TONIGHT`S DINNER

Will have a look at the packet on Monday if I can remember jamside, but we did three successive sowings this year and all were really productive. They do freeze really well too.

Jerusalem fartichokes? Well yes a bit, but I do soup or roasted or a slow-cooked winter salad and they are sooo delicious. I also do a scallop and artichoke tart, though pastry is a rare treat with the current diet.

Large medium rare steak pepper sauce large salad, two glasses of wine. Watching strictly. Got the wood burner going, just about to have some chocolate. 5.2 starts Monday.smile

Mrspn19479 you sound just like my kind of woman

5:2 diet day. Bowl of homemade mushroom and brocolli soup, slice of wholemeal bread with a tiny amount of Flora and a small slice of extra lean ham. For dessert, a fresh pear. May be slightly over the 500 cals. but I'll try harder on Tuesday.

hildajenniJ i am on the 5:2 but can't get my head round fasting on a weekend, Monday and Thursday for me. Tilapia fillet with coriander and chilli, romances co and spicy home made oven chips tonight.

Curses predictive text, romanesco cauliflower that should read!

Tonight we had Grannyknot!s smoked mackerel pasta bake with the addition of some whole grain mustard mixed in with the creme fraiche, together with spiced Swiss Chard. Very tasty, thank you Grannyknot! Oh, and a glass of . Fast day tomorrow

Tonight's dinner was nearly all leftovers from the freezer. We had pork steaks, cauliflower cheese, carrots also roast potatoes which were not from the freezer. We had things to do in the garden before the light went and this was an easy meal to put on the oven and leave it while we carried on outside. The apple sauce was freshly made from a couple of windfalls from the garden.

Ooh I like that tweak jam will try that next time.

Defrosted a Beef in Guinness casserole I'd made a few weeks ago and made a couple of dumplings to pop on top. Mashed potatoes and leeks. Real comfort food. I love it when the seasons change and you have to think about different things to cook. My DH isn't so keen on summer cooking though, as I tend to think of it as a gravy free zone and northern men, well they do like their gravy!!!!

I`m declaring myself the "Queen of the Leftovers" tonight`s meal was a melange of leftover stir fry beef and roast beef with which I concocted a quite delicious meal making a sauce using gravy from roast and served with rice - am feeling pleased with myself

Small bowl of home made squash and tomato soup followed by small peppered mackerel with mixed salad leaves, beef tomato and avocado.

Takeaway Thai, due to very busy day -ooh yum!

Cooked by OH. Beautiful fresh, whole sea-bream, roasted on a bed of shallots, red and yellow peppers, new potatoes, black olives and preserved lemon.

Tonight it`s double loin chops marinaded in various ingredients and slowly roasted served with butternut squash again roasted in butter and cinnamon and guess what roast potatoes.

Sounds nice sparky!

Are they lamb chops? If so, round here they are called Barnsley chops - don't know why as we miles and miles from Barnsley! I always do tons of butternut squash and then make it into soup. I roast it with ginger and maple syrup though butter and cinnamon sounds nice for a change!

We are having slow cooked beef bourguignon with lots of buttery mash and tenderstem broccoli with parmesan.

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kitty they`re not lamb but beef and I know there is another name for them but for the life of me I just can`t remember it at this particular time but having eaten the above post it was really good will check with butcher next time I`m in and will let you know

DBH's birthday, so I made boeuf bourguignon, with carrots in garlic butter and butternut squash-and-potato mash. Also sneaked some garlic into that. No vampires around here for miles.

Then I made him a beetroot and chocolate cake, filled with a spicy chocolate mixture that had a nod to buttercream, coated in chocolate ganache and drizzled with dark chocolate mirror glaze and topped with white chocolate curls.

For breakfast we had chocolate, almond or plain croissants and apricot conserve, smoked salmon and scrambled eggs with toasted home-made bread. Orange juice and coffee.

Back to salads and grains tomorrow. But it was nice while it lasted. DS was at home for the occasion so I sent all the leftovers back with him so that I we wouldn't be tempted.

janerowena that sounds absolutely scrumptious. Mussels tonight with home made frites for DH as I am fasting today.

A whole acorn squash each, stuffed with a sauce made from leeks, gruyere cheese and creme fraiche and then oven cooked until tender - delicious.

Wow, grannyactivist, that sounds like quality food!

Piperade (peppers, tomatoes, garlic, herbs, eggs) on jamon de serrano.

So you're having ham and eggs Mamie. Chips with that?