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Menu ideas please

lurker17260 — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 02:52:38 GMT

I'm supposed to be cooking a bang up dinner for four later on this week and am planning on serving Char-grilled lamb with green chilli and sesame sauce and Zucchini Ribbons with Herbed Butter but I think I need something else on the plate. Any suggestions?

tia

Re: Menu ideas please

kengillard — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 02:58:03 GMT

some sort of carbo/s??? sounds delish but needs some rice or something?

Re: Menu ideas please

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 04:26:08 GMT

Always a great success with the lamb, I'd be introducing potato, but do a crispy smashed potato dish as the third accompaniment.

Also the sauces from your lamb dish won't be absorbed like they would if you used rice.

Menu sounds yummy!

Re: Menu ideas please

lurker17260 — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 05:48:33 GMT

Love that idea, thanks Dixo. Crispy smashed potato it is I'll let you know how it goes.

Re: Menu ideas please

katydidthat — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:18:33 GMT

I'd suggest adding a bit of lemon and some herbs to the smashed potato to give it more of a Mediterranean flavor. And, add a simple side salad using lemon juice and olive oil for a Greek salad taste. Tomatoes, fetta, celery, tomatoes, cucumber ... and some extra herbs 🙂

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polksaladallie — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:34:14 GMT

I agree with Katy's great salad idea, otherwise it seems to be a bit light on. Nowhere near enough on the plate IMO.

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j*oono — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:40:51 GMT

Normally I would agree with you about livening up the mash Katy but I think you would confuse the tastebuds. There should already be plenty of flavour in the lamb dish and you don't want to take away from that. I love the idea of the plain crispy mash.

The side salad would be nice.

Re: Menu ideas please

katydidthat — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:56:16 GMT

Thanks, Allie ... and I forgot the red onions and olives in the salad ...

Joono ... having just read the ingredients for the lamb dish, I'd agree.

We had this awesome roast fillet steak for dinner last night ... really simply cooked with roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings and broccoli and gravy ... tender meat, crispy YPs, crunchy spuds ...

There's a time that you let some flavours speak for themselves 🙂

Re: Menu ideas please

crystal**flake — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 07:47:18 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Always a great success with the lamb, I'd be introducing potato, but do a crispy smashed potato dish as the third accompaniment.
Also the sauces from your lamb dish won't be absorbed like they would if you used rice.

Menu sounds yummy!

Had that last night. Yum.