Cheery's buttling diary: tea in one hand, plant pot in the other, running shoes on

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Harrogate isn't very close at all KC! But probably FAR more civilised than Skegness in my personal experience (although with no sea, so Skegness wins in that respect!) What were you doing all the way up there? We were looking at Mablethorpe as an alternative to Skegness for last weekend - I've never been there either!

A million years ago, when I was a secretary in London after fleeing financial work in the City, a friend moved from London to just outside York, and three of us went to stay for a long weekend. It was idyllic - woodland nearby, pick your own strawbs nearby, a pond was in the garden, they were into self sufficiency, and the trip out was to Harrogate - Yorkshire pudding in onion gravy, now **that** defines idyllic for me :j And yep, Harrogate is *extremely* civilised

... while I was waiting for the kettle to boil I cleared out a couple of shelves in the food cupboard :j :j The easiest ones, just with the jam and breakfast stuff on but they were awfully sticky and covered in crumbs Trying to do 15 mins a day a la Flylady again for a while, restore some vague kind of order

That's the only way I can bear to do stuff like that - little bits and bobs as and when I feel like it

Sneaked out into the garden with my friend this evening - so overgrown :eek: and so many things dead But the rose I bought from Poundland is blooming nicely by the door which is *lovely* and there's plenty of raspberries and some tayberries too :j :j Going to get my mother out there picking gooseberries at the weekend and we can make some jam

Definitely :beer:

Forgot to say the other day when you said you had been to Skegness, you might like Anderby Creek, its near to Chapel St Leonards, its very quiet, not like Skeg, and has a lovely beach, think there is one shop and a car park, but lovely for a relaxing walk, here is a link to it http://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/asop/places/beach_guide/anderby_creek.shtml

Ooof Cheery! That sounds dreadful. Hope that you've seen a doc, and frankly, that you are back home and tucked up on the couch or in bed by now! I hope to goodness that you've not had to commute back.......

Anyhoo, just bounced on to let you know how much your recent 'yummy makes' influenced our tea tonight Thursday's are 'use up' nights this month. But I must admit, there wasn't an awful lot to 'use up' None-the-less, I'd obviously stored a note of your flatbread endeavours and the tip about the courgettes you gave. So I had some mung beans - bought rtc in mrT in 2014 :eek: - they are still in date, but as they are not a 'mainstream' bean, I have had difficulty incorporating them in me mealplan. Anyway, I found a recipe to make a version of falafel with them - so I made up the falafel last night (love my pressure cooker, such a good investment for a bean muncher) so that for dinner this evening, we could have wraps (actually chappatis - made with rye flour, which stayed nice and soft and pliable - just the thing for wraps :j) which featured courgette strips that i'd softened in a mint vinaigrette, then I put a couple of the mung bean falafels on top, then some slices of avocado and finally a splodge of tahini cumin dressing All this was wrapped up - and looked..... DREADFUL! :rotfl: How on earth do they get them to look so appetising in food photoshoots????? However, they tasted yummy, and I never would have thought of the ideas and putting them all together if you had not mentioned your endeavours - so Thank You

And no, there is no pic, because you couldn't see the filling and the wrap kept coming undone, and would only stay closed if you had your hand round it - and then the pickling liquor from the courgettes (which i'd not taken sufficient time to drain properly ) seaped down your arm....... :rotfl:

All good fun!

Hope you're on the road to recovery, but firmly ensconced in your own home, being tended to by MrCheery

Keep well and thank you again

Greying x