If Anyone’s Interested..

[Vagus]

..tonight it's Gingsters pasties and cauliflower cheese, followed by a couple of chopped up, wrinkled, almost past their best, nectarines. If I had any chocolate I'd have that too 😏

[Buenchico]

Tonight's tea was made by defrosting an 80g portion of minced beef (with 20% fat)and frying it until brown.  Then I added a third of can of baked beans, a teaspoon of gravy granules, a dash of chilli powder and sufficient boiling water to thin it out a bit.  After 15 minutes of simmering and stirring it, I simply served it in a bowl, accompanied by nothing more than a slice of bread.

It's one of my absolute favourite cheapo meals!

[Vagus]

Awww Chris, that's awful 😕

We find Gingsters a reasonable substitute for a real pasty. Some local bakers do pasties but they're mainly pastry and not much filling, at least we know what Gingsters will give us.

[Vagus]

You ought to write a cookery book, Chris, I'm sure it'd be a best seller in a niche market 😉

[Buenchico]

I find that many pasties are very bland, Vagus.  I quite like Morrison's own brand ones though, which seem to have more flavour than many others, despite being cheap.  (They also freeze well):
https://groceries.morrisons.com/products/morrisons-cornish-pasties-248086011

[Arksided]

I'm thinking about dragging out the old sandwich toastie. Use up the rest of the ham I openend yesterday, I've plenty of cheese.

I have Snickers bars and Picnic's in a tub if I so choose.

[Buenchico]

Arky:
If you've got an air fryer, this works really well!
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/air-fryer-cheese-ham-toastie

(I don't bother with buttering the outside of the bread; I simply spray it with rapeseed oil)

[DTCwordfan]

Chine has been around as long as Hine cognac.....

here a ribeye, saignant, with a mush strog sauce, green beans and fries. Un Petite Grande Nuit, un Merlot, des Pays d'Oc to accompany it.

 

[Arksided]

No I don't have one chris, I'm very old school apart from tech stuff.

[Buenchico]

I bought one of these just before Christmas, Arky, and I'm quite  enjoying experimenting with it:
https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/russell-hobbs-1-8l-digital-satisfry-air-fryer-404682

[Canary42]

Clearing out the fridge just now I came across a very old bag of sprouts I'd forgotten about - all black and slimey on the outside, but most of them fine after the outer leaves removed (one or two black inside so discarded) and I will steam them with a jacket potato - dress with mayonnaise - should be delicious. Yum yum.

[Vagus]

Arky, I just love, love, love a toastie. My favourite is cheese and onion, OHs is chees, ham, and chutney..AND snickers and picnics, you big tease 😋

[Vagus]

Canary, I can't get enough sprouts, any which way they come. I have a recipe for sprout gratin somewhere but it's probably too much of a faff. And how about sprout coleslaw??

[Arksided]

Well they're now toasting, keeping it simple cheese and Ham, reading this thread made me realise I'm hungrier than I thought.

That does look a good one Chris, my brother has one that I used a lot whilst houseitting last autumn.

[Arksided]

I loved my George foreman grill, alas it went to kitchen appliance heaven. Overused I think 😏 I keep meaning to buy a new one.

[Canary42]

Sprout gratin sound interesting.  

Sprouts are very much maligned thanks to the old-fashioned way of boiling them into total submission - ugh!

[pastafreak]

I'm having the chicken kheema I never had last night...discovered I'd had the slow cooker on low. Dohhh

Need to add a few peas and some coconut cream to it.

Also having spiced cauli rice. Raspberries and cream and a square or 2 of 90% to follow

[Countrylover]

I agree about Rib of Beef Barry.   Nothing compares.  Nice and pink in the middle.  Yum.

[netibiza]

Chilli con  carne with rice for me and chips for Mr N followed by delicious Churros and then indigestion!!