TONIGHT`S DINNER

I have venison casserole simmering in the slow cooker.

Thanks for online tip feetlebaum going to look them up. No Waitrose in NI NanKate worst luck. Tonight its lasagne and salad

@Sparkygran - You can buy online at www.thespicetailor.com

www.thespicetailor.com

The service is good, and they do lots of chatni and other stuff as well...

We ate mid-day today. Spag Bol and pear, plum and chocolate crumble and ice cream. More comfort food.

Well, I've got good old fashioned cut-up stewing steak simmering on the back of the stove, with some onion, a knot stock cube, and an Oxo, just to make sure it's tasty.

And I'm about to make a rice pud in the microwave.

#cosycomfortfood

Do you have Waitrose in NI Sparkygran because that is where I get my Spice Tailor ?

Just gotta try this Spice Tailor but am wondering if its available in NI as I`ve never heard anyone refer to it here.

Tonight it`s homemade lentil soup and crusty bread - have had the decorator in all week so going for the easy option

And I will too

We had Italian omelette, oven chips and salad! Lazy cooking!

Thanks Ariadne for the grammatical advice. I shall use AND as and when I want now.

Well done Jing do you have your apron on ?

We had the Spice Tailor coconut curry and Pilau rice scrummie.

Had a delicious curry with Seeds of Change jar this evening. With Uncle Bens Wholemeal Microwave in the bag rice.

Oh, and a bag of Waitrose ready-washed spinach added on top of the browned chicken before tipping the sauce in.

You have to pick the big bits of spice out of the Spice Tailor ones. But they do satisfy a need. (look! I'm cooking!)

NAN

NAN

You can start a sentence with "and" when you are not in Primaey school and are comfortable with your own writing style! How often have I had to say this to bright and articulate students who think the rule is engraved in stone..

It is an effective device to use in a well formed sentence or phrase to catch the readers' attention.

Must agree with the Spice Tailor recommendation above - the best 'kit' curries I've come across - and I've tried plenty!

You are right Kitty they are dead easy. And this is from someone who is to cooking as Judy Murray is to dancing - bl**dy useless.

And before anyone says you can't start a sentence with AND I have done so twice.

The mash was homemade (with mustard and wicked lurpack butter), the peas were frozen but I cooked them with leeks and bashed them, then carrots I'd copped n cooked. It was the meat balls Jing that made me feel it was lazy, plus the fact I was only cooking for two, rather than 4 or 6 as has often been the case recently.
Fingers crossed that youngest and her chap will be moving out within the month, their refurb cottage is almost done.
Tonight, we'll be 3, tomorrow 5 or 7. As I'm the only non working family member currently, I seem to be morphing into mum. This thread is good, it'll encourage me to remember I managed to avoid cooking every night until I retired, since when it's kind of crept up on me….

Jamie Oliver's vindaloo recipe is good. It is more like the sauce that is served in South Goa: tasty rather than 'blow your head off'.

We had a risotto yesterday evening. I used turkey breast, garlic, onion, some left over wine and mushrooms and at the end added the last of our home grown baby tomatoes roasted in olive oil, a sprig of rosemary and balsamic vinegar. Oh and butter and parmesan of course.

Seriously, Galen try the Spice Tailor ones. They are really easy , use real spices but the sauces are done. It makes enough for two and takes about half an hour! I also make real curries but sometimes I can't be a***d and use them. So does my Indian friend!

The Spice Tailor curries are very nice, but they still involve some faffing. Why not just open a jar? Seeds of Change is excellent, and the ingredients are exactly the same as anyone at home would put in a curry.

I make exceedingly good curries when I bother. Completely from scratch, but it's just not worth the effort for one.

Galen have you tried the Spice tailor curries which were recommended to me by Kittylester

The coconut curry was fab and not too many calories with say chicken or even Turkey.

Now that does sound like a lazy dinner, jingl! Iam64's sounds quite hard work, unless the mash was out of a packet and the veg were frozen...

No iam64. A lazy dinner is the one we've just had. Two thin crust Waitrose pizzas - burnt - with frozen chips.

I've been busy!