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TONIGHT`S DINNER

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JessM Tue 17-Jun-14 21:24:01

Sausages and coleslaw. Picnic on a deserted but very sunny beach.
Runs away saying la-la-lala-la grin

feetlebaum Tue 17-Jun-14 20:39:17

Lyonnaise re best sautéed (with onions as above) in butter, with parsley.

rosequartz Tue 17-Jun-14 20:39:01

Sometimes I do them with garlic as well. Yum! No calories either.

kittylester Tue 17-Jun-14 20:36:22

Lyonnaise potatoes are previously boiled potatoes fried with onions - delicious!

Dauphinoise are thinly sliced uncooked potatoes layered with thinly slice onions, covered in cream and topped with grated cheese ( usually gruyere) then baked ! doubly delicious!

NanKate Tue 17-Jun-14 20:19:18

I'm not much of a cook so can you tell me what Lyonnaise and Dauphinois potatoes are please ?

NanKate Tue 17-Jun-14 20:16:58

Fresh pasta (not made by me) mushrooms, arribata sauce and a sprinkling of Parmesan. Followed by a warm egg custard each. White wine spritzer. Seems rather a lot when I read it back to myself. hmm

rosequartz Tue 17-Jun-14 20:12:17

Bez grin sounds like our sort of meal!

tanith Tue 17-Jun-14 20:09:07

Meal for one tonight a plain chicken fillet in a sesame seed bun and a pile of salad it was very tasty especially the French mayo .

shysal Tue 17-Jun-14 19:35:01

It is a fasting day for me and I have been out, so I had a braised steak and mash meal for one by M&S, for 183 calories. I filled the rest of the plate with carrots and Savoy cabbage.

Maggiemaybe Tue 17-Jun-14 19:30:18

We've had lemon chicken which has been simmering nicely in the slow cooker all day. The recipe called for white wine so I had to check out a half-full bottle that has sat on our cellar steps for a few weeks, in case it had gone off. I felt a bit like Peter Barlow tippling before 7 am.

Bez Tue 17-Jun-14 19:16:21

I thought we were having lamb cutlets when I took the meat out of the freezer this morning but when I came to start cooking found they were slices of duck breast!! No problem just had those instead with home made dauphinois potatoes and haricots beurre ( yellow looking French beans but delicious)

merlotgran Tue 17-Jun-14 19:08:24

We had curry pasties which I made and froze last week. I usually find a pack of diced beef to be too much for two portions of curry so bulking out the leftovers with veg makes another delicious meal.

Nelliemoser Tue 17-Jun-14 19:07:20

A very light 5:2 fast day dinner. Salad one boiled egg and some chopped up Quorn "bacon" slices just to give it a bit of zing. I did really overeat at the weekend when we were way so I needed a break.

sparkygran Tue 17-Jun-14 18:34:08

I perhaps forgot to add that I too was indulging wine wine am I a bad person - I do hope not

jinglbellsfrocks Tue 17-Jun-14 18:30:59

I have had a WeightWatchers Cottage Pie. With mange-tout. It was surprisingly nice.

DH had re-heated lamb stew from yesterday.

rosesarered Tue 17-Jun-14 18:27:28

Sounds yummy smileI am making a mild chicken curry [because it's easy and we like it.] Also a glass of this.... wine

sparkygran Tue 17-Jun-14 18:24:17

Tonight we had Chicken Kiev with Lyonnaise potatoes. I have to admit the CK was not made by me but a local butcher whose ready meals are really, really good but I did make the Lyonnaise potatoes myself and I know I shouldn`t blow my own trumpet but it was a good meal