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pinkowl · 25 Jan 2015 at 21:56

That looks good. I havent made fresh pasta in ages! i should probably make some soon. Been way too lazy with cooking lately.
This week and the next I will be going through the freezer so that will be a lot of mince based food and also beef / pork cassaroles

I need more room as its only a small freezer. Maybe Ill just make a massive portions and eat same stuff few days in row...

Rich_L · 25 Jan 2015 at 22:08

Oof that looks uhmazing.

Re: the kale did you run out of spinach or was that by choice? I ended up using some beet tops to supplement my spinach because it's ridiculous how little spinach you end up with when sauteed and I wasn't sure I had enough - it also turned the bechamel a pale shade of pink, lol

If there's any left tomorrow (lol good one) make sure to try at least a couple slices of fried lasagna when you reheat it (http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/best-way-to-reheat-lasagna-food-lab.html)

Kainz · 25 Jan 2015 at 22:08

Been away this weekend. Just arrived and scanned the thread for Cainer's OCUK special, that failed so I drooled at Maccapacca's lovely burgers - bet they tasted awesome!

MisChief · 25 Jan 2015 at 22:26

FrenchTart said:
Looks good, even if it does contain pineapple I like the presentation with the what I presume is balsamic?

Yep, balsamic glaze. Absolutely love the stuff! I use it on pretty much all my salads.

FrenchTart said:
edit: the weird large bits of green are steamed kale btw

Nice lasagne! Are you sure you didn't pluck some leaves from the garden and add them in? :confused:

It reminds me of spinach and ricotta cannelloni, might try making some one day.

FrenchTart · 26 Jan 2015 at 08:43

pinkowl said:
That looks good. I havent made fresh pasta in ages! i should probably make some soon. Been way too lazy with cooking lately.
This week and the next I will be going through the freezer so that will be a lot of mince based food and also beef / pork cassaroles I need more room as its only a small freezer. Maybe Ill just make a massive portions and eat same stuff few days in row...

Are there any particular mince dishes from your part of the world that you make a lot of? If they're as nice-looking as the pulla/etc I'd love to see them/a recipe

Rich_L said:
Oof that looks uhmazing.

Re: the kale did you run out of spinach or was that by choice? I ended up using some beet tops to supplement my spinach because it's ridiculous how little spinach you end up with when sauteed and I wasn't sure I had enough - it also turned the bechamel a pale shade of pink, lol

If there's any left tomorrow (lol good one) make sure to try at least a couple slices of fried lasagna when you reheat it (http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/11/best-way-to-reheat-lasagna-food-lab.html)

Beetroot-stained white (well, pink

) sauce sounds interesting. Might be something to try next time.

The kale was just a side dish really. Mostly to give my tastebuds a break from something that was at least 90% cheese

The amount of spinach/ricotta mix didn't look like that much and was a pita to work with (it was like spreading out playdough or something) but the end result seemed to be about the right ratio.

MisChief said:
Yep, balsamic glaze. Absolutely love the stuff! I use it on pretty much all my salads.

Nice lasagne! Are you sure you didn't pluck some leaves from the garden and add them in?

It reminds me of spinach and ricotta cannelloni, might try making some one day.

Balsamic is awesome - my favourite thing on salad too

I'm not sure if I'd want to add many leaves from my garden given how often my cats "fertilise" the place :eek:

I actually thought about cannelloni and stuffed pasta a lot whilst I was making this. It's something I want to try though rolling pasta thin enough might be a bit painful...

pinkowl · 26 Jan 2015 at 09:32

FrenchTart said:
Are there any particular mince dishes from your part of the world that you make a lot of? If they're as nice-looking as the pulla/etc I'd love to see them/a recipe

There is a lot but I dont think they are very exciting!

Mainly they are things like soups, meatballs and cassaroles. I will add the food pictures and what it is if I go with any traditional food this week

pinkowl · 26 Jan 2015 at 18:46

Meatballs with mash and some gravy. So yummy!

MisChief · 26 Jan 2015 at 20:18

Lemon chilli garlic prawns stir fried with veg and cous cous.

ScoTTyBEEE · 26 Jan 2015 at 20:22

MisChief said:
Lemon chilli garlic prawns stir fried with veg and cous cous.

That looks really good.

Wizzfizz · 26 Jan 2015 at 20:50

Second that!

RoboCod · 26 Jan 2015 at 21:01

Grilled chicken sandwich. The "healthy" option on the menu. It comes with fries.

'MURICA!

MisChief · 26 Jan 2015 at 22:32

ScoTTyBEEE said:
That looks really good.

Wizzfizz said:
Second that!

Thanks!

If it's not chicken then it's prawns... I must try eating something different

FrenchTart · 26 Jan 2015 at 22:36

Tbh those prawns look pretty damn tasty.

Thinking of 'something different' has made me really want teriyaki salmon. Might be a plan for tomorrow.

MikeTheNative · 26 Jan 2015 at 23:27

Captain Planet said:
Grilled chicken sandwich. The "healthy" option on the menu. It comes with fries.

'MURICA!

To be fair they are a vegetable..... kind of.

Rich_L · 27 Jan 2015 at 01:53

It rained today for an hour so went scurrying to the local Vietnamese for a big old bowl of Pho, excellent comfort food when the weather goes bad

Must have a go at making some myself as seems straightforward enough!

randomshenans · 27 Jan 2015 at 08:45

FrenchTart said:
Tbh those prawns look pretty damn tasty.

Thinking of 'something different' has made me really want teriyaki salmon. Might be a plan for tomorrow.

I love teriyaki salmon. Make me some too!

FrenchTart · 27 Jan 2015 at 09:16

randomshenans said:
I love teriyaki salmon. Make me some too!

I kind of forgot that I have dough I should use up really but I may just leave it in the fridge another day and get some tasty salmon...

Feeling a bit rough this morning (really need to cut back on the "just one beer" in the evenings) so ended up getting unhealthy breakfast food. I guess it's motivation for the turbo trainer and gym later.

What did you do yesterday that made MFP think you'd burnt 2000 kcal btw?

BennyC · 27 Jan 2015 at 10:14

Bangers, Mash, Stuffing, Greens

Chocolate oats with brownies, froyo, scotch pancake and milkybar buttons.

cainer · 27 Jan 2015 at 10:21

BennyC said:
Bangers, Mash, Stuffing, Greens

no gravy?

randomshenans · 27 Jan 2015 at 10:28

I had Veal with mushrooms and sweet potato rosti last night. Was taaaasty.

I had some lovely overnight oats again for breakfast. Love them

Don't think I've already posted this, but the weekend I had:

Pork with cauliflower and cheese bites (damn good).

Protein breakfast. Scrambled 1 egg, fried another in coconut oil, 3 rashers of bacon and a wholegrain muffin. Smasher.

Homemade turkey meatballs with tomato and basil sauce with zoodles. Cracker and lean.

Salmon cooked in coconut oil. With all the veg.

Homemade turkey and chickpea curry with broccoli served with cauliflower fried rice. Looks a bit all brown as a whole, but tasty as you like and packs in 589kcal with 50.7g of protein in that plate.

That's me up to date

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