campsparkle | Dinner schedule

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Who would like to cook dinner for us at Camp Sparkle this year? There'll be 13 of us, including three vegetarians and one gluten-free person.

Schedule outline so far:

Friday
Pen (pies)

Saturday
CJ (spinach/ricotta cannelloni)

Sunday - architectural walk, No. 1 Royal Crescent
Sperrywink (chicken parm?)

Monday - glass baubles, afternoon tea
We'll be having afternoon tea around 4pm, so perhaps no need for dinner, unless somebody wants to make something light?

Tuesday - spa
Turlough (mango chutney chicken or halloumi tikka masala)

Wednesday - Stourhead
Saba (rice bowls)

Thursday
Leftovers and takeout?

Please sign up in the comments, and let me know if you'd prefer a particular day. :)

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From:

sperrywink

If someone has a recipe I can follow, I can cook something on Sunday when everyone is out doing the architectural walk? I have no ideas of what to cook, but I can follow a recipe...

If no one has a better idea, I think I could do spaghetti and sauce- meat or veggie (and gluten-free pasta for Turlough).

Edited Date: 2019-07-15 09:35 pm (UTC)

From:

pensnest

Spaghetti and sauce sounds like an excellent plan. Possibly, as we have two vegetarians among us, you could do something veggie, and maybe offer something like chopped-up chorizo that the carnivores can add if they want?

From:

sperrywink

I was thinking chicken and eggplant parm? If people are into that. I can definitely make that- I've at least made chicken parm.

And then like green beans or something for veggie.

Edited Date: 2019-07-16 05:41 pm (UTC)

From:

rikes

We can also get fake chicken (quorn) which you can cook like chicken, if that's easier.

From:

sperrywink

I think either is fine. Might depend on what people want to eat? I've never had quorn, so I'm not sure what it tastes like.

From:

rikes

You don't have to eat quorn, you can still make chicken for everyone else. Just thought I'd mention that option, it's completely up to you what you decide to cook!

From:

sperrywink

Oh, no, exactly. I just wasn't sure if the taste would go with the tomato sauce and cheese. I know the eggplant does.

From:

rikes

The chicken-shaped quorn tastes kinda like chicken, so yes, it does. But eggplant is a great option too!

From:

chalcopyrite

As a Quorn eater, can confirm you can just replace a chicken breast with a fake-chicken fillet and it’s all fine!

From:

rikes

Please have a shopping list ready by Friday so that everything can be bought during the big grocery run on Friday!

From:

sperrywink

Will do!

From:

bettina

As usual I'm offering my services as a kitchen minion! :)

From:

adelate

I can minion!

From:

turlough

I can do Tuesday dinner. If we have a working oven this year I can do Chutney Chicken since I think most people like that one.

From:

rikes

Awesome, I'll put you down for Tuesday!

I loved the halloumi tikka masala you made last year a lot too, wouldn't mind having that one again either! ;)

From:

turlough

I can bring both recipes and then you can all fight over which one I should cook :-)

From:

rikes

Looks like we might be having chicken on Sunday... Why yes I am trying to sway you. ;)

From:

turlough

In that case, yes it looks like you'll get that halloumi tikka without having to fight for it ;-D

From:

rikes

CJ has promised to cook, on a day of my choosing :)

From:

saba1789

I can do cooking on Wednesday. I'm planning to make rice bowls and will need a lot of help chopping veggies :DDD:

From:

bettina

I can chop things! :D

From:

saba1789

From:

pensnest

This sounds like a fun meal!

From:

saba1789

One of the food trucks close to work offers them and they're really nice and should hopefully not be too hard to recreate :)

From:

fleurrochard

I can minion, and I can also bake my chocolate cake! (Given a working oven. Or an oven thermometer like last year.)

From:

pensnest

We are assured that the oven is now working. I hope it is true!

From:

fleurrochard

That would obviously be the preferable option!

From:

rikes

Pen, when are we doing the shopping for Sat and Sun dinners, i.e. when do the Sat and Sun cooks have to have their shopping lists ready?

From:

pensnest

I think it would be best to do a Big Shop on Friday, so if the cooks for Sat and Sun can prepare lists, that will be ideal. Of course, they have the option of heading to the supermarket on Saturday if necessary, but I'm sure we can all find more fun stuff to do.

I'm just about to go to bed, but perhaps tomorrow I'll start a list of 'what do we want to have on the shopping list!'

From:

rikes

I've told CJ (Saturday's cook) to send you a shopping list by Friday, as she will be getting in very late.

From:

chalcopyrite

I will happily minion and chop things! Can also make a dessert — GF fruit crisp?
Just checking— we’re not having a particularly ~fancy party~, right? Makes sense as we’re so few this year, but wanted to confirm for packing reasons!

From:

rikes

Fruit crisp sounds fantastic!

No fancy party that I've heard of - unless we want to dress up for afternoon tea? Perhaps not though, as some will be coming there straight from the glass blowing place, which I assume requires sensible clothing...