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acpgee

A friend came round for dinner. Txuleton steak cooked in the sous vide and seared on cast iron, glazed sous vide carrots, pan fried turkish peppers. air fryer roast potatoes, hollandaise and stilton butter. Mango pavlova for dessert.

LazyBlondeChef

Playing with our new air fryer. The two on the left are fish cakes (more or less) with mashed potatoes, flounder, chives and egg. The two on the left are crocchette with mashed potatoes, two types of cheese (gruyere & pecorino), fresh sage, prosciutto and egg. I used some Primal Kitchen garlic mayo aioli as the dipping sauce. I was quite pleased at how these turned out. Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. Salad of romaine, olives, avocado and cherry tomatoes.

Originally I bought a small cheap air fryer because I wasn't sure how much I'd actually use it. After a number of months we decided we used it enough to justify an upgrade so we got a Ninja Foodi at Costco last week. I'm a lot happier with this one than the old one after only a week of use. It's much more versatile and the size allows us to make the full meal instead of having to do three batches for a simple fish & chips meal.

acpgee

Leftovers management. We had a dinner party last night with a huge 1.6 kg Txuleton steak (bone in ribeye of retired dairy cow). Leftover steak went into Pho Bo tonight. Starter of an air fried Vietnamese spring roll dipped into PB2 based satay sauce.

cmsienk

Dinner: Venison meatloaf cups, Yukon gold garlic mashed potatoes, garden peas and a cauliflower garlic bread stick (a new frozen food find - it could've used more garlic).

acpgee

Managing leftovers. We had some turkish peppers leftover from our dinner party two nights ago so pan fried them as a side to go with spaghetti aglio olio enriched with finely slivered leftover salt beef we had leftover from Xmas.

Cat0703a

Leftover pizza and veggies for lunch

Cat0703a

Trying to incorporate a lot more vegetables in my meals. Tonight I had stir fry, fried rice and shrimp.

BarbaraHelen2013

Moroccan Chickpea Soup with a serving of Doritos.

Best way for me to use up the snacky stuff I bought for guests over Christmas is to incorporate them into my meals. Doritos are something I prefer not to have in the house because I can’t be trusted! 😂 This way I know I’ll be accountable as the big batch of soup *needs* the Dorito accompaniment, which will prevent indiscriminate munching. Mind Games! 🤷‍♀️

acpgee

BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »

Moroccan Chickpea Soup with a serving of Doritos.

Best way for me to use up the snacky stuff I bought for guests over Christmas is to incorporate them into my meals. Doritos are something I prefer not to have in the house because I can’t be trusted! 😂 This way I know I’ll be accountable as the big batch of soup *needs* the Dorito accompaniment, which will prevent indiscriminate munching. Mind Games! 🤷‍♀️

You can make a fat free version of tortilla chips in the microwave. Remove once they start to brown a little as the margin of error between browning and burning is small. Don't fret if they are not crisp when you remove them from the microwave. They turn brittle as they cool.
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/6544-microwave-tostadas

janicemlove

For lunch this week! It’s actually a chicken tikka masala recipe I found online years ago, but I eat mostly vegetarian these days so used chickpeas instead.

acpgee

Some microwave tostadas I made with stale leftover corn tortillas to dip into store bought guacamole.

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cmsienk

Today's dinner: Spaghetti sauce over spaghetti squash with melted Italian 5 cheese blend and a cauliflower garlic bread stick. (This is probably 2 servings - I'll save 1/2 for tomorrow's lunch).

LazyBlondeChef

Grilled linguiça, rice, black beans w/onions added, collard greens cooked w/bacon & onions. As usual the sausage was made in house at one of the butcher shops I go to.

BarbaraHelen2013

acpgee wrote: »

BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »

Moroccan Chickpea Soup with a serving of Doritos.

Best way for me to use up the snacky stuff I bought for guests over Christmas is to incorporate them into my meals. Doritos are something I prefer not to have in the house because I can’t be trusted! 😂 This way I know I’ll be accountable as the big batch of soup *needs* the Dorito accompaniment, which will prevent indiscriminate munching. Mind Games! 🤷‍♀️

You can make a fat free version of tortilla chips in the microwave. Remove once they start to brown a little as the margin of error between browning and burning is small. Don't fret if they are not crisp when you remove them from the microwave. They turn brittle as they cool.
https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/6544-microwave-tostadas

I’ve done similar, many times, with leftover corn or flour tortillas. I cut them into eighths and dry fry in a frying pan until lightly browned and crisp.

Not sure why you suggested it though! I was just using up Doritos (bought for guests) in a way that fits into my calories, not looking for alternatives to Doritos. 🤷‍♀️ The calorie difference is minimal anyway - it’s the tortillas themselves that would tip my calories over not the non existent fat I’d not be using anyway…😂

Cat0703a

@cmsienk, I missed earlier that it was a cauliflower breadstick. Yum!

Tonight was a quick meal since I’m back to work. 😭 Almond crusted white fish, salad with honey Dijon dressing and southwest crunchy bits, and steamed broccoli. So good.

acpgee

We'll be having a cooking puzzle for dinner. A Chinese girlfriend brought over a recipe kit for a Chinese fish and sauerkraut on dish on Christmas Eve as a hostess gift. There are English directions on the back of the packet, but when I opened up the kit there were 4 satchets of different pastes and seasonings that needed adding at different times labelled in Chinese only. I'm illiterate in Chinese, so it took a while to figure out which sachet is which.

kelly101386

acpgee

Starter of waldorf salad dressed with ranch. Main of Sichuan haddock fillet with pickled cabbage from a recipe packet we got as a gift.

cmsienk

Monday dinner: potato flake crusted white fish with peas and a green leaf salad

janicemlove

Garlic toast, baked eggplant parm., spaghetti