Cooking Tonight #5

[Bren In Pots]

Cottage pie with sprouts and sweetcorn.

[greenishfing]

I was going to give Mr GF 4 choices, but I only got as far as option one, soup. I got a resounding "Yes" to that. I'm thinking either tomato and basil or mushroom and tarragon, with bread and butter and a dish of parmesan. Yoghurt for Mr GF, cheese and crackers for me.

[Snoop Puss]

Lentil soup. Mince pies and cream for afters.

[Nicos]

Pork fillet with cabbage and apple and jacket spuds.
Fresh fruit yog and kefir for pud.

[Florence Fennel]

Full English this morning so probably some cheese and onion flan later.

[greenishfing]

I'm copying you Flo. Full English tonight.

We'll also be cutting into the latest Paradise slice. I am hoping that it will be the best yet. It certainly looks good.

[Florence Fennel]

Cottage Pie and Savoy cabbage. Fruit and cream.

[Bren In Pots]

We’re finishing of yesterday’s cottage pie and veg.

[Snoop Puss]

Ran out of time yesterday, so ended up opening a can of Lidl confit de canard. I have no idea how they manage to cram it in, because it's hard to get the pieces out without making a mess of them. Three pieces in yesterday's can, one of them still with a lot of feathers... Anyway, that one's going in a duck and saffron risotto for supper, skin and feathers removed (don't think the cats and dog will mind them).

[greenishfing]

I really wish that once or twice a year Aldi/Lidl would put all their "French/Spanish" foods in our supermarkets and maybe let the French and Spanish try our English foods.

[Snoop Puss]

I really wish that once or twice a year Aldi/Lidl would put all their "French/Spanish" foods in our supermarkets and maybe let the French and Spanish try our English foods.

Here in Spain, Lidl puts on this kind of thing, with a week given over to French, Greek, British, German or Asian food, not quite on weekly rotation but near enough. Do you not get that? The British week here is mainly beer and buns, I think. They even had baked beans once, but I think they weren't popular. In fact, my impression is that British week as a whole isn't that popular, as they rarely do it.

[greenishfing]

Snoop Puss, every so often they have Italian food, because I always stock up on risotto rice when they do. Things like pasta, pizza, parmesan are always in stock. But I haven't noticed, French or Spanish weeks, definitely no confit de canard ...or similar. Ah, just realised you go to Lidl, I go to Aldi as no convenient Lidl.

[Bren In Pots]

Toasted cheese sandwiches this evening, kippers at lunch time.

I shop at Aldi, we also have a Tesco and Iceland all within a 10 min walk from us. I rarely use Tesco the stores huge and I usually lose the will to live half way around.

[Florence Fennel]

My groceries are always from Tezzies as over the years I've found them the most reliable, especially during the pandemic.
Chicken tikka wraps tonight for me and a roast chicken sandwich for Himself. Sponge pudding and custard for after.
I'm about to prepare the steak and kidney for Desperate Dan pie tomorrow

[greenishfing]

My food shopping habits have actually changed since the heavy snow a couple of weeks ago, when I discovered the joy of the online grocery shop and delivery to my door. I am now getting a weekly delivery of my heavy stuff (and a few treats) from Sainsbury's. I hate walking around their massive 'Superstore'. I then go to Aldi and the local shops for most of my fresh veg, fruit, meat and fish.

Tonight I think scampi, potato waffles, peas and homemade tartare sauce.

(Would you believe a punnet of Sainsbury's 'taste the difference' strawberries sneaked into my "heavy stuff"?) We'll have them with cream.