Friends came for dinner tonight, last match of the season for Tigers. I didn't really push the boat out. Pork shoulder marinated in fennel, lemon and garlic. Jersey royals Coleslaw Spiced chickpea salad Green salad Tomato and basil salad With home made bread Followed by cheese and crackers. We were ...

Good idea

I'm not sure I have ever cooked for what you would describe as a dinner party. (J has :D ) We have a handful of friends coming at the weekend and it will be roast pork, Jersey royals and a variety of salads, followed by cheese. Nobody is really bothered about a pudding so it won't be eaten and if I ...

I marinated a couple of chicken portions in a mixture of harissa, yoghurt and preserved lemon then roasted them.
They were shredded and served with sauté potatoes and salad.

Really tasty.

I cooked this tonight
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chi ... rd-lentils

I used a preserved lemon rather than fresh because that's what I had.
It looked like a dog's dinner but tasted really good.

I served it with a mixed salad but I think a vegetable would have been a better match.

Just had a fabulous seafood rice with saffron, fennel seeds, celery, onion, squid, mussels and prawns.
Cooked by J.

I usually do that sort of dish but I'm happy to be sommelier and plongeur.

We are both out this evening, separately, and will not be eating properly. J is going to rugby so he will probably have a pie or something at the ground. I am going to a friend's house, she's invited a few women round for drinks. She is a great hostess but she's not fussed on cooking so it will like...

Because the weather is horrible we are having beef stew with roasted potatoes and parsnips plus buttered cabbage.

J is currently making kedgeree, while I recline with a g&t

Who remembers Rice Cremola?

It was a quick pudding if mum was busy, always served with a blob of jam in the middle.
If it was too hot we were allowed to pour some milk on it.

I have made a keema paneer for tonight. J has made dal and there will be rice.

That menu sounds lovely.
I assume it's alcohol free?

I have made a portion of Hairy Bikers Ragu, it's our favourite.

Half has gone into the freezer and the other half has been turned into a lasagne.
We will have that tonight, with salad.

I will be back from yoga about 1920 so let's hope J remembers he's on dinner duty tonight.

We have Barnsley chops for tonight.
Accompaniments will be roast potatoes, green beans and the last of the PSB.

Looking forward to that.

The bread pakora lasted until we got on the train to Derby Saturday afternoon and washed them down with an M&S G&T

Excellent!

It sounds fab Sue, but I'd have to be in the mood to do something like that.

We had hake fillet with saute potatoes and pea & mint purée.
The purée also contains coriander leaf and a touch of white wine vinegar.

She did, and shiny red ones too

My glamorous aunt did that too
Back in the 60s she had jet black hair with a blonde fringe, and she managed a record shop.

She was cool.

Interesting.
Maybe Uschi's bitter lemon mixer has a similar souring effect.

I haven't had a snowball for years.
We were allowed one on NYE when we were about 12.

Dad made it with lemonade and always a cherry. It was probably 95% lemonade
I think bitter lemon would be more to my taste now.