Cooking Tonight #5

[Bren In Pots]

You wouldn't be jealous GF - wheat crunchies, cheese and onion crisps, dry roasted peanuts and about 10 chocolates that I had forgotten to open from my Advent Calendar!

Flo it’s more exciting than ‘my go to’ of porridge, raspberries and yoghurt. MrPots is a cheese sandwich and a bag of crisps.

[Nicos]

My ‘go to’ is peanut butter with squashed banana butty.

[Bren In Pots]

Mackerel and mix veg tray bake.

[Snoop Puss]

Let us know how the biscuits turn out Snoop…I looove them!

They didn't turn out, I'm afraid. We had unexpected visitors, which rather upended the day. Maybe next weekend?

I love making and eating soup, Bren. The best comfort food there is.

On the cards for today, a big pot of minestrone for lunch and the freezer. All kinds of options for supper but the leeks need eating up first. So another leek and pea curry. Possibly onion bhajis to accompany or another chickpea biryani.

Edited to add:

Flo, I can't imagine 'forgetting' advent calendar chocolates. I'm a disgrace - I'd be having them with my breakfast coffee.

[greenishfing]

My 'go to' at the moment is either a bowl of cornflakes or two, occasionally four, of the chocolate miniature Mars/Snickers bars I bought ages ago. They were a good buy as they are still going strong a couple of months later, and still taste good, even though out of date now.

[greenishfing]

I think I'll get some cod out of the freezer and make a fish pie topped with mashed potato today. We'll have it with carrots and French beans.

For pudding apple and blueberry "something," I think. Either pie, crumble, or sponge. If I make crumble, I'll make plenty crumble mix and and store the extra in a jar in the fridge, or a bag in the freezer, ready for the next few times.

[Nicos]

My 'go to' at the moment is either a bowl of cornflakes or two, occasionally four, of the chocolate miniature Mars/Snickers bars I bought ages ago. They were a good buy as they are still going strong a couple of months later, and still taste good, even though out of date now.

Also nice chopped into slices and mixed into a fresh fruit salad!

[Snoop Puss]

^Noooooo. That is one food experiment too far for me.

[Florence Fennel]

We had a bacon and egg sandwich late morning, so it might be another grazing on rubbish evening! I have had a yoghurt

[greenishfing]

I agree with Snoop Puss. Definitely a bridge too far! Chocolate mixed with fresh fruit salad. 🤮 No way! Aaarrgghh!

[Mark Rand]

Yesterday was a spag bol, which somewhat ruined Dry January. Chianti doesn't keep, does it? Today was supposed to be a jam jar chicken Korma.

I got a delayed message that the kids weren't coming because they were worried about the weather when I'd just finished browning the chicken. So I put half of that in the fridge and swapped the korma jam jar for a Madras one.

[Snoop Puss]

^No need to worry, Mark. I'm starting dry January tomorrow, Kings Day (Epiphany), which is yet another big festive day here (more important than Christmas Day). Just keep it going an extra few days into February.

[Bren In Pots]

Veggie lasagne this evening.

[Nicos]

I’m starting dry January today too Snoop/ Mark

Today will be left over stew with gnocchi followed by stewed fruit and yogurt.

[Snoop Puss]

Baked potatoes and salad. Mandarines for pud.