Not seen one of these on here so, just for fun What did you last make. This was tonight's, inspired by Rick stein [upl-image-preview url=https://i.imgur.com/Z9G1RgW.jpeg] [upl-image-preview url=https://i.imgur.com/gcthImI.jpeg]

We’re both vegan but managed to find some fantastic cook books: Griddled asparagus with garlic white bean purée on sourdough Then Roast celeriac and walnut pesto with porcini red wine lentils and spring greens. Delicious! [URL=https://i.imgur.com/SGzKx0o.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/SGzKx0o.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=https://i.imgur.com/lguibe1.jpg][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/lguibe1.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

We are fans of Ottolenghi. Made Noodle Salad with vegetables and Peanuts last night. https://imgur.com/a/hi5Pv81 **Organic Greek Soy Joghurt** https://i.imgur.com/O90xLoQ.jpg

Sundays offering, paella Valencian [upl-image-preview url=https://i.imgur.com/kXZLLBI.jpeg]

Todays offering Catalan hooked beans with spiced cod. (substituted borlotti beans) [upl-image-preview url=https://i.imgur.com/5e2AuMI.jpeg]

Chicken satay with home-made marinade and sauce, grilled on coals. Disappeared very quickly.

Peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies…No picture as they're all gone😋 As I'm retired but my other half is not, I'm the designated head chef and bottle washer so I do virtually all the cooking. Last night was home-made steak pie, carrots, green beans and skin on buttery mash with lashings of gravy. Tonight as her in doors is having fish and even though I come from Portsmouth I hate the taste of anything that doesn't breath fresh air and lives in water except cress, I'll be tucking into my normal fall back position of beans (flavoured with a dash of chipotle paste) on toast with a sprinkle of good strong cheddar cheese on the top. Hmm… thinking about it, I just might pimp it up with a couple of strips of smoked bacon too.

Not convinced it counts as being made, but the last thing I cooked was pizza. The last thing I made was Tuesday evening when I made a "clear the odd bits" special so there was pasta and pan fried spinach gnocchi, homemade egg fried rice with spinach, peas, onion, garlic, baby corn and a few other bits along with a tomato and mozzarella sauce and then some bits of crispy bacon, chorizo and pine nuts and some mushrooms baked with a bit of red wine and soy sauce. Incredibly random but cleared bits out of the fridge and store cupboard. It all disappeared quite quickly so that's always a good sign!

@"cjbailey1"#p18673 Variety is the spice of life😁

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@"Cuprajake"#p20206 do I spy a bit of quinoa in there too?!

What food did you last make

Cuprajake

I mean I’ve done well I’ve gone from close to 18st at my heaviest to 14st and keeping level at that

I do love a burger king even though I’m predominantly veggie

DavecUK

Cuprajake That’s a good level of weight loss. I have lost over 5 stone now.

Cuprajake

DavecUK well done.

It’s hard at first but once you get into it and realise it’s a life style change not a diet it becomes easier

Pesto crib coated cod

Cuprajake

Igm45

75% hydration pizza al taglio. 36 hour rise from a poolish starter.

Igm45

Cooked in a conventional kitchen oven (one day I’ll get a pizza oven!)

Doram

Igm45 Cooked in a conventional kitchen oven

What do you put the pizza on? Do you have any sort of stone/steal in the oven?

prezes

Sourdough focaccia

Dusk

Doram

I also cook my pizza in a conventional oven, I just whack it up to full temperature and use a Silverwood baking tray that’s made for an Aga, it’s extra thick and I just preheat the tray for 5-10 minutes. As it’s easily moved (compared to a heavy pizza stone) it means I can take it out the oven once preheated and slide the pizza on in plenty of space rather than trying to do it whilst the stone is still in the oven

Igm45

DavecUK

Doram I’ve tried a pizza stone and didn’t find it made any meaningful difference.

Oven on max heat, make sure it properly gets up to heat. I then use a blue iron pizza tray to cook the pizza on.

MediumRoastSteam

Doram - same here. We cook pizzas in the oven, 220C fan assisted, and turn it down to 200C after 6 minutes. We bake for approx. 13 minutes.

As for baking trays…. El cheapo pizza tray from Sainsbury’s.

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Dusk

Doram

MediumRoastSteam

Just for comparison, my oven goes up to an indicated 250°c and that cooks a pizza in 6-7 minutes.

Pompeyexile

Had a bit of home-made vanilla cake left over and so I put it to good use…

Individual trifles with vanilla cake soaked in cherry brandy then a layer of raspberry coulis followed by custard and Bailey’s infused cream and a ring of blueberries to finish it off.

Yes I know at 64 I should be eating healthier but it is not something we have every day week or month so a little bit of what you fancy may not do you good but it is chuffin lovely!

Cuprajake

Tried to make cod tonight but it just fell apart in the pan, Tesco finest my arse

Binned it. Feck it

DavecUK

Cuprajake Tried to make cod tonight but it just fell apart in the pan, Tesco finest my ****

Binned it. **** it

There is an equation

Tesco Finest = M&S Ordinary

Tesco finest has become BS nowadays as they remove more of the expensive ingredient in products. I remember some chicken finest product which was 60% chicken. Some value products have meat as a 4% ingredient…what’s that about. Steak Pie with 4% meat!!!

Ernie1

Bought ingredients for the first pizzas of the year.

Casa Marrazzo tomatoes which are the tomatoes of choice for pizza perfectionist Anthony Mangieri so will be good to see how they are.

Also trying a couple of vegan mozzarellas.

Sadly using the oven though as the Ooni gave up the ghost.

DavecUK

I looked up the rules out of curiosity to see how adulterated cheap food has become.

The product below per 100g of sausage, contains less than 28g of actual lean meat per sausage, the rest is fat and fillers, that’s dreadful. the calculations would not be easy for the majority to do, let alone find the information. Some products are so low in actual meat that they would be almost be considered vegetarian.

references here : https://www.businesscompanion.info/en/quick-guides/food-and-drink/composition-of-products-containing-meat

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/280555822

Ernie1

Pretty impressed with the rise from just an oven and preheated tray. 18-hour room-temp dough from 0.5g active dry yeast.

Vegan cheese wasn’t brilliant, hence the marinara for one of them. I don’t get why vegan cheese makers think mozzarella has to taste like cheddar/parmesan when the real thing isn’t anything like that.

Tomatoes were great, best San Marzano’s I’ve tried.

Little garlic and rosemary with the leftover.

Definitely need a new pizza oven though.

caffeinated-carp

Ernie1 They look spot on. I’m veggie, went vegan for about a year and I have to say, I loved marina pizzas. Got an Ooni to make them, was awesome. Ooni is now gathering dust in my awfully disorganised garage, need to fetch it out and start cooking again!

dutchy101

That looks great.

Cuprajake

Vegan cheese is 🤢 I know from experience, if you are not strict vegan the lactose free cheese is just like cathedral city

Ernie1

Cuprajake

Yeah agreed, the Violife smoked slices are pretty good but nothing else is nice at all.

Food wise we’re strict vegan. I’ll wear leather shoes/belts etc but anything that goes in the mouth is strictly plant-based.

Tbh I don’t mind a good marinara if the ingredients are decent, but yeah, yet to taste a plant-based margherita that isn’t pretty gross.

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