Colonel Panic...even though I disagree with your conclusions on 9/11
I must give you propers for the recipe. It's actually making me hungry right now. I think I might just might have this for dinner one day this week. Maybe you should change your name to General Panic.

Yeah it's a real easy dinner. It only takes like 30-40 minutes to make, and it's really good.

It looks awesome, but I wonder where one can buy (off-line) tomatillos in the UK. I didn't even know they existed until reading your recipe.

Are they pronounced 'tom-ah-till-oss' or tom-ah-till-oh-s'?

To rhyme with Ross or Rose?

"to-ma-tee-yoes"

The word has Spanish roots, so the double-"l" is pronounced as a "y". Its literal translation means "little tomatoes."

They're like little green tomatoes but they have this thin, loose, papery skin over them that must be peeled off prior to cooking.

I believe they're indigenous to Mexico/Central America. They taste a bit like green tomatoes, with quite a bit more tartness.

Ah, ok I should have guessed...I wasn't thinking in Spanish. I shall endeavour to make your delicious-sounding dish.

Yeah, I'd imagine they're available in the UK. They're really common in supermarkets here in the US, especially in larger cities.

*bump*

I urgently need a recipe idea for a meal I must prepare tomorrow evening.

We're putting on a show Thursday night, and I need to cook for the bands (8 people or so).

I need something that's:

- vegetarian
- is suitable for a day's refrigerating/freezing and reheating (can't cook on the day as will be too busy)

I'm sick of doing veggie chilli con carne or simple curries. At the same time the above criteria are fairly limiting.

I am a decent, if not exceptional cook, so a reasonably complicated recipe is fine. And I can get plenty of exotic ingredients in my cosmopolitan part of town.

Who has an exciting idea for me? Please!

How about doing a lentil dal, saag aloo and a veggie curry of some description. All reheats well (some would say improves with age) and you can bung some naan in the oven and boil some rice in real-time.

Cheap, cheerful and looks like you put some effort into it.

Otherwise, do involtini (stuffed aubergine rolls). You can make the stuffing and assemble, then refrigerate. Pour the tomato sauce on tomorrow, add grated cheese and bung in the oven.

To clarify, I mean pour the sauce on the involtini, not on your day.

Serve with a rocket/water cress salad, some fresh tomatoes and some nice bread.

Good ideas! Yeah, I always find curries get better after a day or two in tupperware, strangely... the flavours come out.

I'm gonna look for a recipe for the involtini, might give that a whirl.

Thanks Adam!

This Nigella involtini recipe is a variation on the one I use, although I'd strongly recommend using Lancashire not cheddar.

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/recipe.asp?article=1241