Making chicken feed of my mortgage

Watty1

oh that puy lentil soup looks delish. May try that later. Although it will be an MSE version using frozen spinach whatever tomatos are in the bottom of the fridge and one red one white onion plus no wine

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Morning MWC, I fancy trying the smoky black bean/roast Tom soup - given how cold it was here last night, it could be soup time in early September. I even put the eletric blanket on last night :eek:

Lovely names for the girls

Tilly x x x

muddywhitechicken

Today was take a 16 year old to work day - a friend's daughter whose work experience placement had fallen through. My colleagues were very generous with their time and I'd managed to arrange some interesting department tours for her :cool: I think she enjoyed it although maybe not the being picked up at 08:00 in the school holidays bit!

The new girls must be feeling settled in their new home...

Eggs IN 4 (Miss Effie + 3/5 newbies - definitely Miss Betty and probably Miss Georgina and Miss Mabel/LRH2) :T
Eggs OUT 0

Greying_Pilgrim

muddywhitechicken - thanks for posting the recipes, i'll definitely have a bash at the two soups - and maybe I won't leave it 'til autumn the way the weather is

I love those 'wild' plums. We have several trees locally, one yellow and two reddish. However, they are slap bang in the middle of a hedge, which is slap bang next to a busy road. If you didn't get squashed and mashed picking them, you'd probably die of some ghastly disease with all the pollution they are exposed to :rotfl: But is does break my heart every year to see all the 'food' dropped on the floor and splatted by passing cars

:T That the girls are feeling 'at home' and doing their 'thing' for you Love to them all - but a little bit extra to Miss Georgie!

Greying x

muddywhitechicken

The smoky black bean & roast tomato soup was definitely published several years ago as a seasonal recipe in a July edition of a foodie magazine! Probably for the tomatoes rather than the weather :rotfl:

If she would let me pick her up (which she most definitely won't!), I would give Miss Georgie a cuddle for you Greying

LauraJo

Hiya - thanks for the recipes - I'll pass the on to OH (not point in me ruining them!)

muddywhitechicken

LauraJo wrote: »

Hiya - thanks for the recipes - I'll pass the on to OH (not point in me ruining them!)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

We're having another of the Grauniad's grilled carrot dishes for dinner this evening - The tangy salad: carrot, beetroot & apple salad with sesame dressing and serving it with local lamb chops - I'll report back later

muddywhitechicken

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

We're having another of the Grauniad's grilled carrot dishes for dinner this evening - The tangy salad: carrot, beetroot & apple salad with sesame dressing and serving it with local lamb chops - I'll report back later

And the verdict is... YUM!

muddywhitechicken

There seems to be an awful lot of washing up though

Dessert was 2 fresh figs from the garden, 1 each :cool:

Eggs IN 3
Eggs OUT 0

muddywhitechicken

WFH this morning so 50 miles petrol and at least 1.5 hours time saved :T

Chooks are being very noisy this morning - there's a queue for the nest box...

Things to do this afternoon:

- Laundry/ironing
- Shopping list/grocery shop
- Fill a prescription
- Check the coop for red mite
- Clean bathroom
- Find storage solutions for all the stuff I've been bulk buying
- Research flights - I may be visiting a chum in Portugal next weekend