Living on next to nought - is that the key?

muddywhitechicken

Welcome back Greying!

Mmmm fresh broad beans :drool:

mothernerd

Welcome back - it's not the same without you

Busymumofthreeplusdog

Yay!! Greying is back! I'm off on my hols soon but I will be tuning in to catch up on your adventures!

Pippilongstocking

Welcome back me dear.

I hope you're both refreshed and ready for the next wee adventure.

Lets hope if you're back to the grindstone on Monday that its not too early for you both.

Off to pack DH's snap box for tomorrow, tidy the kitchen a wee bit more and off to bed.

Have a lovely week ahead dear greying and readers.

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Back to *normal* today :D

maddiemay - a good cheese shop would have been a godsend on hols. As it was, I purchased the cheese from a butchers :eek: and a greengrocers. The butcher had vacpacked everything to within a millimetre of its being (Pippi would not have been amused at the overuse of plastic) and you had to sort through the cheese at the greengrocers to find stuff that wasn't 17 days after its best before date :eek: Mind you, at least the grocers charged a fair price. We went to a *farm shop* where they wanted almost double the price for the same block of cheese :eek: Same size, weight, packaging and everything :eek:


Beanie - I agree, I think catering establishments think they have a captive market, but I'd rather go without, as you are right, tea and cake out and about is expensive, and its not a treat if its poor quality We passed a hotel on our travels, doubtless very fine, 5 star etc, but they were promoting their 'afternoon teas' for only £19.50 per head :eek::rotfl:

rtandon - :wave: is there enough cheese talk for ya?

MWC - totally lush!

mothernerd - you are too kind. I'm sure a break from my wiffle has been a boon

Busymumofthreeplusdog - YAY to impending hols :j Hope you have as good a time as we did

Pippi - Monday definitely too early :D


So, here we go again.

I'm aiming for a NSD today, for the challenge of it, rather than to achieve my target. I can definitely recall 2 NSD's on hols, but that is all, I'm sure.

I have no idea what is for dinner See, back to normal! I'm sure it won't be what is on the planner :rotfl: In the meantime, here is what we had last night;



The 'main' is chickpea quiche (effectively a crustless quiche made with chickpea flour) with meditteranean flavourings, including some little sweet peppers I bought on hols - yes, from the green grocers . The most important thing on that plate is the potatoes - HG by the gardening parental, dug up a couple of hours before they were munched and the variety is Accent just in case anyone is interested. They were tasty - not the most new potatoey taste I've ever had, but good

And then we had this;



HG strawbs off the gardening parental, picked at the peak of ripeness in sunshine a couple of hours before munching The ice cream was a horrid tarte citron meringue confection, but there was no vanilla in the freezer centre so we had to make do with anything that was not chocolate

Right, I'm running late, best shift a tail-feather.

Thank you for popping in, reading and commenting. I really appreciate it.

See y'all later.

Greying

Hopefuljoy

Hurrah!!! So glad you had lovely hollies Greying but selfishly relieved you're back!! Food looks amazing and cheese sounds great. We would go without a lot of other things before that went. My DD loves baking and her cakes are fantastically moist. :A Mary B recipes and some are online. Tell us what flavour you like and we'll send a virtual one to you!! :rotfl::rotfl::T:T:T

Now going off to paint kitchen and dream about your three cheese pizza.

sunnyskies2

Hi Greying

So glad you had a lovely time - and the beautiful weather makes it oh such much nicer too:) being a cheese fiend (my OH suspects I put it into everything lol - he loathes everything dairy oh except ambrosia cream rice and ice cream - very selective hmmmm - sorry waffle waffle here)....your pizza looks divine . ... Then I saw the strawberries and ice cream and now my tummy is a rumbling and I only had tea an hour ago:)

Off to find some cake and make a cuppa:)

Sarah

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Sorry I have used my posting 'time' this morning to leave my opinion about the new layout of MSE forums for 'non logged in' users. If you have an opinion about the new look, please leave feedback for the team at either the Site Feedback section of the forums (towards the bottom of the list) or send them an email as requested at the address at the top of the page.

It matters not whether you like it or dislike it, the team has asked for users views.

I snagged a NSD yesterday and won't be able to snag one today

Thanks Hopefuljoy and sunnyskies for popping by - as ever, lovely to *see* ya.

Thank you to everyone who pops by, reads and comments. I hope you know how much I appreciate you all

Greying

Pippilongstocking

Off to have a peak at the 'new look' thanks for the heads up.

Have a great day today dear greying and chums.

Cheese fiends of the world unite I say.

Verbatim

Glad you had a good holiday. The weather certainly helps. Great to see you back.