What's everyone cooking today?

[Parkingt111]

I thought I would start this light hearted thread after some of the awfulness out there. In my house we always make an effort to make Friday cooking a little nicer than the rest of the week. It's something my mum would do too as Jumuah is the best day of the week.
I have some chops I marinated last night that will be going in the oven and a big pot of a pilau type chicken rice with grated carrots and peppers, accompanied with a Cucumber and yoghurt dip. I'm not a great cook at the best of times but I try and make an effort for Friday.
So lovely ladies, what's cooking today? (Or any other day if you aren't cooking today 😊)

Just flown back from Spain and got loads of recipe inspiration. Tonight is baked beans on toast as I'm exhausted. Going to try a new tagine dish at the weekend though!

What marinade did you use, @Parkingt111 ? Always on the lookout for inspiration!

Ooh hope you had fun. I don't think I'm brave enough to try a tagine, let me know how it goes for you.

We normally use this marinade for chops on the bbq but it works fine for the oven too I just add a little oil to the marinade

Ginger
Garlic
Salt
Chilli flakes
Soy sauce
Honey
Black pepper

It's simple but my kids and DH like it.

That sounds delicious! Might give it a go... Do you think low salt soy sauce would be ok - DC is kind of 'off' salty things at the moment? (I love soy sauce but DC won't touch it for now)

I love chops @Parkingt111 they sound delish! As does a tagine @Scirocco!
I had meatball and egg curry on Friday. It was nice, made it a bit different to how I usually made it and the consistency was much better.

I'm not a great cook, no good at the science behind foods etc so my foods never turn out exactly the same even if I use the same recipe!

Your Friday is my Saturday. Yesterday I tried to do Spanish style chicken in the slow cooker. So, chicken, chorizo, tomatoes, olives, onion, garlic, cumin and paprika. The problem was that I used only two chicken breasts. The whole thing was soupy but the flavour was good 😊 Anyway, I do love the cosiness of having a meal cooking away whilst I get on with my chores.

Any good slow cooker recipes?

I haven't tried it personally but you could always give it a go. I think if they don't like the heavy soy taste then they would be ok with this alternative.

@anotherlevel @Overtheatlantic they both sound delicious 😋

Tried it and they loved it! Thanks! We did it with tofu and then put veg through it. 👍

I'm glad you did, your version sounds alot healthier so I should try that next time.

Making a vegetable mango curry - mango puree, coconut, cashew nuts, spices (ginger, chilli, fennel), amd a little sugar. Fingers crossed...

Unfortunately it turned out a bit too mild for DC's tastes. DH rescued it by tipping a bunch of chilli flakes into it. Need to remember to up the spices next time. (I kind of do most cooking with a 'throw a bunch of things together and see what happens' approach).

Tonight I did a 'rainbow veg' dish. Red tomato, orange sweet potato, yellow peppers, green cucumber, purple cabbage, arranged like a rainbow on a blue plate, with hummus clouds.

I don't know if DC cared, but I thought it was cool.

Sounds delish! My creamy pasta with garlic bread seems quite mediocre in comparison