What's for dinner on this beautiful Good Friday?!

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What lovely weather! Such a nice change.

We're having burgers every which way - which means the girls will have a beef, bacon and bbq sauce burger which has absolutely no contact with anything that could be accused of being a vegetable.

DH and I will be having chicken satay burgers - yum!

Washed down with a nice NZ sav' blanc. . .

A posh ready meal from the Trose. Mushroom macaroni. It looks nice enough, hope it tastes good too. I bought it because it was marked down because that's how I roll.

Leftover from my Catholic upbringing is the thing of just never eating meat on Good Friday. It's totally ingrained. There is no reason why I couldn't these days but it just never happens.

We had gammon, egg, chips and beans on out new decking furniture. Still sitting drinking pouilly-fume (reduced in Aldi and delicious!) at it; we have had to put the heater on though! Martin Kemp on the radio - even his voice is sexy!

Had a picnic for lunch which was lovely - feels like summer!

I had leftover Chinese, then ice cream and cake. Eating my feelings.

Roasted Trout stuffed with herbs, sautéed potatoes, broccoli and tartare sauce

We want to a lovely pub we haven’t been too before. Had a fab mixed grill and DH had a salt beef & cheese burger. Brilliant service and even better I don’t have to wash up!

Sadly, it was cold cooked fish cake and a bit of salad. Happily, I was safe at home, no-one shelling where I live, and I could afford the food and it was reasonable nutrition although not very exciting.

Fish and chips at lunchtime on good Friday then boiled eggs and soldiers or hot cross buns for tea.

A lovely veggie rigatoni with mushrooms, lemon and creme fraiche.

I didn't eat dinner tonight, had half an Easter egg.

Alot are saying no meat but eating fish. Fish is meat so that's confused me as DD is a vegetarian and will not eat it fish.

We had grown up DC and partners arriving to stay, so had a traditional Good Friday supper of two different kinds of salmon - poached in wine with lemon and dill or roasted with ginger, sweet chilli and soy, with garlic potato wedges, peas cooked with leeks and mint, steamed veg, with smoked tofu fried in sesame seeds for the veggies. Then lavender and orange curd cake for dessert with some miniature chocolate bunnies while we played games afterwards. And wine, G&Ts and some strange but lovely Greek liqueur. I am definitely joining the no-drinking group on here once Easter is over.

Prawn risotto - using homemade stock made from prawn and langoustine shells.

Brioche bread and butter pudding made with blueberries/raspberries and served with loads of cream

Quite a lot of Rioja.

Prawn risotto - using homemade stock made from prawn and langoustine shells.

Oh how very Mumsnet of you 🤣🤣🤣
Sorry if this is genuine 🙈

@forlornlorna @ImanAccountant they look awful. I hope you’re both better soon!

My parents, sister & BIL and nephew have been round for fish and chips.

Fish pie and greens as it's Good Friday

@Dinoboymama Catholics don’t eat meat on Fridays, especially not Good Friday.
Fish is the go to.

Posted too soon!
Fish is go to on Fridays and traditional on Good Friday.

@Germolenequeen - yes it is genuine. Sorry if that causes offence 🤷‍♀️

We had a rare treat a few weeks ago with some lovely local shellfish. I made stock with them as it makes a huge difference to the taste of a risotto.

We had crusty fresh baguette, brie, pate and grapes.

Fish pie and greens but not for religious reasons because I'm not Catholic. We're eating through the freezer before the big defrost and clean out. So the fish pie mix was one of the very few things left in the freezer! We then had a lovely M&S fresh cream Victoria sponge with apple compote filling.

Fennel, saffron and lemon risotto with hake cutlets on top.

My lot had kippers for breakfast. So had homemade pizza on the BBQ this evening.

I am an atheist but a lover of tradition so it has to be fish on Good Friday.

We has Arbroath Smokies (bought in Arbroath) with Jersey Royals and a watercress salad.

Now having an M&S Hot Cross Bun Liquer and some mini eggs.

homemade blinis, lovely smoked salmon, caviar aka lumpfish roe! and creme fraiche with chips. Twas delish

Sushi and champagne! Our babe hit a milestone this week we never thought she would, so we're celebrating! Dumplings for her :)