Inspire me please - what’s for dinner tonight?

[MakeUpGirl]

We’re going to the dentist straight after school so later home than normal and can’t decidw what to cook for dinner
Please inspire me with quick and easy ideas for me and 4 year old DD who’ll eat almost anything

_Tonight's Dinner: _ Chicken Chow Mein --well my take on it!

Ingredients (serves about 3 people)
^3 garlic cloves
Chunk of ginger
1 red chilli
2tbsp dark soy
2tbsp tomato purée
2/3 chicken fillets
Noodles (straight to wok are easiest)
1/2 carrots
Handful mangetout
Few mushrooms
1tbsp veg oil
Couple handfuls beansprouts
3 spring onions
1tbsp oyster sauce
^
Chop chilli, grate ginger, crush garlic. Put in bowl with purée and soy sauce. Chop chicken. Throw in. Coat. Leave to sit while you chop other stuff.
Cut carrots into sticks. Halve shrooms. Cut sprungions diagonal like a chinese takeaway does!!
Boil some water. Cook carrot and mangetout for 4 mins.
Heat oil. Cool chicken and marinade 5 min.
Add in veg and noodles. Cook couple mins.
Mix oyster sauce with couple tbsp water. Throw over dish. Serve.

It's delicious. You can chop and change the veg to suit people's tastes.

I have literally hundreds of recipes!!!!!!

I was going to say takeaway too!

I didn’t post my actual dinner I’m making today, so here it is...

Chicken with Spring Vegetables:

Chicken thighs, baby potatoes, carrots and onions, fried and then simmered in chicken stock, with asparagus and sugar snap peas added at the last minute. Sauce will have tarragon, bay leaves, lemon and creme fraiche added as well.

I’ve not made it before, although I do something similar with chicken, gem lettuce and petit pois which is very tasty. I’m really looking forward to it!

Oh that sounds lovely, and very springy.
I've chicken thighs in my freezer so might try it next week.

Here’s the finished dish.

Yum...lovely plate by the way!

Thanks. Got them ages ago in Staffordshire

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