What have you had for dinner

[MNW67]

Mrs Mottie made us a cracking Thai fish curry tonight.

That sounds lovely

Although, I hadn't realised you let Mrs Mottie cook.

 

[IfInDoubtDIY]

Chicken, mushroom and pea risotto tonight.

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Looks nice - although I’m not huge fan of mushrooms so I’d probably pick them out! (I know, I’m a heathen!)

 

[Mottie]

That sounds lovely

Although, I hadn't realised you let Mrs Mottie cook.

I occasionally give her permission to enter my domain.
Seriously though, it was a recipe one of her mates gave her and very nice it was too. Mrs Mottie is the cake/pastry/baking specialist in the family.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Quite enjoyed that... We had mash, left over from yesterday, warmed up, with a little extra butter; peas, cabbage, a Yorkie, and some prepacked sliced beef, warmed up in some gravy. The sliced beef, was excellent, as good as we could find on a roasted joint, so we are thinking why not buy it for Sunday dinner?

 

[Mottie]

Salmon, mash, carrots and broccoli but…..with Mrs Mottie recently being diagnosed as a coeliac, packet Hollandaise sauce mix (contains wheat) for 60p was out and a small jar of Maille ready made for £3 was in. I was sceptical at first but what a difference. No going back now!

 

[IfInDoubtDIY]

Salmon, mash, carrots and broccoli but…..with Mrs Mottie recently being diagnosed as a coeliac, packet Hollandaise sauce mix (contains wheat) for 60p was out and a small jar of Maille ready made for £3 was in. I was sceptical at first but what a difference. No going back now!

I like a nice bit of salmon with vegetables! Do you pan fry, poach or grill?

 

[IfInDoubtDIY]

I made a very nice vegetable soup this evening. We had slow cooked veal casserole at lunchtime so didn’t fancy a big meal. I just raided the crisper drawer of the fridge for leftover vegetables - four carrots, some celery, a sweet potato, some regular potatoes and an onion. Once cooked I used a hand blender to purée it and we ate it with bread, cheese and cold meat. Lovely!

 

[MNW67]

We had slow cooked veal casserole at lunchtime

I'm interested in this! Sounds yummy

Did you cook it or eat out?

 

[IfInDoubtDIY]

I'm interested in this! Sound yummy

Did you cook it or eat out?

Cooked it from scratch. It’s very simple - two carrots, a couple of parsnips (or sweet potato if you don’t have parsnips), an onion, two crushed garlic cloves, a couple of big sticks of celery, 650ml beef stock, 125ml red wine, four sprigs of fresh rosemary and 1.2kg veal (we use Osso Buco from M&S).

Cut up the veal, coat in flour and pan fry then drop into slow cooker. Pan fry onion and garlic until brown, then add the red wine and boil for 10mins. Pour this mixture into slow cooker followed by the chopped carrots, celery and parsnips, cover with beef stock, add the rosemary, pop the lid on the slow cooker and cook overnight on a low setting (or if you want it for dinner do the recipe in the morning and cook all day).

Delicious with mashed potatoes or rice!

 

[MNW67]

Cooked it from scratch. It’s very simple - two carrots, a couple of parsnips (or sweet potato if you don’t have parsnips), an onion, two crushed garlic cloves, a couple of big sticks of celery, 650ml beef stock, 125ml red wine, four sprigs of fresh rosemary and 1.2kg veal (we use Osso Buco from M&S).

Cut up the veal, coat in flour and pan fry then drop into slow cooker. Pan fry onion and garlic until brown, then add the red wine and boil for 10mins. Pour this mixture into slow cooker followed by the chopped carrots, celery and parsnips, cover with beef stock, add the rosemary, pop the lid on the slow cooker and cook overnight on a low setting (or if you want it for dinner do the recipe in the morning and cook all day).

Delicious with mashed potatoes or rice!

Lovely

I didn't realise you could get veal Osso Buco at M&S. I've wanted to try this type of stew since I saw it on a cooking show years ago.

 

[Notch7]

with Mrs Mottie recently being diagnosed as a coeliac

That’s a right pain.

My MIL is celiac and my wife was gluten free for a few years, gluten free bread is just horrible and so many things contain gluten that you might not expect: beer, oven chips, soy sauce, corn flakes, marmite, loads of things with yeast extract etc etc.

I’ve tried loads of recipes to make gluten free bread and they are all pretty awful.

On the plus side Galettes that are a traditional meal in Brittany are gluten free and lovely…..

 

[IfInDoubtDIY]

Lovely

I didn't realise you could get veal Osso Buco at M&S. I've wanted to try this type of stew since I saw it on a cooking show years ago.

Yeah we discovered it a few months ago. Check your local branch - if they have it you should definitely give this a go!

 

[MNW67]

That’s a right pain.

My MIL is celiac and my wife was gluten free for a few years, gluten free bread is just horrible and so many things contain gluten that you might not expect: beer, oven chips, soy sauce, corn flakes, marmite, loads of things with yeast extract etc etc.

I’ve tried loads of recipes to make gluten free bread and they are all pretty awful.

On the plus side Galettes that are a traditional meal in Brittany are gluten free and lovely…..

I used to make gluten free scones for a coeliac person using one of the Dove farms flours. They were really nice. So light.

If someone has a super sweet tooth, Mrs Crimbles GF chocolate covered coconut macaroons are addictive.

@Mottie

 

[securespark]

A few dishes at our local Chinese where you pick from a choice of dishes for X quid each and the more you pick, the cheaper they are, up to a point.

Very tasty if a little salty.

 

[Mottie]

That’s a right pain.

My MIL is celiac and my wife was gluten free for a few years, gluten free bread is just horrible and so many things contain gluten that you might not expect: beer, oven chips, soy sauce, corn flakes, marmite, loads of things with yeast extract etc etc.

I’ve tried loads of recipes to make gluten free bread and they are all pretty awful.

On the plus side Galettes that are a traditional meal in Brittany are gluten free and lovely…..

I've had a go at making bread using gluten free flour with no success. We end up paying three and a half quid a time for a tiny gluten free loaf from Waitrose and even tgat is not great. GF Yorkshire puddings I can make no problem and you really wouldn’t know you were eating them, in fact they are better than 'normal' ones. Mrs Mottie has 'silent coeliac' - she gets no symptoms but the damage is being done. She only found out she had it as we had to be tested because our daughter has had it for a year or so. She has it really bad - one crumb will put her in bed for a few days so she has to be ultra careful to the point she has to use a different toaster to her husband and can’t even use the same block of butter in case he has used a knife that has touched his bread. As our daughter has been coeliac for a while, she has given Mrs Mottie a lot of advice but the pair of them swear by the recipes of Becky Excell. She has some cracking GF recipes on her website. https://glutenfreecuppatea.co.uk/