Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

2 loads of laundry pegged out - although it's dry it's not really drying weather, if you know what I mean...

I've spent some time in the garden this morning. The wheelie bin is full and there are still squillions of leaves to pick up (and loads left on the trees )

muddywhitechicken

Me: "I think I'll check my bank accounts."
Mr MWC: "i'll have quite a bit of money left at the end of the month."
"About £1,000."
Me: *Looks expectantly*
Mr MWC: "Yes, you can have it!"

:j:j:j

edinburgher

He's a good man

muddywhitechicken

edinburgher wrote: »

He's a good man

He is indeed!

:kisses3: :happyhear

muddywhitechicken

I :heart2: autumn/winter food - squash, root vegetables, pulses, slow-cooked meat, soups...

I've been looking through my RC cookbooks and drooling :rotfl:

On the menu soon:

Parsnip & thyme soda bread
Split pea & ham soup
Sausage & root veg stew
Oxtail with cinnamon & star anise
Shin of beef with ginger & soy
Pot-roast pheasant with chorizo, butter beans & parsley
5-root soup with bacon
Thyme and caramelised onion mash
Squash & fennel lasagne
3-root boulangere with big baked mushrooms
Spelt salad with squash & fennel
Roasted parsnip, puy lentil & watercress salad
Warm salad of mushrooms & roasted squash
Porotos granados
Parsnip & ginger soup
Chestnut & sage soup
Pearl barley broth
Cannellini bean & leek soup with chilli oil
Oven-roasted roots frittata
Mushroom risoniotto
Leek risotto with chestnuts
Winter stir-fry with Chinese five spice
Roasted roots with apple & rosemary

The split pea & ham soup is first - just off to defrost a gammon shank and soak some yellow split peas

HelenDaveKids

I always feel ashamed when I read peoples menus... that and jealous!

muddywhitechicken

It is a bit of a wish list rather than a menu HDK - check back in the spring and I'll let you how many we actually cooked!

Yesterday's egg update:
IN 1
OUT 4 (4 little eggs (Miss B's) poached with bubble & squeak for dinner)

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Hi MWC, do you use any Nigel Slater books? I have two but rarely seem to choose them when menu planning.

If you do, any recipes you'd particularly recommend?

I loved Miss LRH raking leaves - thanks for posting pics.

Have a good day and well done to MR MWC and his 'extra money'. I could do with Mr T finding that amount

Tilly x

lilyp

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Hi MWC, do you use any Nigel Slater books? I have two but rarely seem to choose them when menu planning.

If you do, any recipes you'd particularly recommend?



Tilly x

Sorry to interrupt by Nigel's Real Fast Food is brilliant and regualry dipped into in this house. I also have some big volume on vegetables by him which I never use and probably never will.

muddywhitechicken

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Hi MWC, do you use any Nigel Slater books? I have two but rarely seem to choose them when menu planning.

If you do, any recipes you'd particularly recommend?

Good morning Tilly

I love Nigel Slater and have Tender I & II and The Kitchen Diaries II... BUT... we very rarely use them

We like his hearty party hotpot recipe (from BBC's Nigel Slater's Simple Christmas) - this recipe is very similar