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What tea would you like to come home to?

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Jayne266 · 06/02/2013 12:32

Looking through the freezer and don't know what to make tonight here are my options.
Chicken curry with spicy potatoes
Chicken lasagne and salad and tomato focaccia
Coronation chicken jacket potato with salad
Which sounds best? What are you having for tea (i can still go the shops if I change my mind) Smile

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Taffeta · 06/02/2013 12:49

Depends on the weather and how tired I am. The curry if its cold and I'm tired, the coronation chicken if I'm perkier.

They all sound yum.

Taffeta · 06/02/2013 12:50

Oh and we are having chicken ham and mushroom pie w peas sweetcorn and carrots, the ham was in the freezer from Christmas. Smile

DuchessFanny · 06/02/2013 12:50

Lasagne please ! what time shall i be round ? Wink

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Jayne266 · 06/02/2013 12:54

Hehe duchess that was the reaction I was going for. If I text my DH and say we are having xxxx I want him to be thinking yum can't wait to get home not ugh not that.

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Jayne266 · 06/02/2013 12:56

Taffeta do you think that would work with gammon? (writing notes for future meals)

Duchess what are you having?

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Taffeta · 06/02/2013 12:56

Yes def.

DuchessFanny · 06/02/2013 13:03

Probably fish - we all like salmon, haven't had it for a while .... ( although now i want lasagne !!) Smile

DuchessFanny · 06/02/2013 13:05

what does go with gammon ? i always get a mental image of a slice of pineapple on top and a pile of chips !

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Jayne266 · 06/02/2013 13:17

Tbh gammon with egg or pineapple is the only way I have ever had gammon except for recently trying gammon in brown sugar in the slow cooker.

(still trying to think of different ways to have it)

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DuchessFanny · 06/02/2013 15:05

How was it in the slow cooker ? ( recently been thinking about getting a slow cooker, a lot of my RL friends have been raving about them !)

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Jayne266 · 06/02/2013 15:59

Bit sweet but if you use dark brown sugar it's meant to have that treacle taste to it (which I don't like so I went for light brown sugar)

But it's a must try dish.

I "borrowed" my slow cooker from me mum to make a chicken soup one day 2 years ago.

Some shops do them really cheep get one and see what you think there are lots of slow cooker threads of what people have tried from stew to cakes!

My fav is chilli using stewing beef not mince yum.

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TrinityRhino · 06/02/2013 16:02

Any of them sound gorgeous, I wouldn't mind which

couldtryharder · 06/02/2013 17:44

One that I haven't had to cook.

DuchessFanny · 07/02/2013 11:10

ah Jayne ended up after feeding the boys chicken noodle soup having - eggs on toast ! ... whistfully thought of lasagne, which is now a must this week end !!

Am defo going to get a slow cooker !

twinklesparkles · 07/02/2013 15:32

Ill have curry and potatoes if you're cooking ;)

We are having sausage casserole, dumplings and crusty bread and butter. Have used my slowcooker for the casserole today.

milk · 07/02/2013 15:34

Home made fruit bread with lashings of butter Grin

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Jayne266 · 08/02/2013 15:16

I ended up making him the chicken lasagne it's his new fav dish I was never a big fan of mince in it so I made a chicken one (made out of cut up chicken breast) and I am converted.

I have never made sausage casserole but seem to have the ingredients all the time is a good one a tomato taste ? or a gravy taste ? if that makes sense.Smile

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rollmopses · 08/02/2013 22:08

Earl Grey with scones and cucumber sandwiches.

DuchessFanny · 09/02/2013 08:02

I do sausage casserole with tomato base, but my husband did a sausage with gravy, onions and rice the other night ( sounds weird i know !) and it was gorge !

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Jayne266 · 09/02/2013 08:29

No I think I get what you mean my mum used to do a gravy type one which had oyster sauce in it and mushrooms and served it with rice ( I think she mixed the ideas of a traditional stew and a Chinese dish she had tried)

Tonight's tea is Mexican inspired and having chimichangas with the dips

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DuchessFanny · 09/02/2013 08:51

I think i may need to move in with you, i've liked what you've cooked from the off Grin

Last night was ribs ... tonight, not a clue ... DH is in Paris (lucky sod ) so something quick for me and the boys ... thinking enchiladas now though !

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Jayne266 · 09/02/2013 10:17

My husband won't eat much veg it's a pain in the arse so I love hidden dishes. So I can get some roasted veg I the rice and refried beans in him tonight. I love ribs but don't get to the butchers that often.

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DuchessFanny · 09/02/2013 10:35

I ate out with friends and was the first time i'd ever had them ( was a pescatarian for 26 years !) they were lovely !!!

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Jayne266 · 09/02/2013 13:17

I was one for 3 years but found I was eating a lot of carbs and cheese and ended up gaining weight! And I think bacon butties converted me back but am still a bit off with big joints of meat.

So is that a dish you want to make then duchess? Ribs (BBQ?)

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DuchessFanny · 09/02/2013 15:07

I was 11 when I stopped eating meat, so it was sort of all I knew, had 3 pregnancies and thought I was ok ... But I am ( less now ) the carb queen, iron levels low and knackered all the time - feel SO much better now :)
A friend said for a BBQ I should boil the ribs first, then marinate over night, then bung 'em on .... Just need better weather !!!!