Cooking for one (Mark Two)

wort · 28 October 2017 at 4:01PM

Been out gardening this morning, after 2 toast brekkie. Weather is awful though and I got soaked.
Got in at 2 pm had a shower then had crackers with cheddar with pickles and onion in it, followed by a latte.
My brother and wife are going out for tea and invited me along, and as dd1 and boyfriend were calling they are coming too.
Dgson here tomorrow so will lift out beef that we had a couple of weeks ago , it's cooked and sliced and in gravy so will just need reheating, and do pots and veg.

Glad · 28 October 2017 at 4:17PM

SC curry smelling good

I still haven't gone food shopping so lunch was another 'what have I got in' meal, ended up with a mushroom and kale omlette with some tomatoes and the last of my beetroot hummus on the side, I also had a bag of frozen kale in the freezer (it's in little frozen blocks about the size of ice cubes), I haven't used it as I've had fresh kale in my box the last few weeks, so I used some to make a banana and kale smoothie with some greek yoghurt and almond milk, it was delish so I'm going to keep the frozen kale for smoothies now

off dog walking now and then a food shop :wave:

PasturesNew · 28 October 2017 at 5:30PM

I boxed up the beef... and I had just a Yorkie with some gravy for tea. Early tea though, so I suspect I'll nibble some crisps later.

elona · 28 October 2017 at 5:32PM

Youngest dd and boyfriend have been staying for a few days and spent the day in Whitby. They just arrived back and gave me a lift to the supermarket as I am cooking for six of us tomorrow.

A huge piece of extra matured beef has been bought with a big bag of tatties, lots of veg and a bottle of wine. I even managed to use the vouchers in my purse for extra nectar points.

Youngest and bf don't want a meal as they had a late lunch and are going to meet friends for a drink later so I have a container of home made lasagne I can heat up for myself.

elona · 28 October 2017 at 5:38PM

kittie

We have a couple of family members who are vegan. Last time I saw
a cousin and hugged her, she was so thin I could not help myself saying " x you are skinny I want to feed you a meat pie!" then blushed as I realised what I had said.

moneyistooshorttomention · 28 October 2017 at 5:40PM

Just had snack meal of a version of what is called "Breakfast of champions" - so several different fruits including bananas, with chia seeds, tiny amount cacao nibs, little almond milk. Would have been better with the exact ingredients specified on that YouTube video - but was still perfectly acceptable.

Right - off to pick some lettuce etc from the garden and will have another one (yep that CFO repeat time again:() of those black bean burgers/some salad/bit of leftover sweet potato.

Been checking out recipes for vegan "cheeze" sauce - of which there's quite a few variants around and just picked out a basic one made with cooked potatoes, cooked carrots and nutritional yeast. So I guess there might be some of that being tried tomorrow for lighter meal. Will be having main meal out at lunchtime and lighter meal in the evening then. So could be another experiment coming up tomorrow.

Still v. much in experimental mode at the moment. Latest positive verdict - I may not like T*sco own brand almond milk (yep....chucked it down the drain..) but no surprises there and I do like the name brand "Rude Health". I think I'm getting the message that the quickest way for me personally to waste money re food is to buy an own brand version of anything - as I usually end up chucking most of it out deciding I don't like it...sighs:(

moneyistooshorttomention · 28 October 2017 at 5:55PM

Don't worrit Elona - no chance of me fading to a shadow any time soon on my sorta semi-vegan diet:rotfl:. - not with the amount I eat. Still having some vegetarian food - just veering a bit.

I'll be glad if I go from size 14 label clothes back to actual size 14 as I used to be (ie size 10 label clothes these days I guess). Will be nice when I can get my figure back:)

poppystar · 28 October 2017 at 6:44PM

PasturesNew wrote: »

I boxed up the beef... and I had just a Yorkie with some gravy for tea. Early tea though, so I suspect I'll nibble some crisps later.

Ok my cold has really got to my brain. On first reading I was envisaging a chocolate bar dipped in gravy:D

Credit card bill came this morning. How the *&%% have I spent so much on food in one month:eek::eek:- and it is all food as I'd previously stocked up on household:o

Is it feed a cold and starve a fever or the other way round I can never remember?!

Stir fry for tea if I can stand long enough to cook it:)

caronc · 28 October 2017 at 7:07PM

Good evening everyone,
It is truly miserable and cold here tonight. I admitted defeat and put the heating at 5.30pm as if I put on any more layers I'd not be able to move:(. Certainly not salad weather here :eek:. Tomorrow is meant to be even colder but at least dry and sunny so that's much better:).
All my Lakeland goodies arrived this afternoon:D, I'm delighted with everything, just need to work out where the various bits will be stored:cool:.

I'm being cooked for tonight which is always lovely and my son has stated he's nipping to the chippy to get chips to go with the fish and mushy peas he bought earlier:D:D

Poppystar - I think it's feed a cold so you can blame the bill on being poorly;)

PasturesNew · 28 October 2017 at 7:51PM

caronc wrote: »

I think it's feed a cold so you can blame the bill on being poorly

There's feeding ... and there's throwing a banquet in its honour!

In true CFO style ... if you open a can and don't eat it all, it's still there. So tonight I had the 2nd half of that creamed rice can I opened 2 days ago, with a spoon of jam. Reheated it in a mug, so I could eat from the mug.

EDIT: Since that I've scoffed another packet of crisps, that's two today, or is it 3? Two empties beside me, so it might be two

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