TONIGHT`S DINNER

Slow-roasted lamb in a spicy rose-petal crust, saffron potatoes and spinach.

Have heard on the grapevine we are having at DD"s later :-

Asparagus and goats cheese tartlets

Slow casseroled Pork
with
roast potatoes, roast garlic, mashed potatoes,new baby carrots green beans.

Summer berries served with double cream.

Washed down with a nice white wine, and some of those "fruit ciders"

Not great fan of cider, but fruit ones are supposed to be^ rather special,^ so I will see !

Waitrose vegetarian spring rolls, stir fried bean sprouts and home stem braised pork ribs made to my late husband 's recipe.

Steam braised

What do you think ordinary cider is made of, Nonu?

I KNOW but these ones I am talking of , have added different fruit eg raspberry !

(stick out tongue emoticon)).

www.anningsfruitcider.com/ Well, you never know!!

Well you never know, I might even be getting ANNINGS cider, although Mr N has just come in to get papers and I told him about cider !

His response "OMG , you are not are you ?" !!!!!!1

I feel a coming on !

You have to be over 18 to even look at that site, rosequartz!
I don't know if I dare...

Roast beef for us today a good piece of Aberdeen Angus from Costco thanks to DS1 and his members card and have made some horseradish sauce myself then going to try that new Eton Mess Icecream Carte Dor I think ? I have some fresh strawberries just to add a bit more flavour.

Nothing tonight but, for lunch I had soused herrings with curried egg salad, dexter beef, two sorts of potatoes, 4 veg and the most delicious jus that they made especially for me as the gravy wasn't gluten free and which I suspect was mostly red wine. No pud because I was stuffed.

DH had pan fried pigeon breast with rhubarb and various other stuff, lamb with all the trimmings and the most beautiful looking pink, mint jelly. He also ate my helping of tomato bread along with his own, so he didn't have pudding either.

Just going to loll in front of the telly looking like the wolf who ate the 7 little kids!

Simple tonight - thin-sliced grilled sirloin steak in a crusty baguette with salad and sweet mustard + couple of glasses of soft red Sangiovese de Romagna. Desert was a bar of chocolate-covered Turkish delight (small)!

Tonight its cold poached salmon salads and tropical fruit salad - we are trying to be very good at the moment. As soon as he is out of the door (to bowls) I'm having a couple of glasses of wine!

I think I'm going to have hot smoked salmon with salad and new spuds. Not very exciting, but hoping for a reasonable weight loss at the weigh in on Wednesday. What I would really like would be croque monsieur and chips.

Chicken stir fry with hot spices/peppers/scallions.... and Tilda wild rice (cheat - microwave). Hot roll from the oven.

Roast hogget chump chops, minted new potatoes, shallots in cheese sauce, stir fried mushrooms, ruby chard and courgettes.

I love this time of year.

We are having the "left overs from yesterdays sumptuous meal" as DD sent us home with a "Doggy bag".

^ SUCH A SWEET GIRL^!

I'm on day 4 of not knowing how many people are eating tonight. It's been 'fluid', family arrangements changing as quickly as i choose a menu. I've put the chicken (planned for Saturday, and Sunday ) in. It now seems I may be one of 4 people who live here to be eating here tonight.

Leftover steak and kidney pie (still tasted good) new spuds so filling we couldn`t manage the rhubarb tart - must try harder

Iam64 It's so difficult when you don't know how many you are catering for, isn't it?
Ham baked with pineapple & mustard, new potatoes, tomato, courgettes and carrots.
Then home-made strawberry gateau, with a bit of cointreau whipped into the cream

Tonight it`s back to basics we are having green cabbage with strips of bacon through it and fried potatoes. very low in calories I know - mucho tasty

Egg and watercress sandwiches courtesy of M&S and a bottle of mineral water on the train while travelling back to Northumberland from DD and family in Scotland.

Had a friend for dinner tonight, and we had pasta with smoked salmon in a dill, sour cream and vodka sauce.

Hey vegasmags that sounds great