O/S Daily Thread Sunday 23rd January

donny-gal

¡Hola!

Sorry didn't make it on here yesterday, no idea where the time goes out here.

Not read the thread yet, will read back in a mo, but thought some of you might like this Lidl recipe, printed in a newspaper out here.

Bolognese Pasta bake

INGREDIENTS
Serues 4-6
500g minced beef
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots, peeled and dined
1 red pepper, deseeded and diced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tspn Herbs de Provence
400g can chopped tomatoes
Salt and black pepper
350g penne rigate
4 tablespoons reduced-fat crème fraiche
125g mozzarella, drained and diced
25g Parmigiano Reggiano, grated

METHOD
Fry the minced beef and onion in a large saucepan for about 5 minutes until the meat is browned. Add the carrots, pepper, garlic and herbs and fryv for 2-3 minutes. Add the tomatoes and seasoning and bring to the boil. Then simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
Bring a large pan of water to the boil and cook the pasta for 10-11 minutes until tender. Drain, then mix with crdme fraiche. Place the meat mixture in a large baking dish, pour over the pasta and top with mozzarella and Parmigiano Reggiano. Bake for 15 minutes
until bubbling. Serve hot


Seems there are more on the Lidl.co.uk website but not looked yet. Back soon. DG

prettypaula

Morning All, again bit of a lurker, but coming out of the woodwork...

Had a very bad nights sleep, next door have a 1 year old and the last few days she has done nothing but scream and cry. Normally in the day but this morning she was awake and screaming at 5am, and as such so was i.
God knows whats up with her shes normally a very good baby, but ifanything made my choice to be child free more concrete this is it!

Mum coming over today while DH is at work, its his birthday tomorrow and we have the next 2 days off together which will be nice. Mum bringing over a FR chicken to roast and some parsnips from Pops allotment. Will do dry roast potatoes, HM Yorkies and some other veg, home made bakewell tart for afters!

Just about to nip and put the hoover round the stairs and landing, put some washing away and mop the dining room and kitchen floors, then will do some leek and potatoe soup.

have a lovely Sunday all! x

camelot1001

Morning All

Well, I got up, had a little arguement with myself about being lazy and then went swimming!! I feel so good now I am home and showered, maybe the arguing will be less next time. I managed 40 lengths and my dodgy shoulder held out so feeling very pleased with myself.

Noticed the boiler pressure had dropped quite a lot last night so topped it up. Big mistake. Just been into the office to put the heater on (i'm going to do some work in there soon) and there is water all over the floor. I can see a hole in the radiator so obviously all the water I used to top up the system has poured out. Hey ho!

Just going to do the ironing and WM is on - must go for an early morning swim again!! Take care all. XX

Bitsy_Beans

halight wrote: »

I hope that everyone that went to the birmingham meet had a good time. I understand that some just went for the day and others were going to stop the night and go out clubbing or something!! Some sore heads i think this morning.
We prob wont get all the dirt untill later on today or even tomorrow. But will lookforward to reading all about it.

tsk tsk I don't know where we get this reputation from

Had a lovely time at the meet And I can say not a drunken OSer in sight. Didn't go dancing but went for a nice meal round the corner from the pub. Lots and lots and lots and lots of nattering which was lovely.
Thanks so much to everyone that made the effort to come. Poor JackieG was soooooo tired as she'd been up since 4am in order to get here.

So far I've not done a thing And I only had one beer yesterday too :rotfl: All that talking has worn me out :rotfl:
H put together a new TV stand as our old sideboard which housed the DVD etc was falling apart. Only problem now is he's now created a shed load of mess that needs to be sorted out and re-housed :eek:
So not much OS going on, got a DVD to watch later so I think I shall be thoroughly lazy today

Bargainbird - Happy birthday to Spike xx

Aussielass - Happy Birthday to you, hope you had a good one :beer:

Hugs, spoons and high fives all round. Have a good day OS or not.

camelot1001

:bdaycake:Happy Birthday Ausielass and Spike too!!

tired_mum

Afternoon all
Laptop is playing up so mon the big puter which is slower than Slowey McSlow on a slow day:D
Off to Medway Maritime hospital with DD1 for her op in a bit
Ironing has been done and a bit of a tidy round got a commitee meeting tonite so not sure whats for tea
Glad you all had a good time at the meet
Aussie Glad you had a good birthday :beer:
Spike Happy Birthday
Right better get on have a good day hugs to all those who are unwell or have worries

Bitsy_Beans

Hope DD's op goes OK Tiredmum xx

bargainbird

Tiredmum - Big hugs for DD hope it goes well xx

RachelS

A relaxing Sunday as OH is at home and doing the lion's share of looking after our 14-month-old twin boys. So far today have made pumpkin, carrot and red lentil soup, some homemade oatcakes and some apple and cinnamon spelt muffins. Only thing we didn't have in the cupboards was a tub of plain yogurt, which will come in handy for the kids anyway. Have been picking as I've gone along so no need to shell out for lunch either : ).

Trying to keep the heating down...had 5 blankets on the bed last night, it was quite a weight but seemed to do the job.

Been career planning, want to open my own nutritional consultancy for children so need about £12,000...it's given me something to focus on saving for after we clear our debts which is great, as just aiming to be debt-free but having no firm career plans was making me feel a little demotivated, especially as OH lost his job last week so we're struggling.

Sounds like some good weekends going on...those m&s bargains are fantastic. Have a good Sunday all xxx

sistercas

happy birthday to Spike hope he has a fab day

good luck to tired mum dd

lunch is on
wholemeal bread in the oven
bread and butter pudding made with LO panettone from xmas ( had been frozen lol)

ironing done
bathroom cleaned
need to put the hoover round
and make sandwiches for tomorrow