I had poached egg on toast for lunch...& have put a chilli pie in the oven to be served with garlic bread..for dinner!  

I call the midday meal lunch and then the evening meal dinner which we usually have between 6-8pm, although we do sometimes call it tea, especially if we have it earlier and we're having something like egg and chips. We generally only have supper if we've had an earlier dinner and it's usually just something like cheese and biscuits.


I frequently make my own soup and bread and also use and love my slow cooker.



I've had a Lancashire Hotpot on a low oven since 11am which will be ready to serve when OH gets in from work at around 7pm tonight.

you have got my taste buds going now - I dont eat curry so poached eggs later for me

We have just had curry for lunch/dinner.. yes I make my own bread sometimes..... never made my own soup though... and I have used a slow cooker in the past, but not for ages. Think that covers it

my friend makes that and puts a pastry top on - do you?

she always cooks it for supper on New Years Eve as well - I think she originates from Cheshire

I have never cooked it so will have to have a look into it

that made me laugh

I asked as I was over on Martin Lewis money expert site earlier and the threads on there regarding bread making , slow cooking etc are huge - wondered how many here did the same

Mrs. Bleads is cooking tonight, so it'll probably be a takeaway. Tried making veggie soup a few times but it always ends up more like baby food. Not tried bread but I make my own pastry. Don't have slow cooker or a crock pot, to be honest I'm not sure what they are.

http://www.slowcookerrecipes.org.uk/

Pastry on a Lancashire Hotpot???!!!!!!! That's sacrilege!   I originate from Cheshire too but I've never heard of that. We used to have corned beef hash in a pie which nobody ever seems to have heard of these day.

 That's Ok Mrs H... it is an interesting thread.  I made my own bread continuously for about 2 years when someone gave me a bread maker...... but then the novelty finally wore off, and now I just do it for high days and holidays. Regards the slow cooker, we bought one when they first came fashionable, and I did use it a few times when I was working, but again the novelty wore off (easily bored me),  and now I am retired.........

it was also very soggy as well    it must have been "her" own adaption of the recipe

 

We always call it 'tea,' the meal we have at 6 o'clock.  Today it's stuffed peppers with couscous salad, which I really like. 

I haven't been adventurous with soups.  The best one I've made is lentil.  Bread making:  again, I've never had any success with that.

We call it either tea or dinner and lunch and dinner.

I do make my own soups - had some leftover Broc and stilton for lunch.  I also make my own bread - not in a breadmaker, but with flour and yeast and all that.  My favourite is onion and cheese bread that I make when I do a vegetable soup.

Tonight we are having meatloaf - which I make with beef mince and sausage meat.  I make a loaf for dinner and meatballs for tomorrow's dinner.

Tonight we're having sirloin steak with crispy potato slices, mushrooms, sweetcorn and fried tomato.

I have a breadmaker and that's the closest I've gotten to making my own bread.

I make soup about twice a week. Tattie is my fave but I do french onion, tomato and pepper, lentil, broth, pea and ham or a mixture of them

I love my slow cooker. Stews, curries, soups. I need more recipes for it though.

Lasagna and chips for dinner.

Queenie - how do you make Lancashire hotpot?

This evening we are having Cumberland sausages and Mustard Mash with Carrots and onion gravy.

I make carrot and coriander soup, Leek and Potato soup and Onion soup probably every other week and make enough to last ages!

I can't make bread!  It always ends up rock hard like a brick or tastes horrible!

I don't have a bread maker or a slow cooker - but I'd love a slow cooker and we've put one on our Christmas wishlist for the family to see! I make soup because I hate waste - leftovers are ingredients for the next meal - and I still have a very ancient pressure cooker.


Tonight we're having cottage pie with a cheese topping, followed by baked apples with honey and mincemeat.

You're all domestic goddesses!  *wants to go to their place for tea*

What do you make in the pressure cooker Blondie?

