What's for lunch and dinner today?

I agree! I'm feeling quite the slacker now, reading of others cooking delicious things.

I'm with you Pandapatch salad and salad. Too hot for cooking!

We decided on baked beans on toast for breakfast/lunch. Tea will be salmon omelette and salad.
For those who think we are bragging/lucky/smug, believe me I have had many years where I struggled to feed my family, as did my mother.

Just amazed that anyone is cooking anything in this weather
We bought a roasted chicken at Tesco and having salad with it.

Not what I'd planned, (that's for another thread), but we've had vegetable couscous, vegetable kebabs and cold roast chicken.

I am so impressed by the clean and healthy eating being practiced by all of you! I wonder if those of us who are not so good are too scared to respond?

Salmon fillet which I cooked earlier, new potatoes, broccoli and green beans.
Later I will have a sandwich of h.b. egg on brown bread.
Recently reached the threshold for diabetes, so am trying to eat less generally, with healthier options where I can, but in general my meal plans meet with the nurse’s approval.

Bowl of orange segments and grapes for lunch. Roast chicken with vegetables and new potatoes from veg patch. I made a mixed berry cheesecake for dessert.

Just eaten lunch of roasted gammon ….jackets….salad. It was lovely.
Tonight there’s a sandwich or stonebake meat-feast pizza ! I opened bottle of red wine and am working slowly through it. Prefer to be half-cut during the next two days, but with a disabled hubby …. that’s a no-no! Unfortunately !

Callistemon21

^I made some Café de Paris butter for the freezer yesterday so I’ll treat myself to a small knob over the chicken. Yum!^

I'll cook some chicken portions today then there'll be enough for tomorrow too, with salad.

Café de Paris butter sounds lovely, better than attempting gravy in this weather - how do you make yours, merlotgran?
(I made some plain salted butter the other day ? )

It’s one of those Everything but the kitchen sink recipes!

Butter, anchovies, capers, garlic, chopped shallot, Worcestershire sauce, curry powder, paprika, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, tarragon and parsley.

I don’t measure anything but use a teaspoon as a rough guide. Just whizz it all up in a processor or mash it with a fork, tip it on to clingfilm and roll into a sausage for freezing. Cut into slices for serving.

I’ll be needing it on Tuesday evening when I have the family round for what DGD calls, ‘One of Granny’s weird and wonderful burger nights!’ ?

They never know what flavours they’ll be getting. This time it’s Middle East inspired so I might rename the butter. ?

We are all aware that there are those who cannot have choices, who have a life constrained by their circumstances, and cannot eat as they would like to. Because I do have some choices in my life and diet, I am rather knocked back at being regarded as 'disgusting'. What a spiteful and unnecessary post AlisonKF Has the heat got to you?
Prentice in this kind of weather, if anyone wants to eat something that needs cooking I'm afraid they are going to have to do it themeselves - I'm useless once it gets past about 78. You are clearly a kitchen heroine - well done that woman!

LovelyLady

For many it will be whatever the Food Bank has offered.

Yes, we know and I expect many on this thread have contributed to their local ones.
If unable to get out to shop like me at the moment, then store vouchers can be donated too.

I made some Café de Paris butter for the freezer yesterday so I’ll treat myself to a small knob over the chicken. Yum!

I'll cook some chicken portions today then there'll be enough for tomorrow too, with salad.

Café de Paris butter sounds lovely, better than attempting gravy in this weather - how do you make yours, merlotgran?
(I made some plain salted butter the other day ? )

For many it will be whatever the Food Bank has offered.

I'm on my own so toasted tattie farls for lunch then steak, chips & french beans for dinner. I've just cut up a pineapple and a melon so will snack on them in between. N.Ireland warm today, to get hot tomorrow, but if I was having the heat like some of you ladies I'd be on salads too.

Salad all day long.
Cold meat with lunch time salad with crusty roll and Salmon that I poached earlier later on this evening. Fresh fruit salad and a bit of ice cream. Yep that will do us very nicely indeed.

This evening I’ll cook a chicken leg and a small portion of Charlotte potatoes in the electric pressure cooker (seven minutes) and eat it with steamed veg.

I made some Café de Paris butter for the freezer yesterday so I’ll treat myself to a small knob over the chicken. Yum!

Now I’ve dealt with Alison I will tell you about a weird and wonderful salad I’m making to go with our BBQ this evening.

It’s watermelon, feta cheese, chilli, mint and pickled onions.

My daughter has assured me it’s delicious, I will let you know.

Thursdays BBQ went really well, my friend is a professional chef, she does private dining dinner parties etc so I’m always apprehensive!
I think she is happy that someone else is cooking and hasn’t complained yet!

Smoked salmon and cream cheese on a bagel thin for lunch: gammon, new potatoes, cauliflower cheese,green beans and purple sprouting broccoli for dinner, followed by strawberries and creme fraiche.

AlisonKF What a nasty post!

Yes many of us are comfortable and why should we apologise for that?
We are a good community here on Gransnet and we know that there are a few of us that for various reasons struggle however these members are quite happy to participate in such threads.

Finally many of us are supporting foodbanks and other good causes with our time and or contributions.

Lunch will be "Venison steaks" (minced Venison mixed with pork) with Jersey potatoes, green beans, carrots, cauliflower and roast potatoes, with a (bought, frozen) Yorkshire pudding for my husband.

Supper will be Sandwiches and Strawberries.

MibsXX

Nothing, same as yesterday... after paying rent and some of the council tax, and the travel costs to get son to school, there was literally not a penny left, so we're on a water fast diet for a few days yet!

Please have a look at the Olio app - it's primarily intended to prevent food waste, but clearly would be of help in your situation.

Nothing, same as yesterday... after paying rent and some of the council tax, and the travel costs to get son to school, there was literally not a penny left, so we're on a water fast diet for a few days yet!

We still feel stuffed after our granddaughter's graduation party last night so I think it will be salads all day.

It’s fridge-foraging meals here for the next few days, I cannot be bothered to even think about meals. We won’t starve.