What's for dinner (supper)

I was in the mood to cook yesterday, so it was dried lima beans (we call them "butter beans") and ham, and scalloped potatoes. Comfort food. Today will be an encore performance of the same.....
 
I decided to make the Coq au Vin on Tuesday because that will be our crappiest day weatherwise this week.

Also, I really don’t want to buy a bottle of wine since I don’t drink, does anyone know if it will taste good just using some sort of broth ...veggie or beef?

I don’t care for chicken broth.

If not, I’ll buy a cheap red and toss the rest.
 
I decided to make the Coq au Vin on Tuesday because that will be our crappiest day weatherwise this week.

Also, I really don’t want to buy a bottle of wine since I don’t drink, does anyone know if it will taste good just using some sort of broth ...veggie or beef?

I don’t care for chicken broth.

If not, I’ll buy a cheap red and toss the rest.

I think you really have to use the wine. And you don`t want to buy anything too cheap. The rule is "Don`t use any wine to cook with that you wouldn`t drink." Good news though is that they have now come out with wine in a can. Same size as a can of beer. So you can get a decent wine in a smaller size. It`s about 5-6$ a can.
 
I decided to make the Coq au Vin on Tuesday because that will be our crappiest day weatherwise this week.

Also, I really don’t want to buy a bottle of wine since I don’t drink, does anyone know if it will taste good just using some sort of broth ...veggie or beef?

I don’t care for chicken broth.

If not, I’ll buy a cheap red and toss the rest.

The grocery stores carry non alcoholic cooking wine for recipes. The alcohol gets evaporated anyway.
 
As it's Sunday I have late lunch /early dinner if I'm home which I was today.. so I had Lamb chops cooked in a Caramelized Onion gravy, Yorkshire pudding, and I was going to have broccoli cheese, but changed my mind and had mashed Carrot & Swede instead


Hubs is a veggie , so he had Roasted vegetable Lasagne
 
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with a side of leftover broccoli.
 
I like a Cordon Bleu, but I like it made with whole chicken breast. That picture looks like minced (ground?) meat moulded round cheese and ham. Not very appetising looking IMO. Such things are common amongst cheaper brands here in the UK (same goes for Chicken Kiev), but you can get proper ones made with whole, stuffed breast.
 


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