Food photos.

[Harry Cobean]

tonight it's bronze die pennoni rigati with prawns,mussels & chipirones in a white wine,cream,parmesan & saffron sauce....hurrah!!

 

[Harry Cobean]

tonight it was:bronze die fusilli lunghi with smoked bacon,girolles & shitake mushrooms in a cream,parmesan & garlic sauce.marks & spencers tarts for pud...not all of them,i only had the normandy apple tart.....honest!!

 

[Cheryl J]

Looks wonderful, Harry......those fruit tarts really got my attention.

 

[Cheryl J]

Quinoa salad with lots of veggies, with olive oil and lemon juice dressing. Easy and delicious. Brought over from the quinoa thread.

 

[Harry Cobean]

Looks wonderful, Harry......those fruit tarts really got my attention.

so did your new avatar,chezza...exactly WHAT is going on there mate??!!
the tarts? 99p/65cents each from marks & sparks.baked in store.bargain,bloody deelish too!!

 

[Harry Cobean]

Quinoa salad with lots of veggies, with olive oil and lemon juice dressing. Easy and delicious. Brought over from the quinoa thread.

excellent piccie as usual chezza,looks really tasty too.never tried quinoa,i know it's supposed to be very good for you.what's it like taste & texture wise?

 

[Cheryl J]

so did your new avatar,chezza...exactly WHAT is going on there mate??!!
the tarts? 99p/65cents each from marks & sparks.baked in store.bargain,bloody deelish too!!

I got tired of my palm tree avatar. This one is my newest grandson and I holding hands. He was a newborn at the time, now he is a whopping 9 months old. Thinking I like the color of the palm tree one better so I'll probably change it back.

 

[Cheryl J]

excellent piccie as usual chezza,looks really tasty too.never tried quinoa,i know it's supposed to be very good for you.what's it like taste & texture wise?

Thank you, Harry. Yes, quinoa is very beneficial healthwise. It's a complete protein. Kind of a mild nutty taste, a little chewy, and takes on whatever flavors it's cooked with. It has to be rinsed well to remove the outercoating, or it will be bitter. I buy pre-rinsed.

I'm doing the prepping for a quinoa salad now as a matter of fact, and just using whatever I can scrounge up in the pantry and fridge. Quinoa is cooked, white beans are draining, artichoke hearts and red bell peppers are roasting, and sundried tomatoes are re-hydrating.

My reading glasses broke this morning and are taped together at the nose bridge so I won't be back until later today when I go out and get new ones. lol. Fortunately they're just magnifiers, so all will be good.

 

[Harry Cobean]

healthy one tonight,but full of flavour:cornish hake steak stew in a roasted red pepper,tomato & saffron sauce with butter beans & spanish black olives...thank you!!

 

[Harry Cobean]

I got tired of my palm tree avatar. This one is my newest grandson and I holding hands. He was a newborn at the time, now he is a whopping 9 months old. Thinking I like the color of the palm tree one better so I'll probably change it back.

ahh hah,gottit!!couldn't make out exactly what it was that you were holding mate......!!

 

[Harry Cobean]

Thank you, Harry. Yes, quinoa is very beneficial healthwise. It's a complete protein. Kind of a mild nutty taste, a little chewy, and takes on whatever flavors it's cooked with. It has to be rinsed well to remove the outercoating, or it will be bitter. I buy pre-rinsed.

yep,i was reading up about how good it was for you.not so good for the bolivians/peruvians who produce it tho' according to this article,chezza.food for thought mate?
Can vegans stomach the unpalatable truth about quinoa? | Joanna Blythman | Comment is free | theguardian.com
right,i'm off for a few days r&r on the coast.hava great weekend matey!!

 

[pacanis]

Not sure where tonight's dinner thread disappeared to, but this is food.

 

[Cheryl J]

yep,i was reading up about how good it was for you.not so good for the bolivians/peruvians who produce it tho' according to this article,chezza.food for thought mate?
Can vegans stomach the unpalatable truth about quinoa? | Joanna Blythman | Comment is free | theguardian.com
right,i'm off for a few days r&r on the coast.hava great weekend matey!!

Now now, Harry.... You should know me well enough by now to know I'm not going to get into politics on the food photo thread. That's a whole 'nuther subject that deserves it's own place, but not here.

 

[Cheryl J]

Not sure where tonight's dinner thread disappeared to, but this is food.

LOL.

That looks really good, pacanis. Please forgive me, as I haven't gotten my new glasses yet...but that looks like glazed chicken (or beef..?) over rice, and roasted new potatoes...? I may be sorry I guessed but it looks scrumptious.

 

[pacanis]

LOL.

That looks really good, pacanis. Please forgive me, as I haven't gotten my new glasses yet...but that looks like glazed chicken (or beef..?) over rice, and roasted new potatoes...? I may be sorry I guessed but it looks scrumptious.

Cornish hen with dried porcini mushrooms and marsala.
And I did the potatoes in a pan, so not exactly roasted... come to think of it, I should have cooked them in my new toaster oven.

 

[Addie]

I whined, cried, and stomped my feet until Spike brought me the new sitting in the box, toaster oven. It had been sitting in his house for a couple of years. Now that I have it, I am afraid to use it for anything but toast. If you are the guilty party to set off the smoke alarm in the building, they put you in the middle of a circle, pointing their finger at you, all the while chanting a curse upon your head. I am going to have to bite the bullet and use it, even for a Hot Pocket.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Cornish hen with dried porcini mushrooms and marsala.
And I did the potatoes in a pan, so not exactly roasted... come to think of it, I should have cooked them in my new toaster oven.

I still have those moments...getting better about using it for most things.

 

[pacanis]

I still have those moments...getting better about using it for most things.

I really need to try making brownies with it. I'm sure it's the temps that were ruining them in my regular oven.
It may take several attempts, but I'll get it

 

[Addie]

I really need to try making brownies with it. I'm sure it's the temps that were ruining them in my regular oven.
It may take several attempts, but I'll get it

Pac, what was your oven doing to them? Although my oven temp is straight on, I found that lowering the temp just my 25 degrees than what the recipe calls for, mine come out perfect. They aren't quite finished cooking, but I just shut the oven off and let them finish in the residual heat.

 

[pacanis]

I discovered my oven was running way hot, Addie. And the door doesn't seal tightly either. I'm pretty sure that lead to my woes with some items including breads.