Living on next to nought - is that the key?

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Evening :hello:

It will have to be a quick in and out from me tonight I'm afraid We've done so much today - this am and evening, and we've still a ton of stuff to do now, or at daybreak tomorrow - we're asleep on our feet already

Anyhoo, Lilt, Beanie, supersaver and Pipster - ta everso for dropping in and commenting - know that it is greatly appreciated I hope you are doing well and thank you for your support

I got a NSD :j

For dinner, Miss Leanne provided for us again I made the 'chorizo* and butterbean ragu' from pg 143 of Good and Cheap and served it with wet polenta (cornmeal) as suggested by Leanne and I used up the last of the YS'd romanesco cauli. Interesting that a tin of butter beans is 33p (3 for £1 in HB) and yet that portion of cauli, even YS'd was 20p :eek: Picture here;



*Rather than chorizo, I used 2 veggie sausages, fried, sliced up and added to the dish.

Xspender has already made this dish, and reported it a little bit bland, if made as per recipe, so I bore that in mind as I was cooking and I added paprika and some herbs. I was toying with the idea of adding smoked paprika, but I think that I will save this for another time - maybe teaming with some chopped up red pepper.

I think that this - for us, here at Greying Towers - is a keeper of a recipe. It is precisely the sort of thing that we would eat - and absolutely perfect autumnal food. :T Miss Leanne, you've done it again I probably added a few more butter beans than specified in the recipe, but a drained tin of beans doesn't yield the full 11/2 cups specified in the recipe, and I would rather 'bung them in' than keep them in the fridge, forget about them and have to throw them out :D

The wet polenta was my usual recipe of 175g cormeal/polenta, 700g hot water, half a stock cube, salt, pepper and whatever seasonings that I wish to add in to make it scrummy The romanesco was steamed.

Tonight I am grateful for these 3 things;

people who are good at their job and make a silk purse out of the hogs ear that they are faced with - particularly when those people are 'youngish', do what they say they are going to do and arrive on time to do it

that I was able to do a job to the best of my ability today

that DP is less grumpy today - :j:rotfl:

Thank you so much for popping in, reading and commenting. Sorry I can't reply individually, I really would like to chat, but chores call!

See y'all later.

Greying

Hopefuljoy

Good morning all... I am at home today with a temperature, bad throat, chest and head. I feel rotten! Only talk of Greyings dinner last night has cheered me up.:o I hope you all have a really good day. I'm glad the young man did everything he said he would Greying. It's really heartening when that happens. I'm off to sleep again!

liltdiddylilt

Hopeful seems we have the same lurgy. Feel better soon! xx

Upsidedown_Bear

Hopeful & liltdiddylilt

Hopefuljoy

Thanks upsidedownbear! That's a lovely thought!

Hopefuljoy

:jI hope you are well Greying. Just popped in to say hello.

NoOneAround

Hope everyone is all better soon x

supersaver1000

I think I might have a bit of it .😷🙊

Night 💤💤💤💤

Greying_Pilgrim

Good Morning :hello:

Ah sorry for my sporadic appearances over the last couple of days. I'm sure you'll appreciate, when you're having work done, it goes through stages, and I'm sure that you'll know that the last stage is always a big push, when you're feeling tired, and if there has been any type of delay, or problem you're feeling jaded or p*ssed or just darn well want your house back and be able to sit in a seat or at a table or use something from the cupboard without having to jet wash it first...... :rotfl: All very first world probs though at the end of the day, so I'll say no more

Aw, anyone who is poorly, you have my sympathy. Being unwell is the pits. Please look after yourselves and get better properly - easier said than done in our high pressure world I know, but your health is important

Hopefuljoy - bless you for popping in to see how I am. We're doing great and all is well - thank you

Lilt - you're so supportive to everyone else Thank you - and get better YOU

Upsidedown Bear - you have done it again with your ace graphics. Thanks for your support

NoOneAround - thanks for your support for everyone, appreciated

supersaver - hope you don't go down with it too And I can see you're following in Bear's footsteps with the smilies

Right, well, dinner last night, last day of September, was the last recipe on the list from Leanne's books I went for a pasta option, considering it was planned over a month ago, it was fortuitous, as the 'finishing off' dragged on, and on, and on - so we ate late. Pic here;



I made pasta with cannellini beans, tomato and smoked paprika - which is in 'From Scratch' as a pasta suggestion on pg 58 (ie not a recipe).

I actually used haricot beans, as I had them. I have to say, this was like pouring a can of '57 varieties' onto a bowl of pasta. It didn't work for me. We work hard, but even we don't need this type of carb load. If I was a chesnut logger in the Italian mountains, this type of meal would be brill, but I'm not. So..... And I have to say, it didn't really taste of anything. First real epic fail from Leanne She's right about pasta and beans combo's being done in Italy, but I don't know how they do it better - but I've a lot to learn, clearly

I'm currently in a tizzy with my meal plan for October, although I'm getting there with it. Tonight may have to be pot luck, as I've not shopped for October yet :eek: I did, however, inadvertently snag a NSD yesterday, so :j

Right, gotta dash.

Ta for popping in, reading and commenting.

Mucho appreciated. See y'all later.

Greying

Upsidedown_Bear

supersaver1000 wrote: »

I think I might have a bit of it .😷🙊

Night 💤💤💤💤

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