WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

[Stanley]

I had the last of the old batch of veggies for breakfast and tea. I cheated at dinner time and had a small pizza. Streng verboten but I lived dangerously.....

[Stanley]

One last meal from last week's batch for breakfast, then Nibbles from cooking for dinner and chicken and new veggies for tea.

[Stanley]

Chicken and new batch veggies X three. I cooked buttered swede as an extender.... (I love my extenders, they bring the unit cost of my meals down and extend the period until my next cooking. It comes round so fast!)

[Stanley]

Chicken and veggies X three and I cooked savoury cabbage and onion as an extender.... I might have said this before but anyone who can make cabbage attractive is a good cook!

[Stanley]

Chicken and veggies X three and a black pudding with two eggs for second breakfast.

[Stanley]

Chicken and veggies X three and a black pudding with two eggs for second breakfast. Same as yesterday.....

[Stanley]

Chicken and veggies for breakfast and then sardine and onions with chips for dinner and tea....

[Stanley]

Sardines, onions and veggies for breakfast and on my visit to the Co-op I found smoked gammon rashers at sell-by date price and cooked them with tomatoes and onions. That then became dinner, tea and this morning's breakfast..... A super-extender!
In the background I slow cooked my pork belly with orange and onions and by teat time I had defatted it and it is ready now to augment the veggies....

[Stanley]

Meat and veggies X three and pork on oatcakes for second breakfast.......

[Stanley]

Same as yesterday.... A regular supply of nourishment. I think the delivery is just as important as the quality......

[Stanley]

Meat and veggies X three with a second breakfast of meat on oatcakes for a mid morning snack.

[Big Kev]

Jacket spud topped with chilli and cheese, the chilli was from a batch I made a couple of weeks ago and was lurking in the freezer.

[Stanley]

Meat and veggies X three as I get the last batch into a corner. Veggies on oatcake for second breakfast.....

[Stanley]

Nearing the end of the last batch of cooking. Roasting my chicken today and veggie cooking tomorrow.

[Big Kev]

Chicken and chorizo in a tomato and onion sauce with peppers, mixed veg, red pesto, black olives, grand padano cheese and bucatini pasta. Washed it down with an Australian Shiraz.

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[Stanley]

That ,looks good Kev!
I had meat and veggies X Three but spoiled my tea by eating nuts as I watched John and Ronnie battling it out at the Crucible.
Today I finish the last of the old batch and veggie cook.....

[Stanley]

The last of the old batch for breakfast and dinner. I cooked veggies yesterday and tea was Cauliflower and hot smoked salmon

[Stanley]

Settled into the new batch. Chicken and veggies X three and no second breakfast.....

[Big Kev]

Today's pudding

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[Tripps]

My guilty pleasure from Aldi? You can get them in a larger size too.. I approve. . . .

[Big Kev]

They're very good and small enough to avoid a sugar overload

[Wendyf]

My regular pudding too.....Lidl version.

[Big Kev]

[Stanley]

Three helpings of chicken and veggies. Spicy mackerel fillets on oatcake for second breakfast. No pudding! I cooked buttered swede as an extender.

[Tripps]

"I cooked buttered swede as an extender."

I had a swede cooked whole in the microwave - as shown on Youtube. It was the Easter one from Aldi and cost just 4 pence so not risking much. I'd say it was a success - though perhaps a bit smoother than when just boiled and chopped with carrots.



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Must mention the progress of the "Pangasian Fish".

It's a type of Catfish , and was first marketed as Vietnamese River Cobbler when first introduced to us.

That name didn't find favour, it got a bad press, and it was relaunched as "Basa fish ".

They are doing it again - transformed into "Pangasian Fish" It was featured on 'Come Dine With Me' yesterday. They used the smoked version and everyone enjoyed it a lot. There's a surprise.

It made the news yesterday when a survey showed that of ten Chippies in Liverpool - 3 were using Pangasian where Cod or Haddock would be expected. Plausible deniability. covered the intention to deceive.

Cat Fish and Chips


I don't blame the fish friers - white fish is very expensive, and a substitute has to be found. The consumer must be re- educated. Pollock and Hake have been tried in recent years.