Living on next to nought - is that the key?

Hopefuljoy

Hehehe! Thanks Greying! I'm forty eight, grey and proud!!

Karmacat

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

Good Evening :hello:I've just been in Liguria with Gino d'cAmpo. T'was awfully nice

It sounds it :j

karma - yes, you're right...... but grumpiness does seem such a waste of precious energy..... don'tcha think?

No argument there :beer:

Leanne's Broccoli and Mozarella Calzone from pg 80 of Good and CheapI actually made the 'fast' pizza dough recipe (From Scratch pg 45) from last Friday night to make these - but it varies very little from the recipe that Leanne gives.

Oh my. These looked lurvely, really gorgeous. You're a whiz in the kitchen.

Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »

:j:j:j HAPPY BIRTHDAY:j:j:j

Hope that you have a fabulous day, Hopefuljoy - but 21 is an odd no? Surely?

Happy Birthday, hopefuljoy - such a lovely name :j

little_sweetie

Hi GP and

Happy Birthday Hopefuljoy have a lovely day x. :bdaycake:

Sorry it's a quick dash, much to do.....that calzone looks irresistible, GP. Hope you both feel better today x

Upsidedown_Bear

Hopefuljoy wrote: »

Hello chums!!! Greying you will never 'peg out'! It's simply not allowed.....

It's my birthday today and I'm back into even numbers. I don't like odd numbers at all for some reason! Just wanted to say hello and those calzones look delish!

Thanks for the hugs USDB!!

Happy "even" birthday

rtandon27

Hopefuljoy wrote: »

...It's my birthday today and I'm back into even numbers...

:jHappy even-numbered Birthday Hopefuljoy!:j

supersaver1000

Just delurking to wish Hopeful Joy a Happy Birthday.

Hope it's a lovely one.

rtandon27

Hello GP:

Thought you might enjoy this article!

OH & I had a long chat about food nutrition after using up the last box of KD from across the pond. (He hates it!) Our normal diet is extremely healthy 50% of our plate is green veg, 25% starch (noodles/rice/starchy veg) and 25% protein. Today's lunch was the furthest thing from healthy we ever consume! I'm pondering the psychology of so-called comfort food & realizing that the enjoyment factor is not what it once was!

Food for thought?

XO
RT

Greying_Pilgrim

Mmmm, rtandon very much food for thought indeed.

Perhaps FB's are different in Canada, but in the UK, I was under the impression that most FB's are run on some sort of charitable status - whether or not they are affiliated to the major player in the sector. Our local FB is independent of the Trussell Trust but is well structured and - unfortunately - has been in existence for yonks.........

I wonder, from a democratic viewpoint, whether having charities decide policy arbitrarily is the way to go. Which takes nothing away from the sterling work that FB's do and the difficult circumstances they are put under. But emergency food provision in times of crisis and need is one mandate. Being responsible for the nutrition and health education of a swathe of the population is quite another........ Don't have the answer meself, but I do think that it is a little more complex than, 'let them eat organic beef and all will be well......'

Greying

Hopefuljoy

Oh my goodness me! You are all so lovely! :jThank you all so much for my wonderful birthday wishes. I have had a lovely day. My sisters gave me a charcoal grey t shirt top for work and a Mary berry cookbook. :TMy aged pArents a voucher for M&s so I bought rose shower gels and lotions and my DD gave me a lovely book from my amaz wish list. :)A day full of love and simple pleasures. :A

I hope you all had a peaceful Saturday with lots of huggles!!:rotfl:

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Hopefuljoy - glad that you had a lovely day and that you made every minute of it count - I see what time you posted :D

Well, today is going to be busy, but I hope that it is more even-tempered than yesterday. DP and I had a lovely day and also we ended up having 'words' which wasn't very pleasant Still, at least at our age, the thing blows up and blows over in relatively short measure. In the early days we lived together, grudges and silences went on for hours........ and days:o......... :rotfl:

Dinner last night was simple, as we had eaten lunch and had had a chip butty treat at the greasy spoon, so we didn't need much. Oh, the calzone was ok cold, but I think I prefer cold pizza. Mind, that may have been down to the filling - I'm not sure how appealing cold broccoli is....... perhaps if it had been a tomato/mozzarella calzone, I would have been singing its praises?

So, for dinner, I made Leanne's baked beans from pg 101 of Good and Cheap (her version, not her dad's) and teamed them with baked potatoes (last of the M&$ YS'd) and sprinkled some cheese over. It looks like there was masses of cheese, in reality, it was a very thin slice, grated and shared between 2;



I used some frozen black beans and frozen haricots with a tin of red kidney beans for my bean combo. I used a spoonful of Dijon mustard and a spoonful of wholegrain mustard. The chilli was provided by some chipotle powder. I blitzed a tin of chopped tomatoes (as per the recipe) and worried that they were going to make the dish a very light pink, however, they quickly darkened with cooking. The beans were OK, I thought that they were going to be too sweet at one point, but they seemed to even out with the addition of chilli. They taste (as you'll appreciate) like no commercially produced baked beans you have ever tasted (for me this is a plus ) so I suspect children will view them with suspicion........ :rotfl: In addition, I wouldn't have thought that they were any cheaper than a tin of BB's off the supermercado shelf. A reasonable recipe though and a good standby for a quick supper. But if your family are wedded to the manufacturer of '57 varieties', then this probably isn't the recipe for you

Might be able to snag a NSD today, as I suspect that we won't be leaving the homestead.

Right, I had best shift a tail-feather, all these chores won't jump up and do themselves

Thanks for popping in, reading and joining in. I greatly appreciate it.

See y'all later.

Greying