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beanielou

Was just thinking of you yesterday.
Glad all is well

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi, brilliant news about Mr FS. Fingers crossed it works well

Best wishes Tilly x

Fortune_Smiles

Thank you for the welcome back. MS is continuing:

• did the weekly on-line shop yesterday. Delivered today - £26.59 under budget and free cherry tomatos due to short sell by date :T
• art class in the afternoon - Impressionism. Not my favourite style to paint in but I gave it a good go. Used my new photo paper to print off a reference photo of water lilies - it was either those or sunflowers :rotfl: It came out really well so I've done a further sketch today to do as a watercolour
• Couscous with Chorizo & Chickpeas for supper http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3097/couscous-with-chorizo-and-chickpeas. Just for me as Mr F was away so plenty left for another meal later on
• an impromptu call to breakfast from some of the mums this morning to celebrate/commiserate the 11+ results - £5.39
• we popped into the market town together afterwards to do some chores. Just picking up some firelighters for me - £1.39
• a 59p Tillytidy
• baked the WI Christmas Cake - my very first one. It looks just like the picture :j
• Mr F home tonight so Jamie's Courgette Carbonara from the meal plan for supper http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/beautiful-courgette-carbonara.

That's all folks. I'm determined to get to bed on time tonight for a change.

Sleep well

Fortune x

Fortune_Smiles

Well a fab weekend so far:

• back to Step on Friday - ouch!
• friend joined me for lunch. We had the leftover Chorizo & Chickpeas with Couscous. She brought me some home made plum jam and some G0ld£n D£l1c10u$ apples from the tree in her garden We sat and had a good old chat in front of the logburner (new logs work!)
• got a note from the 01l Club to say they were ordering for my area. £37 less for 500l this time :T That should see us through the winter
• made a Dorset Apple Cake http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/dorset-apple-cake - joining the WI makes you a master baker apparently :rotfl:(I suspect there will be many more apple based recipes appearing on this thread - we have loads!)
• had some pastry in the fridge (left over from last week's quiche) so made Cheese & Marmite Pasties http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2219678/cheese-and-marmite-pasties for supper which we had with chips and beans. They were lovely - especially with a nice bottle of red from the rack
• started on my water lily watercolour. Pleased with the results so far
• Meatballs with Pesto Mash http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/7711/meatballs-with-pesto-mash from the freezer for supper last night. We wanted something quick as...
• ... Mr F took me out on a date last night We went to the cinema to see Rush. Mr F's choice, and not the sort of thing I'd usually choose, but I really enjoyed it. Plus we got one ticket free through my 0d£0n points. £10.66 but we spent £5.25 on Pick & Mix when we got there. It appears Mr F has no concept of 100 grams :rotfl:Still a reasonably cheap night out for us though. Came home and finished off the red. The rack is looking a bit bare now though so I can feel a Laithwait£$ order coming on
• a 63p Tillytidy
• 37p in change discovered in the bottom of my purse so fed to Mr Marmit£

Should be an NSD today as we are being taken out for lunch by our neighbours (a thank you for work Mr F did on their car). Umbrellas at the ready though - it's torrential here this morning.

Keep warm and dry all

Fortune x

LauraJo

Oooh thanks for the cheese and marmite link... They look lush. Might have to get oh to give them a go

southerndave

I love cheese. I love Marmite. Mmmmmcheeseymarmitecheeseandmarmite, gggghhhhhh....

abouttimetoo

Hi, Fortune, did you post a courgette and tomato soup on here recently?

I took a screen print to follow but unfortunately seem to have just missed the OP's name and I wanted to stop by and thank them for posting it. When I think of food I normally think of you, Tilly and MCI but I think it might have been you?

Regards
ATT

abouttimetoo

Oops, meant to add, do you have a nice houmous (sp?) recipe at all?

Regards
ATT

Fortune_Smiles

Mr F is a mild mannered man but if we run out of tea or Marmit£ in this house, I'm in big trouble :eek:

Courgette & Tomato Soup wasn't me I'm afraid and I've never made houmous (obviously this is something joining the WI will rectify in the future).

Fortune x

abouttimetoo

Thanks Fortune, hopefully whoever it was will see my post on your thread and see my thanks, it really was nice and I had it twice for lunch last week and have a few batches left in the freezer

Re marmite, I'm with Mr F, don't keep it in my house now but if I have a beef Sunday lunch at my mother dippies is a must before lunch, fab in in it's own right but extra fab with a bit of marmite on too

I'm not sure how 'dippies' translates round MFW parts? I have a feeling it's a northern thing and know that some southern colleagues have never heard of it and then turned their noses up once I've explained

Regards
ATT