What's For Tea?

Well, maybe a risotto. I have a butternut squash sitting on the vegetable rack and a tray of asparagus so thinking of a risotto. We had a beautiful one in The Cedar Street restaurant, which had squash and pear in it, and it was really nice.
There was a question on the Delia site about whether to plan meals or not? Can't say I do really. We have the same things on a Saturday evening and a Sunday evening, but the rest of the week is comparatively free of planning. It depends on what we have in stock, what there is in the vegetable rack or the freezer. Often it is a case of olook to see what there is and make a meal around that. We do shopping on a Friday for the weekend, and again on a Monday generally for the week, and that's it for stocking up.
Since we have both been on the "Healthy Eating" plan we do watch the calories, and the carbohydrates, so they are measured. We don't eat so many cakes now unless they are the cake bars so are calorie counted I haven't made a home made cake for ages..although I would die for a piece of home made cherry cake!! or a beautiful slice of proper Victoria Sandwich cake!! Oh dream on.....
The lentil dish we had last night was a big success. Very tasty indeed, and would definitely make again..
Green Lentils with Vegetarian Sausages.
One tin of green lentils,
One stick of celery diced very small,
One large carrot diced very small,
One onion small or one leek cut very small,
One tin of chopped tomatoes,
A garlic clove, or a squirt of garlic puree,
One tsp of olive oil and a few squirts of fry light,
Salt and pepper,
One tsp of sugar
Vegetarian sausages..or quorn fillets, I used the tomato ones,
Method
Put the carrot, leek, celery into a pan with the oil and very gently stir about ten minutes until sweated and soft.
Add tomatoes and simmer until the sauce thickens,
Add the washed and rinsed lentils and simmer about five minutes till heated through. Serve with the cooked vegetarian sausages or fillets.
Tonight we are having:
Risotto with butternut squash and pear and asparagus.
Handful of spinach to go into it, and a sprinkle of parmesan.