What did you cook or eat today (February 2023)?

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Something different. It's meant to be served with naan or rice, but I decided against that after today's peanut butter on toast calorie load (441kcals for 2 slices of sourdough and 2 tbsp of peanut butter (just see post 441)...

So I raided Veggiestan by Sally Butcher and made Burani Bonjon or Afghan yoghurt with aubergines. Instead of layering it whilst hot/warm, I layered it whilst lukewarm/almost cold. I also baked the aubergine slices instead of frying them which worked really well and got rid of the blotting paper effect aubergines have with oil, reducing the oil to 1tbsp for the entire dish (to fry the onions and 4 chillies).

Given that I had the oven on, I baked the beetroot I had in the fridge having forgotten what dish I had actually purchased then for (though I do recall it having yoghurt in it and it was likely a soup). I'm sure I'll find the dish again before long.

So it was served with baked beetroot and baked Thai Green Curry Tempeh for protein. Total calories 441kcal (coincidence I swear! ) and so much more satisfying than that toast! 😆

Afghan Yoghurt with Aubergines

Afghan Yoghurt with Aubergines

Served with baked beetroot

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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Oops, thought I stated what it was.

Peanut butter on sourdough toast. A 20g per serving per slice... 80g of sourdough between the 2 slices...

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And yes, that's accurate to the packaging.

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Like i said I could have eaten 2 of my favourite vegan chocolate bars and still had spare calories!

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They are only 178kcal per bar.

My daily intake at the moment is 1200kcals, so that's a massive chunk of calories! Next time I'll calculate it before I eat it, lol.
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I mostly eat multigrain/whole grain bread mostly as the cals are way lower - 180 cals for 2 slices. I actually prefer it as that’s what we ate when I was growing up.

My Friday lunch banh mi is big cals but I often skip breakfast on Friday or just have fruit.

It’s the wine that does me in for cals as you’ll see below.
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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Something different. It's meant to be served with naan or rice, but I decided against that after today's peanut butter on toast calorie load (441kcals for 2 slices of sourdough and 2 tbsp of peanut butter (just see post 441)...

So I raided Veggiestan by Sally Butcher and made Burani Bonjon or Afghan yoghurt with aubergines. Instead of layering it whilst hot/warm, I layered it whilst lukewarm/almost cold. I also baked the aubergine slices instead of frying them which worked really well and got rid of the blotting paper effect aubergines have with oil, reducing the oil to 1tbsp for the entire dish (to fry the onions and 4 chillies).

Given that I had the oven on, I baked the beetroot I had in the fridge having forgotten what dish I had actually purchased then for (though I do recall it having yoghurt in it and it was likely a soup). I'm sure I'll find the dish again before long.

So it was served with baked beetroot and baked Thai Green Curry Tempeh for protein. Total calories 441kcal (coincidence I swear! ) and so much more satisfying than that toast! 😆

Afghan Yoghurt with Aubergines

Afghan Yoghurt with Aubergines

Served with baked beetroot

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I started steaming eggplant or nuking it.

If I want discs I’ll slice them and then nuke them on a plate. If I am chunky dicing then I’ll put them in the microwave steamer.

Add diced steamed eggplant directly into whatever saucy dish and with the slices I’ll brush with oil & pan fry.

I often score half’s & nuke them before brushing with miso, garlic, ginger & sesame oil mixed together then sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake or grill until golden
 
Frizz1974 said:
I started steaming eggplant or nuking it.

If I want discs I’ll slice them and then nuke them on a plate. If I am chunky dicing then I’ll put them in the microwave steamer.

Add diced steamed eggplant directly into whatever saucy dish and with the slices I’ll brush with oil & pan fry.

I often score half’s & nuke them before brushing with miso, garlic, ginger & sesame oil mixed together then sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake or grill until golden
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I hadn't really considered streaming them primarily because the dish required them sliced and slicing 3 large aubergine totalling 1.5kg 6-7mm thick left me needing 3 baking sheets in the oven, all 3 were double layered just to bake (no oil, just baked). You know it's desperate when you're using the base of the oven as another shelf! Lol. It worked reasonably well thankfully.

I've done the scoring and miso dressings (various) which works really nicely when I don't burn it!

One of my recipes with aubergines you just dice the aubergine and add them straight to the water/stock with the lentils. Again, no oil.

What I haven't sussed out is why the purple skins went green! It will be interesting to see what happens next time I make the dish (and remember the fresh coriander in it this time! ) hubby had already stated he likes it and wants it again, handy when it is tea tomorrow night anyhow!
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Oops, thought I stated what it was.

Peanut butter on sourdough toast. A 20g per serving per slice... 80g of sourdough between the 2 slices...

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And yes, that's accurate to the packaging.

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Like i said I could have eaten 2 of my favourite vegan chocolate bars and still had spare calories!

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They are only 178kcal per bar.

My daily intake at the moment is 1200kcals, so that's a massive chunk of calories! Next time I'll calculate it before I eat it, lol.
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Sour dough is 1 thing I cannot get the hang of. We have tried different brands but just don't like it.
 
Lullabelle said:
Sour dough is 1 thing I cannot get the hang of. We have tried different brands but just don't like it.
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My youngest feels the same. It's not my favorite but it's not horrible (to me). I don't buy it, lots of more enjoyable ones to choose from.
 
TastyReuben said:
I like it, MrsT is dead-set against it, and it’s not in her head, because I try and sneak some into the house a couple of times a year, and at the first bite, “Is this sourdough?! I hate sourdough!” :laugh:
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I guess having gone to school in Germany for a short period and travelled widely through Scandinavia, I'm much more at home with non-standard bread. Plain yeasted bread (especially the white cardboard sliced stuff) just isn't on our radar. It wasn't how I was raised (oddly enough!) though I haven't made bread of any type for a while now. We're off the empty calories on the whole. They are just mop up or padding with soups/stews/casseroles here and neither of us needs the extra padding since osteoarthritis left us both unable to cycle or hike anywhere as much as we used to. But we used to live on bread cycling around the world. We'd get through a loaf every day and hadn't found anything we liked in Turkey or Greece where it was mostly white bread with little nutritional value that collapsed easily! We were looking forward to the Iranian (and those from the stans) flat breads enormously!
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
I guess having gone to school in Germany for a short period and travelled widely through Scandinavia, I'm much more at home with non-standard bread. Plain yeasted bread (especially the white cardboard sliced stuff) just isn't on our radar. It wasn't how I was raised (oddly enough!) though I haven't made bread of any type for a while now. We're off the empty calories on the whole. They are just mop up or padding with soups/stews/casseroles here and neither of us needs the extra padding since osteoarthritis left us both unable to cycle or hike anywhere as much as we used to. But we used to live on bread cycling around the world. We'd get through a loaf every day and hadn't found anything we liked in Turkey or Greece where it was mostly white bread with little nutritional value that collapsed easily! We were looking forward to the Iranian (and those from the stans) flat breads enormously!
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I love lots of non-standard breads, such as sprouted breads and those with whole grains and nuts, and dark rye bread (minus the carroway, I strongly dislike carroway). I like white bread too though!
 
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