What's on your menu today

We had salmon and tuna fish cakes, with chips, broccoli and parsley sauce.

Chicken curry folks made by hubby and a side of garlic spinach. Plus fresh fruit for afterwards  :;smile:

Nice hot chilli today for us with plain boiled rice.

Going vegan today with pasta & a ratatouille dressing/sauce.

We might end up putting some Parmesan cheese on it - which ruins the vegan aspect, though.

My ratatouille:

1 medium courgette
1 medium aubergine
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
A few cherry tomatoes (6 - 8)
3 or 4 shallots
3 or 4 cloves of garlic (or more) or one whole bulb/head
1 can chopped tomatoes
A good glug of olive oil (ordinary type, not EV)

Cut the courgettes, peppers,aubergine and shallots into pieces about the same size as the cherry tomatoes. Place all in an ovenproof dish together with the garlic cloves or whole bulb. DO NOT cut these up. Sprinkle with olive oil, salt & pepper and bake in a fairly hot oven for 20 -30 minutes. Then add the chopped tomatoes from the can, mix well and return to the oven (at a medium setting) for about one hour.

Remove from the oven, take out the garlic bulb (if used) and separate the cloves, remove the skin and place back in with the main mix.

You will find the garlic has lost all of its pungency and is soft and sweet. I like it cooked like this and spread on toast. It's not skinky and you don't get people choking all around you from the smell

We are eating out in a pub with many first class reviews in Betwys y Coed, a few miles away from where the family is renting a cottage.

Lovely menu pops enjoy your meal andsome 

Roast leg of pork, apple sauce, roast potatoes, carrots & parsnips, mixed broccoli & cabbage, gravy.

Huge piece of meat which will keep us going for several days.

Ham hock terrine to start then....
Pork chops, dauphinoise potatoes, buttered leeks and carrot and swede mash....then Bread and butter pudding made with brioche.

Our daughter is cooking a shepherds pie this evening in our Welsh cottage.

Chicken roast today,

Sweet & Sour pork today - using some of the leftovers from yesterday.

Braised steak and leeks today for us, with mashed spuds, cabbage and parsnips.

Ice cubes and lots of them. Much too hot today and believe me not pleasant heat. Normally followed by locusts.

See we have our off days even here  :;smile:

Still some pork left. Having A Thai curry with it today.

Something from the freezer,I will have to have a look. I can't drive to the shops for fresh stuff, and Er indoors has severe back pain,we are waiting for the doctor to visit.

Biryani for me and poached Salmon for 'er indoors.