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Dishes for everyday... of the edible kind.

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Jaxjacky Sun 09-Aug-20 16:51:12

Friday was tray bake: chop courgette, aubergine, onion onto baking tray, add small new potatoes and mushrooms. Two capfuls oil sprinkled over, plus garlic powder, balsamic vinegar and chopped fresh sage, shove in oven. After about 30 mins, shake about, more liquid if required, this week topped with chicken sausages, then back in oven. Can substitute veg and meat/fish or halloumi, or just veg. Easy, one piece of washing up.

BlueBelle Sun 09-Aug-20 16:50:20

Oh and then blackberry crumble picked from the hedgerow on the way home (packet crumble)

Cabbie21 Sun 09-Aug-20 16:42:38

A favourite of mine too, geekesse. If I haven’t got Philly or Creme fraiche I just add lots of butter.

More ideas please, folks! I like easy meals.

BlueBelle Sun 09-Aug-20 16:41:41

I m a stir fry gal so everything goes in one pan with a bit of olive oil for ten minutes variety of spices or flavours go in to vary it have with noodles rice or chips or just by itself with a chunk of bread or chappatti
Today was chopped up courgettes, onions (out my garden) mushrooms, pepper (hot or sweet whichever you prefer) tomatoes with a satay sauce, ten minutes over a low light
At same time rice cooked in a rice cooker with grated coconut same ten minutes And bingo ....lovely meal in ten minutes

Bellanonna Sun 09-Aug-20 16:34:09

I’m another who was disappointed when I opened the other thread. This one looks interesting so far. Thanks Ninarosa (I like your humour too!)

AGAA4 Sun 09-Aug-20 16:27:55

Both those recipes sound good and faff free to me.

Ninarosa Sun 09-Aug-20 15:42:47

I have a friend who lived in France for many years and she says the French make a lot of sauces using all the different flavours of Philly cheese. My friend likes to use a tub of Philly, sweet chilli flavour and a small tub of Greek yogurt in place of milk or cream in a crustless veg quiche: it's lovely.
I'll be trying your recipe geekesse, everything I like in there.

geekesse Sun 09-Aug-20 15:00:30

Almost all my recipes are faff-free. Here’s tonight’s supper:

(These quantities are enough for one very generous portion or two smaller ones)
Half a tub Philadelphia Cheese
Half a small tub of crème fraîche
Small tin of salmon (pink or red, depending on what is in the cupboard.)
Fresh or semi-dried coriander leaves
Farfalle or conchiglie pasta - 75g to 100g per person

Put pasta on to boil.
Meanwhile, melt the Philly and crème fraîche together over gentle heat and then put in the salmon, mashing it with a fork or the back of a spoon. Season to taste. Keep on the heat until the pasta is cooked and drained.

Tip the drained pasta into the salmony sauce, stir, and sprinkle in coriander leaves. Serve with a little coriander sprinkled over the top.

From start to finish, it takes me around 12 minutes to make. Measurements are not exact, and you can just multiply quantities to feed more people.

Ninarosa Sun 09-Aug-20 14:40:09

In response to the many Gransnetters( ok, the three of you), who, on opening the everyday dishes thread, excitedly expected to find yummy, easy-fix recipes.
Any people reading this who have that marvellous gift of putting together food stuffs in a non-faff manner and coming up with a tasty , nontoxic too, meal? I'm sorry, I'll say that again, tasty, not too taxing meal ? Of course the auto correct non toxic would be great too !