I use about 500g of diced lamb coated in seasoned flour, a large onion (sliced), 2 or 3 large carrots cut into large chunks, 3 or 4 large potatoes thinly sliced, approx 1/2 pint of lamb stock. Seasoning to taste - I use 1/2 tsp rosemary, 1/2 tsp thyme, salt, black pepper. Traditional recipes also include lamb's kidneys but I don't like it so just leave it out. 
 Brown the lamb and onions, (and kidneys if using). Once browned add to a casserole dish with the carrots and top with the sliced spuds. Pour over the stock, cover with a lid and bake in a low oven (electric - 140-150) for 6 -8 hours. Remove the lid for the last hour, and some people dot butter on the top layer of potatoes at this stage too. I find like stew it always tastes better if you eat it the next day.

I love Lancashire hotpot just never made it. That doesn't sound too difficult. I'm gonna try that this weekend.

I use the pressure cooker for soup bases - cook a chicken or turkey carcasse until every last bit of meat comes off the bones and the stock you're left with is perfect. I use it for cooking dried beans, lentils etc for soups and stews, and for cooking my favourite - ham in coca-cola.

It's dead easy Cagney. Hope you like it.

I'm having home made vegetable soup tonight actually. I do make my own bread because I miss German sour dough bread and it's too expensive to order online. I also have a cheat's recipe for minestrone which is a tin of each of: spaghetti hoops, tomato, baked beans, kidney beans and a stockcube. I used to make it for the kids when they were young and I didn't have much time and it's lovely.

there are some lovely meal ideas and recipes coming in - thank you

QOTHT  - could you not do the hot pot in the slow cooker - or do you need the potato slices to crisp - just wondered when you mentioned leaving it to eat the next day which i agree with for several things like stew-curry and chilli - they taste so much better

I have an unopened bread maker still in its box - never had the want or inclination but - might just relent and give one or two of the bread ideas ago

Ham and coca cola? Tell me more

there are some quite nice recipes in this link 

 http://www.slowcookerrecipes.org.uk/

yes please   sounds interesting

I tried it in the slow cooker but it didn't really work as well because you do need the potatoes to crisp up really. I suppose you could cook it first and then transfer it to a casserol dish and place fresh spuds on the top layer to crisp up in the oven. I might try it that way next time. I always cook stews in the slow cooker and then transfer them to the hob for the final stages, that way you get to control the thickness of the gravy and add dumplings etc.

I'm a total food addict so love threads like this

I've saved the link for slow cooker recipes and when I do my meal plan on Thurs for next week I'm gonna try some of them. It's quite a lazy way to cook but I love it

Be warned, you will put about a stone on in about a fortnight.

Just me and the boy tonight (Mr D is in Wales this week...  *does the woohoo dance whilst singing "I'm Free" by the Soup Dragons*

So we are having Chicken with chilli & garlic pasta tonight!  

& yes MrsH ... I make soup alot.    Leek & Potato, French Onion & a kind of vegetable with everything else I can find minestrone type soup that we call Kitchen Sink Soup!

Do you drain the tins? I just happen to have a tin of each of those in the cupboard so that's another one I'm gonna try

I do make my own soup, carrot and ginger is my current favourite, really good for keeping colds away and its the perfect student cheap way of cooking.
I can make my own bread but don't tend to do it, one because in this freezing house it would never rise and two because i would eat it all.
Tonight I will be eating tuna potato salad I think

No, just the kidney beans. I also tend to add a little water, by the time it's simmered enough for the kidney beans to be safe, it goes a bit thick, might be to do with the sugar contents.

I have two blogs which I started and have added quite a collection of recipes to - feel free to have a browse and try some - and anyone else that is interested

There is also a group here called rockin recipes that has quite a collection of various recipes 

Baking Day 

http://mrsh.hoo.do...t/126536693141871367

Special Christmas treats

http://mrsh.hoo.do...t/126536693141777711

MrsH - I will browse your blog if that's ok and nick a few recipes

Cologne - I'm gonna try your soup tomorrow

Blondie - get back in here and tell me about ham and coca cola