Cooking tonight (Mk4)

[Penellype]

Pen, glad to hear from someone else who substitutes ingredients and experiments. Let us know how it tastes.

Tonight, yet again, at Mr GF's request, Leek and potato soup. He now says can he have it at least twice a week. It is his favourite at the moment with fresh bread.

It tasted great, although the flavour will depend to a great degree on the spices used. The combination of ground almonds and parsnip in the sauce gave it the same sort of texture that you get when you buy a takeaway curry - something I have not been able to create at home until now. I will definitely be making it again.

[Snoop Puss]

It tasted great, although the flavour will depend to a great degree on the spices used. The combination of ground almonds and parsnip in the sauce gave it the same sort of texture that you get when you buy a takeaway curry - something I have not been able to create at home until now. I will definitely be making it again.

Sounds like I'll have to try it too. Thanks.

[Florence Fennel]

I'm thinking Toad in the Hole, not had that for years

[Snoop Puss]

Broccoli curry. These plants are the gift that keeps on giving.

[Bren In Pots]

Pasties this evening not decided what with yet.

[Nicos]

Pork in a creamy onion and apple sauce with green beans and polenta.

I keep thinking about those yummy Yorkshire puddings - and have managed to resist so far

[greenishfing]

When I came to write this I was thinking stew and Yorkshire pudding, but then Flo put the idea of toad in the hole into my head and I've got some Lincolnshire sausage in the fridge. We haven't had it for ages either. I'll cook the sausage seperately from the Yorkshire pudding though as my pudding never seems to rise as well if I cook it with the sausage. We'll have it with mash, carrots, PSB and onion gravy.

Mr GF will be very happy to find out there is a bit of last night's potato and leek soup left that he can have at lunchtime.

[bramble]

Salmon, potato wedges and a mixed salad.

[greenishfing]

I had a minor catastrophe yesterday. I decided to use a different, smaller tin that I'd not used before for Yorkshire pudding. For some reason it stuck. It still tasted fine but what a job it was scrubbing the tin. Next time I'll use my normal tin and if there's too much the birds can have any leftovers. Mr GF says I spoil them.

Tonight I'm thinking salmon baked with lemon and capers, mashed potato, carrots, PSB and parsley sauce.

[Nicos]

Not sure yet, maybe a risotto

gf….we dry fry any left over Yorkshire pudding the next day . (I make mine in a roasting tin and prefer soggy ones to crispy small ones)
don’t think the dryer/ crispier ones would come up the same though the next day.

[Snoop Puss]

Another vote here for Yorkshire puds with a soft interior.

We didn't have broccoli curry last night. Too tired, so we had a veggie burger instead. Broccoli curry tonight.

Much as we like broccoli curry, it'll be hard to beat lunch: beans on toast and a couple of madeleines for afters with a cup of tea. Talk about living the life of Reilly.

[Florence Fennel]

Looking like home made fish and chips tonight
Himself threw away the left over YP before I could rescue it for the freezer. His comment was that it would be just as easy for me to whip up some more next time!

[Snoop Puss]

Himself threw away the left over YP before I could rescue it for the freezer. His comment was that it would be just as easy for me to whip up some more next time!

If that was Mr Snoop, I'd suspect him of eating it but being too embarrassed to own up!

[Bren In Pots]

Brambles tomato soup with toasted cheese sandwiches.

[bramble]

Just ham and cheese rolls with a glass of red.
We ate out earlier today so no cooking.