricot preserves with yogurt and garlic would work.

We had dinner really late tonight, but it was an easy dinner. Lemon spaghetti from my Italian cook book. All you do is stir together olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, fresh shredded basil, salt and pepper, then mix it into cooked spaghetti with a little of the cooking water and top with parmesan. It was quite yummy and I'm thinking about adding tuna to it next time.

 

[hartleybun]

from the link you gave, the salmon looks like it would do on a bbq. it's half term for mine kids next week and we're hoping for fine weatherray:. i've had that lemon pasta in an italian restaurant - they put pieces of preseved lemons in the sauce - yum! but then i like lemons

meant to say this earlier but that cookery site is very good

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Donna, I think your kids would like the salmon recipe! Maybe be careful with the cayenne pepper though. Also, I used about 1/2 or 2/3 cup apricot preserves plus 1/4 cup water instead of the apricot nectar, dried apricots and water. Just heated it in the microwave with the spices and honey for a minute or so until it was well blended, then put it on the salmon and baked it. Do that if you don't feel like reducing a sauce for 20 minutes!

 

[hartleybun]

SnowyShiloh wrote:

Donna, I think your kids would like the salmon recipe! Maybe be careful with the cayenne pepper though.

LOL - lauren and me like it mild. alex and hubby chris like it hot hot hot. i cant believe the amount of tabasco, encona hot pepperand other hot sauces that i get thru! i used to put a drop of tabasco in alex' food when i was weaning him to give it a bit of taste.

just need the good weather for bbqray:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Dinner tonight was boring. Paul was too tired and hungry to go to the store to get the meat I needed to make dinner, and I wasn't hungry yet, so I steamed some rice and he had some with canned beef stew! A few hours later when I was hungry, I had the rest of the steamed rice with a packet of curry. The curry had garbanzo beans and potatoes. It was pretty good, especially for something that came out of a packet!

 

[mouse_chalk]

Nobody liked the look of my chicken salad recipe? I promise it was yummy! :expressionless

Shiloh that spaghetti sounds lovely. I shall have to make it! I always have at least 5 lemons in my fruit bowl

 

[hartleybun]

mouse_chalk wrote:

Nobody liked the look of my chicken salad recipe? I promise it was yummy! :expressionless

am now on guilt trip!!!! - searched thru and found your link. have printed off a copy. it does look nice! i planted a pot of mint yesterday so no probs there. am hemmed in by devon county show at the momentssd: - family going on saturday - so will probably do this for supper that night.

 

[trailsend]

I have been terrible at replying and I'm sorry! We are getting ready to go on a very long trip so have been super busy getting ready on the farm.

I have no idea what I have eaten recently LOL! Last night we had ravioli with asiago cheese, it was delicious. We've had steak and Morel mushrooms (fresh from the forest!) and pizza one night. We had roast beef one night and then leftovers the next night. Tonight I'm starving because we haven't eaten all day and I've still got a lot to do, so it's quick. I'm making grilled chicken and sweet potato fries. I will catch up on everyone's posts and recipes tonight!

Monday we are having company. I can't decide between a pork roast, or something easier. Two of the guests are 86 years old so I want to give them a nice meal they don't just eat at home all the time. I'm thinking of doing hamburgers but a couple different kids? Like a lamb burger, and then a special burger with cheese in it or whatever. But I'm just not sure yet.

 

[mouse_chalk]

Thanks Donna for giving my recipe a looksie! I don't know if you watch UKTV food at all but there's a program on there presented by Bill Granger I think called Bill's Food and it was on that the other day. It looked so good I just had to make it!

Well, last night I didn't eat anything apart from a yoghurt because I was in hospital in agony from my wisdom teeth extraction, and even that was a struggle because I could barely open my mouth!

Tonight I'm a little better so my mum, who watched me all day today (you're not meant to be on your own for I think 24-48 hrs after a general anaesthetic) helped me make some egg-fried rice from scratch for tea tonight. It was very nice, and I added lots of fresh ginger to settle my stomach which has been feeling really queasy from all the drugs. Except I still can't open my mouth very far so I had to eat with a teaspoon and it took me over an hour to get through it and I still couldn't finish it lol!

I did make a huge batch of carrot and roast butternut squash soup on Tuesday so I will probably have that for lunch tomorrow, possibly dinner too.....

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Jen I think your salad looks good too! Tonight was boring food. We still haven't been to the store to get what we need for the things I was planning to cook this week. Paul was very tired when he got home from his band practice (yes he's in a band of sorts, how cool is that? They have 2 gigs next week, they'll be his firsts!) so he just had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I had ramen noodles with peas and a poached egg in it. Boring and uninspired. Unfortunately, tomorrow we won't be able to get to the store because we'll be going to pick our new bunny up after Paul gets off work (yippee!) but I suppose on Saturday we may be able to after we both get off work.

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Last night we were so busy getting the new bunny and getting him settled in that we just had a frozen pizza and salad for dinner. It was good! We like DiGiorno pizzas the best. I always thought the ads on TV were really stupid so never bought their pizza. Turns out they're actually the best normally priced frozen pizzas, we actually like it better than Pizza Hut and other pizza places because it's less greasy.

Tonight I experimented! Still had half a lemon from when I made lemon pasta a few nights ago and Paul wanted pasta. So while I boiled the spaghetti, I melted a bit of butter in the microwave, added the half lemon's worth of juice, salt and pepper and then beat in 2 eggs. When the spaghetti was done cooking, I drained it (our pot lid has a drainer built in, love it!), then immediately stirred in the egg-lemon stuff. The heat from the pasta cooked the eggs, which coated the noodles. Then I grated some parmesan cheese over top and mixed it in. It tasted amazing!! It didn't taste eggy at all, they just added a lot of creaminess. Definitely going to try it again with fresh basil. I get the feeling we'll be having this a lot. Paul loved it too.

 

[cheryl]

Tonight i cooked chilli chicken and steamed rice......mmmmmm yummo!!

 

[hartleybun]

we had pizza last night too. hubby took daughter and her friend to the devon county show, so we needed a quick treat for when they got back. dont know what tonight will be as i've got chicken (as usual:rollseyes) and a haggis in the fridge. there is rumour of a packet of sausages but this has yet to be confirmed.

i do know that the chicken will be served with the dressing from jen's link a few posts back. i've got the limes and the fish sauce:biggrin2:

 

[BethM]

Last night we got Chinese take-away.
And tonight was leftover Chinese take-away. LOL!

Spicy Singapore-style rice noodles and an eggroll. Yum.

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Tonight we lit up the grill for the first time this summer. We grilled chicken breasts that had marinated in barbecue sauce all day. We grilled extras to have for dinner in a couple nights too. They turned out really yummy, once we figured out how to get the coals going properly! The grill was given to us last summer by a friend who moved away and Paul had forgotten how to use it. We had grilled bread and potato salad with it.

Last night we had hot dogs, salt and pepper potato chips and vegetarian baked beans.