Too cold to garden so I'll cook instead

Afternoon all :-)

As its waaaaaay too cold to garden, I've prepped tonight's and tomorrow's din dins.

Tonight were having a lovely fish pie





And tomorrow a warming beef stew and dumplings with a whole bottle of vin rouge for the sauce!,



This stew will last us about 3 days I rek so prep all done until wed I hope!

 

Looking good al. Have you any going spare?
I'm going to do us a beef Rendang curry later. The little one wants chicken soup so he says.

 

That fish pie looks great Al. I think I will do some butternut and pepper soup in a bit.

Rusty

 

There are only 3 of us, but I have done 4 fish pies, guess who the spare ones for?? Lol.

The stew is only for myself and our 3 year old, the wifey is on a detox from next week, soooooooo, nom noms for us.

I love winter warming food, so comforting. As I'm watching my ahem, waistline, there is no butter in the fish pie!

The beef rendang sounds yum too, your own recipe?

Rusty, I love soups, can't beat homemade, my fave is mushroom, although the wife'y likes my carrot and coriander.

 

Sort of my own recipe, just adapted one off of the BBC website.
Look cooking Thai food it's my fav. Have to go into Nottingham to get a lot of the ingredients because I can't get them from around here

 

Al, they look absolutley mouth watering - this afternoon I made a pot of Butternut squash soup with ricotta dumplings. I never choose soup when I go out for a meal but love homemade soup much more appetising.

 

I love stew as well!!! and yours looks really yummy, LOVE dumplings.

Val

 

And the finished article, it was yum!

 

dammit Im so hungry, this is the last thing I wanted to see! that stew looks amazing..

 

There is lots in it, I cooked it a few weeks back for some friends and it went down a storm. Full of flavour! Serve with some crusty bread and bobs ye mothers!

 

Here's the recipe ( if anyone's interested?)

Any beef, I'm using beef skirt.
Courgettes
Carrots
Red onion
Potatoes
Peas
Green beans
Thyme
Rosemary
Basil
Garlic
Mushrooms
Cherry tomatoes
Beef stock cube
Black pepper
Sea salt
Whole bottle of red wine
3 bay leaves

Dumplings of your choice

Whack it in a casserole dish or slow cooker. Cook on high for 1 hour, then turn down and cook on low for another 4 hours. It will reduce and thicken to a lovely sauce. If need be, add cornflower or a small amount of thickening agent. Enjoy with lovely warm crusty bread. Noms........

 

Hmmm, Al, and when are you available to come to do cooking in Portugal, kind sir!