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What's for lunch and dinner today?

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Riverwalk Fri 01-Apr-22 09:49:33

I was going out for lunch with a friend but she's tested positive!

My fridge is a bit bare so I'll have to raid the cupboard and freezer, and having the last two champagne truffles from Mother's Day smile

henetha Fri 01-Apr-22 09:58:54

I've just started a new regime of eating. I want to reduce carbs, so today I will have cuppa soup and 2 crackers for lunch.
For dinner I will have a chicken breast with 3 different vegetables.
I plan to have chicken or fish with just veg every day, - until I get fed up and have sausage and chips grin.

kittylester Fri 01-Apr-22 10:05:41

Not sure about lunch - maybe soup.

Dinner fillet steak with stilton sauce,maman potatoes baked portobello mushroom and roasted cherry tomatoes. Plus winewine

Whitewavemark2 Fri 01-Apr-22 10:23:20

Lunch is left over lamb stew from yesterday
Dinner either Niçoise salad or pork stir fry.

roganjosh Fri 01-Apr-22 10:27:08

Lunch is Lentil and lots of veg Soup

Dinner - Tofu and Chickpea Risotto with Veg.

ShazzaKanazza Fri 01-Apr-22 10:29:08

Enjoy those champagne truffles Riverwalk.
I’m on my own for lunch so will do a jacket spud and use up some cottage cheese. For dinner I’m getting some mince to do mince and mash because DH is having an endoscopy but one where he’s asleep as it’s a bigger camera so they’ve advised his throat will be sore so he needs something soft. He loves that meal anyway.

Oldnproud Fri 01-Apr-22 10:29:43

I don't know about lunch, but dinner will be the second half of a stew that I made yesterday. Easy! smile

shysal Fri 01-Apr-22 10:31:25

I am on 800 calories a day at the moment, so lunch is a bunch of small asparagus with a knob of butter, and dinner is glazed ham joint with cauliflower mash and a selection of other veg.

JaneJudge Fri 01-Apr-22 10:33:21

I've gt some bavette steaks for tea with green beans and peppercorn sauce. For those of you who like steak, they are a really reasonable cut and still tender

Witzend Fri 01-Apr-22 10:43:44

Dh gets his own lunch.
Mine, probably the dal left over from last night, with some also LO naan bread.

Haven’t thought about dinner yet but possibly some of my batch-cooked SDM aka ‘school dinner mince’ out of the freezer. It’s actually semi veggie, with red lentils and a lot of finely diced veg.
With mash if I can be bothered to mash, otherwise boiled potatoes and sprouts.
Believe it or not dh’s eyes will light up at the sight of this!

BBbevan Fri 01-Apr-22 10:46:49

Lunch will be, smoked salmon and scrambled egg and dinner is chicken and mushroom stir-fry.

Grandmabatty Fri 01-Apr-22 10:47:33

Butternut squash and sweet potato soup for lunch with a baguette and roast chicken with red cabbage and carrots for dinner.

M0nica Fri 01-Apr-22 12:23:01

Main meal at lunch time: an aubergine and lentil sauce on pasta with lots of grated parmesan, stewed rhubarb. Evening meal: tomatoes on toast and fresh fruit.

hazel93 Fri 01-Apr-22 12:44:41

Heresy - we don't really do lunch !
Dinner will be ratatouille with chicken thighs and on this info DH will look pissed off so I will no doubt add potato wedges.

Auntieflo Fri 01-Apr-22 12:52:47

Bacon rolls and a cup of tea. Supper? Who knows yet?

H1954 Fri 01-Apr-22 12:55:38

It's chippy tea tonight so lunch should really be a healthier option.........I'm sitting here waiting for some inspiration ?

tanith Fri 01-Apr-22 12:56:02

Boiled eggs for lunch as I have loads and I’m just cooking mince onions and carrots for shepherds pie for tonight half for the freezer.

Jaxjacky Fri 01-Apr-22 13:01:01

Cottage cheese with something for lunch, I don’t know why I bought it, I’d forgotten how yuk it is! I don’t normally have lunch, but I’m loathe to ditch it.
Out for dinner tonight, so I don’t know, hoping for fish.

Luckygirl3 Fri 01-Apr-22 13:22:34

Lunch is one quarter of a delicious chicken and leek pie that I buy at the local farm shop. I cut it onto quarters, freeze them and eat them with salad, one at a time.

GrannyGravy13 Fri 01-Apr-22 13:37:18

Lunch, no chance I am looking after the two year old GC.

Dinner will be a quick walk to the local Indian Restaurant, probably Tandoori King Prawn Dansak with mushroom bahgee and either cauliflower or courgette bahgee.

Riverwalk Fri 01-Apr-22 13:46:33

From the freezer I had sardine fillets with a salad of rocket, tomatoes, beetroot & avocado ?

Dinner will be rump steak, from the freezer, with herby chilli butter, and tenderstem broccoli ?

PECS Fri 01-Apr-22 13:51:42

Brunch was poached eggs on toast.. tonight will be something involving butternut squash..... maybe risotto, maybe curry..

grannyactivist Fri 01-Apr-22 13:55:40

I awoke a couple of hours after going to bed last night and then couldn’t get back to sleep until after six o’clock this morning, so I’ve missed breakfast and lunch because I only woke up a short time ago. blush

Dinner tonight will be chicken thighs, jasmine rice and green beans, with a ketjap manis sauce.

Charleygirl5 Fri 01-Apr-22 14:06:06

Lunch was smoked salmon toast on toast. Supper will be a microwavable selection of Chinese from Waitrose because I have had my left eye treated and until it returns to my normal in around 8 hours time it is not really safe for me to cook and it is too cold to have another cold meal today.

Humduh Fri 01-Apr-22 14:31:41

I had tuna salad and buttered bread.