For inspiration - what is for dinner tonight?

Tonight we are having potato croquettes (Tescos), sea bass and steamed asparagus. Yummy!

Bear up grannylyn65 - anything we can do to cheer you up? x

Thanks for the penne suggestions, all.

Thanks to river I have bought a "half-jack" of vodka and have vodka in the house for the first time in decades - am gonna go with that sauce recipe.

I'm also in the midst of baking a tea loaf ... made with Earl Grey tea.

Steak pie and mashed potato. Might open a tin of baked beans with it.
A stick-to-your-ribs dinner.

janea
It couldn't be easier, I just soften butter a little then beat in a large dollop of sweet chilli sauce, add some chopped herbs if I have any, today I've got some lemon thyme so that will go in too.
Then shape roughly and chill back in the fridge till needed.
You could do similar with mayonnaise.

grannylyn65 very best wishes for a speedy recovery

Peppers Romanesco (peppers halved, filled with pesto, cherry tomatoes and a smidge of garlic, roasted in the oven), quick and easy to assemble, pasta with parmesan and butter and broad beans, followed by stewed plums (the last of last year's crop)

How do you make sweet chilli butter aurelia? Sounds good.

Fresh tuna steak with sweet chilli butter, with a peanut butter Magnum for pud! There might be G&T beforehand too.

Just about to make Lamb Italienne with some chops I got from the Co-op this morning.
Cooked very slowly with onion, carrot, celery, tomatoes and herbs & served with baked potatoes and courgettes. There'll be enough to freeze two portions for another day.
Followed by Apple Charlotte made with some left over bread.

Duck's legs with sauce- I have not decided on vegetables yet.

Some thinly sliced lambs liver with colcannon mash and onion gravy and some strawberries bought on offer yesterday and must be used by to-day I think a spot of ice cream will go down well with it too.

Just horrid dose of flue! I have my own 'misery thread'!!
There thats my first smile in 3 days!!!!

Grannylyn, season it with the kind thoughts and good wishes of your fellow GN's and it will make you feel better! ?

What's up grannylyn65 will some help

Lunch out today.....prob omelette and salad as I have a weigh in this afternoon!

Tonight I will have a large bowl of self pity !!!!

Frittata and salad

Smoky hake, greens and beans:
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/smoky-hake-beans-greens

We're having the beef stew I cooked yesterday just got to add potatoes and dumplings later... Its mostly vegs with just a few ounces of beef for flavour..
Because I've been trying to cut out as much salt as possible I now find ready made sauces too salty , OH loves a cottage pie ready meal now and then and I had a taste and I couldn't even eat it because of the salt, why do they do that?

I misread that at first Galen. I want inspiration for some thin pork steaks bought by DH . I did like standing over a frying pan and then serving up feeling as though I'm smelling of fried food.

Brain's faggots

What a good idea for a thread.
Tonight it will be fresh haddock pieces, which DH likes cooked in a frying pan with milk, parsley and a dab of butter ( quick and easy too) with some mash and cauliflower cheese ( from Sainsbury)

annsixty I find that they are too much for one but insufficient for two. I may try another as I was not too taken with the curry dish I chose.

Tesco have a lovely range of frozen vegetables now. Also frozen avocado which you can slice and eat with a salad. Try their basic olives in a plastic container. All useful things if you haven't much strength or in a hurry. I used to buy diced swede from Iceland for stews and casseroles but they have stopped selling it. They still do have frozen baby carrots which are useful. All these can go into a casserole and you can have a sit down and glass of Pinot or something else.

I have an ongoing fling with Lloyd Grossman sauces (buy on offer £1). DH likes the tomato and red wine one. Makes easy pasta sauces or in oven with chicken, olives etc. All things which help to keep our old bodies going. Another thing I have taken to recently is boneless and skinless chicken thighs from sainsburys. No waste. You can serve this to visitors without having bones all over the place. The flavour is better than chickens breast.

Good luck to all creaky gransnetters out there.

Tonight will be baked potatoes stuffed with cheese, onion and bacon, and a salad on the side.