What you having for your dinner?

[Dex Sawash]

Making ceviche with green plantains, hearts of palm and nori furrysomething instead of playing GI roulette with actual seafood.

[Icehaven]

I've just put some barbecue marinaded ribs in the slow cooker so they'll be ready in about 6 hours. I've only done ribs on a grill or in a regular oven before and they've nearly always turned out chewy so this is a last attempt at them before I give up.

[TrenterPercenter]

I've just put some barbecue marinaded ribs in the slow cooker so they'll be ready in about 6 hours. I've only done ribs on a grill or in a regular oven before and they've nearly always turned out chewy so this is a last attempt at them before I give up.

pressure cook ribs first then bbq

[bgmnts]

Had yesterday's moussaka for dinner and for tea I dont know yet.

[mothman]

pressure cook ribs first then bbq

Can confirm.

[Icehaven]

pressure cook ribs first then bbq

Can confirm.

I don't have a pressure cooker. They're a bit bomby for me.

[Chedney Honks]

Feta? Stuffed into Lamb? With a side that also includes feta?

The feta in the lamb joint basically melts in to give some extra saltiness.

The dressing was sharper, red wine vinegar, lots of herbs, just a little feta for the tang.

Turned out great, though the highlight was probably the Hasselbacks. Two halves of garlic bulb and a shitload of rosemary, thyme and bay roasted in there. Potatoes really soaked all that up with the lamb juices.

It was actually quite a light roast dinner, much more my preference than the gravy job.

[TrenterPercenter]

Actually sounds ace!

pics next time pls

[thenoise]

Even before I became veggie the only part of a roast worth mentioning was the roast potatoes. Personally I think gravy ruins them - save it for the bland boiled cabbage and carrots - but a nice bit of seasonal/meat dependant sauce is good for dipping- cranberry, mint, apple, horseradish, mustard, anything. Dip that crunchy perfectly roasted spud in a bit of whatever and enjoy.

[rectorofstiffkey]

We splashed out and got an Ooni pizza oven, and I was thinking I might try making a Calzone tonight.

We were thinking of one of those!  Are they good?

[rectorofstiffkey]

I don't have a pressure cooker. They're a bit bomby for me.

Instant pots are brilliant, and don't look too threatening.  When they come up to pressure there's only a tiny hiss and rattle.

[TrenterPercenter]

We were thinking of one of those!  Are they good?

Yes they are great (got one too). 


Can double up as a tandoor also!

Instant pots are brilliant, and don't look too threatening.  When they come up to pressure there's only a tiny hiss and rattle.

At pain of starting the instantpot wars of before; they are brilliant and very safe - there is like 7 safety mechanisms built into it so it can't explode (though I've never known anyone ever have a pressure cooker explode irl).

[mothman]

We were thinking of one of those!  Are they good?

Very. Some friends (who're Italian) of a friend got one and swear by it. Tastes like proper pizza. We got the gas burning model and you'd never know it wasn't from a wood-burning stove. The 12"-pizza model is sufficient, no point paying nearly double for the 16". Buying their semi-frozen ready-made dough balls is also worthwhile for when you first get it and are learning how to use it properly, it means one less thing to worry about.

[Blue Jam]

Sea bass with a ciabatta, parmesan, basil, parsley and lemon crust. Samphire. Potatoes sautéed with spinach and ground almonds. Can't face putting the oven on in this weather but the hob and the grill are alright.

[Chedney Honks]

Sounds great. That would go down well right about now.

[Gurke and Hare]

Sausages and sweet potates, and probably peas.

[monkfromhavana]

Beef stew.

Beef stew in the name of the law.

With mash.

[Avril Lavigne]

Foster's

[steve98]

I'll be having pork chops from ASDA and - if I don't bleed to death, impaled on a 2 inch shard of bone, because ASDA have changed the way they butcher their pigs, making them fucking lethal - semolina, for afters

[Gurke and Hare]

Beef stew in the name of the law.

Ha ha ha, we used to have fish stew in the name of the law.

[Mr Banlon]

We had Leopold Bloom in the name of the law.

[Ferris]

At the in-laws for dinner, the old boy stocks an excellent cellar and it is usually some type of steak that I don't even have to cook, and the cherry on top is the selection of tiny matchbox cars which my child holds in both hands and runs around with for hours making zooming noises, zero parenting or intervention required.

3hrs in a chair reading and getting quietly quite smashed in the corner. Not even my turn to get up tomorrow. Magic.

[TrenterPercenter]

[Blue Jam]

Couldn't get hold of spinach or samphire. Got mange tout for the greens instead and decided to sauté the potatoes with... Nando's Lemon and Herb seasoning. Fucking magic. Nice little hit of chilli worked with the little vine tomatoes I chucked under the grill. Thanks Nando, you're a fuckin' ledge.

[Icehaven]

Pleased to say the ribs were perfect, slow cooking them worked, zero chewiness and the fat even went a bit crunchy in places, which I wasn't expecting (was going to grill them for 10 mins after cooking but didn't need to).

[Icehaven]

That looks nice, although I'm a gravy fiend so I'd need a lot more. I think of roasts more as gravy soup with meat and veg floating about in it.

[TrenterPercenter]

That looks nice, although I'm a gravy fiend so I'd need a lot more. I think of roasts more as gravy soup with meat and veg floating about in it.

So is the other half so she gets first dibs and I get the scraps.

[mothman]

Calzone was an unmitigated success. Ham, pepperoni, chorizo, hot sweet bell peppers and roasted red peppers. And mozzarella of course.

So I was left with a spare dough ball (we've learnt to have a backup). So we made a Nutella calzone for dessert. Fucking lush. Couple of slices left, that's breakfast sorted.

[Blue Jam]

Calzone was an unmitigated success. Ham, pepperoni, chorizo

Nrrrrgghh, I can't handle more than one kind of meat on a pizza. I'm getting the meat sweats just reading this.

Congrats on your pizza oven doing the job. Well jel.

[chveik]

made some veggie fajitas. it was nice