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

[msmofet]

Lunch eaten (soy yoghurt, passionfruit, kiwi and watermelon)
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Evening meal made
(Spelt pasta, tomato, strawberry, spinach, tofu & (homemade) vegan feta salad)
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So our evening meal got added to after I saw the strawberries. The soup I had planned to use them for got put back a few days and I saw that they were just ever so slightly passed their best today when I made today's salad. In fact slightly soft strawberries were great for the salad, but they weren't going to last another 2 days for me to make the next soup. So I made the soup today as well, which was a good thing because it's a definite starter soup, not a main course soup which is what we had it planned for. It's a cooked soup as well, which I don't want to be doing at the weekend.

So a starter it became.

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This is curiously down as a traditional Swedish soup, though I don't know. There's loads of mint in it which is fine, but lemongrass and ginger are not flavours I associate with Swedish food... however it is nice enough, just very thin. I cut the sugar back from 250ml to just 100g (for 8 portions). It could have been just a tad sweeter for me, but not by much (maybe ½ tsp per serving).

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Our main course was the above tofu, strawberry, pasta, spinach & vegan feta salad.

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We both felt that the dressing needed doubling, so we'll add that to the recipe when I get chance to write it up over the long weekend we have coming (along with loosing an hour's sleep on Sunday when the clocks go forward into Australian summer time, just in time for 30-32°C!)

The soup and salad look great. Did you post recipes?

 

[Morning Glory]

I can honestly say in all my 74 years on this planet, I've never had mince on toast.

Nor me! Not sure why but it seems a bit 'wrong'. Sorry rascal...

 

[medtran49]

I can honestly say in all my 74 years on this planet, I've never had mince on toast.

Nor me! Not sure why but it seems a bit 'wrong'. Sorry rascal...

While not plain mince, we've had Recipe - Scramburger on toast, though usually use burger buns.

 

[caseydog]

Slow cooker turkey leg with pasta and toasted breadcrumbs
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The State Fair of Texas opens this weekend, and one of the traditional fair foods here is a turkey leg.

CD

 

[msmofet]

The State Fair of Texas opens this weekend, and one of the traditional fair foods here is a turkey leg.

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CD

First time I had one of those was at Disney World.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

The soup and salad look great. Did you post recipes?

...when I get chance to write it up over the long weekend we have coming (along with loosing an hour's sleep on Sunday when the clocks go forward into Australian summer time, just in time for 30-32°C!)

Probably tomorrow or the weekend.

 

[TastyReuben]

Evening meal was a bowl of Heinz tomato soup with a little grated cheese in it and ½ a slice of white bread.

Hey…just a little adjustment for cultural differences, and you hit on my supper plans tonight:

 

[rascal]

Hey…just a little adjustment for cultural differences, and you hit on my supper plans tonight:

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I use Campbell condensed tomato soup in my butter chicken.

Russ

 

[caseydog]

Now I have the Four Yorkshiremen stuck in my head. Again.

CD

 

[msmofet]

NY strip steak and salad for dinner again.

 

[Puggles]

Took that pulled pork I smoked and made a deep dish out of it. With Carolina mustard sauce.

 

[caseydog]

I haven't made a mini pizza in a while, so I felt it was time tonight. Simple sauce and mozzarella, with some fresh basil and a drizzle of EVOO.

CD

 

[rascal]

I haven't made a mini pizza in a while, so I felt it was time tonight. Simple sauce and mozzarella, with some fresh basil and a drizzle of EVOO.

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CD

Have you made pizza base TastyReuben makes. Its dam good

Russ

 

[rascal]

Was my wifes birthday on 12th so she let cushla (d.i.l) go first while I perfected arancini balls for my wifes birthday entree. I mucked up and used jasmine rice. We have arborio here. Shallots slightly overcooked but on a whole 9/10
Few changes and we are there. Tea tonight a takeaway.

Russ

 

[caseydog]

Have you made pizza base TastyReuben makes. Its dam good

Russ

You mean dough/crust? No. I make these pizzas with store bought crust. I do make my own sauce, and grow my own oregano and basil. This is a quick, easy pizza. Single serving size. If I make my own dough, I'll spend the rest of the night cleaning up the mess.

CD