Photo of your dinner (vol 2)

[6th Gear]

mattdaniels said:

6th Gear said:

Roast chicken breast with cherry tomatoes, onion, garlic and herbs. Sautéed Spinach in butter with black pepper / brussels sprouts and bacon.

Looks delicious, and low carb too, another one to add to my menu. Thanks for the tip.

[illmonkey]

Caprese salad, I did have sold left over chicken on the side as well.

[DoubleSix]

That looks lovely. Just so hard to find tomatoes that taste of anything at all in the UK... I've given up tbh.

When I was in Spain I was ordering salads all the time because the tomatoes are so flavoursome.

[illmonkey]

DoubleSix said:

That looks lovely. Just so hard to find tomatoes that taste of anything at all in the UK... I've given up tbh.

When I was in Spain I was ordering salads all the time because the tomatoes are so flavoursome.

Thanks. We use beef tomatoes, seem to have a bit of substance to them. I agree though, in Italy we get a plate as a side or starter every time, brilliant quality.

[eskidavies]

My missus gave me this tonight, all done on the opti grill and acti fry



I know illmonkey she forget the waffles no good

[illmonkey]

Are those croquettes?!

Added to list.

[eskidavies]

They are potatoe pockets from Iceland ,1.50 a bag either with cheese in or beans ,quite tasty

[SpeedMattersNot]

Some gems can be found in Iceland. I just make sure I go there with my 99p shop bags as to avoid being laughed at.

[eskidavies]

Auntie Bessie Giant yorks with Iceland sliced beef and gravy ,tin of spuds and tin of peas.



Only 3 pissy little slices beef in pack ,have to 2or3 next time

[Pferdestarke]

Tinned potatoes? A date of mine once produced a tin of spuds to go alongside a steak dinner she cooked me.

It didn't last.

[KFC]

eskidavies said:

They are potatoe pockets from Iceland ,1.50 a bag either with cheese in or beans ,quite tasty

I had some Waitrose croquettes earlier, bought from Iceland. I've not had them in ages, really nice for a change.

[JonRB]

KFC said:

I had some Waitrose croquettes earlier, bought from Iceland.

Wait... what?

Iceland sell stuff from Waitrose?

[KFC]

JonRB said:

Wait... what?

Iceland sell stuff from Waitrose?

They do in Portugal, I've no idea if thats the case in UK. They also have a really good fresh butchers counter too.

[JonRB]

KFC said:

They do in Portugal, I've no idea if thats the case in UK. They also have a really good fresh butchers counter too.

I think maybe what you call Iceland has absolutely nothing to do with what we call Iceland here.

Edit: Ahh... it becomes clear... http://www.foodandwineportugal.com/2011/11/14/icel...

The new Iceland store in Albufeira is not a British Iceland as such. It is run by a Spanish-based company called Overseas, who have an agreement with Iceland to sell their products in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands. Unknown to us before we visited, the company also have a deal with Waitrose, so their products appear on the shelves alongside those from Iceland, as well as many well-known British brands.

That's pretty bizarre. In case you didn't know, Waitrose are a very premium supermarket chain in the UK, and Iceland are a... um... very much the opposite.

Edited by JonRB on Thursday 28th August 22:20

[KFC]

Yup, I'm British so I understand the difference with each.

I quite like the Iceland store here - I know most of the Iceland frozen stuff is absolute crap, but there are some good things in there. And if you want orange lucozade, irn bru, beans, etc etc is by far the easiest place to get all your British stuff in one go. Its really quite good priced for a lot of things. 1 litre of diluting ribena for 4 euros, 4 pack of caramel dairy milk for 1.50 euros, multi packs of coke and Irn Bru working out about 50 cents a can, beans being 1/4 of the price of a normal supermarket, tins of decent soup for under a euro...

The fresh butchers section is better than those in the normal supermarkets - the piri piri sausages, kofta's, lamb & mint, pork & apple burgers, kebabs etc are all top notch. I haven't tried the steaks yet but I'll give them a go soon.

[soad]

Pferdestarke said:

Tinned potatoes? A date of mine once produced a tin of spuds to go alongside a steak dinner she cooked me.

It didn't last.

Snob!

I've eaten them a few times, saves the cooking time. Bland and tasteless though.

[DoubleSix]

soad said:

saves the cooking time. .

So does eating dirt.

[theshrew]

illmonkey said:

DoubleSix said:

That looks lovely. Just so hard to find tomatoes that taste of anything at all in the UK... I've given up tbh.

When I was in Spain I was ordering salads all the time because the tomatoes are so flavoursome.

Thanks. We use beef tomatoes, seem to have a bit of substance to them. I agree though, in Italy we get a plate as a side or starter every time, brilliant quality.

I've been having beef toms lately. Taste a lot better than others.

Love the look of that salad - I'm going to try that.

[Pferdestarke]

Dinner.

[illmonkey]

theshrew said:

I've been having beef toms lately. Taste a lot better than others.

Love the look of that salad - I'm going to try that.

Tomato, mozerella, salt, pepper, basil oil and basil leaves. Yummy

Dinner, round 2. We had a pizza and waffles , this was the second plate of food.