I know, late today...Menu

[merciasounds]

Hubby stuck in Germany because all flights to UK cancelled....

Starters: Iced melon with lemon or ginger
spicy parsnip soup
deep fried scampi with lemon

skinless, boneless chicken breast filled with garlic and parsley butter/OR Garlic and herb Boursin cheese, breadcrumbed and deep fried, served with real chips or new potatoes and salad/peas

Lamb Kebabs - chunks of lamb fillet marinated in lemon juice, zest, garlic, rosemary thyme and mint charcoal grilled served with savoury rice and salad

steak and kidney pie golden flaky pastry, creamy mash, cabbage rich gravy

Puds: fresh cream sherry trifle,
Creamy rice pudding (with a spoonful of raspberry jam in the middle!)
Orange marmalade cake and custard

[hippyhoppy]

Melon - Chicken (new pots & peas) - Hummm.... Can I have Bailey's cheesecake instead...?

[joggerjayne]

Easy ... no brainer ... !

Scampi (interesting as a starter ... I like that)

Lamb kebabs (the marinade sounds yummy)

Rice pudding (Mmmmmmm!!)

I'd normally ask for a chilled, very dry white with that lamb, but I'm not drinking this week.

[merciasounds]

I have coffee Baileys - to turn into cheesecake, will that do?

[funnygirl]

Oh my god, this is unbearable!

Scampi yummy, followed by lamb kebabs and orange marmalade cake!!!!!

Give it to me now.

[mccfluff]

oh my god, how did you know i'm craving a proper lamb kebab (can i have the chicken as a starter plse0

[Jan1957]

Scampi, steak and kidney pie, and trifle for me please. I wish someone would really cook for me.

[mccfluff]

you and me both Jan

[hippyhoppy]

Ohh - Coffee Bailey's cheesecake.. Oh go on then... if you must ! lol

[merciasounds]

Funnygirl, I don't normally get to try shop-bought cake, but at a friends house she asked me to try this cake and to tell her what i thought of it, and for shop bought I thought it was really very good,
Yorkshire Tea marmalade cake - they use a three fruit marmalade, but it was really lovely and moist with a nice tang to it....

[pastafreak]

It all sounds lovely, but I don't know how anyone can eat such food on a daily basis. It would all seem very heavy after a while.
I think I would just want the melon , followed by the soup with some crusty bread.
Now..if you did chicken kebabs, done the same way as the lamb-I may have those.
Otherwise, is is all too much like a heart attack on a plate....:-(

[looobylooo]

hi mercia
all your food sounds very nice i must say, but can i ask howcome you need to cook so much of it each day?
why does there have to be all these choices in starters, mains and puds each time? wouldnt just one of each do?
this all sounds great if you were running an eatery for us hungry peeps, and im sure we'd all be queuing at the door, but for just you and hubby, well, it just sounds rather extreme to me...
can i ask, do you ever just have a sandwich or some beans on toast for a light easy meal any night?

[merciasounds]

I cook one of these meals a night - the rest i make up depending on what I've got in the freezer - I do a lot of entertaining because of my husbands job, often at short notice. No, neither of us are fat. My cholesterol level is around 3.0 and has been for years. I use fresh organic veg and fruit where possible, and the meat comes from our own farms. I've said all this before - if you don't like my postings, then don't read them, simples!

[pastafreak]

No-one mentioned not liking your menus...we are just trying to understand the 'why' of it all. Yes-your cholesterol levels may be fine-but don't you ever get tired of such rich food.