What's on your menu today

I completely missed any smoked salmon this year - even though there is a smokery down the road and I am particularly partial to it.

We'll be getting some later!

One of my favourites, -pops-.  ;)

I love smoked salmon,and my favourite breakfast is somoked salmon and scrambled eggs. When I was a rep,I used to look out for special offers,and have smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches in the car at lunch time.

We are having some more of pops salmon fish cakes served with buttered broccoli and carrot/swede/parsnip cocktail mash.

Just decided on dinner for this evening...

Toad-in-the-hole with caramelised onions, creamed potatoes, sprouts and gravy.  Oh yes, and the inevitable 'glass or two' of vino.  

Home made Yorks Puds: 

I rarely eat desert, but my DH will no doubt be enjoying home-made apple crumble and custard.  One thing I do occasionally indulge in, is a small choc-ice.  (Sainsburys do a box of eight for only £1) Excellent value.  Cleanses the palate perfectly.

We had intended to have haddock and curly fries tonight,but our son has decided to stay for an extra night and take us out for a meal.

me too - sea lunch at the wharf cafe with a smorgasord of seafood compliments of a lebanese head chef and two vietnamese side kicks! - red vino to swallow - I slept for two hours after that! I just love being spoilt!

We are having home made steak pie with boiled Maris Piper spuds and a selection of veg with beef onion gravy. This will be accompanied by a couple of glasses of Argentinian Malbec 14.5% wine followed an hour later by a dose of Gaviscon (peppermint flavour) washed down with pure spring water.

We eat posh in our house.

Pork chops, sprouts mini potatoes gravy, Xmas pudding and cream

Something dead simple, cheap and vegetarian today:

Cheese & Potato Pie with Tinned Tomatoes.

Layer of mashed potato, layer of sautéed chopped onion, layer of extra strong Cheddar, layer of mash. Do as many layers as you want, seasoning as you go. Finish with a layer of cheese. Put into a hot oven until brown and bubbling.


Serve with good quality tinned tomatoes seasoned with a smidgen of Worcestershire suace.

Sounds very tasty, -pops-. 

One thing I have discovered pops is that no matter how much you pay for your tinned tomatoes they are all exactly the same !....so I buy the cheapest I can find !
I will make your cheese and onion pie next week sometime.

malcolm wrote:

One thing I have discovered pops is that no matter how much you pay for your tinned tomatoes they are all exactly the same !....so I buy the cheapest I can find !
I will make your cheese and onion pie next week sometime.

I used to think that about tinned toms but then I was introduced to San Marzano Tomatoes. I am not usually taken in by marketing hype "Grown in the volcanic soil on the slopes of Mt Vesuvius" but they are really different in flavour and richness (also price).

Not often seen in supermarkets, we get ours online from a specialist Italian grocer. We only eat them with something special. Normally we use just ordinary bog standard tins from the supermarket.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marzano_tomato

Irene wrote:

Brunch this morning was porridge made with Sainsburys Whole Rolled Porridge Oats. 


This evening, dinner will be our regular Cod/Haddock with chips and mushy peas.

If your local Sainsbury's also  stock Flavahan's whole rolled outs you will find that these are even corser than Sainsbury's own.  I always buy these now.

http://www.flahavans.ie/news/flahavans-win-in-the-uk-healthy-food-guide-food-drinks-awards-2016/492

They are from their "Taste the Difference" range.  

First time I have had them - they were bought for an apple crumble recipe which I came across.