Weekly Flylady Thread 26th January 2009

mumofjusttwo

Froddington-can you tell me the ingredients for your soup please, would like to make my own but am quite clueless.

Craftyscholar

toottifrootti wrote: »

jjef no snow warnings that I have seen - supposed to get a fewlight snow showers mon-wed but that probably means we will be six foot deep!!! very grey here very cold but dry at moment!
toots xx

ETA jjef thanks to soappie's reminder I have just looked at the met office site and it looks like Tuesday will be our worst day!

Yes that is what I found. Fingers crossed as I have to go across town first thing tomorrow (9am funeral)

Lady-Liberty

We have snow, hope you didn't get caught in it Sexy

Happy Birthday jjef

xx

froddington

mumofjusttwo wrote: »

Froddington-can you tell me the ingredients for your soup please, would like to make my own but am quite clueless.

Errmm - I usually use what is in the fridge! A good easy one to start with is carrot and lentil but I don't follow a recipe - just guess amounts! I soak the lentils then, whilst they're simmering in the bottom of my steamer, the carrots are being steamed in the top. I then put it all in with veg stock until lentils are soft and then blend it, adding garlic granules or whatever you like to season it.

You can just bung a load of veg in stock and simmer it until it's soft, then blend it and add seasoning.

I'm sure others on here have proper recipes - I just make up mine!!!

Big flakes of snow now - almost unknown down here!!

gunsandbanjos

Afternoon ladies and OJK, loving my washing machine:D It works properly so is a huge improvement on the old one.

Happy Birthday jjef - have a lovely day.

Trying to get tidied up today, place isnt too bad, needs a bit of TLC though. Couple of HHC's should help:p

mumofjusttwo

thanks froddington. I usually on do Heinz so am a little clueless. I do have a steamer so may put some veg in there. I am used to thick soup but will have a look and see what I can find.

rach

have showered, dressed (only in slob around clothes but better than pjs!) and oven is on waiting for chicken to go in. Also done my 30 mins wii fit and then spoken to my mum.

Time for a cuppa whilst I prep the veg & stuffing and i'll stick the final load of washing in at the same time.

Lady-Liberty

froddington wrote: »

Big flakes of snow now - almost unknown down here!!

I know, I keep looking out the window in disbelief

xx

froddington

mumofjusttwo wrote: »

thanks froddington. I usually on do Heinz so am a little clueless. I do have a steamer so may put some veg in there. I am used to thick soup but will have a look and see what I can find.

Lentils or pearl barley will make it thicken - I like my soup thick, but my dad always adds water to mine when he heats it up as he prefers it thin :rolleyes:

Just experiment - that's what I do! Don't think I've ever made the same soup twice!

Now going to do some filing ............

sexymouse

Our walk was really nice even if it was freezing! There were loads of other people out walking along the canal too, and I spotted that one of them had put her hood up - that seemed like a good idea, so I did, and it was - much warmer as my ears weren't getting blown by the wind. It was a bit muddy in places, and silly me had only worn trainers instead of wellies, so a couple of bits were quite amusing with me tiptoeing through the least boggy parts trying not to get the bottom of my jeans all muddy. We timed it just right and got back at 1.40pm (took 1 hour 25mins), and had a really nice bowl of the soup which is now portioned up for my lunches this week. It's snowing here as LadyLiberty said, and has (according to OH's latest announcement) started to settle.

OH is doing the washing up as we speak, so will probably only have a few bits to redo tonight after my next lot of cooking (potato pesto bake). OH has a tendency not to be quite as thorough as I am (I'm a perfectionist) and I often find little bits that he's not got off properly.

One load of washing is in the TD and one in the WM. Have made sure that I've done all the work trousers and my gym bottoms and will do a white wash afterwards to get all of the tops and socks etc done. OH will be out at his shooting club as usual tonight so will be able to get lots done whilst he's out.

Little black furry (cat) was funny earlier - he went out in the snow (he doesn't normally like snow) and sat there in our garden glaring at it indignantly as it came down. He then went into MIL's garden (next door) to check whether it was falling in her garden, then came back and went next door the other side before coming in and deciding that it was obviously determined to spoil his fun wherever he went! lol

Mumofjusttwo, I'll pm you my recipe for today's soup if you want - nice and thick. The carrot and coriander one I did last week was also thick - it was found on the internet here