What's your basic dinner pattern during the week?

[sheothebudworths]

....but no pizza anymore.

 

[_pH_]

who's not having pizza any more sheo?

 

[5t3IIa]

In the last couple of months I took to making a stir-fry on the Monday then having the leftovers on Tueday with more onions/carrots/celery/peppers which created more leftovers which I would throw more veg and a veggie chorizo thingy in which created more leftovers into which I would sling some tofu and more veg which created more...you see where I'm going with this. Had a slighty different half-old/half-fresh story-fry every day, with 7p noodles. I expect it would have got quite boring if I did it for longer but it made me feel quite content for a while

 

[Detroit City]

M Pizza
T Going out - probably italian
W Taco Bell
Th Turkey, dressing, mash, veggies and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving
F McDonalds
Sa Burger King
Su White Castle

 

[_pH_]

In the last couple of months I took to making a stir-fry on the Monday then having the leftovers on Tueday with more onions/carrots/celery/peppers which created more leftovers which I would throw more veg and a veggie chorizo thingy in which created more leftovers into which I would sling some tofu and more veg which created more...you see where I'm going with this. Had a slighty different half-old/half-fresh story-fry every day, with 7p noodles. I expect it would have got quite boring if I did it for longer but it made me feel quite content for a while

how does that work then? is it actual vegematarian/pretend chorizo?

 

[_pH_]

M fish flavour popcorn
T fish flavour popcorn
W fish flavour popcorn
Th fish flavour popcorn
F fish flavour popcorn
Sa fish flavour popcorn
Su fish flavour popcorn

I was right

 

[Detroit City]

I was right

 

[Herbsman.]

who's not having pizza any more sheo?

Me, I've gone off the idea of pizza, since my oven is crap and only goes up to about 240 deg C

 

[_pH_]

Me, I've gone off the idea of pizza, since my oven is crap and only goes up to about 240 deg C

takeaway!

 

[Detroit City]

Me, I've gone off the idea of pizza, since my oven is crap and only goes up to about 240 deg C

no one makes pizza at home

your home oven couldn't possibly get to teh proper temperature like they use in a pizzeria

 

[5t3IIa]

how does that work then? is it actual vegematarian/pretend chorizo?

Yeah. I am on http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/food-categories.asp for link but I cant find it.

It's nothing like actual chorizo of course but it's a spicy-ish, fatty-ish rubbish-ish meat sbustitute thing. I'd hesitantly recommend it

I'll come back with the link if I find it

e2a: OK that is an awful website - I tried searching for 'quorn' to try and oriantate myself and there were no results!

 

[Herbsman.]

takeaway!

Fock off!

no one makes pizza at home

your home oven couldn't possibly get to teh proper temperature like they use in a pizzeria

My old one went up to 300 which was enough.

 

[Isambard]

with a sausage or 2 stuck in

Snicker Snicker. Hello mate, how tricks.

It really alldepends on our work / party schedules.
Mostly just a snack evenings.

 

[sheothebudworths]

no one makes pizza at home

What you do (or rather don't do) is very, very different from what other people do.

Lots of people make pizza at home.

 

[Tank Girl]

no they don't sheo, nobody makes pizza at home! ever.

 

[Rollem]

no they don't sheo, nobody makes pizza at home! ever.

i bloody well do

oh dear, does that make me a bit like sheo?

 

[sheothebudworths]

no they don't sheo, nobody makes pizza at home! ever.

In fact, nobody cooks at all at home!

 

[sheothebudworths]

oh dear, does that make me a bit like sheo?

 

[Rollem]

 

[Tank Girl]

In fact, nobody cooks at all at home!

exactly! it's not possible is it?

 

[sheothebudworths]

No!


<scoffs four takeaways for breakfast>

 

[mentalchik]

In fact, nobody cooks at all at home!

*goes all dreamy*


How do you know one of my fondest dreams sheo?........you some sort of witch ?

 

[beeboo]

Current pattern is:

-go to supermarket
-between 3-4 days of meals which follow a recipe (could be anything depending on what I've seen in a magazine or what recipe books I've been browsing)
-a further 3-4 days of meals rustled up out of whatever is in the house
-go to supermarket and start over.

It usually works out about 1/3 veg-based meals, 1/3 fish and 1/3 meat.

 

[tarannau]

Fairly organised at the mo. Roast on a Sunday, or sometimes Monday when slack. Often something lighter on the next day - simple stir fry or pasta dish. Generally risotto or thick soup (congee this week) with leftover veg and cold meat next. And then a restock from the market, occasionally supermarket, with whatever looks good - it's more random towards the end of the week. Whatever takes the eye, with the odd aberration into a furiously quickly cooked fridge standby when the pub stop overruns. No particular deliberate balance, but there tends to be one or two veggie or meat light nights during the week. Fish when I feel like it.

More grazing at weekends, with the occasional piri piri/fried chicken burst.

 

[secretsquirrel]

I cook enough for 2 nights at a time so I get a night off cooking in between. Most of my stuff is 'one pot' jobs.

So, favourites are...

Dahl, spiced potato and cauliflower with naan bread
Chilli
Vegetarian shepherd's pie
Sausage and roasted veg stew
Bean hotpot
Veg Thai curry

If the kids are staying then we'll also rustle up a roast on Sundays - even if that just means sausages with all the trimmings!

 

[Ms T]

We don't have a "basic dinner pattern" because we both work shifts. It also depends on my cooking obsession du jour. At the moment it's cakes.

This week we'll be having fairly elaborate meals because my parents are here for a couple of nights. So roast chicken tonight and braised lamb shanks tomorrow. Plus duck legs one night because they were on offer at Waitrose. Leftovers/soup/sandwiches the rest of the time.

 

[Orang Utan]

I never think about it