What are you having for dinner?

I should probably add that DH's is the dry version of mac/degen, not the wet one.

Hello Worlass - DH has an annual check for the macular degeneration and also he has a retinopathy examination every year; he was told by different practitioners on separate occasions that he can help keep the degeneration in check by taking supplements (he uses Eyecaps), eating plenty of dark green vegetables and drinking red wine. Any excuse .....

Beef Cheek casserole. Yum. Cheap as chips as it is a very under used cut. Masses of meat- more than enough for 4 people for less than £4.Sainsburys here have just started selling it- could only get it at Waitrose previously. Cooked long & slow in a good stock it is unbeatable- so tender.
I hope they start selling Pigs cheeks soon too. Love them.

Wasn't Waitrose, I haven't been for ages and they don't deliver here because it is a poor city oop north. Oh bums I've given it away by saying that, I was trying to pass it off as home made.

My swede was delicious btw.

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ww - it's only posh if she made the meringue base herself. Bet she didn't. Bet it was Waitrose.

Pepperoni Pizza and salad as DH is on a late shift and it is a simple meal that suits DS and me.

Plus a glass of red

Spicy chicken, green pepper and sweet potato casserole with couscous.

DH is cooking dinner too, kitchen belongs to him now he is retired.

DH just made veg curry. He cooks,I clean. He also shops for the food. Yeahh

There's posh

Fillet steak with charlotte potatoes and buttered organic carrots. Blueberries and ice cream on meringue base.

Left-over roast pork, roast vegetables [onion, pumpkin, mushroom, parsnip, tomatoes, courgette], gravy and apple upside down pudding with custard, also leftover fromyesterday. I shall have mine cold, DH his microwaved!

I won't forget.

Just waiting for the rest of the din to cook now. I put swede on early because I really did not believe it! (Oh Ye of little faith)

It must be the thick skin keeping all the steam in (but stretching enough to keep it from exploding). All the flavour is kept in too, not washed out into the water it is cooked in.

Don't forget to wrap your hand in a teatowel when you scoop it out.

Just tested mine after 15 minutes. It's actually soft! That's amazing.

Thank you jinglbellsfrocks! I would be very happy to escape having to dice the critter ;-) Although I'm remembering now that I did already peel it, which may make a difference to how it'll cook. Off to the kitchen to experiment!

1/2 a sirloin steak, mushrooms, celery, sweetcorn, green beans and sauteed potatoes.

annsixty Gulligranny and Worlass- I have never heard of wine, red or white or chocolate slowing down the degeneration. Unfortunately kale is more likely to help but does not have the same taste as chocolate!

I have bought a easy-to-cook chicken breast joint and some baby leaf Spring greens to go with my swede. It will be followed by remains of yesterday's apple and raspberry crumble, with single cream.

Parsleywin it was, just cut off the top and bottom bits of the swede. Put in microwave on full for (I think) 15 minutes. But the time would depend on size of swede I suppose. No pricking or cutting required.

Sausages bubble and squeak and baked tomatoes and just taken out of the oven raspberry and white chocolate muffins. they smell divine but the rest will be frozen for another time.

We're going to try the gluten-free chicken burgers that were new in Tesco last week, and then have the only pudding I make successfully, apple crumble.